SV650S had it 5 years ... what next?

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Originally Posted by petevtwin650

well having spent 7 years with 2 blue curvys, I have to tentatively put forward this.



4 grand. Never gonna be as reliable as a jap bike but feels like a big Sv with better suspension and brakes.

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Suzuki SV1000 for the win!!!

Originally Posted by Tony_BLY

Hi SVers

Havent been on the site for a while. I bought my SV650S in Black (the fastest colour, as every SVer knows!?!) in October 2003, second-hand with 6500 on the clock. Anyway, I am up to 32,000 miles after a 5 year love affair.

It has just passed its MOT, just had a 3rd pair of Conti Road Attacks fitted with new front pads (while it was in). Anyway, historically I passed my test 6 years ago, got myself a Honda CB500S prior to the SV (as my first proper bike), and in a previous epoch of my life, had a Yamaha FS1E.

So, I am up for a change come, say, Spring 2009 (after I have had some decent usage from the new tyres etc). I was eyeing a Fazer today, but I have to concede it looked ugly against my beautiful curvy black S. I love my SV, she is everything I need, but I worry about rear shock going (I had an advisory at the MOT about partially worn rear mono-shock pivot), front shocks have always been sh*te (as everyone knows).

Advice please? A VFR800? An R6? A Fazer? Or, continue with my love affair, and spend money keeping her maintained? I am also into non-excessive consumerism, so I feel I ought to continue with her, but is there a point where it is more economical sense to ditch before it all falls to bits?

Any replies are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Tony from excessively rainy Burnley

Street triple.

Order it now in time for the 09 reg!!!

blue poiny sv?

Anyone "had a do" (as we say in Lancashire) on a Yamaha Thundercat? I was stood at a bus stop in Colne (that's in Lancashire, too) having had to take my bicycle in for a repair, as the bottom bracket is fooked, and I hear, literally, this purring of an in-line four (they do sound better than a V-twin, I do declare!).

Anyway, if you have ever attempted to travel through Colne during 'rush' hour, 'tis slow indeed. It's there, the silver and yellow paint job. And suddenly I am transported back 5 years prior to the SV, when I had my CB500S after I had just passed my test, and was drooling over Thundercats.

I know they don't make 'em any more, but there are some nice models. Saw a 1,400 miler today on biketrader, totally standard, for £3,000. Has anyone ridden one? I know they won't be much different performance wise from the SV, but for a 35 mile daily commute, on either the Motorway or the A-Roads (or a bit of both), what do we think?

Tony (still undecided, in still rainy Burnley)

Thundercat. Under-rated sport tourer. Certainly much more top end than an SV but the handling will almost certainly be worse. Very comfortable, but a bit bulky maybe for commuter filtering. Finish underneath the fairing may be bad and the shock, even with the low mileage, may need replacing.