[fizzwheel]

Ridden both.

For scratchy or pressing on I prefer the SV. For commting, esepcially if that commute contained alot or long stretches of motorway work, I'd prefer the bandit. Bigger screen & Comfier seat win it on that score.

Both suffer from a slightly under damped front suspension and that way IMHO more noticeabe on the bandit than the SV, I cant remember the weights, but the bandit IIRC is heavier and takes a little more muscle to turn whereas the chassis on the SV felt more responsive, hence why I prefered it for those days when one felt like enjoying ones self.

Nowt wrong with the bandit thought. I loved the like clutch and the smooth power delivery. You need to rev it to make it come alive, but then I am more used to riding IL4's than twins so I never found that a problem, in fact I found it quite satisfying to rev the nuts out of it.

I also liked the fact that the bandit had a fuel guage and I think it shows the clock all the time as well. Little things, but there you go.