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Originally Posted by Hyweldrums

Am I right in thinking that every new SV650s started life as a half faired bike and the fairing lowers can be added as a modification, or were both launched as separate models? Should I expect to pay a premium for a bike with the full fairing?

Yes Standard is Half faired or Naked the "Lowers" which make it full faired are an additional part. Expect to pay a bit more but they're no excuse to fork out silly extra money for.

Originally Posted by YellowMonkeyBoy

Yes Standard is Half faired or Naked the "Lowers" which make it full faired are an additional part. Expect to pay a bit more but they're no excuse to fork out silly extra money for.

Cool. Do the 'lowers' tend to be an official Suzuki part or should I be looking out for badly fitted aftermarket cack?

Sorry about these questions, I expect they're tiresome to anyone who owns this bike.

Welcome!

Originally Posted by Hyweldrums

Cool. Do the 'lowers' tend to be an official Suzuki part or should I be looking out for badly fitted aftermarket cack?

Sorry about these questions, I expect they're tiresome to anyone who owns this bike.

Everyone learns at some point and I spend way too much time on here reading about everything and getting my bike into a lovely working order from a non runner less than 3 months ago.

Alas life story over, there are Suzuki Own, I know there is aftermarket cack but thats as hard to come by as Suzuki's own, though not half as hard if you have a Pointy. Though if you really want full faired try and buy one with them on already. Will work out cheaper in the grand scheme of things. Ofcourse this covers a lot of the engine so make sure to have a good look if they're already fitted as I know if there is no Fender Extender I think its referred to as then corrosion can happen quite badly if unchecked. I just bought some Curvy ones off Fleabay this morning and intend to have them sprayed because decent curvy ones are harder to find than a needle in a haystack it seems

Sorry to revive such a dull thread, makes more sense than creating an all-new dull thread!

Based on what you've said Monkey Boy, I'm not going to let fairing lowers make or break a sale. I'd rather a full fairing if I did get a pointy but I've seen some stonking deals on low milage curvies, and actually I think they look waaaay better with only the top fairing, like a baby TL1000s.

Is it true that the SK3's seat height is 20mm higher than the SK4 and onwards? Is the curvy's seat height a bit taller than the 2004+ pointies too? I'm quite leggy so an extra 2cm between the seat and pegs might be worth narrowing down my search.

I'm leggy, I'm 6'3 and a bit more with my kit on I reckon and I fit on my curvy perfectly I think my knees may hit crash bungs though if I was to put them on but not tested such a thing. The Curvys look better with or without the fairings. I don't like the pointys though without lowers they look so weird like someone stole that part of your bike. Engine wise I don't if theres many changes really only minor tweeks and improvements I have no idea if they changed the seat height

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Welcome.

As 6' pointy rider i have to say the bike fits me good.
Faired Pointy has lower clip on bars compared to naked's raised bars so puts a bit more weight on the wrists but wind on your chest balaces this out.

Lower fairings are (in my opinion) an apearance must-have.
SV650SK9 Sport model was sold by Suzuki with lower fairings and seat cowel as std.
Aftermarket lowers are ~£300 new (Google 'Ermax') and are pretty indistinguishable from suzuki ones.

Happy hunting.