SV650 - where now little twin?
Afternoon all.
With the arrival of the Monster 696 the intro. semi-sporting twin market now has two 80bhp + bikes for a around £5200, BMW's F800S being 'tother, where does this lave the SV650 as it's only £600 less. I know they're list prices and people say they never pay full whack, but you've got to baseline costs somewhere so list it is.
Aside from these twin rivals there's the in house competition from the Bandit 650 and GSR600 to contend with, again both at very similar money to the SV and also circa 80bhp bracket.
Where does all this leave the SV650? It still looks okay, still goes and handles okay, but frankly okay is not gonna cut it against the other twins not a mind anything else for £5k.
Would anyone here, in all honesty, with roughly five grand to spend and a twin cylinder bike in mind actually buy a new SV? Much as I love my curvy I'd have to say it's past it. In terms of show room appeal there's nowt to make you ooh and ahh, just old hat tech and in many places tat tech on offer.
If the SV doesn't get a major boost in specs; power up to match the F800/M696, brake upgrade, maybe some basic USD's for visual appeal at least and a way more stylish swing arm then it's a deader duck then the dead duck it now appears.
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