SV upgrade to ..........ummm what ? [Archive] - SV650.org

Vtwinlover

19-07-06, 03:01 PM

I was wondering what would be the next bike of choice for all you SV loving folks out there?

I like sports bikes, but dont fancy 600cc IL4's, i'm a huge fan of V-twins so i'm leaning towards an RSV 1000.

What are your opinions?

Here's a reminder as to what the main contenders look like. (You know what an SV looks like)

http://bicilindrico.free.fr/images/Motos%20des%20potes/hugues/factory_1.jpg

http://www.kakaku.com/bike/images/bike/DUCATI_999.jpg

http://www.allamericanhonda.com/images/CBR1000RR_05_main.gif

http://www.caridc.net/Updated/Moto/200509/img/Yamaha-YZF-R1-SP-001-800.jpg

Flamin_Squirrel

19-07-06, 03:04 PM

How long have you been riding? Many miles? All year round? etc

Vtwinlover

19-07-06, 03:09 PM

Been riding for 8 years, 5 of which on SV's. Yep all year round and have probably covered over 50K miles on bikes.

Swiss

19-07-06, 03:14 PM

Get the Mille, it's stonking loverly.

mattSV

19-07-06, 03:24 PM

Get the Mille, it's stonking loverly.

Seconded.

I would have one if it wasn't for the fact that I need to take a pillion occasionally.

If you like bling and want the pose factor then go for the 999 - I think the mille is better VFM though.

Don't dismiss the SV1000 though - it is great value for the money and still bloody quick :wink:

fizzwheel

19-07-06, 03:24 PM

Dont rule out GSXR-750. This years K6 has been getting some stonking reviews.

Saying that the RSV is a lovely bike. I narrowed it down to a choice of RSV, SV Thou or GSXR-750 I got a great deal on a K5 750 so thats what I went for.

Carsick

19-07-06, 03:26 PM

don't rule out the best kept secret in motorcycling.

instigator

19-07-06, 03:32 PM

don't rule out the best kept secret in motorcycling.

True. :)

The yamaha diversion 600 is a good bike after all.

:lol:

Flamin_Squirrel

19-07-06, 03:32 PM

don't rule out the best kept secret in motorcycling.

Wouldn't be refering to the Falco would you?

Ok bike I s'pose. I could never have one though, because it's as ugly as sin :shock:

Sudoxe

19-07-06, 03:33 PM

don't rule out the best kept secret in motorcycling.

Wouldn't be refering to the Falco would you?

Ok bike I s'pose. I could never have one though, because it's as ugly as sin :shock:

Now, thats not true.

You could always buy a speed triple :lol:

Dan

wheelnut

19-07-06, 03:44 PM

If I had longer legs, I would have the Mille, but I had to vote the SV1000 cos its still a V2 :P

Although those GSXR 750 do look like fido's testicles

Razor

19-07-06, 04:09 PM

All year round? Buy the HONDA!! :D

mudge32

19-07-06, 04:15 PM

If I had the moulah and the danglies for it..I'd definitely have one of these

http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/files/images/GSX-R750_K6/520_STYR_CRU.jpg

But then again I'd love an RSV, but I can't touch the floor on the old ones :oops: :lol:

Black Rider

19-07-06, 04:16 PM

For my next bike at the moment i'm leaning towards a GSX-R 750. They're only 20bhp off the 1k AND it's in the 600 frame so it's lighter. There was a test in bike mag with a few different bikes (600s and thousands and the Gixxer 750).

Ok in a straight line the 1ks were faster on the long distance but round corners (On the track :lol: ) the 750 kicked everythings @rse!!!!!

Then the plan after that is another GREAT bike that you've missed out - I'm gonna get a Honda SP-2 :wink:

northwind

19-07-06, 04:20 PM

Mille or Falco for me please :) Or old Fazer thousand, or VFR. Or 7/11 :)

Black Rider

19-07-06, 04:24 PM

If I had the moulah and the danglies for it..I'd definitly have one of these

http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/files/images/GSX-R750_K6/520_STYR_CRU.jpg

But then again I'd love an RSV, but I can't touch the floor on the old ones :oops: :lol:

That is the colour i'd get it in too! NICE 1 Mudge!

