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Viney 15-07-11 07:43 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bedhead (Post 2572949)
Picture the scene, after a heavy night involving much Sake, the powers that be at Suzuki have made YOU the boss of everything to do with the future of the SV and given you a blank cheque to do it.

Where do you go from here? Keep it a budget bike, turn it into a full sportster?

Do yer worst!
Well if you change the SV from its original spec, it would not be an SV. I would make sure that its fit for the european market and fix all the little niggles like making the fornt fender a little longer, and sorting out the paint finish, and use decent quality bolts, putting a rear shock on the bike that is servicable and making the rear caliper a little easier to service, so a re-design on that.


Yeah ok, you could put better front suspension on, 4 pots on the front, increase the engine capacity etc, but then it wouldnt be the an SV.

Its fine just the way it is, faults an all and one that i have enjoyed riding for the past 10 years.

maviczap 15-07-11 08:43 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CodeJACK (Post 2573210)
Single Side Swing-arm and a Hossack front end for the craic :D
OOOh Hossack front end, that'd be different and cool :smt038

How about some comfortable seats to start with

A naked cafe racer like TamSv's

andrewsmith 15-07-11 08:54 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikerj (Post 2573497)
Different is fine.



Why would you want a single sided swingarm? They are heavier, less rigid, more expensive to make. The only advantage is the ability to remove and replace the rear wheel quickly, and you can engineer a proper swing arm to achieve that if required.



:smt038
Your talking about Dave Preston here you know

http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/v...otos/021-1.jpg

Yes I am now running for a bunker somewhere in Europe

BigBaddad 15-07-11 09:02 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewsmith (Post 2573550)
Your talking about Dave Preston here you know

http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/v...otos/021-1.jpg

Yes I am now running for a bunker somewhere in Europe
It's amazing how quick 2 eastern european pikeys can strip a SV and get all the parts on fleabay before the owner knows it's missing.:rolleyes:

dizzyblonde 15-07-11 09:15 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBaddad (Post 2573555)
It's amazing how quick 2 eastern european pikeys can strip a SV and get all the parts on fleabay before the owner knows it's missing.:rolleyes:

Spot the 'weighing in for scrap' method.......

timwilky 15-07-11 09:23 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
So my engine lift did get some use. I thought Dave was using it as an ornament.

paiste 15-07-11 10:13 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dizzyblonde (Post 2573130)
Can folk be a liittle more imaginative than 'gixxer front end'?

I ask because
a: its boring
b:its been done to death
c: its using your imagination and I may one day steal your idea :lol:
Nearly as boring as you mentioning the v rap in every post eh db! ;)

dizzyblonde 15-07-11 10:31 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Well.....actually I don't...........#blows raspberries#

I could however say that this thread has been done to death before, but I haven't seen it for a while(been here for so long these things are seen far too often), so anything with 'new' ideas is all good!

Bedhead 15-07-11 10:48 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Viney (Post 2573516)
Well if you change the SV from its original spec, it would not be an SV. I would make sure that its fit for the european market and fix all the little niggles like making the fornt fender a little longer, and sorting out the paint finish, and use decent quality bolts, putting a rear shock on the bike that is servicable and making the rear caliper a little easier to service, so a re-design on that.


Yeah ok, you could put better front suspension on, 4 pots on the front, increase the engine capacity etc, but then it wouldnt be the an SV.

Its fine just the way it is, faults an all and one that i have enjoyed riding for the past 10 years.
But you could say the same about any bike, Suzuki have a habit of totally reinventing a bike, you couldn't compare a GSXR750F to a K9, but they're both undeniably GSXR's.

If you bolted a better front end on a SV, it's still be an SV, just a better one.:confused:

NTECUK 15-07-11 10:55 AM
Re: If you were in charge of SV development.....
 
The curvey to pointy was quite a radical change looks wise.
But sport from a probly forced change to efi (emissions).the tec aspects of the bike changed little .
For a sensible revision a set of right way up gsxr 600 forks and a better adjustable damping rear shock would go along way to boost sales .


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