Would you buy a SV650R?

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Indeed, I've not ridden a thou, but I cant see it being that bad, It has brakes off of a K3 GSXR750 and the front end from that bike to. So there should be plenty of stopping power and suspension to tweak so IMHO I cant see why it shoudlnt handle as long as its setup properly.

No it doesn't

Man this is a popular thread... sorry if i have upset people as it seems i have some .

BUT i think people seem to think im trying to get rid of the S model NO!

What i was figuring is that the SV as an engine and chassis is a VERY nice bike, but it is somewhat let down by its bouncers and stoppers.

My main idea was to make a bike with 'enough' usable power (i.e. midrange Vee twin power) and the handling of the Gixxer range. I think it would do well because with the little twin you can thrash it and not worry too much about going light speed and losing your licence, not like on an IL4 where if you thrash it... Oh dear licence gone. Also i think its the corners which are the better bits and naturally Twins seem better in corners and deffo out of em!

Someone said go for a Ducati... heh Yea if your paying mate! How much for servicing and then there is the buying of the bike and oh the spares. No thanks Ducati or Susuki... Susuki!

Keep flamming me

p.s. Dont you think the forks and brakes would be easy... They are on the gixxer range its not really like they have to manufacture something from new! I think the most expensive bit would be a new gixxer style swing arm. So under £5000 i think is an easy one. (i mean street triple only £5300!!!! - that might be incompetition with an SVR though :S)

One last point, i also read people saying would i buy one no id just buy a second had Gixxer... But then in the same post say oh im buying new shock and fork internals and might get decent pads... that cant cost far off of £500 there, if not more!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

No it doesn't

What model GSXR is the front end off of then...

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

What model GSXR is the front end off of then...

I think the forks are SV items i think its the callipers and disks that are the Gixxer 750 items...

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

I think it would do well because with the little twin you can thrash it and not worry too much about going light speed and losing your licence, not like on an IL4 where if you thrash it... Oh dear licence gone.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Also i think its the corners which are the better bits and naturally Twins seem better in corners and deffo out of em!

Disagreed !! Cornering is all about the rider, not the bike. I passed a guy on a 999 one day on my SV he coudlnt corner. But I've been outridden by people on SV's on my GSXR, because they ride better than I do or they have better knowledge of the road than I do.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Someone said go for a Ducati... heh Yea if your paying mate! How much for servicing and then there is the buying of the bike and oh the spares. No thanks Ducati or Susuki... Susuki!

Urban myth.

Liz has a 749 parts are about the same as the Suzuki ( the cam belt set was I think £99 for the parts when we had it done. ) Edit - when we looked on ebay we found the fairings etc were less money than the equivalent SV items to...

The service interval is a little longer than the SV

When we took the Duke for Service the hourly rate in the workshop was less than the hourly rate in my local Suzuki dealer that look after my GSXR was.

She paid £5699 for a 2004 plate 749S with 3000 odd miles on it, which is £1000 more than a K6 SV would have been at the time... thats a lot of extra bike for £1000 on top of the SV dont you think ?

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Keep flamming me

Sorry if it seems that way, I'm not meaning to come across like that apologies if thats what it seems like.

Its just this subject comes up alot and I think the mods you want to make would price the SV out of its target market. The best thing about it is that its cheap to buy run and insure and its huge fun to ride. Chucking all that extra stuff at it is going to put the price up and its one of the best things about the bike.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

I think the forks are SV items i think its the callipers and disks that are the old Gixxer 750 items...

+1

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

I think the forks are SV items i think its the callipers and disks that are the Gixxer 750 items...

Ah well my mistake. I'm quite happy to admit I got that wrong

Well maybe ill have a look into a Ducati then... Ill have to see what the insuance would think though .

I still dont think those modifications would cost a great deal!

I like the fun of doing it all myself.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Fatster

Would take the whole fun out of making a bike your own...I always feel sorry for the bikers that pull into a carpark on a runout and see a row of bikes the same. Or maybe people like being seen as lemmings???

Nah mines got my very own custom scrapes and muck