End of an era - SV650.org

01-05-06, 09:09 PM

In the new TWO mag...the budget shootout test.

Z750 v Hornet v Fazer v GSR600...No SV.

Oh dear...The Z won coz of it's big engine and the Suzuki was top 600.

The SV is no longer front line it seems. Clerical and light duties only.

End of the V-twin era?

Speedy · 01-05-06, 09:13 PM

NO! NEVER!!!!

01-05-06, 09:13 PM

No the V TWIN will over come

01-05-06, 09:18 PM

Oh dear. Pretty soon we'll all have beards (even ladies... it will be forum rules) and sit in pubs telling the youngsters, "When I was your age, V-twins were all the rage"

01-05-06, 09:22 PM

It'll never come to that

northwind · 01-05-06, 11:54 PM

I think they left the Hornet out of the olast one, didn't they?

01-05-06, 11:56 PM

if suzuki bring out the gsr 1000 i think they will clean up in that area . thats if it performs as well as the 600 seems to be

northwind · 02-05-06, 12:09 AM

Thinking about it, I think TWO did an ER6 vs SV a couple of months back. And lets be honest, the naked sells about 1/10 as many bikes as the S, and the S always gets into the tests that aren't specifically naked. It doesn't really compete, even the SV lovers don't love it that much.

PS ya boo naked owners. Get a fairing, hippies!

02-05-06, 03:20 AM

Don't know what the prices are for the GSR. But it ain't covered by Suzuki latest offer.

New bike so I don't think much on discounts. The SV still undercuts it by a Grand plus the ride for a pound scheme.

I think the SV will sell on price over the GSR...but the GSR seems to have taken the SV's middleweight contender crown.

02-05-06, 07:32 AM

If you read the test on the Cagiva Raptor in the same issue, I'm sure it describes the SV as the naked middleweight benchmark or something

01-05-06, 09:09 PM	#1
The Basket Guest Posts: n/a	End of an era In the new TWO mag...the budget shootout test. Z750 v Hornet v Fazer v GSR600...No SV. Oh dear...The Z won coz of it's big engine and the Suzuki was top 600. The SV is no longer front line it seems. Clerical and light duties only. End of the V-twin era?

01-05-06, 11:54 PM	#6
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I think they left the Hornet out of the olast one, didn't they? __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

02-05-06, 12:09 AM	#8
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Thinking about it, I think TWO did an ER6 vs SV a couple of months back. And lets be honest, the naked sells about 1/10 as many bikes as the S, and the S always gets into the tests that aren't specifically naked. It doesn't really compete, even the SV lovers don't love it that much. PS ya boo naked owners. Get a fairing, hippies! __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

01-05-06, 09:13 PM	#2
Speedy Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Biggin Hill,Kent Posts: 1,074	NO! NEVER!!!!

01-05-06, 09:13 PM	#3
BILLY Guest Posts: n/a	No the V TWIN will over come

01-05-06, 09:18 PM	#4
Terence Guest Posts: n/a	Oh dear. Pretty soon we'll all have beards (even ladies... it will be forum rules) and sit in pubs telling the youngsters, "When I was your age, V-twins were all the rage"

01-05-06, 09:22 PM	#5
BILLY Guest Posts: n/a	It'll never come to that

01-05-06, 11:56 PM	#7
amarko5 Guest Posts: n/a	if suzuki bring out the gsr 1000 i think they will clean up in that area . thats if it performs as well as the 600 seems to be

02-05-06, 03:20 AM	#9
The Basket Guest Posts: n/a	Don't know what the prices are for the GSR. But it ain't covered by Suzuki latest offer. New bike so I don't think much on discounts. The SV still undercuts it by a Grand plus the ride for a pound scheme. I think the SV will sell on price over the GSR...but the GSR seems to have taken the SV's middleweight contender crown.

02-05-06, 07:32 AM	#10
tricky Guest Posts: n/a	If you read the test on the Cagiva Raptor in the same issue, I'm sure it describes the SV as the naked middleweight benchmark or something