First Ride on My Pointy

Hi All,
I have posted a couple of times, I have now got my bike, done a 100+ miles today that includes riding it back from the store and then doing some practice.

I must say its a quality bike to ride, and looking forward to getting out on it more.

Thanks for all your help with every thing I asked so far.

Exactly how I feel about mine every time I get off it

One of the first things I did to mine was to grease the front spark plug cap, it's been out in the rain, mist and foggy drizzle with no misfires... Another was a good strip down of all the plastics to give the metal a helping of ACF-50

Enjoy it and relax is the best advice I can think of, at first I was tense and rigid on the bike and it caused wrist pain and some interesting cornering, Its coming together now though.
BTW fuel light flashing means 4 litres left, when it goes on constant you're down to 2 (mines never been that low while I've owned it)

[TheRamJam]

Bike looks good from the pic!

Enjoy your new pride and joy. Practice makes perfect and remember ride for yourself and stay safe

Looks smart and ride safe if intend using this over winter.

Thanks for the comments guys. I got a front fend extenda and will grace the plug. Also will do the metal. Needs a good clean as well.

Enjoy it dude. Mine makes me smile everyday and I hate getting off it.
As said above just relax and all shall come in time.
Stay safe.

Hi everyone. Thought I'd hijack this rather than post another 'newbie/first ride' topic. Picked my SV up on Thursday but haven't been out much yet cos I needed to get a 15k service, tax, Mot.. I just moved into a new house, no workshop yet and a lot of decorating to do so I took the bike to a local guru for the work. He says it's A1 mechanically so I lucked out after a bit of a gamble-buy.
So far I'm loving the bike, engine braking and eagerness will require more finesse to ride smoothly than my old 125. Sounds awesome with the aftermarket can... Couple of night rides show that the lights need some attention, and I've banged off the bottom of the forks a couple of times already. Also, as someone said earlier in this thread, I need to find a relaxed comfortable position.
Ok, that's me! I expect lots of questions to come as I get to grips with the new machine

Dave

Similar situation here. Passed my test a week ago and got myself a 2007 sv650s. Only had chance to take it out once in the last week but found it really nice to ride (and a bit quicker than the training school bikes)

I'm still a bit jerky so will try to get out and get a few more miles under my belt to smooth everything out.

Looking forward to it

The biggest thing is throttle control, I've had a few back end slides just from closing the throttle too quickly or mistiming a throttle blip on a down shift, these bikes force you to be smooth which I see as a good thing.

Loving this bike more and more as I get some miles under my belt. It's capable of more acceleration and speed than I know what to do with (so far!) but the thing I'm most impressed with compared to my 125 is how much control I feel I have just with little weight shifts. Plus the stability at speed is great. A little concered I may go deaf though.. Noise at around 50mph is crazy even with quality earplugs - doublebubble screen and loud can (tho it feels more like buffeting than engine noise)... Any suggestions there?