Intrested in racing an SV(UK)

Hi there!

As the topic title says, I'm hoping to race an SV next year, but I need a bit of help first.

1. What are the usual tuning options allowed for them?

2. Which classes are they eligible in? e.g minitwins, 600's, open class, etc

3. What can it's performance be compared to?

4. How easy are they to maintain?

And the most important question:

5. How fun are they to ride? I've come off a 70bhp 400 Yam, which to be honest was awesome, I've heard the SV650 has amazing handling though.

Thanks for any replies.

P.S anything i should look out for if buying a second hand bike?

Originally Posted by phleg

Hi there!

As the topic title says, I'm hoping to race an SV next year, but I need a bit of help first.

1. What are the usual tuning options allowed for them?

Within the mintwin class then basically you're resrcited to a full zorts system, filter and ECU remap.

2. Which classes are they eligible in? e.g minitwins, 600's, open class, etc

An SV650 is eligable within Bemsee for minitwins, Thunderbikes, Forza's

3. What can it's performance be compared to?

400's seem to be the closest matched although the performance is different in the sence that the 400's have out right speed and the SV's have the grunt out of corners.

4. How easy are they to maintain?

Oil change every meeting/ trackday and away you go.

And the most important question:

5. How fun are they to ride? I've come off a 70bhp 400 Yam, which to be honest was awesome, I've heard the SV650 has amazing handling though.

Probably equal to the 400 but cheaper in the longrun. They are slighly less nimble i'd say as they carry a touch more wieght but once set up they are superb. You will always have the stigma of not riding the biggest bestest fastest machine but once on the track they put in some very impressive lap times. This year at pembrey the thunderbikes went out with the rookie 600's as they didnt have suffeicent numbers for there own grid and the front 2 Rob wittey and james wainwright on a SV and a 400 managed to fight through the field from about halfway back down the grid to end up 4th//5th overall.

Thanks for any replies.

P.S anything i should look out for if buying a second hand bike?

NOt really as long as everything is all there then they pretty much as what you see is what you get.

REgarding what your looking for. Forks should be reworked including racetech emulators and a decent rear shock is a must and not a GSXR or ZX6R one a proper one like Ohlins, WP, Hyperpro etc etc.

Bodywork choices are up to you so you could find anything from an unfaired one with a small nosecone on it to one like jakwrights bike from this year that had GSXR fairings on it with a WCM seat unit(looked very cool). Most people opt for GSXR K4/5 fairings though as they are easy to source cheap as chips.

Lightweight subframes and fairing brackets are allowed so having them is a bomus and stripping the wiring loom down is also allowed to save weight.

Titanium fixings are allowed so any of them is a plus.

Also make sure whatever you buy has a spare set of wheels for wets as they are pretty hard to get hold of.

The more spares you can get the better. Radiators and forks/yokes should be an essential for a spares kit as they bend very easily.


Depending on your budget then i have a K3 unfaired mintwin for sale. comes with-

-Spare wheels(no wets though),
-Ohlins rear shock,
-forks are K5 units that have done less than 60miles from brand new with springs oil and emulators upgraded.
-Hindle full race system( not pretty but works)
-K+N filter
-Unfaired with rob witteys bodywork in primer bar the yellow panels.
-currently fitted with standard subframe but i have a,lightweight one thats only just not straight.
-Spares include Forks, yokes, Radiator, bars plus a few other bits and peices.


Looking for around £3,000

07782141606

Bike is in Watton, Norfolk 10 miles from snetterton

To answer question 1 fully, here are the official Minitwin regs you might want to take a look at:-

http://www.minitwins.co.uk/rules/rules2007a.html

I have just read them myself as I too am thinking of building a Minitwin legal bike

Adam Child had a couple of good results at Cadwell as written in MCN on a standard bike

Originally Posted by wheelnut

Adam Child had a couple of good results at Cadwell as written in MCN on a standard bike

Don't get carried away, that was typical journo tripe!!

It did happen, but its significance is diminished somewhat when you know the whole truth … read this thread (and read down a few posts) … http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.ph...183&highlight=