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My mate had one of them, I think it was a 250.

I remember I wanted a Suzuki X5 or a Yamaha RD200 (I had a Yammie Fizzer at the time).

Thing is I became a student and didn't pass my test till 7 years ago, so it was a long wait ... wife has a car, but I can't be arsed with them myself ... parking problems, traffic problems etc etc. :mad:

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Cheers Druid.

is 37,000 really that excessive hovis? I mean surely SVs were made to ride daily and aren't your weekend boy-toy.

There won't be many SVs with low mileage after that age, do you think?!

Hmmm ...

No doubt I will have to part with it at some stage ... who knows when the child has flown the nest I might have the pointy and maybe something seriously boy-toy.

"I have a Dream!" :p

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Put it this way, I already have dibs on my mates curvy that I plan to restore/do-up when he comes to sell it next year.

IF I get it and do it, I'll finish it, and mothball it. I think the curvys stand more of a chance of being a classic than a pointy does.....just because it was the first SV.

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not at all, im just not sure people will pay much for it in 10 years

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My 10 year old SV has 39,000 miles on it. I asked the local dealer what sort of miles he would expect a 10 year old bike to have done when considering it for a trade in.

He said 25,000

Thats lame, thats 2500 miles a year, thats 3 months of my usual riding every year for ten years and then 9 months on the bus / train.

I doubt I will find a buyer for my SV, it has "high" miles despite being looked after, and now its a bit sorry looking after its fight with a citroen. I'll try to sell it, but I may just keep it and use it as a thrash machine / track machine / learn-how-to-do-things-on-bikes machine.

Shame, because I know someone will find it to be an excellent first bike, but there are undeniabally better examples of 1999 SV's out there

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Exactly Alpinestar.

I have noticed a few people trying to sell their SVs on here and they are lower mileage than mine. I seriously can't be arsed going through the rigmarole of having time-wasters, tyre-kickers etc.

I'll keep my dubya-reg and use her for the worst of the winter. If nothing else, I have ridden her for 31000 of her 37000 miles and she has never been red-lined and though not a pedestrian rider, she's never been thrashed.

I like to crack on at a reasonably brisk pace, but I am no Valentino. History of the bike and knowledge is always something worth knowing.

I reckon as long as she doesn't fall to bits she's good for another 37K!!!!

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