Look and weep - SV650.org

06-12-16, 04:58 PM

No words required.

Geoff.

http://www.motofire.com/2016/05/news...lready-suzuki/

Blapper · 06-12-16, 05:14 PM

Ooh nice! What's this about? Limited Editions?

SV650rules · 06-12-16, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Blapper

Ooh nice! What's this about? Limited Editions?

Cafe racers and scramblers seem to be the go just lately and manufacturers are 'scrambling' to get on the bandwagon. From my experience knobbly tyres on the road are not a good idea, I had a 250 Honda Trail bike (more years ago than I care to remember now) with trials tyres (tread blocks are spaced closer than scrambles tyres) - used to weave a bit on corners, and brown underpants time on wet tarmac.

06-12-16, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SV650rules

I had a 250 Honda Trail bike (more years ago than I care to remember now) with trials tyres (tread blocks are spaced closer than scrambles tyres) - used to weave a bit on corners, and brown underpants time on wet tarmac.

Same sort of thing here, not something that I would wish to repeat. Once you have experience of a modern quality road tyre (PR'4 in my case) then "trials tyres" would feel and probably would be bloody dangerous.

Geoff.

Blapper · 06-12-16, 07:57 PM

Yebbut one of them is a cafe racer - ooh-la-la - very pretty. The paint job is a bit classic Yamaha-like to me, but with different more Suzuki like colours (Rizla?) it would be even nicer IMHO.

06-12-16, 08:15 PM

i like that cafe, yummy

Sir Trev · 07-12-16, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Blapper

Yebbut one of them is a cafe racer - ooh-la-la - very pretty. The paint job is a bit classic Yamaha-like to me, but with different more Suzuki like colours (Rizla?) it would be even nicer IMHO.

For that sort of look you want to go back an era with the colours. Skoal Bandit perhaps, or Faberge. You're right abut that yellow being a bit too Yamaha.

yorkie_chris · 08-12-16, 08:58 AM

Too Yamaha?

Blapper · 08-12-16, 12:31 PM

It isn't just the colour yorkie-chris, it is the colour and the black stripe which, if it had a few breaks in it would be the classic Yamaha race colours.

SV650rules · 08-12-16, 03:44 PM

like this 1978 yellow Yamaha

with blue suzuki - luvverly

06-12-16, 05:14 PM	#2
Blapper Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Rochester,Kent. Posts: 824	Re: Look and weep Ooh nice! What's this about? Limited Editions?

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Blapper Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Rochester,Kent. Posts: 824	Re: Look and weep Yebbut one of them is a cafe racer - ooh-la-la - very pretty. The paint job is a bit classic Yamaha-like to me, but with different more Suzuki like colours (Rizla?) it would be even nicer IMHO.

06-12-16, 08:15 PM	#6
yamrdtez Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Look and weep i like that cafe, yummy

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Blapper Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Rochester,Kent. Posts: 824	Re: Look and weep It isn't just the colour yorkie-chris, it is the colour and the black stripe which, if it had a few breaks in it would be the classic Yamaha race colours.

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SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Look and weep like this 1978 yellow Yamaha with blue suzuki - luvverly __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain Last edited by SV650rules; 08-12-16 at 03:49 PM.

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