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Just wondering... I am lucky enuff to have a car too (and access to my girls when I break mine!), but how many people rely solely on the old SV??
weegaz22
19-08-03, 05:06 PM
car and the bike, nova sri(i can feel the boyracer comments already :wink: ) and the svs
Heheheh I read about your Nova elsewhere gaz... you don't go down Strathy park n do burnouts do u?!? :wink:
Only kidding... I still got a bit of the boy racer in me at 26 (lightly breathed on Pug 306 XSi 16 valve jobby) but only coz I can't quite afford my Supra TT or Skyline GTR just yet - maybe next year...
rictus01
19-08-03, 05:18 PM
the SV is one of six bikes I own , however,
one is beyond repair
one with no engine ( in bits awaiting build)
one historic relic ( 88 gsxr "L" frame) hasn't moved in years
ones a dirt bike ( not road legel)
then the CB750 as the winter hack
and of course the SV.
If I'm not on two wheels , I'm not mobile.
The wifes got a car i can use if I need to move stuff.
Cheers Mark.
weegaz22
19-08-03, 05:24 PM
not any more ronnus, used to when i was 17 but kinda grew out of it now, i still like hi performance cars but the bike is my main priority since it will blow away mr porsche from the lights and i can still afford the petrol and insurance :D
Jelster
19-08-03, 05:48 PM
Although I have a car (Vectra SRi 2.2) it can goes weeks without use as I'm always on the SV... The wife also has a car (Escort GTi) but she sometimes prefers mine for longer jouurnies (mother in law etc).
The SV has become my main source of getting to work. My office is in East London, but we have others in West London, Manchester, Slough & Brighton, and I have done them all on the SV. In fact, since commuting on the bike, the only days I have used the train are 3 days in the Winter when it was icy. I am contemplating doeing the European offices on the bike next year :lol:
Also my son will find any excuse for me to take him somewhere on the bike. He does love it on the rare occasisions I get the chance to pick him up from school.... I give him his jacket, helmet & boots and we ride off leaving his mates playing on their BMX's 8) He loves it :)
SV is for fun socialising etc........
The car is for doing the mundane mileage of going to work on shifts the sv does get the odd visit to work so far in the last 6months on the sv I've done about 4000miles of socialising/fun.
Also have access to a ZX6R............
I have an SVS, a Vauxhall Ashtray SRi, A Raleigh Mountain bikes, a microscooter thing, a skateboard, and several means of public transport to get to work in the evenet of none of them working :)
stevie69p
19-08-03, 06:38 PM
I have my svs, me old zx10 and me car, but the car barely turns a wheel from March to October. Gave up winter biking years ago, so the car will be dragged back out for that.
Guilty and greedy :oops:
Porsche Boxster S, K3SV Silver for me, K3SV Blue for missus, dog/shopping moving needs a tanker behind it so it can get up the drive 4x4 (her choice).
Lucky, lucky me, git etc <insert abuse of choice>. But since I only passed DAS few weeks back we're havnt a blast. Once the buggers are run in :twisted:
Marrus.... you lucky, lucky Bar-steward...
2000 SV650s and my 1995 Fiat Punto S 55, what a beast 8)
The punto may not be a drivers car but who can say they have driven their car so god damn hard they have twisted the chassi, popped the ash tray open on the dash and had it on three wheels with one of the rears clearly in the air?
I used to go through tyres at 3000 for the fronts, about 5000 for the rears, now about 9000 for the fronts and ? for the rears, about 12000 so far I guess. I changed the compound to a slightly harder one, it was getting silly.
Oh and I go through a clutch a year, 12,000 miles I **** you not.
I love my punto (believe it or not with the abuse I give it) but I think somewhat it isn't liking the fact I am giving the SV attention now so it sabotaged it. :lol:
Benji
I have my beloved
2000 SV650S, and a realy old Toyota corolla.
Same here, my son loves it when i can pick him up from kindergarden on the sv 8)
Sv650s to got to work. Ford galaxy 2.8i ghia x to tow the caravan and the kids and Vauxhall Calibra 2.5 v6, have use of Rover 216GSI and a 1.3 MK 3 Escort.
So got a couple of things I can use.
sexysi
Just the sv for me.
Cars are for losers
weegaz22
19-08-03, 11:45 PM
well you can say that being in sunny oz graham, spend a winter in scotland on a bike and you wont have a un-broken bone in your body within a day
Very true, Just rubbing it in :lol:
Sid Squid
20-08-03, 06:41 AM
Cars are deeply crap it is true Graham, (unless you have a lotta dosh, in which case there are a few that might interest) but I have a van, is that OK?
And no it's not a Tranny or an Escort sxxt box, it's a 1982 VW 2.0l aircool, slightly lowered and on Audi alloys (previously had a '73 1.8l), which is, I humbly suggest exceedingly cool indeed.
