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ocr_sv

17-02-09 08:54 PM

new bike time?

Had the sv for about a year now, and even tho its been a great bike, i think i'm getting bored (i do get bored easily) the main thing being when i was shopping for a bike i was looking for naked stuff most of the time, i like the timeless look about them, so faced with a couple of options:

take the fairing of my sv - to make it naked, which will end up costing me money, and probably losing out in the long run,

selling the sv for something naked, baring in mind i will only have the money from it, say £1500-£2000 to buy a bike and end up with something like a bandit (which everyone has, but does that mean there good?)

swap the sv for something naked, but what?

swap the sv for a naked sv?

etuna

17-02-09 09:00 PM

Re: new bike time?

if I was you and had your budget, I'd keep your bike, get naked and go to svrider.com where you will find a multitude of bikes which will convince you to stick with what you have.

zunkus

17-02-09 09:08 PM

Re: new bike time?

Just remove the fairing and stick a round headlight or something off another bike for a new look. The SV is a great platform for a special bike. Not a lot of bikes out there which can give the same satisfaction of making your own special. As etuna said just look at svrider for inspiration. I did and look where it got me...
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...95872_9251.jpg

Magnum

17-02-09 09:14 PM

Re: new bike time?

Why not sell your current SV and buy a newer naked one? That way it's an upgrade but still on a familiar bike.

etuna

17-02-09 09:20 PM

Re: new bike time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnum (Post 1788611)

Why not sell your current SV and buy a newer naked one? That way it's an upgrade but still on a familiar bike.

he has the same budget though. I prefer the S bars on an N personally though it depends if he has the cash to convert.

thefallenangel

17-02-09 09:25 PM

Re: new bike time?

or he could get a h*nda.

etuna

17-02-09 09:37 PM

Re: new bike time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by thefallenangel (Post 1788636)

or he could get a h*nda.

I'd prefer a hornet to a bandit tbh..... if those are the choices:smt102

Magnum

17-02-09 09:40 PM

Re: new bike time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by etuna (Post 1788622)

he has the same budget though. I prefer the S bars on an N personally though it depends if he has the cash to convert.

£2000 will buy a newer naked, easily a low mileage pointy in that budget.

etuna

17-02-09 09:44 PM

Re: new bike time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnum (Post 1788658)

£2000 will buy a newer naked, easily a low mileage pointy in that budget.

I thought he only had the cash from selling his K1 naked (from his post) - depend on what he will get from that

Not sure how much newer he will get tbh. Are nakeds much cheaper? I seem to recall about 10% though I can never remember.

zunkus

17-02-09 10:00 PM

Re: new bike time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by etuna (Post 1788652)

I'd prefer a hornet to a bandit tbh..... if those are the choices:smt102

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