Help with choosing my next bike - Heart or brain?

something more sporty... try a pointy

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by on yer bike

something more ugly... try a pointy

Originally Posted by Hockeynut

My budget is about £4500, maybe £5k -ish at tops including hopefuly about £2k px on my curvey. Ideally no more than 4-5 years old with no stupid milages.

Just to give you some idea of part ex by dealers. I was offered 2200 for my SV650 K4 naked pointy about a month ago.

I'd be inclined to take the advice of the others and stick with the SV for a while.

Are you finding that you still have newby moments on your sv where you get away with making a mistake that maybe you wouldn't on a sports bike?-been riding just a wee bit longer than you and have clocked up a few thousand miles so far and to be honest the sv's all the bike and more than i can handle at the moment-if your hearts set on a sports bike you'll end up going with it because no matter what anyone else says you'll allways be comparing in your head how that rideout would have been on a sports bike.Good luck on your decision- its hard to hold back and do the sensible thing,but sensible can be boring for some people

husky

Originally Posted by mattSV

If you want a a very nice CBR RR then have a look at this:-

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=95821

It is a minter, at a very good price

Matt knows what he is talking about.

PM me your contact details if you are interested and I will send you some photos.

[mattSV]

Got any bigger pictures

Originally Posted by mattSV

Got any bigger pictures

I'll try and dig some out later. I thought this thumbnail would surfice for now.

Thanks everyone for your replies, they are very much appreciated. The only other thing instead that I was thinking of was something like the VFR.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Your SV meets all those criteria.....

I don't feel like it meets the touring one, I don't think I'd fancy spending 1-2 weeks and a couple of thousand miles on it.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

OK how old are you, and how many miles roughly have you done on your SV in your 4 months riding. Is the SV your first bike ?

I'm 30 years old and yes this is my first bike, had it about 1-2 weeks after passing my test. I'd never been near a bike before that. I think iirc that I've done about 2-3k miles on it so far, no really big excursions.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Have you ridden an RR ? perhaps a test ride would help you make your mind up, leave it a few more months and you'll probably find you'll get a better deal once the clocks have changed, but then you wont get as much for your SV either then...

I'm hoping to try one out soon, and alternatives too, see how it suits me.

Originally Posted by husky03

Are you finding that you still have newby moments on your sv where you get away with making a mistake that maybe you wouldn't on a sports bike

If I'm honest yes I would say so. That's also why I'm looking at Bikesafe/IAM etc.

Hmm, my head knows what you say is right.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Hockeynut

I don't feel like it meets the touring one, I don't think I'd fancy spending 1-2 weeks and a couple of thousand miles on it.

I've toured around Ireland on my K5 GSXR 750, covered nearly 1200 miles in Five days, my other half used her SV and covered the same milleage no problem. Its all in the mindset... I cant remember his name but theres that bloke that regularly does round the world trips on an R1...

You dont need a touring bike to do touring on, if you pack the right stuff with the right luggage you can achieve anything IMHO.