SV650 Progression

Originally Posted by tricky

I curious to know what people who started on SV's have progressed to ?

I've been riding for 33years, and I have progressed up to the Sv 650. Much more fulfilling than a bigger bike. You have to ride it. And in the real world unless you regularly travel at speeds in excess of 100 mph it's as quick , if not quicker, than a lot of bigger bikes.

I'm always amazed at how people say that the Sv isn't quick enough, then you check out their chicken strips and see a band an inch wide either side. I know it's not the case with you Tricky.

Originally Posted by Lissa

FALCO

That is the natural progression! And I have just happen to have a beautiful '04 red/matt black Falco sat in my garage ready for a new owner, if anybody wants her! Twin Akropovic pipes, just serviced, new battery, Dataool alarm, excellent condition, 4400 miles, a quality machine! £4500

PM me if interested.

[mattSV]

I had this for 4 years:-



and then went to this:-



You want more power - check
You want better brakes - check
You want better acceleration - check
You want higher top end - check
You want better suspension - check

Your link's faulty, here it is amended:

http://static.flickr.com/38/108047863_9a354e0530_o.jpg




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[northwind]

Originally Posted by mattSV

I had this for 4 years:-
You want more power - check
You want better brakes - check
You want better acceleration - check
You want higher top end - check
You want better suspension - check

You forgot to put "slightly" in front of all of those

Didn't they used to do a naked SV1000? anyone know when they stopped producing these ?

Sadly they didn't sell over here. Still being imported into the rest of Europe and Australia I believe.


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[rictus01]

Originally Posted by northwind

You forgot to put "slightly" in front of all of those

Just seen this, and it got me thinking

now there used to be two main type of big naked bike (yes I know it's a faired one , but I'm not talking about that).

Retros, big beasty bikes, hugh engines, 14 miles long, massive machines with giant street presents (xjr's,CB1300,ZRX,GSX1400), OK bags of torque but handling was always compromised to an extent, good solid planted bikes,never the less good brake and bouncy bits for what the were (mostly twin rears, for the look).

then you got the stripped sports bikes, (tuono, speedtriple, TNT, even the X11) not much but the bodywork taken away from their sports brothers (Ok Ducati sort of do their own thing here), lighter, sharper, a tad more aggressive, but full sports bike shocks, forks & brakes.

But Now there seems to be another group, the "looks like it's a stripped version of the sports bike, but isn't" cheaper suspension & brakes, money saved everywhere they can? ( Z1000 & new FZ1 naked).


Or is it just me?

Cheers Mark.

sorry for the de-rail

[rictus01]

Oh, and inline with this thread, went from a Speed Triple to a K2 SVS then back to a Speed Triple, so no help there then

Cheers Mark.

Always gets me that the SV is considered a starter bike or a stepping stone to something bigger. It seems to me it's never valued on it's own merits.

VFR. Or Blackbird, Hayabusa or Fazer 1000.

CBR600F?