davidimurray

As others have said the SV forks tend to be A bit soft. I'm thinking of sorting mine out soon. Of course if suzuki made them good then no one would pay the premium for the gsxr!

Having ridden my sisters 06 fazer I found it a very boring bike to ride. Throttle response was very soft and the steering was very light, you only felt like you were having fun when you were wringing the bikes neck. On the other hand I find the SV to be a bit more of an animal. For example, I found that if your coming around a roundabout on the fazer, you crank it over, see your exit, give it a fistfull of throttle and it slowly accelerates out. You do the same with the SV and the low down torque really makes a difference - you will shoot off the road if you give it a fistfull!!! You really have to control the throttle - I find it much more of a riders bike - you could just be lazy on the fazer. Also the SV doesn't turn as quickly as the fazer - again however I find the SV a lot more stable in the turn as it is less twitchy as it requires a bit more input at the bars. Again, it's more challenging to ride and I think it is more satisfying.

Of course what you don't get with the SV is the sudden rush of power typical of an IL4. Instead you get a smaller rush all the way through the rev range which I love. After the SV, when I tried the fazer I was very dissapointed as everyone says it is such a good bike - didn't impress me at all.