[L3nny]

I have had my SV since December 08 ridden 7000 miles on it but Saturday I have someone coming to look at it who is really interested in buying it so in a couple of days it is likely to be gone.

I was glad I got an SV as my first bike and I have enjoyed my time owning it and will be sad to see it go. Half of me is hoping the guy wont buy it to be honest.

The problem this leaves me with is what to buy next. I don't really want to be without a bike for too long so don't really have time to go around test riding dozens of bikes and the prices dealers charge are ridiculous so I am likely to buy private and a lot of dealers wont let you take a test ride unless they think you are definitely going to buy.

I will mostly be using the bike for weekend blasts in good weather but also have a trip to Europe planned.

So what did you get, and what does it do better and what does it do worse than the SV

BTW my budget for the next bike is about £3000.