sv650s Newbie, Nr Evesham
 

Hi, All

Just subscribed as a new owner of a curvy svs. I have been away from bikes for a couple of years thanks to a 'sorry mate, I didn't see you' event which wrote of my Honda CB-1 and my confidence.

Did Direct Access a couple of years before that and am SO glad to get back to it again. First time round my bike was a bit of a wreck and it had to live outside. The 'new' sv is a real peach. It defies the accepted knowledge that SVs get tatty quickly. Everyone who has seen it says they can't believe its any more than a year old - and it has done 18,000 miles. Obviously been cared for.

I probably paid a bit over the odds for the bike (£2.5k), but it has all the bits that I would have spent silly money adding (screen, bellypan, hugger, can, new shock) and has brand new boots on it.

Having previously ridden an ancient (13year old) honda with expired suspension the handling is AMAZING. Now that the tires are scrubbed in, I can't believe how easily the bike drops into corners. The first weekend was a bit wobbly. I was very twitchy and far too upright. And the engine braking felt a bit odd having graduated on an inline four.

I work on the Wirral, where I was brought up, but the bike lives at my fiance' s house near Evesham where I am hoping to move once we are married. The problem I have is that I just don't know where I am down here. There are some cracking roads that I have discovered, but I must get myself a tank bag so that I can keep a map handy!

Anyway, if anyone is local and would like to introduce me to a few nice roads, I would love to hear from them. For now I am only about at weekends, but I am a teacher, so as you know we seem to get most of the year off, so a mid week ride isn't totally out of the question :D

Cheers
Simon
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welcome to sv650.org :thumbsup: any questions about your bike and someone on here is bound to know the answers. enjoy.

Great to see someone coming back to biking. Welcome!!!! Check out the South and West Surfers section. It'll give you info on rideouts in this area. Hopefully see you at some of the Cotswold Bikerz Nites in the summer???

welcome back to the biking fraternity mate and a big welcome to the site :rave: :thumbsup:

hello and welcome

I'm Evesham too, have sent you a PM.

Thanks for the replies. Once the weather gets a bit more reliable may get chance to meet up with some of you.

Cheers
Simon