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Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

I more or less did what you did. I went from a Bandit to a brand new SV650sx curvy. Fell in love with her straight away. The Bandit was gutless compared to the SV and a lot more fun to ride.

I had a red one. When i traded her in after owning her for 2 yrs for my SV1000 I only lost £400.

Hope you enjoy her.

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

nice looking bike
just get a hacksaw/grinder to that exhaust now and get a proper can on it and you will enjoy it even more :thumright:

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

I want a naked SV. Really really want one :(

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

Theres nothing like a good ride on a curvy twin ;)

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

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Originally Posted by madjohn (Post 1929676)

I more or less did what you did. I went from a Bandit to a brand new SV650sx curvy. Fell in love with her straight away. The Bandit was gutless compared to the SV and a lot more fun to ride.

Yep, i completely agree. I wasn't 100% sure about doing the swap at first, as Bandit's are not a bad bike at all. But the SV is 10 times more fun.

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Originally Posted by M.C. (Post 1929697)

nice looking bike
just get a hacksaw/grinder to that exhaust now and get a proper can on it and you will enjoy it even more :thumright:

Yeah, that's on my to do list. Its weird, when i'm sat in traffic i have to keep checking that the engine is still running its that quiet.

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Originally Posted by Kuze (Post 1929407)

O you got any sort of tank pad or protector cos black paintwork is a pain to work after :(.

Sweet bike though :D.

Thanks. It'll hopefully look better once i've added a few things. Yeah it does have a tank pad already, one that says SV650 on it. Is this a stock pad that suzuki put on it or something?

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

does look good just need to lose the ghay screen :)

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

The tank pad aint put on stock bikes, the tank is clean unless modded by the garage if its at PoS.

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

Nice bike.
My first SV was a black 02 curvy.
really nice bike!

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

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Originally Posted by davepreston (Post 1929859)

does look good just need to lose the ghay screen :)

:D

It'll be coming off this weekend! I barely go on motorways so i don't really need it anyway.

Wanna buy it off me?!

Re: Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions