SV700 Concepts

[DanDare]

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[fraser01]

On the first pic they could have put a decent exhaust on it after all that work lol

:lol:

[Abyss]

i like them:)

[jonboy]

Yes but we now know that the K7 will just be colour changes. The K8, however, will be the big revamp everyone had been expecting (but sadly it'll still be a budget bike, with mainly cheap components).


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[Marshall]

NIIIIIIICE

[johnnyrod]

Will it still be a 650? Will the K8 still have the same distinctly average suspension? (Sounds like it.) Will the Japs ever build a 749 equivalent?

[SV650Racer]

No one knows what the K7 will be let alone the K8. If you want something that is a 700 or 750 and had radial brakes then buy a GSXR750...remember the SV is a budget bike and has to come in at under £5k to buy and be reasonable to insure for new riders :wink:

[mysteryjimbo]

2nd one looks too much like the fazer for my liking. The stubby exhaust doesnt do anything for me either

[DanAbnormal]

Hmm. I kinda like the gixxer back end but then I hope they don't copy it exactly. I'm sure they will come up with something unique, juts hope it ain't fugly like the Er6 thingy.

:D

[johnnyrod]

If you want something that is a 700 or 750 and had radial brakes then buy a GSXR750...remember the SV is a budget bike and has to come in at under £5k to buy and be reasonable to insure for new riders :wink:

You can't talk! Har har. The GSXRs have too many cylinders and you know it. I was actually a little disappointed when the Superbike rules changed so that they all had 1000cc engines, if it had gone the other way there could be loads of really good sports 750 twins on the roads now that aren't Ducatis or even-more-self-destructing Laverdas. Hang on, what would I spend my time doing instead...

[Vtwinlover]

dont like 'em :thumbdown:

[Kylie]

Put a nice sharp looking fairing on the yellow one and I'd be queuing up for one. Very nice.
But tis fairytale stuff right? No way I could get a swingarm and zorst like that for my K3 is there..... :)

[paulthewitt]

i think they HAVE to change the sv650 for 2007 as it wont comply with the new emisions laws. So hopefully more than a change of colours

Paul

[Razor]

If you want something that is a 700 or 750 and had radial brakes then buy a GSXR750...remember the SV is a budget bike and has to come in at under £5k to buy and be reasonable to insure for new riders :wink:

You can't talk! Har har. The GSXRs have too many cylinders and you know it. I was actually a little disappointed when the Superbike rules changed so that they all had 1000cc engines, if it had gone the other way there could be loads of really good sports 750 twins on the roads now that aren't Ducatis or even-more-self-destructing Laverdas. Hang on, what would I spend my time doing instead...

A 750 twin could compete in supersport class against the 600cc IL4s, the Ducati 749 does.

I don't think Suzuki will put much investment into the SV. A capacity hike is possible as it re-vitalised the smaller bandit by making it the 650 bandit. It gave the model another couple of years on the market.
Speaking of markets, the SV's competition has always kind of been the monster, which the smallest one is now a 695. I think a Sv 700 is quite possible, but I don't see much else being changed.

[Peter Henry]

I personally think the good old SV is on borrowed time. I would be greatly surprised if it survives beyond 2008. :?

[Razor]

I personally think the good old SV is on borrowed time. I would be greatly surprised if it survives beyond 2008. :?

You could say the same of the air cooled monster range.

[Peter Henry]

Razor..There are major changes to the Ducati range of bikes planned, a reducing of models is for sure amongst them.

(Did you somehow feel my original comment was some kind of downer on the SV yet I support all things Ducati? Very wrong.)

By 2008 Ducati plan to drop 2 "families" of bikes and then only offer 4 "families" which will involve just 12 models as opposed to the present 24.

They will only offer 1 entry level machine. Their focus will go back to serious street racer type bikes and the award winning Hypermotard.

They will also be aiming for a slight increase in reliability statistics and distribution.

It could be suggested that they will once again be aiming a little more for the "exclusive" type market.

I hope that helps Razor? :wink:

[Jabba]

I personally think the good old SV is on borrowed time. I would be greatly surprised if it survives beyond 2008. :?

Not sure about that............sales figures alone show a need amongst the buying public.

[Peter Henry]

Jab..I agree with you,but if Suzuki feel a different model will be launched to attract a similar buying public then that will happen. I base this on my understanding that it actually costs more to produce a V twin motor than for say an IL4 or straight twin.

[andyaikido]

Jab..I agree with you,but if Suzuki feel a different model will be launched to attract a similar buying public then that will happen. I base this on my understanding that it actually costs more to produce a V twin motor than for say an IL4 or straight twin.

Good point. Where did the SV650 come from? The litre twin was used for racing but why did Suzuki choose to develop a new small bore twin for a budget bike?

[northwind]

If the market wasn't worth competing for, I doubt Kawasaki would have just entered it- and they haven't just entered it, they've attacked it. But the SV can't compete as it is, I think.

Suzuki have a depressing habit of letting models just tail off, like the Bandit- and then, after a few years of stagnation, they say "Well, nobody's buying it, why update it?" This is what I fear for the SV.

Since emissions is going to be a big part of the game for future bike, I'd not be at all surprised to see a very soft-tuned SV700, making about the same power. Most of the ways to cut emissions on an existing engine are either complex, or lose poewr, and the SV can't really afford to lose much.