Sexy-fying my new K5 sv650s

Well considering he knocked 600 quid off the price, that's not bad going. But then again all dealers will do that purely because its on aold bike and that's the book price for a k5.

Hope you get on well with it, tail tidies are a ******* to fit. The instructions that come with the R&G ones may as well be in japanese. (Oh wait, mine were :P)

R&G tail tidies are a pain to get on cos you have to wiggle the in between the half on half off plastics and then you have to do up the nuts which are obstructed by the rear sub frame. Oh and you need to buy a connector for the wires of the bad tail light. Others may be easier.

I only paid £4000 for my K6, its pretty sneaky of the dealer not to inform the customer exactly what it is, but as long your happy with the bike.....

Originally Posted by hoppy34

Yes I'm sure the dealer has pulled a fast one. He never mentioned it was last years. The bike was discounted from 4600 to 4000, just the red.

Now I see what he was doing its last years colour. Still the bike is registered from now, I got a discount, and the red sounds better.

dave

All Suzuki bikes from official dealers (as far as I know) were reduced in Jan and Feb. I got my K6 (Silver/Blue) for £4100 and the Reds were going for £4000 (not selling as well I think)

Double check that it's not the saleman being a muppet and not knowing what he's talking about. I had the same guy try and sell me 3 years servicing when it was also on a deal with 2 years free... the fool! :P

My K5 cost me £4000 so i'd be gutted to hear that the K6 model had been reduced to the same anyway. Although whilst saying that, I am actually really happy with the bike and I prefer this colour than the K6 one.

Originally Posted by hoppy34

Hi, I too have just purchased the SV650S in red SK5. Great bike just added R&G crash protectors to it yesterday. Bought paddock stands as well.

Will have to save up for a while before I can add anything else!

Good to know the paint is metallic rather than just a flat red (SK6) is that the only difference?

To be honest I thought I was getting a SK6?? has the dealer pulled a fast one?

thanks

Dave

Hey Hoppy, when I picked mine up on Tuesday the fella in the shop told me someone else had just ridden one away before me. Wasn't you from a shop in Birkenhead was it?

Yo Diego's dealer,

I picked mine up on a saturday, 2 weeks ago, its was Marriots in Birkenhead.

you get yours there to?

Dave

My K6 cost a similar amount, either 4100 or 4200. I have the suzuki OEM bellypan and personally I think it looks great. A colour coded single seat pod costs £66 from suzuki but a bellypan is £230 and a hugger is £160.

Been a lot of K6 colour bashing on here recently, whats with that? I know theres very little choice and all that but Ive got the baby blue version. The thing is though that I can park my silver K6 in the bikepark and stand out amongst the blues. Ive always been an individual (my last car was a 'Kiwi yellow' cupra sport) and not worred about what people say. When I look out the window at the people looking at the bikes they arent looking at the four other blue ones anyway. Ive not even seen another locally anywhere for that matter.

The only other colour I would fancy would be a black one, but apparently they are a bit rare, plus I wouldnt have paid the same price for a K5 as I would a K6 - if Im taking the depriciation for a brand new bike Im getting a brand new bike for it.

Originally Posted by hoppy34

Yo Diego's dealer,

I picked mine up on a saturday, 2 weeks ago, its was Marriots in Birkenhead.

you get yours there to?

Dave

Yeah I got mine from Marriotts too. You had your first service yet, what are Marriotts like at doing that? I reckon I should be able to get the miles on it this weekend so I can put it in one day next week.

was looking at a flat red sv the other day in the dealer it looked more cherry red than red? and the dealer said it was a k5? was the k5 red a metallic?