Goodbye SV :(

[yorkie_chris]

DB screen is worthwhile if you're going to ride like a nutter, the SRAD has one and it is very weird to be doing 150mph with no noticeable wind. Especially compared to doing the same on a naked!

[L3nny]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

DB screen is worthwhile if you're going to ride like a nutter, the SRAD has one and it is very weird to be doing 150mph with no noticeable wind. Especially compared to doing the same on a naked!

It's impossible not to ride it like a nutter! Well not really you can pootle about all day but where is the fun in that??

I had a db screen (MRA) on the SV and all it did was divert the wind from my chest to my neck meaning it all went up my helmet making for a very noisy ride.

Are Airblade ones any good?

[L3nny]

Well due to the perfect weather I have done about 600 miles on the blade this week. I absolutely 100% love it to bits.

I had a few hairy moments on it with the front wheel bouncing around but a few tweaks on the suspension and choosing a higher gear than I would have done for the SV seems to have sorted this out.

Compared to the SV the handling is amazing. I am not a great rider, only had just over a year's experience but on the SV I was very nervous, I hated the way the front would dive everytime you rolled off the throttle and there didn't seem to be much feedback. On the Blade it's so much more settled. Going round bends is so easy, you just look at the exit of the bend and your round it. I think my riding has improved more with 600 miles on the blade than it did with 6000 miles on the SV.

I have fitted a Remus Revolution can on as well which even unbaffled is pretty quiet but it looks at lot better than the bazooka it came with.