Imaginary £1000

If you were given a £1000 that you must spend on your SV what would you buy?

Rear shock, front fork internals and damping emulators, double bubble screen, comfier saddles for me and pillion

Bike already has most things done to it so ohlins shock, seat cowl, full system maybe?

[dizzyblonde]

wot do ya mean imaginary.........I did this yr!!!
totted it all up after crossing YCs palm with silver( at a very reasonable rate)
powdercoating front and rear subframes £46, Roca belly pan£180, OEM seat cowl(courtesy of dirty dog)£55, Corbin seat£50 (courtesy of northwind), Hagon monoshock £255, Hagon progressive fork springs £55,double bubble screen £30 something off ebay?, front cylinder head £40, bits n bobs like seals, gaskets, engine paint, touch ups, org decals, rear pads, plugs £150ish? etc

So there you go.....its what a rebuild costs, but would probably have cost me far more, if I'd have gone to a bike restorer or something!

If it was my road SV, I'd buy several sets of NEW tyres, lots of oil and filters, things like brake pads and other consumerables, petrol, insurance and road tax .... i.e. Sensible stiff that I'd need to keep me on the road for as long as the £1000 would last.

Basically, I think spending £1000 on tarting/chaving up an SV is just a waste of cash!! (even if it was given, its still a waste of that cash), so would spend it as mentioned.

If it was my track SV, I'd do similar, but the cash would go on lots of trackday fees, lots of x-race rubber and consumerables ..

But if you want me/insist I buy ad-ons, for the track SV, I'd buy a full race system, a BMC race filter and some dyno time. If there was any cash left, I'd buy some new bodywork

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Basically, I think spending £1000 on tarting/chaving up an SV is just a waste of cash!! (even if it was given, its still a waste of that cash), so would spend it as mentioned.

wot even if it had been given a hard life for 7 years and was falling to bits? and was your only form of transport, and if you didn't do something about it, even the scrapman wouldn't be paid to take it away?
I had to spend that much on mine, as i wasn't prepared to let her rot. Shes a member of the family, and has been since new. I don't think I've wasted the cash i spent on my SV, as now I get to keep her as she should have been all along...with respect. Plus I couldn't afford to have bought something new, so I had her pulled apart and rebuilt......now I have a brand spanking new SV.....and far superior to the new type ones as well!

Custom tranny and some new fairings!

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

wot even if it had been given a hard life for 7 years and was falling to bits? and was your only form of transport, and if you didn't do something about it, even the scrapman wouldn't be paid to take it away?
I had to spend that much on mine, as i wasn't prepared to let her rot. Shes a member of the family, and has been since new. I don't think I've wasted the cash i spent on my SV, as now I get to keep her as she should have been all along...with respect. Plus I couldn't afford to have bought something new, so I had her pulled apart and rebuilt......now I have a brand spanking new SV.....and far superior to the new type ones as well!

No, that is actually what I was trying to say i.e. spend it on what it NEEDS, not on a set of shiny heal plates or summin, to my mind, the latter is just a waste of cash!!

GSX-R750 fork conversion with calipers, Ohlins Rear Shock, wavey discs all round and some Pazzo levers

and if i had more than £1000 some tastey marchsini wheels and an SV1000 engine swap

Fork internals, rear shock and then whatever is left on petrol and maybe some new rubber .