How much for an SV pointy?

[Daveog]

Hi all,

Tried searching but couldn't find any recent threads on this? I've been looking at early pointys (03-04) as a replacement bike for my pointy but wondered how much I should pay for one? Saw a nice 03 plate on here a while back although far, far away from me which I fancied but many said it was too expensive (I agreed). I'm suprised how much some people are asking for old ones when looking again today. I asked Suzuki for a new price and they're only £4450 this month?

For example, I've viewed one which is a quite nice 2004 model and only 11k miles with some cosmetic damage and an aftermarket exhaust. Bidding starts at £1450. I'm tempted to have a go on it! Anyway enough of my ramblings. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

The nice one you saw on here, was it my silver one?.just sold it yesterday for 2300. Which was what I was hoping for.

[Daveog]

I had a look at trains to yours but it was looking at £130+ in each direction so I had to leave it unfortunately. I'm glad you got what you wanted for it though and that gives me a very good idea what to bid to make reserve - thanks Ian!

I think it all varies on area you are in to be honest.

I did the exact same thing a couple of months ago, although not had a bike for a while but always liked the SV so I looked around for one. I started looking at the curvy and saw a rough example that was cheap or a mint mint one but it was quite high, this is what got me looking at the newer model.

One came up on my search cheap so I went to have a look, 04 in silver, fully faired, only 8,300 miles and it had been serviced, so I had it. It was the cheapest within distance by £300-400 so I brought it for £2100 with 6 months tax put on.

HTH

[Daveog]

Thanks N77, that's really helpful. I'll let you know if find anything! Dave

There are always bargains out there, especially early pointies.

I've had a k3 Sv1000 for over a year now, and i bought it with 4k miles on the clock for £2300. I also sold my k5 650 at the same time for £2000, so just bide your time and plenty good value bikes to be had.

Just bought a brand new sv650s for£3950! try a dealer for a new one, you might get a similar deal to mine! why pay £3000 or so for a seconhand bike thats 3 years old with miles on it when you can have a brannie for a few hundred quid more!

Originally Posted by bigbaz

Just bought a brand new sv650s for£3950! try a dealer for a new one, you might get a similar deal to mine! why pay £3000 or so for a seconhand bike thats 3 years old with miles on it when you can have a brannie for a few hundred quid more!

Sounds like a bargain to me

Was it without the full fairings or do they come with it now?

[DJ123]

This year i've bought 2 K3's, one S and one N. The N had 30k on the clock and the S had 40k. Mechanically both sound and needed no work doing to them really. Paid £1750 for the N and £1200 for the S. If you look around and keep your eyes open you can find some good gems for cheap money.

[Daveog]

Originally Posted by bigbaz

Just bought a brand new sv650s for£3950! try a dealer for a new one, you might get a similar deal to mine! why pay £3000 or so for a seconhand bike thats 3 years old with miles on it when you can have a brannie for a few hundred quid more!

Excellent work.

Originally Posted by N77

Sounds like a bargain to me

Was it without the full fairings or do they come with it now?

I've only seen half faired in new dealer stock.

Thanks guys, I already had a look at new ones, although my local dealer was saying that they were £4450 instead of £5105 or something in the £1 per cc deal in September. My local dealer was also only talking about only getting black ones (presumably that's all he's prepared to order - I've heard bad things from others ), but I know they do white too. Wonder why the severe lack of choice in colours, we're getting into Ford Model T territory - are they trying to phase them out in favour of the Gladius or another model?

In the end, I decided to concentrate on older pointys as the insurance is hundreds more on a new one for me but I agree that a brand new one is appealing; 0 miles, 2 year Suzuki warranty, perfect bodywork and brand new everything!