Sid
Amanda M
20-08-03, 07:07 AM
I've got my beloved SV of course that gets used for the occasional commute and mostly for playing out, and an FZX 750 streetfighter (the thing that looks like a V-max!!!) that is my main commuter bike. i can also use my blokes GPZ turbo if I'm really desperate... If it's icy or snowing I use the train to get to work cos bodywork is too expensive to keep replacing :lol:
Amanda
:oops: :oops: :shock: :D :o
greedy and guilty...(and reckless??)
own my beloved red SV650S, a shiney new mini cooper, and a mental caterham 7,,,,,,
(all bought and paid for, but have crashed alll three at least once)...
the insurance companies favourite!!!!
STIFLAD
20-08-03, 07:42 AM
2000 SV650S : For clean fun :D
1992 Honda CR250 : For dirty fun :lol:
Push Bike : For trips to local pub :lol:
Pub Car (Nova) : For more distant pubs :lol:
Works Van (Caddy) : For everday use :(
No room for anything else!
Maybe an SV1000 one day................ :wink:
timboid
20-08-03, 07:46 AM
Was feeling a bit guilty until I read Marrus' entry - fair play bloke!
Am in the fortunate position of owning a spanky red Ibiza Cupra called Elmer (Registration is FUD - what choice did I have? & I can hear you laughing from here Weegaz I know what it means north of the border thank you very much) who gets as much attention lavished on him as my beloved yellow SVS (still sans name as nothing obvious presents itself - love Kylie by the way SexiSi but truely Mrs S would crucify me!) for use between March & October (when its not raining admit it riding in rain is pants)& whom gets cleaned every time I take him out. Guess I'm a lucky git too - also have access to Mrs S's Ibiza sport (called Sybil) when its really crap.
GSXR Carlos
20-08-03, 07:55 AM
I use my sv as much as possible. had it since late april after passing my test and don't often use anything else, also drive my mum's pug 306 1.6 xl not too bad either, sometimes its good to be on four wheels, like the time i ran into the back of a mates car and did a grands worth of dan=mage to mine and not a scratch to his.
Bugger, i'm sticking with My SV, my girlfriend called here PO sin my numberplate (see name) :D
SV for everything. Wife has Fiat Ulysse people carrier pile of poo for getting the shopping and taking the kids everywhere. I travelled in it when the SV was off the road recently.
I have a Smart Passion Coupe as my car, although it hasn't been out of the garage for 3 weeks and the last time it was moved before that was because i moved house so had to drive it from one to the other.
Since i've had the SV (8 weeks now) i've done less than 100 miles in the car and over 3000 on the SV.
The wife has a Zafira 2.2 which she uses for the weekly shopping and to carry our son.
Guilty and greedy :oops:
Porsche Boxster S, K3SV Silver for me, K3SV Blue for missus, dog/shopping moving needs a tanker behind it so it can get up the drive 4x4 (her choice).
Lucky, lucky me, git etc <insert abuse of choice>. But since I only passed DAS few weeks back we're havnt a blast. Once the buggers are run in :twisted:
Woohoo, another Bromley Dude :)
Can i 'av a go in the Menoporsche pleaseeeeeee :D
For work I have no option but to ride 2 wheels.
SVS if weather is ok, Sym Jet 50 scotter if weather is bad. Keeps your feet dry and probably wont hurt as much if I drop it ( financially and physically).
Mazda MX6 2.5 V6 8) which my wife has for work.
Just bought a Jialing JH125 ( basically a Chinese Honda clone) for the wife to learn on which might become my winter hack.
svpilot
20-08-03, 02:50 PM
Passed last year by DAS, and am completely hooked. Flogged my car to buy the bike. I can't imagine going back to four wheels. I like cars, but on today roads they just ain't fun anymore. I look forward to every trip on the bike.
We have one car (for the missus, kids, shopping etc.)
Cars, I mean, they lean the wrong-way and everything! :roll:
Laters...
purple eyed pig
20-08-03, 03:02 PM
Nissan Primera for work.....
One SVS for fun and games in the dry
One MX3 V6 for fun and games in cold/wet (Ok, it's the wife's but she lets me drive it once in a while 'it needs a run love, just gonna take it to work')
U.K.Ajay
20-08-03, 03:45 PM
The SV is the main transporter but I own a very boring Mitsubishi Carisma hence why I have a bike! I will only use the car for the real crappy (Snow, ice and stuff) days. The wife has a little Ford Fiesta as well.
Red ones
20-08-03, 03:57 PM
had SVS for 3 years, wife has Vauxhall Ashtry.
If the weather is crap - then mountain bike to work - get that back end out now!!!
Mariner
20-08-03, 07:42 PM
I've got an SV which I use for commuting to work and a 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider 1300 which I use for .................. not a lot really as it is usually broken down in my garage! :cry:
Oh, I also have access to Mrs Mariners Citroen Pic...****...o, when I can prise the keys from her vice-like grasp.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/barrywalker/images/1-picture2.jpg?0.2618712992586655
weegaz22
20-08-03, 07:45 PM
did the gardai get your bike back then barry???
