Advice for a newbie

Thats is a very nice looking bike, im loving the black, but its a bit scuffed and its quite high milage in comparison to other bikes ive seen. What is the average annual milage for a bike?

[SoulKiss]

Mileage means nothing really.

I wrote off an SV with 12k miles on it - got £3272 for it from the insurance without having to fight.

He had originally valued it based on 5k miles which he had to revise from £3275.

So 7k miles lowered the value by £3

o right..... how much do you think them scuff would cost to get sorted? And how much would a new can be?

I think I've got a restricted ECU kicking about in the garage should you get a pointy SV.

I think that budget is reasonable. Getting your gear is essential and the priority I think. I passed my test not too long ago and just for the practical test, theory test and lessons and hire of the bike etc was about £210 BUT that was a not so popular driving school which is essentially cheaper. I had about 5hours of lessons and 2 hours riding by myself. My bike is a 56 plate SV650S, full fairing, remus exhaust and a meta alarm and T.P.F.T was £450 with a £350 excess with MCE. The bike at the dealership was £2800 with a £500 deposit, I know that is more than you said but if a 56 plate is that much, it just shows you the things you can get. This is my first bigger bike and i F*****G love it! oh, and BTW, the owner of the dealership wasn't that fussed if i didn't get it restricted.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by RPC_SV

o right..... how much do you think them scuff would cost to get sorted? And how much would a new can be?

New can could be had for £110 (Freeflow Systems on Ebay).

As for the fairing scuff - I had that on both sides of mine

Would probably (in this case with it being a black bike) just rub it down to the black plastic beneath (so smoothing the gouges) and leave it.

1st time you drop it it will do the same (its a principal contact point if the bike goes down)

For what has been done to it, that black one is a bargain.

[Stu]

Thought I had already posted a reply but must have missed the post button.
12k for a 3 yr old bike isn't much. my 3 yr old is nearly at 30K.
That exhaust just needs a new band + a bit of work & you'll not notice it. Then you will have a top of the range can much better than a £110 exhaust.
Agreed the fairing could probably easily be improved, I think that's quite a close up shot & you hardly see it.

My first year of insurance, at 20 years old, was ?450, TPFT with carol nash...included a whole bunch of stuff, like breakdown cover (uk and europe), legal cover, pillion cover, accesories cover up to a total value of ?1000. Things to bear in mind when getting insurance!

Tax is only ?64 (at the moment) and 13 litres of fuel can take you as far as 150 miles, if you are clever with the throttle (leaves you 4 litres as reserve).

Bikes are a great thing to have when you are a poor student

RE milage: SV engines will go on past 130,000 miles reliably as long as they are serviced when they are ment to be. So bearing that in mind, 12,000 miles is nothing. My 26,000 mile SV is still a young 'un. Pete and Lisssa have an 80,000 mile (is that right?) SV which is still going strong

Matt

Matt

Right...bit of action today. I popped to the nearest suzuki dealer and had a sit on an SV 650s. Love at first sight lol. It was the one i previously linked to on autotrader for 2999. Has a new remus slip on can, gear indicator, full lower fairings, replacement for the rear seat and a few other nice bits, it has only covered 5k on an 05 plate, and 1 lady owner (not that that means anything cause most woman drive faster than us lads anyway lol) So to be honest im tempted. I also put my car up for sale too on Pistonheads!

I sat on it and I was pretty shocked how light it felt. Suspension felt good and all the instruments were present and correct. I think i could know him down to 2500 with a bit of persuasion/baseball bat usage haha (i do not endorse violence)

Stu.... Yeah, thats a fair and valid point you make about the exhaust...thing is where would i get the strap from? It is specific to that exhaust? Comparing it to the bike i saw today , i personally prefer the latter, but it all depends on the above question.

Soulkiss.... Thanks for the heads up about the full system thats available. There is a video on youtube of an SV650 and its got the M4 high rise system on. Looks and sounds stunning in my opinion! And you absolutely right about dropping it. No matter how careful you are, some idiot will pull out, black ice, oil etc.... anything!

Alpinestarhero... That sounds like a fair price, and i agree with the student bit. Thing is, i need a bike to get around up in lancaster uni when i go, and if i get a job, a bike is the obvious solution! Ive just had a quick look at quotes online with thebikeinsurer and its come back as tpft 465 english pounds lol, which i think is a bit of a bargain! And the info about the petrol usage is peachy too...much appriciated. During times like these where we are being absolutely caned for using any jungle juice, it just makes financial sense!

Oh, dude, do invest in good security for your bike when you get it, when you live away at uni.

If you dont have a place to chain it too (lampost), then a big bucket filled with concrete works a treat Did me for a year

Matt