Newbie wanting to buy a new SV sport

I cant believe it...i finally make a deal with the missus to stop smoking to pay for the finance on a new sv650 sport and they have stopped making them in the Blue! Does anybody know of anywhere still doing the K6/7 brand new on the 0% finance in the UK? If so please let me know as im not all that taken on the new black and battleship grey colour schemes available on the K8

[KnightRider]

This is just my opinion - but don't do it!

I was a newbie in May and got myself a brand new K7. Trouble is I am now looking to upgrade and have lost a good ?1000 off the showroom value. Personally I wish I had gotten myself a 6 - 9 month old SV that someone like me was selling for upgrade.

If you are new to biking then you also need to consider that you will most likely drop the bike at somepoint and which ever way you look at it, that hurts your pride!

Jon

PS - getting a new bike is nice, but the novelty wears off pretty quickly.

Also sorry for derailing the thread. Dont know where you can get a blue one from. You could just ring up every dealer in the region and ask them?

Sound advice there...i have just pm'd another member with one for sale lol. Im actually moving backwards as i passed my DAS a year ago and have a CBR600 on an old N-plate but its a money pit for parts so something a bit newer & more reliable would be nice. I know its a downgrade in terms of power but the cbr still scares me sometimes as i only ride in fair weather so dont get out on 2 wheels much thanks to the british 'summer'!

I lost a grand when I got bored of my new SVS after 6 months...

Oh and I got a discount off list price which you may not get if you go for 0%.

For not much more you can get a new SS600 which I think might hold its value better. Or you can get a bang up to date slightly used one for less than a new SV.

Get the SV if you want one but buy it used. Unless you are absolutely 100% sure you will love it for the next 5 years with no intention of selling it.

New riders should never buy a brand new bike, always get second hand!!!

If you decide that biking isn't for you or the bike doesn't suit you you will lose a fair whack when selling/part ex-ing your SV. Go for second hand, any age or model SV will be good they are basically all the same (pointy/curvy) bike and offer the same performance and experience.

People commonly get bored of SV's as they feel its not the right image, they'll start buying the papers and mags which only rave about the latest 600's or 1000's and they feel thats what they must have. I'm sure all the long term SV riders here can tell you that an SV with sorted suspension will make mince meat of the 600/1000 brigade!!!

[fizzwheel]

Meh...

It depends on how confident you are, I wouldnt listen to the doom mongers on here, yes you might drop it, but then again you might not, if you do well thats what insurance is for isnt it.

You can minimise the risk by fitting crash bungs / bobbins etc etc.

If you want a new bike, then go for it, nothing beats that new bike look, feeling and smell. Also buying new, you dont have to worry about inheriting somebody else's bodge ups, poor maitenance, shoddy spannering etc etc. You can keep the bike exactly how you like it and your safe in the knowledge that you know exactly what hasnt or has been done to it.

Dont worry about depreciation, droppnig it or loosing money if you decide its not for you, stuff it, its not supposed to be a money making exercise or one thats tied up with hang ups about dropping your bike every five minutes, its supposed to be fun.

My 2 year old GSXR is worth half what I paid for it, do I care, do I f*ck, the enjoyment its given me is worth every penny of the money its lost through depreciation.

Originally Posted by Toypop

Get the SV if you want one but buy it used. Unless you are absolutely 100% sure you will love it for the next 5 years with no intention of selling it.

I guess this applies to pretty much any vehicle - selling in the first couple of years always involves taking a large knock..........FWIW if I was starting out again and using an SV650 as a stepping stone towards a "Big Bike" I wouldn't buy new......but if intending to own for a good few years, IMO their is a certain comfort in knowing you are not buying someone else's problems........probably quite an attractive option just after owning a bike that needed regular dollops of ??? notes

Although I am sure that the SV650 will be exactly what I want / need - and delivery "end of the month" - I was kinda p#ssed that a nice ZZR1200 came up at a good price recently......what do I need one of these for? I don't!, but...........

Originally Posted by KnightRider

This is just my opinion - but don't do it!

I was a newbie in May and got myself a brand new K7. Trouble is I am now looking to upgrade and have lost a good ?1000 off the showroom value. Personally I wish I had gotten myself a 6 - 9 month old SV that someone like me was selling for upgrade.

If you are new to biking then you also need to consider that you will most likely drop the bike at some point and which ever way you look at it, that hurts your pride!

He's bang on there. You can get a really nice, very low mileage 2 to 3 yr old SV for about 3 grand. If you're lucky it will have some desireable extras already fitted as well.

To give you an idea, my immaculate 4200 mile 05 plate black K5S cost me less than 3 grand, and had a tail tidy, R+G bungs, fairing lowers, race can and Racetech modified fork internals when I bought it. It feels like a new bike, looks like a new bike but won't devalue like a new bike.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Meh...

It depends on how confident you are, I wouldnt listen to the doom mongers on here, yes you might drop it, but then again you might not, if you do well thats what insurance is for isnt it.

Too right, it's not just new riders who crash either. After nearly 30 years of riding daily my K5S was laying under a car's back bumper 2 weeks after I bought it. All sorted by my fully comp insurance.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

You can minimise the risk by fitting crash bungs / bobbins etc etc.

My R+Gs did a wonderful job of minimising the damage...right up to the point the bike on its side hit the car and wedged itself underneath it. It fell on its right side, but most of the damage was to the front and the left where it hit the car.

Buy crash-bungs, people, they work.

Perhaps the better option for me would be a used one in that case...i have been swaying towards a K2 gsxr as an alternative but feel as a fairly new rider it would be like giving a grenade to an afgahn! the old cbr is heavy and predictable whereas a newer bike is going to knock me sideways for handeling even if its lower powered.