Just wanted to say.......

[dizzyblonde]

I don't like the rider positioning Mark. To me its a heavy lump, ok barge is a little harsh. I'm not a 14 stone bloke for start
With my bike, the weird rider geometry turns the TL lump into a tiny flickable, fun machine. As for the suspension, one who is 9.5 stone doesn't tend to have issue with stock suspension on any bike, until of course you find particularly bumpy roads, and realise the ten yr old fork oil isn't doing its job properly :S

I've always been a lover of the SV, in whatever size, but even the 650 is tiresome and awkward these days, as I've found a big Vtwin, that gels with me, a particularly silly one at times, but then that's just the nature of the beast, and you need to learn to tame it.....or yourself.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Really? Maxton's answer when I spoke to them about possible upgrades on SV1000 suspension - 'Leave it alone, it's good out of the factory'.

I'd have to disagree with them then.

I don't like those forks, the ports are small in the pistons and it makes them harsh. Usual KYB issue. I've played with them before and ended up producing kowa's before I was happy with it as well as the usual OEM lack of rebound in most areas...

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

It, or you doesn't work properly. If you rode it like you do a four then it's you. SV1000 has an excellent spread of go, and the suspension only suffers from owners fiddlings, brakes as mentioned earlier are just fine. Do you have a later Ace with blue or gold spots? That would explain it.

No doubt its down to me, I4's, one pots, + parallel twins are all I've ridden apart from my old cx500 but that had no poke anyhow. The suspension I thought was fine but the chassis could do with some improvement. As to the brakes I think that is as Mark said I'm obsessive about brakes and the Ace has the Yo****omo blue pots which are very good!

But I feel my OP might have been confusing, I loved it its the most ridiculous thing I've ever ridden! Been thinking about it all day and I'm seriously considering buying one, Its mental, no wonder every time Mark gets of his bike he's grinning like an idiot! Its almost like a child designed it, just a big noisy bike shaped bag of fun!

[Bibio]

been toying with the idea of getting the 1k as i find the 650 lacks that bit of oomph and i'm always ringing the neck out of it but i suppose that the fun sometimes. one of the biggest things that puts me off the 1k is the fuel consumption as its £40 every sunday for the 650 which i can manage but £60 would be a push or would mean no lunch/T.

[Mark_h]

Originally Posted by Bibio

been toying with the idea of getting the 1k as i find the 650 lacks that bit of oomph and i'm always ringing the neck out of it but i suppose that the fun sometimes. one of the biggest things that puts me off the 1k is the fuel consumption as its £40 every sunday for the 650 which i can manage but £60 would be a push or would mean no lunch/T.

It doesn't have to be quite as bad as that and I really don't want to start yet another I get XXX miles out of mine but if I remember I used to get 120-130 miles between yellow lights on the 650 and now get about 115 on the 1000. If you absolutely give it the beans you can get a yellow light in about 70 miles!

[Bibio]

well you see that the pain as i get 220 out the pointy and 170 till light and if i'm realy enjoying myself i will drop to 160 till light. yes i get 60+mpg.

[Sid Squid]

SV1000 isn't economical, comical maybe, but definitely not economical.

Round town light on about 100ish miles, as soon as you leave the traffic 130-140 is more common, track day consumption is truly dipsomaniacal.

That said some people manage to get worse figures from a 650 - I have no idea how.

Even riding the Ace like an idiot I still get 130-160 till the light comes on, your ruining my fantasy gents!

This...

Originally Posted by Bibio

i find the 650 lacks that bit of oomph and i'm always ringing the neck out of it.

and this...

Originally Posted by Bibio

i get 220 out the pointy and 170 till light and if i'm realy enjoying myself i will drop to 160 till light. yes i get 60+mpg.

are very obviously not written by the same person about the same bike.

[Bibio]

haha.. funny Lozzo

seriously i only get the sunday to enjoy myself so i make the most of it

i don't know how my bike gets so many miles to a tank and it does worry me sometimes, saying that i only weigh 13st. even the slowest rider in the group with a year younger bike doesn't get the same mileage.

another interesting fact is that my speedo reads less miles than everyone else so i get even more miles e.g. if i'm out with someone and we both zero our bikes when filling up after 200 miles mine will read 190 miles.