SV650 Buying advice please.

First up.
Hi everyone, long time lurker first time poster!

*Touch Wood* buying a sv650 this weekend so i thought it was about time i sign up if i need advice etc.

Now the main reason for this thread.
As i said, hopefully buying my first bike this sunday.

Black 07 sv650, semi faired, 2.3k miles, asking price is £3.3k at a dealership.

Iv been looking around at sv650s for a fair while now and im pretty confident its a good buy, almost suprised with the price if im honest.
Anyway, i was mainly looking for some advice.

Iv not yet passed the mod2 so unfortunately i cant test ride it, but what should i be looking out for, does the price seem too good to be true?

Lots of questions and i know its rather open ended sorry and you must get this all the time but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rich

[Biker Biggles]

Id be looking to pay well under 3k for a 4 year old bike.Look on here.Theres often far better bargains for sale.

[embee]

Check the ads on MCN , you can select the bike model and year. £3.3k looks a bit over the average asking price for an 07 with low miles, there are plenty asking more like £3k.

It's a buyer's market, so drive a hard bargain.

i paid 3150 for a 08 full faired last year. Its a dealers price. you could get cheaper if you patient and browse about. I would expect to get a bike with all the accessories( crash bungs, tail tidy etc) already fitted for that price. Dont rush into it!!!!!!!

[Kenzie]

Originally Posted by rich88

Iv not yet passed the mod2 so unfortunately i cant test ride it
Rich

I'll test it for you after I've picked mine up today if you want?
I've just paid £3.6k for an 08 K7 with 4800 miles on, FSH and very clean, you lot make me feel that's not a good price anymore!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-Suzuki-SV...#ht_500wt_1158

I just found this.

[mikerj]

There have been a couple of 2007 SV650's on eBay that have sold for £2k in the last couple of weeks, a black faired bike and a blue naked both with about 8k miles on them. £3.3k seems OTT, even for a dealer.

hi everyone!
thanks for all the advice, its a great help.
I've spent ages trawling through mcn/ebay/auto trader ect and im finding it really hard to find exactly what i want, it seems like the longer i wait the more bikes that i consider going to look at get sold!

I have seen some other newer black ones but they arent quite what i want, scuffed silver wheels, apparently not as well looked after.

How much do black wheels cost?

Also i had seen that black one on ebay, but benfleet is just too far away from me otherwise it would have been perfect!

again thanks alot its been a real help!
Im looking at getting the side lowers off ebay and fitting them asap if i do get this bike though.
anyone had experience fitting them? how difficult is it?

i paid £4500 brand spanking new unregistered fully faired.

you can pay £4200 half faired brand new unregistered.

or ebay -> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-SUZUKI-SV...item4aa8ecb7ff

got lots of extras

find someone to go get it for you - take the trip. If you save £300 or so you could put that towards your insurance or kit. I was shocked at the outlay needed to get myself setup with bike, kit, insurance and accessories. I would consider bikes nationally just to have the excuse of riding it home. You will always remeber that ride!!!!