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Owenski
03-07-12, 10:50 AM
Some mild hypothetical role play for a Tuesday morning:
Your objective:
You're buying an SV...
Your motivation:
No particular budget to stick to - But you don't want to go burning cash for no reason.
What do you do:
Buy new?
Buy nearly new (1-2yr old), Mileage LOW?
Buy nearly new (1-2yr old), Mileage Average/High?
Buy a wrecker and refurb?
Buy a reasonable Carb'd model - Fix any faults found, maybe make personal improvements.
Buy a carb'd model for pittance, strip it to the bone and build it back up?
Fallout
03-07-12, 10:54 AM
Do I have to strip the carbed model down? I bought mine over 2 years ago and it's ace. Not had any issues at all, touch wood. So can I just buy a mint carbed model, like mine? :D
Owenski
03-07-12, 11:27 AM
Do I have to strip the carbed model down? I bought mine over 2 years ago and it's ace. Not had any issues at all, touch wood. So can I just buy a mint carbed model, like mine? :D
Ok, I've changed the OP to make your bike feel better ;)
Paul the 6th
03-07-12, 11:29 AM
£2-£2.2k for a 2-3 year old pointy with average mileage.
Or an srad.
MisterTommyH
03-07-12, 11:30 AM
Some role play for a Tuesday morning:
I thought you'd had enough of 50 shades of Grey?
Buy a reasonable Carb'd model - Fix any faults found, maybe make personal improvements.
Fallout
03-07-12, 11:37 AM
Ok, I've changed the OP to make your bike feel better ;)
Woohooo!! :cheers:
carelesschucca
03-07-12, 11:37 AM
I'd buy a pink gladius ;-)
really though it would be a black failed curvy so i could spend a bit of cash improving it.
tactcom7
03-07-12, 11:45 AM
Cheap carbed model then spend the rest turning it into a track bike, is that allowed?
Owenski
03-07-12, 11:50 AM
Cheap carbed model then spend the rest turning it into a track bike, is that allowed?
I spose, its all roleplay so anything goes :)
Paul the 6th
03-07-12, 11:52 AM
I spose, its all roleplay so anything goes :)
....then I take my thumb out, wipe it off and put it in your.... Oh. Wrong thread.
tactcom7
03-07-12, 11:54 AM
Its all roleplay so anything goes :)
Now there's a quote of the week if ever i saw one.
Curse my slow connection you beat me to it Paul :)
Biker Biggles
03-07-12, 01:06 PM
Id buy my bike off myself.Bargain
Depends what you need it for.
I got my road bike for a very small sum after it was written off (again) following an accident another org member had a few years ago, and had the time to repair & rebuild it, leaving me with a great bike that's cost a pittance. I'm improving it as I go always keeping an eye on the budget.
I also have 2 SVs that will, eventually become track bikes, jointly owned with another org member, that were exceptionally cheap. Both will take a lot of work, as they were laid up for years in gardens. Great value, but only if you don't need it done quickly.
If I wanted a bike that I could ride straight away I'd spend more, and buy one I was happy with the condition of, I wouldn't fuss much about mileage, but I'd want to know it didn't need any major attention. It's exeptionally unlikely I'd pay new money with the number of good condition 2nd hand SVs out there, because I'm tight.
Jambo
andrewsmith
03-07-12, 03:44 PM
what you done now?
Personally I'd buy a carb'd one with a high mileage motor tear down and back up
Jayneflakes
03-07-12, 04:02 PM
Now this is tricky because there is actually something that I would love to do and round these parts it is considered heresy.
Step one, buy a good pointy and strip to the component parts.
Step two, buy a clean, straight curvy frame.
Step three, buy some nice forks and wheels.
Fit curvy frame with the forks and wheels, add the sub frame from the pointy. Fit the pointy engine and electrics. Fit pointy fairing and add a bar conversion like I have now. This lot would be a great project and perfect for a little girly like me. I would also add that I would have to use a pointy swing arm so I could use my Bibio plates, but maybe have it modified with a deep brace just for the cosmetics!
Once said bike was finished, it would live in my bedroom and get ridden only on sunny dry days. It would also be painted Champagne silver, because the silver ones are the fastest. The bits left over could be sold off to recoup some of the cost.
davepreston
03-07-12, 04:08 PM
im actually intending to do the last one after ive fecked off the thou to richie
Sebulba
03-07-12, 04:27 PM
If I had the garage space, I'd buy an old curvy and fix it (I assume carbs are easier to fix for someone with no experience than EFI).
Since I don't, I'd do what I intended to do when I was in the market, get a blue K4-5 from Italy (we have people who import second hand bikes from Italy and Germany) with around 20-30k km, make sure it's in reasonable condition and ride it :)
Buy new!
2 years warranty, no-one else has screwed around with it, they do hold their value well considering the cheapness to buy new and the satisfaction of knowing you're the only one who's owned it, all for £4975, which is about a grand under what an ER6F costs and the finance deals are better than you'd get on a used one bought from a dealer. When they are that cheap to buy new, why buy used.
And if you buy it from me I get closer to hitting my sales target ;)
AndyBrad
04-07-12, 08:04 AM
I'd buy a different bike ;-)
But if it's you that's buying I would get a curvy so you can tinker with it. Me I would get injection because of cold winter starts etc. Kind of looks after its self.
Anything I bought I would be spending money on and I would go for whichever bike had the best condition tank frame E.tc as mechanical would get overhauled.
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DJFridge
04-07-12, 08:48 PM
Buy new!
..... all for £4975, which is about a grand under what an ER6F costs ......
And how about after org discount?:wink:
keith_d
04-07-12, 08:57 PM
Naah, buy an early model pointy complete with fuel injection and give the rest to MCT to sort out the suspenders.
BMW R100 strip it to the bare essentials put a single seat on it and add some bling but if i had the cash then it would be a norton wankel and do the same.
yes i am sick in the head.
ermm read the thread next time lance :-)
i have the perfect SV, for me anyway :-)
spend £1650 on a 3yr old SV1000 then grin every time you ride it for the next 5 years. Worked for me :)
Balky001
05-07-12, 06:28 PM
hmmm, I'd either buy new from Lozzo (driving a good deal as I know he hasn't hit his sales targets yet) or go cheaper curvy or 2003/4 pointy and get some bits done like MCT fork rebuild, nice rear shock, yoshi system, undertray, rearsets, PC3 etc. Although you want get your money back on the bits, you'll enjoy them
yorkie_chris
05-07-12, 08:06 PM
Naah, buy an early model pointy complete with fuel injection and give the rest to MCT to sort out the suspenders.
Nah you don't want to do that...
Harro! :smt080
Dicky Ticker
05-07-12, 08:29 PM
Buy a new pointy,run it in for 50 miles then ring the neck out of it for the next two years while its under warranty------------worked for me
Don't do my last bit which was write it off when you had done a deal to trade it in,BUT be happy with the insurance which was £600 less than I had paid for it
Jayneflakes
06-07-12, 11:38 AM
Nah you don't want to do that...
Harro! :smt080
One day when I am rich and famous*, can I come and spend some time in your work shop watching you rebuild my front end too?
* May take a very, very long time! :(
Owenski
06-07-12, 12:11 PM
One day when I am rich and famous*, can I come and spend some time in your work shop watching you rebuild my front end too?
* May take a very, very long time! :(
hahahaha, hahahaha haaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaa "WORK SHOP" Hhhhha! priceless.
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