View Full Version : Pointy to Curvy and Vice Versa
So how many of you out there have owned one then sold up in exchange for the opposite SV???
nope as I got it right the first time.... curvey´s RULE!!!!
kwak zzr
16-02-09, 05:44 PM
i got a sv650sk3 then considered a curvey then got a sv1000sk3.
We bought a curvy, and then a second curvy. Just couldn't bring ourselves to buy a pointy.:pukel:
kwak zzr
16-02-09, 05:56 PM
ur ducati's pointy :)
ur ducati's pointy :)
It's not a 'pointy' pointy!:smt019
kwak zzr
16-02-09, 05:59 PM
all pretty bikes are pointy :)
all pretty bikes are pointy :)
No. They're not. :mrgreen:
xXBADGERXx
16-02-09, 06:02 PM
Bought a Pointy , will never get a Curvy
Bought a Pointy , will never get a Curvy
Even though they sounds better??? :)
Bought a pointy, would never step backwards to a curvy....
dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 06:16 PM
Had no choice buying the first curvy...it belonged to Im Indoors. There was only one way to go when I bought the second bike.....the right way, curvy :cheers: i used to joke I wanted one of every colour.
The first bike i looked at was a black curvy but i could'nt get away with the look of the front fairing, so went and got loads of debt and an awesome pointy :p
mick
dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 06:34 PM
The first bike i looked at was a black curvy but i could'nt get away with the look of the front fairing, so went and got loads of debt and an awesome pointy :p
mick
and whats wrong with a black curvies front fairing?....:smt019
....apart from the fact that they are as rare as rocking donkey poo and almost impossible to replace when you've fallen off:(
Dave20046
16-02-09, 06:45 PM
Bought a curvy, if they pointy's had the same engine I'd have one.
ski boy
16-02-09, 06:47 PM
Please can someone post a picture of a pointy and a curvy so I can see the difference.
I have just bought bought a bike and I dont know if I have a pointy or curvy.
thx
dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 06:49 PM
Please can someone post a picture of a pointy and a curvy so I can see the difference.
I have just bought bought a bike and I dont know if I have a pointy or curvy.
thx
curvy 99-02
pointy 03- present
judgin by your user name, I'm presuming you have a 09 pointy
Please can someone post a picture of a pointy and a curvy so I can see the difference.
I have just bought bought a bike and I dont know if I have a pointy or curvy.
thx
Look at the top right of this page, the two bikes head 2 head.
The left one is a Curvy, the one on the right is a Pointy and is the best.
yorkie_chris
16-02-09, 06:50 PM
Bought a curvy, if they pointy's had the same engine I'd have one.
I hate to point out the obvious...
I have just bought bought a bike and I dont know if I have a pointy or curvy
Good looking and modern = pointy
Old fashioned and blobby = curvy
hth
ski boy
16-02-09, 07:02 PM
cool, I have a pointy, the one I prefer out of the 2.
The tank on the pointy makes it look like a Quasimodo bike all hunch backed with irregular lines. Just out of proportion and no elegance to it.
I have to admit when looking at bikes before taking my test i hated the look of curvy's and much preferred the shape of the pointy, but when i actually got round to looking at bikes i fell in love with my curvy (altough i have never seen a pointy up close). I like them both equally, but the pointy does tempt me as i wouldnt have to bother with the choke giving me problems on a cold morning!
CoolGirl
16-02-09, 07:25 PM
see my sig.
not sure what the point of your question is, but I liked them both in different ways.
Not sure what the point of your question is, but I liked them both in different ways.
To estalbish if many people have used both and whether if they had a curvy then a pointy, would they go back to a curvy, and vice versa obviously.
Just reply with your opinions really.
yorkie_chris
16-02-09, 07:32 PM
They're both bikes at the end of the day... I had a CG125 before SV and I would go back to that if funding and availability meant I had to... before the CG was an EXUP and that would be fine too.
Ride whatever you can, if I trashed my curvy and there was a pointy available cheap enough... I'd have it to hack around on. I wouldn't want to keep hold of a fuel injected bike for too long though.
Gene genie
16-02-09, 07:33 PM
people, people. why are we bickering like this:smt094. they are both s.v.'s. now stop it.:smt076
lets gang up on the gixxer crew.:smt066
Not bickering, debating. :)
Alpinestarhero
16-02-09, 07:42 PM
Am considering a pointy. But i love my curvy. But pointies have fuss-free FI
yorkie_chris
16-02-09, 07:45 PM
You keep saying that matt, I have no idea why.