We've still got to meet up and go for a ride some time! I'm off to the BSB at Oulton this weekend. Are you going to be there?

mudge32

19-07-06, 04:27 PM

We've still got to meet up and go for a ride some time! I'm off to the BSB at Oulton this weekend. Are you going to be there?Unfortunately not :oops: , but, yes, we've still got to go for a blat about :D

Vtwinlover

19-07-06, 04:31 PM

instigator

19-07-06, 04:34 PM

I'll be honest. I tried a 750 albeit slightly older but still a good 115bhp or more. I just felt inadequate in it's presence. Couldn't touch its limitations at all, it was no fun not being on the ball and being able to use it properly.

I jumped up in power too quickly and don't plan to get another il4 600cc bike (sports bike anyway) until I feel I can push my bike to it's limitations. The 33bhp sv was fantastic for me, had it a couple of months and I could get nearly the most out of it I felt.

Just saying really that you can't really ride the new range of 750cc+ sportsbikes unless you're preeeeeeetty damn good. And I ain't. Yet. :wink:

kwak zzr

19-07-06, 04:44 PM

:twisted: TUONO :twisted:

Abyss

19-07-06, 04:50 PM

ooooo GSXR750! :D

fizzwheel

19-07-06, 04:55 PM

True Black Rider i'm sure the GSXR750 is a top bike but i had a go on a friends and it still seemed like a screamer all the power at the top end, sure it takes off further up the rev range, just not really my thing, think i'd want at least a litre IL4.

Yep again SP-2 is a great bike just seems a little bit dated, also i've sat on one and it feels a bit cramped, but then i am 6'3".

What model GSXR-750 did you try. I've got a K5. It makes power from 4500rpm all the way to the rev limiter. No flat spots. You get a shove at 7000rpm and then another one at 10000rpm.

I was put off an SP2 for the same reasons as you.

Davido

19-07-06, 05:48 PM

Get the blade. Honda reliability, gp styling, amazing power, frankly the best one. What more could you want?

kwak zzr

19-07-06, 06:01 PM

A "V" TWIN.

Davido

19-07-06, 06:06 PM

PIFF, twins are for women and people who can't afford the insurance on anything else. :lol:

northwind

19-07-06, 06:25 PM

Hah, try insuring mine, i could get a blade covered for less...

Vtwinlover

19-07-06, 06:41 PM

fizzwheel

19-07-06, 06:53 PM

FiZZwheel it was a K1 or K2, maybe the newer ones are a bit different.

Maybe. I thoroughly impressed with mine as you might have guessed. OK I'll stop going on about it now :oops:

Whatever you get off that list is not going to disappoint you 8)

DanAbnormal

19-07-06, 07:05 PM

Honda Sp1 or Sp2?

Stonking twins!

Or................a C90! :D

Vtwinlover

19-07-06, 08:12 PM

A C90 huh! :shock:

I may have to re-think my list............what about these ay? http://spen-crowson.co.uk/crap_bikes.htm :smt075

andyaikido

19-07-06, 08:13 PM

Hah, try insuring mine, i could get a blade covered for less...

Why so expensive? Don't insurers like your mods.

DanAbnormal

19-07-06, 08:15 PM

A C90 huh! :shock:

I may have to re-think my list............what about these ay? http://spen-crowson.co.uk/crap_bikes.htm :smt075

Why isn't the Harley in that list. Most of Harleys in fact. Yeah, I know horses for courses and all that. :D

kwak zzr

19-07-06, 08:37 PM

PIFF, twins are for women and people who can't afford the insurance on anything else. :lol:

dont know where you got that info from :?

northwind

19-07-06, 09:45 PM

Hah, try insuring mine, i could get a blade covered for less...

Why so expensive? Don't insurers like your mods.

Not much :) But mainly it's that cover that's worth having for a heavily modified SV is hard to find. Only Carole Nash offered me an agreed value, loads of places do that for classics but not for newer bikes. I could insure it for far less, but that'd just cover the bassic bike, not the mods... And building another like mine'd set me back something like twice the cost of the bike itself, so it'd be a pretty poor option.

$tevo

19-07-06, 09:52 PM

Not thought about Speed Triple or Daytona?

I'm_a_Newbie

19-07-06, 10:24 PM

don't rule out the best kept secret in motorcycling.

Ahh, you mean the Honda C90 :lol:

northwind

19-07-06, 10:33 PM

don't rule out the best kept secret in motorcycling.

Which is, of course, The Yamaha FireMonkey

Well, of course you've not heard of it, it's a secret...

Vtwinlover

19-07-06, 10:37 PM

Not thought about Speed Triple or Daytona?

