View Full Version : Sv 650 sport. sun says its girls bike?
mxm35948
10-04-07, 07:21 AM
Bought a 650 sport last week and collect on thursday!! Read in the sun about it being a bit of a girls bike!! Hope this is not the case? Getting stick at the work about it!! Are they just winding me up??
rictus01
10-04-07, 07:22 AM
And the Sun is an Oracale on all things bike related now is it:roll:
Cheers Mark.
Bought a 650 sport last week and collect on thursday!! Read in the sun about it being a bit of a girls bike!! Hope this is not the case? Getting stick at the work about it!! Are they just winding me up??
Yeah, the SV is definitely a big girl's bike. Your workmates are right. Sell the SV and buy a Harley, that's a man's motorcycle.
/Sarcasm Mode: Off
Jelster
10-04-07, 07:31 AM
The Sun, MCN, see the similarities :roll:
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The Sun can't report real news, what the hell does it know about bikes.
How gives a toss what the Sun says?
The SV is a great bike, you'll love it. Are your workmates all car drivers?
They won't think it's girly when you fly past them!
(P.S. I bought mine from a girl!!!):smt043
Try this for size:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Suzuki/Suzuki-SV650S-1999-current/?&R=EPI-441
It's the MCN review of the SV. Makes for good reading me thinks!!!!!
The Sun & MCN say opposite things huh (haven't read either article). Now, what's the odds on that?
Is the SV a girly bike? I suppose it is, looks good, sounds great when you give it... erm... u-rating, can't say that.
Is it girly when you delicately and precisely leave bigger & faster bikes way behind in the twisties? Yup, suppose so.
If the SV is a woman, I have no problem with being on top, you should ask your work mates why they want to ride a bloke! :shock:
it must be true if its in the sun :smt009
injury_ian
10-04-07, 08:55 AM
Either the SV forum is a strange entity where men chat more than women,:rolleyes:OR in fact, the majority here are men.
I'm a bloke. I love the bike. nuff said!
Besides SV has many claims to fame, everyone i know calls it the 'wheelie machine' because its easy to wheelie apptly.
MattGriff
10-04-07, 09:07 AM
Ahh the Sun, the Journalism equivalent of the Beano.
Who on earth gives a flying anything what a fat Australian who lives in the US and his drones think about bikes.
I agree with the previous comment, you should buy a Harley instead, then you can be ‘cool’ and just like the Terminator or American Chopper.
‘Scuse me Mr Murdoch, we have Islands and corners here in the UK, something that both your current residence and your homeland severely lack!
Go back to spouting of real worthy news!
In summary, the Sun is read and written by idiots!!!!!!!! It is naught more than an adult comic book.
mxm35948
10-04-07, 09:14 AM
cheers guys, was doubting myself for a minute there!! cant wait till thursday!!:)
Get on it - start it - then just enjoy it.
Trust me when you hear the V-twin roar you will forget all about this thread.......
Well I wouldn't agree 100% that it is a girls bike because I did own one afterall.
However it does remind me of what Top Gear said about the Porsche Boxster.
If you get into a conversation with a Boxster/SV owner the topic soon turns to why they didn't get a 911/GSXR.
The reason most people buy a Boxster/SV is because they can't afford the 911/GSXR.
So maybe it is a hairdressers bike as opposed to a girls bike?
Before loads of people come out with their reasons as to why they bought an SV, just remember I said "most" owners buy them for that reason not "all".
Just a theory so don't shoot the messenger! :)
kwak zzr
10-04-07, 12:02 PM
The reason most people buy a Boxster/SV is because they can't afford the 911/gsxr
not true, i sold a gsxr and a cbr600 and got the sv :smt120 it wasnt a money issue it was the "V" twin engine issue.
muffles
10-04-07, 12:18 PM
Before loads of people come out with their reasons as to why they bought an SV, just remember I said "most" owners buy them for that reason not "all".
not true, i sold a gsxr and a cbr600 and got the sv :smt120 it wasnt a money issue it was the "V" twin engine issue.
Too late!:smt043
amnesia
10-04-07, 12:20 PM
The Sun is to quality reporting what The Spice Girls were to quality music. Treat what they write with the same level of respect that sane well-adjusted people treat The Spice Girls with.
Lots of people - especially it seems the sports-riding 'elite' - have a dig at the SV. I have no problem with that, everyone has their own opinions. This is roughly what I posted on BCF.co.uk a few days ago...
