View Full Version : So How Long Do/Did You Own An SV For?
Did you/ have you had an SV for?
We had one for almost 7 years, whereas some people seem to have one for a very short time. Just interested to know.:D
MR UKI (1)
16-02-09, 08:20 PM
3 and half years for my 650 (from new)
Nearly 1 year for my SV1000 (not from new)
Tim in Belgium
16-02-09, 08:23 PM
Had the SV from August 2005 to September 2008, so just over 3 years, did over 30k miles on it too....all for pleasure :D
2 years and 12,000miles from new!!!
the_lone_wolf
16-02-09, 08:23 PM
<2 years:-s
but then i do have a very short attention sp...
oh look, kittens!!!
rictus01
16-02-09, 08:25 PM
Hmmmm... well technically I still own mine so that'd be 7.5 years, although after 2 years 3 months and 153,000 miles from new it was taken off the road for a Speed Triple.
Cheers Mark.
Balky001
16-02-09, 08:26 PM
10 months from new, first bike, but it did bite the end of my thumb off so it had to be punished
hmmm be 2 yrs in May.....
My K5 650S for 2 years with 8,000mile (from new) - SOLD
My K5 1000S for 17 months to present with 18,000mile on it now (bought with 3,500miles)
shonadoll
16-02-09, 08:35 PM
Had mine for 15 months now.
Had mine for 2 years and 28,000 miles before swapping it
15 months so far (but want to change if I can get permission from SWMBO)
Biker Biggles
16-02-09, 08:53 PM
More than seven years.
From 1 March 2004 to 7 June 2004. It then became the insurance company's:rolleyes:
I had my fully faired black K5 650S for 2 months :)
Errm, never had one :oops: ridden one round the block once :)
ArtyLady
16-02-09, 09:21 PM
4 years 4 months - since October 2004 :cool: 11,000k miles (bearing in mind I was off the road for 18 months)
dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 09:25 PM
Depends on how you look at it. I've owned Suzy for around five years now. Technically shes been in the family since new, as you know Matt owned her before me, so we've had her for 8 years from 2001...and shes staying too, cantankerous cow ain't beating me yet:smt019 I will have her ridden through all this summer[-o<
I've owned Dave for 2 years in May. Won't be getting rid of him either:cheers:
Had my K3 for just over a year, never ridden it on the road as I bought it especially for racing.
Great bike on the track.
markryker
16-02-09, 09:44 PM
Bought new in 2003 to present day! :D
fizzwheel
16-02-09, 09:47 PM
2 years, I was itching to change it after about 18 months though...
bigspud
16-02-09, 09:52 PM
had mine 18 mths now,full power in august :D
2 in just under 1.5 years.
Just about 1 year for me.
Luckypants
16-02-09, 11:08 PM
6 years before I killed her. It was like murdering an old friend, still miss her.
muffles
16-02-09, 11:37 PM
Hmmmm... well technically I still own mine so that'd be 7.5 years, although after 2 years 3 months and 153,000 miles from new it was taken off the road for a Speed Triple.
I was gonna say that's pretty amazing...
4 years 4 months - since October 2004 :cool: 11,000k miles (bearing in mind I was off the road for 18 months)
Until I saw this! 11 million miles in ~3 years is going to take some beating - I think you win! :D
Rictus - what do you do again, that gives you so many miles?!
yellow one; 2 years
blue one: 3months
black one: 5 months and counting :cool:
rictus01
16-02-09, 11:59 PM
I was gonna say that's pretty amazing...
Until I saw this! 11 million miles in ~3 years is going to take some beating - I think you win! :D
Rictus - what do you do again, that gives you so many miles?!
at the time I was regional network manager for the southwest and used to go all over the region (used my car allowance and fuel claim to run it), done about 40k work and the same social.
Cheers Mark.
BanannaMan
17-02-09, 05:55 AM
Got her new in March 2002.
We're still together! :smt055
<----- From my joined .org date to present. Nearly 5 years then.
bluninja
17-02-09, 07:07 AM
Yellow curvy (Hermione) 2002-2004 hooning round NZ North Island and racing. Sold.
Blue pointy K6 (Britney) October 2008 to present 4.5 months 8000 miles
Had mine for 16 months. Full power in another 8 :D
Itching for a supermoto though.
STRAMASHER
17-02-09, 08:23 AM
Owned the Ankle Biter K3 4years in July.
20,000 miles on the clock.
New front discs at 15k. (One disc dished)
Has not started on the button not more than twice. (Not far to push to get to a slope!)
Never been on the deck (only bike I have owned that has not) [-o<:mrgreen:
Taking it off the road in spring for fork rebuild ( I remember damping!)and subframe paint.(Flaking off just like everyother all year bike I've had , including two Hondas:rolleyes::D)
Great bike. All about the engine for me. Its a peach.:)
Since october 2004. Although it was broken from march 2006 due to a Corsa driver, it now works again (mostly).
She regularly doesn't start (hopefully replacing the reg/rec for one from a f*rtblade will fix this, the battery was also dead when I finished rebuilding it), leaks oil like a sieve (crankcase breathers have always leaked, clutch cover now starting in sympathy, as is the starter motor), there is still a pile of cables on top of the headlight (now cunningly hidden by a fly screen) and you can't read the (acewell) clocks at night due to the positioning (which I should probably sort out sometime soon) but she was my first big bike and, to be honest, she isn't really worth much to anybody else, but has huge value to me. She'll be 10 years old this year.
MT
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