I dont like the look of the current SpeedTriple liked the old shape though, its not really sporting enough. Yeah thought about the Daytona but, if i was to get one of those i'd want to wait for them to update to 675 styling, that would be cool.

$tevo

19-07-06, 10:37 PM

Best kept secret? Wouldn't that be the CG750?

Jelster

19-07-06, 10:40 PM

All year round? Buy the HONDA!! :D

Ah, at last, some one with a bit of sense..

But get an RR2/RR3 much better value for money.

.

Peter Henry

19-07-06, 10:50 PM

Yeah Julian Clary rides a Honda and think's the world of his. Maybe he and Jelster are kindred spirits? :wink:

Iain51

20-07-06, 01:57 PM

Or 7/11 :)

GSXR? :? Or R7/R1? 8) :D

Or, if you're mixing and matching frames and engines....Yamagamma!! 8) 8) 8) :lol:

Iain51

20-07-06, 01:58 PM

:twisted: TUONO :twisted:

Me likey! 8) :D Would like to be in a position where comparing that and the Mille was worthwhile, and not just the stuff of fantasy. :? :(

Skip

20-07-06, 02:28 PM

I wasnt really in the market for a new bike, but deciced to try a Kawasaki Z750S just for kicks - ended up buying a brand new one! :oops: I didnt want another 600 and I cant get on with the riding position of sports bikes, kind of rules out most bikes! Also a big factor for me was the cheap insurance, only £65 more than the SV 8) Also the 750 means that you get the grunt low down too, this is no rev happy screamer, but if you wind it up past 7000rpm it goes like a scalded cat. Sure some dont like the looks (personally I think it looks great) and its not without its faults, but overall its a stonking ride and I dont regret the move one bit! :D

shao

20-07-06, 02:54 PM

Was next to an RSV1000 at some lights today, and made me come on here and give it ia vote, that is one sexual motorcycle :love:

haggis

20-07-06, 04:40 PM

My mate had his R6 written off in a SMIDSY last summer. He's just got a new RSV Mille this week to replace it. He's deeply unimpressed with it so far (still running in).
I was very surprised to say the least.

A Tuono Factory for me or perhaps the new Trumpet naked 675 when/if it gets here.

Now back in the real world.....i'll stick to the SV6, and do more to it.

SVmonkey

20-07-06, 05:10 PM

I voted blade cos I want one. Selling all the trick bits off my 600RR, should have enough to buy a low mileage 06. Fingers crossed [-o<

fizzwheel

20-07-06, 05:12 PM

He's just got a new RSV Mille this week to replace it. He's deeply unimpressed with it so far (still running in). I was very surprised to say the least.

Me to. What doesnt he like about it ?

$tevo

20-07-06, 05:19 PM

...or perhaps the new Trumpet naked 675 when/if it gets here.

Really? That'd be interesting :)

falc

20-07-06, 05:26 PM

RSV1000 out of that lot me thinks

Vtwinlover

20-07-06, 06:02 PM

My mate had his R6 written off in a SMIDSY last summer. He's just got a new RSV Mille this week to replace it. He's deeply unimpressed with it so far (still running in).
I was very surprised to say the least.

I reckon an RSV is pretty far removed from an R6, maybe just not his kind a bike :? Perhaps he likes to be sitting over the front wheel screaming his nuts off

kciN

20-07-06, 06:06 PM

Was next to an RSV1000 at some lights today, and made me come on here and give it ia vote, that is one sexual motorcycle :love:

Really! I've never had a bike do that before! :wink:

Vtwinlover

20-07-06, 07:54 PM

Was next to an RSV1000 at some lights today, and made me come on here and give it ia vote, that is one sexual motorcycle :love:

Tell me about it forget exotica try erotica :wink: :D

Jelster

20-07-06, 10:30 PM

Yeah Julian Clary rides a Honda and think's the world of his. Maybe he and Jelster are kindred spirits? :wink:

Now now Peter, I distinctly heard him say that he has a full blooded "Italian Stallion", so I guessed he had Monster, but maybe I'm wrong....

.

Jabba

21-07-06, 08:06 AM

I've voted 'blade but I do like the look of that particular R1 =P~

Iansv

21-07-06, 08:09 AM

Out of those it'd be the mille

Vtwinlover

21-07-06, 08:57 AM

I've voted 'blade but I do like the look of that particular R1 =P~

Yeah that particular R1 is the SP not sure i can afford that one

Demonz

21-07-06, 09:44 AM

I would go Blade for comfort over the RSV - better seating position - with a different colour scheme though as dont like Repsol colours. The standard RSV in white is nice too. Tuono performance is just as sharp, more comfortable, and cheaper to insure so it got my vote.

