Is your SV still fun?

ive had my bike for 4 years now...done 45k and its still going strong.
cos of the weather i tend to not rag it all that offen and get used to it and start to think nothing of the performance.

then that one good day comes around..so i go to my fave back roads and give its legs a stretch...wow!
i tend to forget whats it real capabilities till she roars like a duc and the front jumps up on the slightest sniff of a hill or bump!
its great!

im not getting rid of it any time soon!



and this is after just teasting the new 06 blade, that wasnt anywhere near as fun!
v twins in the blood!

how bout you guys? still love your sv?

I do, but I'm definately going straight four next summer if finances permit! After riding an R6 a lot over the weekend, I'm addicted. Plus, my best mate just bought a brand new (well, k4 on an 06 plate) SV1000S fulyl faired and crash bungs for £5.2k, I can't copy him cos thats what I wanted next We already both have 1.1 peugeot 106s lol, look like a right pair of idiots then.

ive always had il4's and usually keep them for about a year or so until i get fed up and then i change them, ive had my sv now for nearly 2 years and IF i do think of selling it it will be for another "V" twin but as it stands for the moment its staying.

Originally Posted by socommk23

YOUR SV STILL FUN??????

Dunno? Ask Grinch!

Yes! i still luv my SV! but i am going to sell it soon and get a XJR1300! and probally a supermoto as well (for a winter hack)

I'm not sure I'll ever get rid of mine, I paid £2.5K for it last year but spent well over a grand on bits for it already, with a current part ex value of around £1800.

Can't afford anything new this year or maybe even next year, so with a further two years depreciation on it, I'll be lucky to get more then a grand for it, hardly worth chopping it in.

So that leaves me with the b-plan, the cafe racer project. The suspension is now Hagon all round, with EBC pads and a "Fuel" exhaust. Now with the addition of some SVS clip ons, a set of Harris rear sets (non adjustable but certainly of the bling), a sigma slipper clutch, goodridge lines, seat cowl, K&N filter and dynojet kit ( and maybe even the Poly26 old school fairing around the single headlamp ), thats about £1-1.2K of extras over the next couple of years, for a bike that will roughly make 50 lb/ft of torque and at most 72bhp. A total outlay of about £4K, a value that will NEVER be recouped

so I sincerely doubt I'll ever flog Daisy, just probably run it "as well as" to the "Prince of Darkness" GSX-R 750 I've always wanted

I was a little worried at first that buying an SV after owning a Ninja would be a real big step backwards in the smile factor. But my sliders say otherwise. Get out on a good day and much fun can be had on the SV even if the front end is a little wobbly when pushed hard. And the noise is sooo cool, everyone looks!

[northwind]

I still love my SV, it might not be the fastest in a straight line but I couldn't honestly care less. I love the way a smaller, less refined bike involves the rider, like I was saying in another thread. I wouldn't say no to a second bike, mind, but at the moment I've only got space for one and there's no bike I'd prefer. And it's not for want of looking! I must have testridden 20 different bikes in teh last year, there wasn't one that I preferred.

my sv still fun??

no.
(it blew up)

i do have to ay though, people made it out to be a beast with loads of power before passing my test. the only ascertainable diferences from the cb500 i rode and my sv are the handling is better, the engine breaking is more. other then that, not much. its a bit of a pussycat really.

Hell Yes