Mariner
20-08-03, 07:51 PM
No they did not! I've had to buy another one (Many thanks Genesis) and wait for the insurance to pay out. Ten days of using the Alfa commuting 35 miles Bolton to Liverpool has killed it!
All the cash I had saved up for a new SV1000s has been used to pay for repairs and the replacement bike, I'll be waiting ages for the insurance to pay up.
Vinyl, so its not just me and my friends that think the same about Bromley :lol:
Oh how we laugh everytime we go through there. I've gone out there a couple of nights in the past, pretty much the same sort you get in Croydon :shock:
Benji
elmerfud
21-08-03, 09:50 PM
work - '99 VW transporter, soon to be changed for summat bigger.
playing out - much pampered & cleaned svs k3.
car - '01 Punto, lost it to Mrs Fud when she passed her test 2 years ago.
:mrgreen:
Nice one graham, I was thinking I was the odd one out by not having a car.....the SV day and night, summer and winter for me.........
Oh God Benji,
Live in Bromley and work in Croydon. I am damned :oops:
Vinyl, gonna be selling the Porsche next month anyway as it'l sit in the garage and fester over the winter. Oh no, wait 2 SVs to house and feed ) Guess it would gonna winter outside this year. Another good reason she gotta go. If you fancy a go then Ill mail you next month after its service (9k bless) and the annual rape by the Porsche dealer. Providing I recover from the shock. ..... :wink:
my word Marrus! How do you cope with all the Croydonites? Every time I go there I am surrounded by people I just want to try and push their heads through walls! :evil:
In fact I am going to the George later on today :lol:
Dude what kind of porsche is it? My ex girlfriend had a thing for porsches, thats who I am going to meet at the George :roll: any chance I could borrow the Porsche? :lol:
Elmerfud, how does Mrs Fud find the Mk2 Punto? Am serious liking the new Mk2 B's just out and want one. I don't know what it is with me and Punto's, am doomed for a life a bad handling though I can drive the tits off mine and it has done well.
Benji
weegaz22
24-08-03, 01:10 PM
i used to test drive the newer shape (mk2's)puntos when i worked in a renualt/fiat/alfa and lancia dealers and i thought they were the worst handling cars i have ever driven in my life, if you go round a corner at anything over learner driver speeds the thing tie's itself in knots, its like the rear suspension doesnt know what its supposed to do, my nova is 11 years old, on standard (original) suspension and it handles much better than a mk2 punto so that shows you how bad they really are
you think its just the rear suspension that is wrong? Good god no, the entire suspension and set up is a shambles :lol:
Body roll? Hell i think I have leaned my punto over further than the SV, could almost get the mirrors down! :shock:
Fiat handling, not sure about the others but definitely on the punto is terrible, absolutely horrible, but I still love it so much, I have no idea why, I can really drive the nuts off that thing though, I mean really really. The one good thing about the punto is that it is lightweight, which is great when the tank is empty. The one thing though that has ALWAYS amazed me is that no matter what car I have driven, the Punto's throttle response has ALWAYS been better, I mean on the Mk1 in 1st the thing is sooooo responsive its in fact incredibly snatchy.
Ahhh I love the little beast, some good times and so absolutly fabulous times embarrising a lot bigger, better and a lot lot more expensive cars.
Benji
A few years back I sold Fiat and Alfa cars and I can honestly say that my favourite demo car throughout my time there was a Fiat Punto Sporting. It is the best handling small car I have driven. It is also one of a very select few front wheel drive cars that I have been consistently able to oversteer - especially on wet roundabouts. Great fun.
yup, all i have is my SV, a bicycle, and my RS250 for track use.. no drivers licence for cars, so it's all i've got.
Chablis
25-08-03, 10:49 AM
Well as you know Marrus has the Blue Porsche Boxter 2.7 (just for Benji - they wouldnt insure me on the 3.2 so couldnt get that one) and yes I drive a big boring Ford Explorer. Well someone has to chauffer the dog around while others are out having fun on their bike lol.
Michelle
xxx
(Bloody insurance!!! Still the 2.7 is nice! Its still a Porsche, its still RWD and it will still go sideways round roundabouts!)
VTwin I can get the 55S to oversteer, its hard work but it can be done though usually the tyres are so deformed by this point it can go all kinds of pair shaped, had the rims dangerously close to the ground apparently.
Benji
Benji,
Its grand once you turn off the stability management system :D
Until thats done it just wont go! I tried lots!
We'll you'll see :twisted:
Damn TC/ASC/AYC/GSM/TPO blah blah blah, if I ever get a car complicated enough, I'll remove the fuse for the traction control :twisted:
Take it easy all!
Benji
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