Restricted SV 650 peformance?

[OWhite]

Just wondering if anyone had any pearls of wisdom to pass onto me? Is there still plenty of power to be had out of the 33 horses?

Top speeds, accelerations anything would be useful. Deciding if it would be worth it to have a SV restricted or to get either a Ninja 250 or even a little YZF 125 and leave them as they are.

[Jayneflakes]

I have just spent two years on a restricted bike and to be honest, I loved every second of riding that I did. The bike never felt unusable, the power came in a nice smooth delivery and with a track speed of 106MPH, it was quick enough when I wanted to play.

The best bit about a restricted bike is that the learning experience is lovely. You ride a full sized bike, around town you will barely notice the restriction and the boost to your confidence is great.

My partner is a fully qualified DAS Instructor Trainer, she trained the people who teach on DAS courses and she thought that the restricted bike was a great idea.

[Webber]

Not only does the bike ride well restricted, Its a massive help as a leaning curve. If you go from a 125 strait to a 1000cc in two years you will end up sliding down the road very quickly.
Also saves you money on buying another bike in 2 years time as its a whole new bike when unrestricted and if on a newer bike its just a case of swapping over the ecu. A 2 second job.

[jamesterror]

Agreed with Webber - my first bike was an SV, it was restricted for just over a year, was fun and very forgiving, allowed a lot of time to get use to the power difference of the 125cc I learnt on - anything over 7 - 8K revs from what I remember tends to be a waste of petrol as you don't get much power until you shift up - derestricting is a couple of mins with an alan key - the best thing I did was derestrict my SV after 2 years of restriction :)

[Steve_God]

I had mine from new restricted, and it was great to get me used to a big bike.
Still enough power to have plenty of fun with, but not enough to flip you off at the smallest mistake, and I'd personally recommend it.

I'd had it with an indicated 109mph, downhill, while slipstreaming another bike (not saying where... ahem...)

As for ease, if it's a newer one, swapping it over is as easy and changing an old school games cartridge.

[shonadoll]

I was restricted for two years on the sv.it was fine, the only disappointment was I expected a bigger difference when the restrictor came off!

[cluffy]

I got mine With the FI international restrictor on, throttle stop and inlet washers, if I remember correctly it'd do about 95 flat out and still get there quick enough. Best bet would be the restricted ecu route though, Mainly because you can pay £50 ish for the ecu and it looks like a clever box of magicness, easily switched from bike or from full to restricted power, or you can pay a dealer (which i did) over £100 and you end up with 2 washers and a bit of bent tin to restrict the throttle, Was quite shocked when I actually saw the restrictor..

But thats just my 2 penneth

Danny

[Dave20046]

I agree with webber, teaches you to plan NSL overtakes well too -although you can still get caught out...that's when the restriction bugs you. Think I'd still opt for the sv restricted over the ninja...although I've never ridden one!

[dazzaboy]

my curvy was restricted with the washers in the carb and it was really quick to me jumping from my 125 but it still had plenty of power, plus after 2 years when u take them out its like having a new bike as it moves up a level :)

[Jayneflakes]

I found out today just how much of a jump it is from restricted to unrestricted, I was only slightly scared but all of those miles riding around on a big bike really helped me deal with it. I am having to learn that there is a new power band though and it really kicks the bike forwards, it is like being on a rocket!

[Murph]

I have a restricted sv (2002) and my girlfriend has a 250 ninja.

I much prefer the SV cheaper to insure for a start.

The 250 ninja you have to scream it everywhere to get any real power. However the ninja maybe has 5-6 mph difference top speed.

SV much cheaper to buy if you want to get one second hand bike.

I would take the SV over the ninja anyday.

But the ninja is a laugh and light and can have alot of fun.