Dave20046
16-02-09, 07:56 PM
I hate to point out the obvious...
wassat?
(by engine ,I mean the fuel system lark - didn't know you could have a different fuel system but an identical engine if that is the case)
yorkie_chris
16-02-09, 07:58 PM
You can put carbs on a pointy easily enough as far as I am aware. Far easier than the other way around.
shonadoll
16-02-09, 08:00 PM
I have a pointy- don't like the shape of the curvy, I think they look dated.
xXBADGERXx
16-02-09, 08:08 PM
I have a pointy- don't like the shape of the curvy, I think they look daFt.
Corrected for you Shona ;)
Dave20046
16-02-09, 08:15 PM
You can put carbs on a pointy easily enough as far as I am aware. Far easier than the other way around.
Fancy doing it for a tenner and some beer. What else goes wrong on pointies that can be corrected?
yorkie_chris
16-02-09, 08:18 PM
About the same really.
Yeah ok, you will need carbs, a load of custom wiring, a CDI unit, an alternator, maybe a rotor, carb boots, airbox (if it will fit), if not then a load of plastic padding or some pods and monster main jets...
Thingus
16-02-09, 09:19 PM
I can't imagine getting a pointy, but time will tell. Probs a Ducati next :p
dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 09:31 PM
Am considering a pointy. But i love my curvy. But pointies have fuss-free FI
errrrrrrrr your dillusional again, there there, its ok,we know your not feeling yourself:-D
fuss free, you've gotta bee kiddin, mind you we have italian electrics and fuel injection in this house :rolleyes:
fizzwheel
16-02-09, 09:33 PM
I had a curvey, Liz has a pointy that I've ridden plenty of miles on. I've also ridden several different pointy SV's whilst the dealer had my curvey.
I prefer the pointy...
i had a curvey lovurly bike she was too just a bit cramped for me so bought a pointy naked and it's ace the new un feel's a bit stronger and more eager than the old engine i think too me both great bike's though i'll not say a word against either.
jaffacakes
16-02-09, 09:42 PM
all pretty bikes are pointy :)
No. They're not. :mrgreen:
I can see this going on for a while...
I prefer pointies myself :smt019
tbh i prefer the bike curvy look's wise just think it has better line's and it look's like a bigger bike especially with oem fairing's on em.
dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 10:00 PM
tbh i prefer the bike curvy look's wise just think it has better line's and it look's like a bigger bike especially with oem fairing's on em.
Its funny me and SmudgeK3 were chatting about this over autosol today, he seems to think his nakid pointy looks tiny, somebody asked him if it were a 250...lol
He also said my black one is the best faired curvy hes ever seen:cheers:
i like how you chatted over autosol take it that's being used to attack the downpipe's ;) and yeah the curvy's seem bigger somehow not as tall though must be the fairing's bulk it up a bit.:cool:
Until I learned about Coolgirl just now, the only person I know to own both is Devil Biccy.
They are such different looking bikes that it is very unusual for someone to own both. not to mention a beginners bike so people tend to move on to different things unless they are just besotted with the SV & there's no way they would consider changing from one to the other.
speedplay
16-02-09, 11:29 PM
I started with a curvy till some stupid copper ran me off the road...
...now Ive got a pointy :cool:
BanannaMan
17-02-09, 06:15 AM
Roads, women and SV's....the curvy ones are always the best. :cool:
Curvys rule!!!
But let's get a professional opinion.
Let's ask world class rider E-Boz (Eric Bostrom) and see what he says...
http://www.allenschevron.com/curvys.jpg
There all sorted.
Curvy's rule...no question.
Dave20046
17-02-09, 09:14 AM
About the same really.
Yeah ok, you will need carbs, a load of custom wiring, a CDI unit, an alternator, maybe a rotor, carb boots, airbox (if it will fit), if not then a load of plastic padding or some pods and monster main jets...
...and a pointy!
Maybe a project for the future lol
I've started taking a liking to pointys after seeing more of them (and oggyplonks)...also starting to love the gsxr after seeing orose's.
I have a curvy S, I had a pointy naked for a few months while mine was being insurance assessed, both are cool. I'm not a huge fan of the pointy S, but have ridden one or two, and my curvy is now naked but with clip-ons.
Good things about the curvy - carbs, can turn lights off, looks
Good things about pointy - no carb icing, a lot younger and therefore probably much less rusty/broken than mine.
MT
speedplay
17-02-09, 09:56 AM
Good things about the curvy - carbs, can turn lights off, looks
MT
Mines having a seperate switch added to kill the lights :)
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