Originally Posted by Toypop

I have had a number of people refer to my SV as a hairdressers bike.

I get the feeling that we are the biking equivalent of Porsche Boxter owners - a bunch of light weights that couldnt afford or couldn't handle the real deal (911/SV1000) so just got the next best thing that looked similar.

I guess it is true that I am only here due to insurance purposes...

I am dead against mods now. I spent a lot of money tuning and modifying cars in the past and it actually devalued the vehicle. I too felt afterwards that I could have done so much better if I had just shelled out more in the first place and bought what I really wanted.

I for one would never buy a modded used bike. Any bike I buy would have to be completely standard or brand new.

No disrespect to people that are into modifying and tuning though, I did find it satisfying at the time although I was in my early twenties whereas by the time I got to my late twenties I had completely gone off the whole thing.

Ideally I would have liked the thou or a GSXR but insurance prevented me. In my opinion the worse thing I can do is modify what I have in an attempt to get closer to my ideal bike. The money would be better reserved for higher insurance premiums on the real deal.