[timwilky]

I have to agree with Blue, if you are logical, you take an off the shelf SV and your first thing is to sort the suspension even a little with stiffer springs/oil. Then you leave it alone. Anything else is a waste of money that you will never recover. unless you remove the trick parts prior to sale return to standard and flog your bits second hand.

Next issue, is all the mods you have made, nice new loud exhaust, a couple of BHP more for modding the fueling, a power commander etc. Have you then declared them to your insurer etc.

so you go down the same route of every other SV owner, you buy the colour co ordinated lowers, or belly pan, seat hump and spoiler, to make it look like, errr every other SV.

TBH I would rather spend the little money I have to run the bike on decent tyres, an oil change every 1500 miles and fuel to ride it. Do I want to be like they guy accross the road who spends £1800 on a set of carbon wheels for his blade, £600 on the zorst,PC and setup, god knows what on supension and steering mods, and moans he cannot afford to ride the thing.