why did you buy the sv

Bought it cos it fits in my shed and seems to haul 17 stone of me around quite well, although I'm too tall for it and the riding positions hurts after a while. I also love the fact that it's a budget bike and you have an excuse for throwing money at it to make it even better!

Bought mine as she was v cheap, loved the look of them and shes ideal for what i wanted/needed her for.
She will be getting semi-retired next year though, sadly i'll downgrade her to my winter hack but doesnt mean i'll love her any less

They were just out and I loved the look. my neighbour had a firestorm and I loved how he set off car alarms when he started bike in the morning. wanted a bike that made that noise unfortunately SV never quite managed it. it was also cheaper to insure than the pocket rockets I was looking at. it was a bit of a struggle to reach the ground on sv. now have a bike at sets off car alarms when i rev it and I can reach the ground and it was cheap to insure. my sv is still in the family though.

I went into a bike shop in September 2003 wanting to buy a new
Bandit but saw new faired SV's. I was impressed by the

1) looks (no offence, curvy owners) and

2) price - it was a promotion, £3995 including free home delivery.

Put down a deposit straight away.

Brand new 07 plate SV650 K6 Sport on 0% finance for £4099.

Deals don't get much better than that. How could I consider the second hand bike with unknown history for up to 2 1/2 grand cash?

looks, engine, sound.

Because I had a picture of one on my wall at uni when they first came out. After only recently passing the test and getting a GS500, to me the SV was the DREAM bike for me to buy once i graduated as I didnt have the experience to hit something bigger/more powerful. Looked awesome, sounded great and once I'd taken the test ride, i was totally sold! Ive had the bike about 2 1/2 years now and done about 10k on it and I can still walk into the garage on the morning and take an admiring look at it. I have looked at other bikes but the SV is such suited for the road for me, I dont really really want to change. I'd rather complement it with a new partner in the garage!

Originally Posted by kitkat

wanted a bike that made that noise.

Right OK! Now I understand why my eardrums burst when you started up at the petrol station in Moffat!

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I used to see a copper pointy ride past my bus stop every day, while my terrible 125 was broken down. It was the brake lights I noticed really. Then I found out what model it was, and did some reading up, and found out that there was a nicer, older version. I was also looking at a Hornet, so I joined this place and the Hornet's Nest. Here seemed friendlier

So then, I started looking locally, I didn't have my full licence so I was just pricing the market... Then a mate of mine found an ad in the local paper for a black one, £2600 it was. I went over to have a haggle and a bit of a practice effort at bike buying, and accidentally bought it. No discount, no extras, no nothing, I just said "I want that one. Have some money". Never even test rode it, since I'd not got my licence! THey'd cunningly parked it under the spots in a dark parking garage, and it looked like something straight out of an advert.

All in all, a terrible way to buy a bike. But it seems to have worked out alright

I bought the SV for the following reasons:

1/ It's a small/light bike, a bulky/heavy IL4 was a bit intimidating for a new rider like myself, believe it or not I was slightly intimidated by the SV when I first got it, now it seems tiny.

2/ It was all I could afford to buy and insure at the time of passing my DAS.

3/ The pointys FAR superior styling over the curvy