how many miles??
 

how many miles have other peoples sv's done and are they on the original engine? how many miles is the sv engine good for?

my bike hit 40,000 last night and is on the original engine and still going strong

mine is on nearly 39,000 and its strong as ever

I have heard of SV engines heading upwards of 70k so have plenty of time yet.

Mine will hit 29k tomorrow afternoon.

Our first SV had done over 47,000 miles when we sold it on to a friend of ours...............it's still going strong :D

mines done 6000 and still as good at ever :roll:
























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One oif our American friends has one on 130,000 plus.
My son's curvey has about 73,000.
All depends how you look after em I reckon.

My 2001 curvy has 5K :oops: Still going strong though! :P

50,000 miles then I buggered the gear box [we think selector fork bent].

Easier to replace engine [and cheaper too] so now on engine no 2 which is only 10,000 miles behind the other engine.

Now about to clock 60,000 miles on it. :D

My pointy has done about 20,000 miles in a year and a half. I keep it regularly serviced, every 4000 miles or so and to date has never let me down. (runs off to find something wooden to touch)

I was tempted to change it, in order to retain some value but figgered a new bike would depreciate the same (1000 miles per month), so I think I'll keep it as long as I can.

Whilst I can't really comment on the thread (my SV has just shy of 900miles on the clock - and I didn't miss a zero!) I have to say that I'm with T0mm0.

In my case, I do double the milage (2k/month). I fully intend on keeping the SV until she dies a horrible death, under the principal that selling a (for example) 5 year old 650cc "budget sports bike" with 120k on the clock, wouldn't fetch much money. I also don't want to part-ex every year & suffer depreciation on a lot of new bikes. If I wanted to go down that route, I'd have to have some pretty regular, and serious talks with my bank manager!