Goodbye SV :(

Originally Posted by L3nny

Another photo if anyone is interested

You'll be needing a flashy exhaust on that!

[L3nny]

I know but even with that bazooka on it still sounds nice.

[gruntygiggles]

Nah... leave the original can on....I like them left as standard! Looks awesome by the way L3nny. Dans is filthy at the moment as he had to take me to get my CG125 on Friday in the rain, then did the rideout yesterday...it'll get a wash in about, oooh, 5 months just before the AR...lol

[L3nny]

The dealer gave it a full valet before I picked it up, I had to get a photo straight away as It will probably not be that clean ever again

[gruntygiggles]

The front calipers look exceptionally clean...for some reason, the bolts in them are what I look at first!

[L3nny]

I am tempted just to leave it standard, even keep the humungus snow shovel on the back.

The only mod it has on there are some heated grips and they don't even work

[gruntygiggles]

It's the standard ones that always keep the value better and it's the sae when buying a 4x4 for off roading. Most people prefer to buy something standard and do their own mods as you just never know the quality of workmanship that has been done when things have been played with. When I bought Stretchies Blade, the ones with after market cans, tail tidies and mini indicators were all advertised for less than the standard bikes.

[L3nny]

The only mods I would do are a DB screen end can and tail tidy. The screen and can can easily be swapped back if I want to sell and no-one is going to complain about this monster snow shovel being taken off. I noticed your's is a bit smaller, maybe the 2001 models had a different one fitted

[gruntygiggles]

That actually doesn't look standard......the Blade Dan binned in 2008 was a 2000 model and that didn't have one that big. Bikes are easy in the sense that you can keep everything for resale purposes I guess, so yeah...mods are less of an issue. I've known Land Rovers be bought for £2k, have £4k worth of off road mods, suspension lifts, snorkels, winch bumper and winches, heavy duty towbars, heavy duty steering rods, high lift jack and jacking points etc........and not seel for any more than the original £2k. Every now and then, you'll get someone that will pay the extra....but not very often, so with Landies......you're better off buying them to keep and run and run and run and run......like we do

[_Stretchie_]

Leave it as it is, and use the £100's and £100's you would spend buying exhausts, plastic bits and all that other crap (if you buy even ONE coloured fairing bolt for it I will come and END YOU) use it all on fuel instead and tyres instead.