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Originally Posted by Nick762
I have never found the SV as comfortable as either an ER5 or CB500, unfortunately when I bought it, I didn't realise that the naked (which I should have gone for) and faired versions had different riding positions. The only time it has been comfortable has been on long motorway runs when I adopt the position it was designed for but it's not so much fun.
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I find the faired SV to be more comfy than the ER5 I had before... the seat gave me some weird pain in the groin - like some poeple have reported with the SV... guess it's down to how well you fit the individual bike, seeing as one size of bike generally has to fit everyone.
I remember one of the Bike magazine testers who had a DL650 as a long term ride saying how it was a great bike, good at everything, etc. but ugly and with no glamorous image, etc. which was the only problem. I like the look... there's a brand new black one at work now and it looks impressive in the flesh... can see the SV bits underneath but it looks bigger and more purposeful. Be interesting to take one on a trail and see how well it coped.