Picked up my SV this evening - pics & first impressions

I more or less did what you did. I went from a Bandit to a brand new SV650sx curvy. Fell in love with her straight away. The Bandit was gutless compared to the SV and a lot more fun to ride.

I had a red one. When i traded her in after owning her for 2 yrs for my SV1000 I only lost £400.

Hope you enjoy her.

[M.C.]

nice looking bike
just get a hacksaw/grinder to that exhaust now and get a proper can on it and you will enjoy it even more

I want a naked SV. Really really want one

Theres nothing like a good ride on a curvy twin

Originally Posted by madjohn

I more or less did what you did. I went from a Bandit to a brand new SV650sx curvy. Fell in love with her straight away. The Bandit was gutless compared to the SV and a lot more fun to ride.

Yep, i completely agree. I wasn't 100% sure about doing the swap at first, as Bandit's are not a bad bike at all. But the SV is 10 times more fun.

Originally Posted by M.C.

nice looking bike
just get a hacksaw/grinder to that exhaust now and get a proper can on it and you will enjoy it even more

Yeah, that's on my to do list. Its weird, when i'm sat in traffic i have to keep checking that the engine is still running its that quiet.

Originally Posted by Kuze

O you got any sort of tank pad or protector cos black paintwork is a pain to work after .

Sweet bike though .

Thanks. It'll hopefully look better once i've added a few things. Yeah it does have a tank pad already, one that says SV650 on it. Is this a stock pad that suzuki put on it or something?

does look good just need to lose the ghay screen

The tank pad aint put on stock bikes, the tank is clean unless modded by the garage if its at PoS.

Nice bike.
My first SV was a black 02 curvy.
really nice bike!

Originally Posted by davepreston

does look good just need to lose the ghay screen

It'll be coming off this weekend! I barely go on motorways so i don't really need it anyway.

Wanna buy it off me?!

[Ian P]

Nice bike, enjoy