First Bike

[Bernetini9]

Hi All

Looking at getting an SV650s first bike! Seen this and was wondering what people thought a fair price would be? Looks in great condition as well

2008
7000m

R&G tail tidy
R&G radiator protector
Scorpion slip-on exhaust
Zero Gravity double bubble screen
Black rear hugger and chain guard

Full service history

https://ibb.co/cBKK6K

[Talking Heads]

A fair price would be whatever you're happy to pay.
Impossible to give accurate valuations on such scant information.
The accessories add nothing to price, if anything they de-value it.
Personally I wouldn't give 50p for it because it doesn't have ABS brakes.


You'll get a half decent idea by looking at sold listings on eBay.

[Talking Heads]

You don't need ABS right up until the second you do.
At which point it's too late to get it.

[SV650rules]

You don't need ABS right up until the second you do.
At which point it's too late to get it.

+1 too damn right, best thing since sliced Hovis.......

[Bernetini9]

Very hard to find a faired Sv with ABS though?
Not even come across one yet!

[Talking Heads]

Very hard to find a faired Sv with ABS though?
Not even come across one yet!


Never on sale in the UK but they do exist elsewhere.
Why would you want a fairing?
If you want protection from windblast, drive a car.

[Bernetini9]

I prefer the look with the fairing that's all!

So would have to import one over?

[dirtydog]

Never on sale in the UK but they do exist elsewhere.
Why would you want a fairing?
If you want protection from windblast, drive a car.

Maybe the op just prefers the look of the faired bike?
As for abs, I’ve never had a bike with abs and in th 20+ years I’ve been riding I’ve never thought I could do with abs either.

So as per normal everyone is different and wants different things from a bike

Bernetini- did you buy that Sv in the end?

[dirtydog]

Ah beaten to it, that’ll teach me to take so long to type a reply!

[Talking Heads]

I prefer the look with the fairing that's all!

So would have to import one over?

Yes, if you want the faired SV650S ABS you would need to import one.
Which can be a right pain.

Or do without ABS and hope you never need it.

Other Suzuki options might be a Bandit650S or GSX650F ABS, but maybe a bit big and heavy for a first bike imo.

Or for a (cracking) first bike with a faired sporty look, howsabout a Yamaha R3...?
A while back I had one as a loaner for a week and a half and very nearly bought it.

[Talking Heads]

Assuming, then, that he must get an SV with ABS there's a problem...


Indeed.
At the assumed £2750 budget limit, it would have to be a Gladys... (the horror, the horror...)

[Bibio]

i'm with dd here, while abs is nice its not a requirement. personally for me i find that i dont get on with it as i rely on "feel" so when the abs kicks in i tend to naturally back off on the lever squeeze as i can feel the wheel lock up. yes even in emergency situations. are you going to stop quicker with abs? without a doubt yes.

[SV650rules]

Never on sale in the UK but they do exist elsewhere.
Why would you want a fairing?
If you want protection from windblast, drive a car.

When I first got my AL7 in May 2016 it didn't have a fly-screen, a few months later I got an MRA one and the first thing I noticed was the horrendous wind noise (that had not been there before, I was happy to ride without earplugs without screen). I removed 75mm of the upturned lip on top of the screen and noise got better (it was causing vortices in the air and directing them up to helmet level) but still really not quiet enough to not use earplugs. I removed the screen, Ahhhh bliss, can ride without earplugs again, and I find that up to legal UK speeds the wind-blast is not at all bad, and it may help me keep my licence.......

As far as ABS, never had it cut in on dry surface but a couple of times on banding on damp roads it did its job..

As far as the Gladius is concerned, I see a few around and they aren't that bad, and they have the fuel injected twin spark engine with SCEM (Nikosil) cylinder liners, and some had ABS - I actually would have bought one if that was all that had been in my price range - you can't see the bike anyway when you are riding it.