What now? - Page 2 - SV650.org

17-10-09, 04:36 PM

New bike

Bri w · 17-10-09, 06:07 PM

At the first hint of summer you'll be in the shops buy a nice new toy = go for a Viffer

19-06-10, 03:09 PM

crack is less addictive than bikes, one right bid on ebay and i'll have another...

19-06-10, 04:08 PM

Yay!

19-06-10, 04:19 PM

glad to hear it Razor, once a biker, always a biker.

i would recommend a Fazer, but i'm biased :P

19-06-10, 05:47 PM

For a few months now I've been feeling the itch, started buying the MCN again... Bought BiKE and PB, just to look I told myself... Then I walked past a Kawasaki dealer... Next thing I'm sitting on a Versys and talking 0% deals with the guy... This is how they lure you in, offer the bike cheap... He actually used the phrase free money when talking 0% the sneaky barsteward!

Then I realised,they'd have to service it if I wanted to keep the warranty... How frikkin' much for a service??!!
Then I looked at a '09 Versys, £2k less than the '10, with only 6k miles... Frikkin' depreciation!!

I escaped with my debit card unmolested but my feverish thoughts had me tapping away searching on ebay, surely there is a bike that will satisfy my craving without pauperising me in the process... Maybe a SR500, flat track or cafe racer stylee... Nope rare now, loadsa money... Custom this, build meself that... I exhausted every idea that my bikes jonesed brain could pumpout...

Then I thought feck it, just give up and buy the vuaxhall astra of bikes... the pointy sv650 and ride it...

19-06-10, 06:38 PM

Glad you are getting another bike x

Jayneflakes · 20-06-10, 01:02 PM

Yay, buy a pointy and all will be right with your world.

Although, I have been looking at the Versys and thinking "ooh, I like that..." Maybe one for the wife I feel.

23-06-10, 01:03 PM

Got myself a naked k3, rode it 244 miles yesterday to get it home... Today my bum is rather sore.

It's got wide braced renthals on it and I'm not sure if they'll stay, will ride it with them on a for a bit, but have got a set of flat bars that are usually more my style,well they were on the curvey as they offered the more comfort than the standard clipon with giving the remote feeling from the mx style bars. Compared to my previous bikes it feels like a chopper.

Also non-existent rear brake, not even good enough to u turn with.

Front brakes really bad, 7 year old bike needs braided lines by now maybe?

Feels like suspension has been tweaked, in that it's now very hard and every little bump went right up my spine.

CheGuevara · 23-06-10, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

It's got wide braced renthals on it and I'm not sure if they'll stay, will ride it with them on a for a bit, but have got a set of flat bars that are usually more my style,well they were on the curvey as they offered the more comfort than the standard clipon with giving the remote feeling from the mx style bars. Compared to my previous bikes it feels like a chopper.

I used Tuono bars - fat bar look without all the width. Were cheaper on ebay than Renthals as well.

17-10-09, 04:36 PM	#11
Warthog Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? New bike

17-10-09, 06:07 PM	#12
Bri w Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turre, Almeria Posts: 668	Re: What now? At the first hint of summer you'll be in the shops buy a nice new toy = go for a Viffer __________________ *"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years."* Currently - Fighting the urge... seen a nice Triumph America Previously - Honda CB125, Honda CB400-4 & BSA B40, Moto Guzzi 850, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT380, Kawasaki Z1B, Kawasaki Z650, Honda VFR, Triumph Street Triple R.

19-06-10, 03:09 PM	#13
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? crack is less addictive than bikes, one right bid on ebay and i'll have another...

19-06-10, 04:08 PM	#14
Milky Bar Kid Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? Yay!

19-06-10, 04:19 PM	#15
dill89 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? glad to hear it Razor, once a biker, always a biker. i would recommend a Fazer, but i'm biased :P

19-06-10, 05:47 PM	#16
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? For a few months now I've been feeling the itch, started buying the MCN again... Bought BiKE and PB, just to look I told myself... Then I walked past a Kawasaki dealer... Next thing I'm sitting on a Versys and talking 0% deals with the guy... This is how they lure you in, offer the bike cheap... He actually used the phrase free money when talking 0% the sneaky barsteward! Then I realised,they'd have to service it if I wanted to keep the warranty... How frikkin' much for a service??!! Then I looked at a '09 Versys, £2k less than the '10, with only 6k miles... Frikkin' depreciation!! I escaped with my debit card unmolested but my feverish thoughts had me tapping away searching on ebay, surely there is a bike that will satisfy my craving without pauperising me in the process... Maybe a SR500, flat track or cafe racer stylee... Nope rare now, loadsa money... Custom this, build meself that... I exhausted every idea that my bikes jonesed brain could pumpout... Then I thought feck it, just give up and buy the vuaxhall astra of bikes... the pointy sv650 and ride it...

19-06-10, 06:38 PM	#17
shonadoll Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? Glad you are getting another bike x

23-06-10, 01:03 PM	#19
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What now? Got myself a naked k3, rode it 244 miles yesterday to get it home... Today my bum is rather sore. It's got wide braced renthals on it and I'm not sure if they'll stay, will ride it with them on a for a bit, but have got a set of flat bars that are usually more my style,well they were on the curvey as they offered the more comfort than the standard clipon with giving the remote feeling from the mx style bars. Compared to my previous bikes it feels like a chopper. Also non-existent rear brake, not even good enough to u turn with. Front brakes really bad, 7 year old bike needs braided lines by now maybe? Feels like suspension has been tweaked, in that it's now very hard and every little bump went right up my spine.