It may not be as pretty as a Triumph Daytona 675 - but then not many things are
It may not be as fast as a GSX600R in a straight line
It may not have 258billion suspension settings like the Yamaha R6
My reason to ride is not to get my knee down and go hooning around the twisties at warp speed (but I will probably get there!).
It manages two up without drama
Its comfortable through town and over distance
It will outpull just about any car it comes up against
AND - the only machine that sounds better to me is a Ducati.
Yeah, the SV is definitely a big girl's bike. Your workmates are right. Sell the SV and buy a Harley, that's a man's motorcycle.
/Sarcasm Mode: Off A Harley? :pukel:
Your mates read the Sun and think they are qualified to criticise your bike :smt043 :smt043 :smt043
The Sun! :smt043
How gives a toss what the Sun says?
The SV is a great bike, you'll love it. Are your workmates all car drivers?
They won't think it's girly when you fly past them!
(P.S. I bought mine from a girl!!!):smt043
Me too. :lol:
Bought a 650 sport last week and collect on thursday!! Read in the sun about it being a bit of a girls bike!! Hope this is not the case? Getting stick at the work about it!! Are they just winding me up??
That's rubbish!! They forgot to add short ass blokes and newbie riders. :rolleyes:
Ah. but thats the new Sun bike writer. The old one, a good friend of mine, raved about the SV. Well he did after i done a few time on his Honda Hornet 9!!
Yes the Sv has the girl bike image, but its far from it. Just because its not he latest R1Ninjagixerbladeturbonutterbastid people think its a crap bike. It is what it is. A fairly well built, reliable, fair handling 'budget' sports bike/touer/commuter, that if looked after will reward the newest of riders to those who have been riding a bit. Its a grin machine
That's rubbish!! They forgot to add short ass blokes and newbie riders. :rolleyes:
Blimey I tick all the boxes in this post then!:o
Bought from a girl.
5'9"
and only been riding since November!!!!!:p
........alright then 5'8 (and a bit)!
kwak zzr
10-04-07, 01:40 PM
nothing wrong with being 5'8 and a bit matey:)
Alpinestarhero
10-04-07, 01:42 PM
Bought a 650 sport last week and collect on thursday!! Read in the sun about it being a bit of a girls bike!! Hope this is not the case? Getting stick at the work about it!! Are they just winding me up??
Huge girls bike! Everyone knows that a real mans bike is a yellow curvy SV :rolleyes:
No, seriously, i take that back. The SV is a serious tool in the hands of a good rider, and they are a well respected bike by riders in the know.
It may have an image in some places as a girlie sort of bike, but it isnt. In my mind, its a bike someone buys because its their first bike (little money for alot of bike) and they dont want something that will kill them! Or, its a bike someone buys because they are coming back to biking. Or, its a bike that someone wants because its differant. SV's atract my attention, but it takes a seriously hot R1 / GSXR / fireblade to get the same amount of atention from me.
The SV is a great bike in whatever guise it comes - dont be fooled, it'll eat up GSXR etc riders in the right (capable!) hands.
Matt
Should I add:
and 14 stone!
kwak zzr
10-04-07, 01:45 PM
ooops 10 stone 3! thats where my power to weight ratio comes from:)
SoulKiss
10-04-07, 01:45 PM
Just because its not he latest R1Ninjagixerbladeturbonutterbastid
Is that a Hyosung bike?
How much and whats the insurance like :P
David
kwak zzr
10-04-07, 01:48 PM
"bastid" :smt043
Captain Nemo
10-04-07, 01:49 PM
its a girls bike in the same way that silky underwear is only for women too !!!!.
oh wait.................
ooops 10 stone 3! thats where my power to weight ratio comes from:)
10 stone 3?
Blimey does autosol/polishing help you lose weight too?
It really is a miracle product!!!;)
kwak zzr
10-04-07, 03:12 PM
no high cholesterol makes me loose weight.:)
Bought a 650 sport last week and collect on thursday!! Read in the sun about it being a bit of a girls bike!! Hope this is not the case? Getting stick at the work about it!! Are they just winding me up??
The Sun also wrote "Freddie Star ate my hamster".... Need I say more!!!