CZrider

21-07-06, 12:58 PM

I like one of these, 140hp 125 Nm. It looks like fun to ride.

http://upload4.postimage.org/659632/mm.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/659632/photo_hosting.html)

Paul

Vtwinlover

21-07-06, 01:07 PM

fwaor big lump of an engine in that Moto Morini 1200cc

northwind

21-07-06, 01:07 PM

Yeah, I want one of those too. But I can't have one :(

Vtwinlover

22-07-06, 03:29 PM

One bike ommitted from the list is ofcourse the ZX10R

can anyone explian Kawasaki's thinking behind turning a perfectly attractive motorcycle

http://www.y-support-kobehigashi.com/zx10rb01b.jpg 8)

Into this hidious creation

http://www.mcjournalen.no/Kawasaki06/kaw_zx10r_4_06.jpg :?

kwak zzr

22-07-06, 03:32 PM

i like the new one and it should be green :twisted:

Demonz

22-07-06, 09:04 PM

ZX is very comfrotable too.

fizzwheel

22-07-06, 09:37 PM

I hate the rear end of the new 10R. Kawasaki have really f*cked that up.

Looks orrible from the side and looks orrible from the rear as well.

northwind

22-07-06, 09:44 PM

Funny, I like the rear but I hate the Tree Frog front.

fizzwheel

22-07-06, 09:48 PM

Funny, I like the rear but I hate the Tree Frog front.

I think I would hate the tree frog front more if I didnt want to rip the back end of that bike and beat it with a big stick for being so damn horrible.

Toypop

23-07-06, 10:52 AM

Yes I'd get the 06 ZX-10 personally if I had the money but there are newer models of other bikes out next year so I'd have to wait and see.

Being realistic about my next bike I would probably get a Gixxer 750 or another 600. I couldn't get on with the lack of top end rush on a V-Twin and I guess if you have the opposite problem with screaming four cylinders then those bikes would be no good for you.

Personally I don't reckon I'd go any quicker on a thou (until I got to 100+) as I can just about use full throttle on the six and keep the front down. Seems daft to pay loads more money to go the same speed but on half throttle with loads of wasted potential. Saying that I'd still want the thou for p*nis extension value but gotta wait for my insurance to come down first.

$tevo

23-07-06, 04:11 PM

The bike I would have chosen is a naked SV1K - purely because my back isn't up to clip-ons. Converting the S version - I know throttle cables would need to be replaced, alomg with maybe brake hoses - Is that all I'd need to swap over or are there other issues?

Vtwinlover

25-07-06, 03:17 PM

Just read the new 1200cc Ducati will have 916 styling cues.

Huurraahh :D

andyaikido

25-07-06, 04:47 PM

I think the new ZX-10R would look great without the nasty exhausts. Would've looked much better with a Gixxer-style stubby one.

socommk23

25-07-06, 06:17 PM

had to say sv1000 as you didnt put in tl1000s! which is what im getting next saturday!

yay for me

Vtwinlover

25-07-06, 06:31 PM

Ah good work :thumleft:

I'd probably go for a TL1000 over an SV1000, i'm really not a sharpie fan you see.

socommk23

25-07-06, 07:02 PM

me neither!

Vtwinlover

17-09-06, 03:53 PM

Well due to the overwhelming majority of votes i've gone for an RSV1000

Not really i just likes 'em so i has boughtz wun :D

northwind

17-09-06, 04:12 PM

:thumbsup:

fizzwheel

17-09-06, 04:17 PM

Nice 8)

Got any pictures, when are you collecting it ?

Vtwinlover

17-09-06, 05:55 PM

Next weekend fizz :bounce: it cant come soon enough :lol:

fizzwheel

17-09-06, 05:59 PM

Going to be a long week then. :D

I shall look forward to reading your write up of your first impressions after you've put a few miles on it. 8)

Treacle

18-09-06, 09:31 PM

One bike ommitted from the list is ofcourse the ZX10R

http://www.y-support-kobehigashi.com/zx10rb01b.jpg 8)

You would not regret it. Trust me! :wink:

Vtwinlover

19-09-06, 05:35 PM

Maybe so Treacle but i've gone for one of these bad boys

http://www.motomag.com/spip/IMG/jpg/rsv1000-06-23.jpg

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

http://www.motomag.com/spip/IMG/jpg/rsv1000-06-59.jpg