I BRING YOU THE Curvy V Pointy debate.... get it off your chests here!

Originally Posted by BigApe

Curvy naked with clipons is the best by a million miles.

It's the Fonzie of SV's

[Jayneflakes]

For me the Pointy looks slightly insectile, in a cool way. Kind of like an army ant.

As for the curvy, I love the tubular frame, and the soft edges to the casting, but really don't like the look of the faring.

For ultimate beauty, maybe a Curvy, with a pointy faring.

When I bought Silvie, I had a choice of Curvy or Pointy. Pointy won due to pretty faring, (and less miles on the Odo) pretty lights and really comfy seat (important to a chronic pain sufferer).

Also she looks even better with Carol sat on her...

Gotta be the curvy

I'm short (5'1") and the curvy is the lower of the two models, my seat is cut down, but no lowering kit fitted, yet I can still reach the floor comfortably.

I like to do all my own maintenance and repairs, and fuel injection is just to much hassle (yeah, I know, power commanders and the like, but I enjoy stripping a set of carbs down, cleaning them and resetting them from time to time)

I have the 400 and they never made that in pointy, but it has had such a drastic affect on my riding that I suspect the 650 might not have done (just a confidence thing, I needed to back to basics and learn to enjoy riding again)

Doof

just bought my first one a curvey faired one , think naked curvey and faired pointy looks best (so have got worst of both worlds) but its growing on me very quickly

Whatever is written here just looks like we tell all what bike we have. What would be interesting is somebody who has had both bikes and can write a decent experience of both.
Mines a pointy and does the job well. Dont know about the curvy but IMO its retro ugly. But probably a great bike. If I had wanted that look I would have purchased one. Then I could have slated the pointy.

[BanannaMan]

Curvys Rule!!!
I'ts a known fact around the world.

But don't take my word for it...let's ask World Superbike rider Eric Bostrom....




There see.....I told you so!

In heinz site we're all slagging off the SV as at the end of the day curvy or pointy we all have an SV whatever it is...... I just wanted this thread to all be about the curves v points instead of thread jacking other peoples it annoys me lol !!!

.................................................. ... Curvys are the best! may i add!

Well I as manufacturers tend to progress and improve things as they go, I would have thought that the fact Suzuki themselves changed to the pointy with its many updates and improvements would say that pointy are the best.

Couldn’t really care less anymore as I don’t own one anymore!!

[rictus01]

Well I think you can only do this from a personal perspective, So as an outline; I've owned 3 curvys (still have two on V5 anyway), but worked on and ridden perhaps 30 or so pointy's.

Both are close enough for the engines to not be an issue between them, however in standard form I thing the pointys are a little more powerfully, but the curvy's are easier to tune-up beyond there.

I love the frame on the curvy, the almost hand made feel to the thing, the pointy has a more "industrial/mass produced" look which isn't to my taste really.

Fairings, the curvy is far more organic, although without lowers does look a little over-sized to me, the pointy isn't pointy enough, for an example look at some of the Yamaha fairings, it's that last 5% Suzuki didn't, just a bit "soft pointy" for my liking.

Naked curvy a little to trim and skinny, pretty yes, but doesn't have the bulk to feel "muscular" the naked pointy does this better.

Other stuff, well I'll live with the over fuelling of top end setup on a decent set of carbs as that's my background anyway and ride around any carb icing problems I get, the FI on the pointy is by now means bad, but you can tell it was built to a price.

Engine bits, well the oil cooler is nice, but the convenience of the removable clutch cover out weights it I think, only being an issue if it's over tightened and causes a leak.

Swing arm on the curvy is far prettier and it's one of the areas Suzuki saved money on the later pointy.

In summery, the pointy wasn't available when I got mine, however if it had of been I probably wouldn't have got an SV at all, and that would have been a shame as the engine is a real peach in either model.

I'd recommend the SV to anyone as a good bike for the right money but to do the basic suspension mods ( just springs oil and static sag setup), slip-on can, and a big bag of stainless bolts to replace all the bolts on the bike .

Cheers Mark.