Girls bike? SOMEONE CALLING ME A GIRL?
mister c
10-04-07, 05:52 PM
Now I know why I keep feeling my breasts since I bought the Sv :smt120:smt043
John 675
10-04-07, 06:02 PM
i think the day i take anything serious that i read in the " DAILY COMIC " will be the day i succesfully bite my ear. lol,:smt043 :smt043 :smt043
although mine was purchased from a girl too lol,
you see i dont understand that A GIRLS BIKE ? ? ? how?? because it safer and manageable??? YEAH !!! like northwinds bike is safe and managable :rambo: its how you ride it, and i personally rag the shizzle out of mine when the times right ! whats the point of owning a bike you cant use to the full,
eg : if i had a Gixer 1000 it would be the slowest gixer 1000 on road for like a month. lol,:rolleyes:
John 675
10-04-07, 06:04 PM
no high cholesterol makes me loose weight.:)
as does high octane and no time to eat . . . just me then!:smt086
The Basket
10-04-07, 06:13 PM
Now I have sold me SV, I am a man again?
Kewl!
The Sun is to journalism what **** is to food.
Steve_God
10-04-07, 06:43 PM
Ride it well... and it'll keep up with the best of bikes round twisties! (My riding pall on his R6 hates me for it! hehe!
The Basket
11-04-07, 07:12 AM
Well the main selling point of the SV is its economy. Cheap to buy and cheap to run. If that makes it a girly bike then girls either must have little cash or be tight with dough. I'm glad this has come to my attention.
So just to clarify:
The SV650 is for girls and short fat men then?:p
no. i'm tall. and a bloke.
the sun is ghey.
injury_ian
11-04-07, 08:20 AM
So just to clarify:
The SV650 is for girls and short fat men then?:p
:smt017
:cheers: WooHoo!!!!!!!!
Not that im short fat ... or ugly lol!
wyrdness
11-04-07, 08:59 AM
I guess that the Speed Triple must also be a girls bike, as Lou M has just bought one :D
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=87093
Actually if the reason the Sun thinks the SV650 is a girls bike, is the fact that a few girls own them - then that makes most if not all bikes girls bikes!!!!
I'm sure that on this forum there are female owners of GSXR's, CBR-RR's to name but a few and I'm sure that these bikes wouldn't be considered as girls bikes......................or are they?
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21QUEST
11-04-07, 09:27 AM
The SV is a gurly bike......Get over it people. "Realise and Accept" I say. :p
Every few weeks same topic and people up in arms ;).
I'm off to get meself a GSXR or Triumph. Seems like the bikes to get when a gurly biker becomes a manly biker :rolleyes:
Ben
Actually if the reason the Sun thinks the SV650 is a girls bike, is the fact that a few girls own them - then that makes most if not all bikes girls bikes!!!!
I'm sure that on this forum there are female owners of GSXR's, CBR-RR's to name but a few and I'm sure that these bikes wouldn't be considered as girls bikes......................or are they?
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isn't the main sun bike journo a female gixer rider?
DanAbnormal
11-04-07, 10:16 AM
I agree it's a big girls bike.
A really big girl with huge biceps and a 30 inch neck!
SV's are great, the Sun is poop. Go figure.
I'm off to get meself a Triumph. Seems like the bike to get for a manly biker :rolleyes:
Ben
Oh yes!;)
Oh yes!;)
To true. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I do however find the need to stop and beat my chest regular hourly intervals can at times interupt a damn fine ride.
jonboy99
11-04-07, 05:06 PM
not true, i sold a gsxr and a cbr600 and got the sv :smt120 it wasnt a money issue it was the "V" twin engine issue.
Also, the boxster is a girl's car.
:) ;)
kwak zzr
11-04-07, 05:07 PM
i'd have one if there one going free.
jonboy99
11-04-07, 05:08 PM
Shhh, i'm baiting boxster owners.. /visordown mode
Balky001
11-04-07, 05:59 PM
I agree it's a big girls bike.
A really big girl with huge biceps and a 30 inch neck!
You mean Fatima Whitbread owns an SV? Cool.
Cloggsy
11-04-07, 06:27 PM
I've never seen a Page 3 girl sat on an SV...
I've never seen a Page 3 girl sat on an SV...
You haven't :?: :shock:
I had one sat on my bike this very morning. I then picked up the newspaper (said in the loosest of terms) and chucked it in the bin where it belongs. :lol:
Steelman
11-04-07, 11:07 PM
I've never seen a Page 3 girl sat on an SV...
Wish that I could have a page 3 girl sat on my SV :smt077
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