Is the SV considered a soft option? - Page 4 - SV650.org

19-01-05, 08:51 PM

Hmmm, now I'm having an identity crisis....let me see.... fat, bald, middle aged, new to (on road) biking.....
SH$T I've bought the wrong bike!!!!
Me? I've even been known to nod to bikers....... when I'm in a car

but that could just be the middle aged bit

19-01-05, 09:30 PM

Is it weird that I even nod to police bikers?

19-01-05, 11:30 PM

For me the harley is the soft option, low power outputs and barge like handling. Beginners should all start on cruisers, learn the basics and then move onto more powerful bikes.

What bugs me about some harley riders is their contempt for japanese products which borders on racism. Japanese bikes are far better than American bikes. If they had been inovative instead of using the same pushrod style motor for 50 years then maybe they wouldn't have to rely on their bad boy image to sell stuff. H-D make more money from t-shirts than they do from actual bike sales.
They're also a company with an ageing customer base, most owners are 45+. Younger riders want better than H-D have to offer.

As for the SV, the power output is the same as mid-eighties Ducati racers. Funny how now that outputs are 100BHP+ for most bikes, we forget so quickly that 70BHP for a 650 is a lot of grunt.

19-01-05, 11:36 PM

I bloody hope the SV is a soft option! I bought one on the strength of it to reduce my chances of ending up in the front of a truck after a born-again moment.

19-01-05, 11:43 PM

im not saying all scooter riders, i said chav scooter riders....

hoodie wearing scum bags.

totally agree dude. Scooter riders never nod in london, they are too 'cool' it seems! They ride in droves, 14 of them on 50cc peds all in R1 jackets and L plates.

I was at some lights not so long ago, about 5 kids on peds all pulled alongside me and they are looking at me in a 'menacing way' revving their little engines rolling back and forth and im thinking '

what exactly are you gonna do???'

20-01-05, 02:02 PM

IN A WORD -------"accelerate"
-----and let them sniff the fumes Realise what you meant now you have clarified the "CHAVS" They probably enjoy sniffing anyway

20-01-05, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carsick

Is it weird that I even nod to police bikers?

Nope - do it all the time down here. Nod usually returned, too.

20-01-05, 02:30 PM

Can see that is a man into self preservation

20-01-05, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smiffy

I bloody hope the SV is a soft option! I bought one on the strength of it to reduce my chances of ending up in the front of a truck after a born-again moment.

IMO (as Ive said before sorry guys) a v twin is more difficult to ride smoothly than a IL4. Having said that Im sure I would have coped fine had the SV been my first bike - Smiffy I think you will reduce your chances of the born-again moment on any bike by the way you ride.

just take it easy

20-01-05, 06:05 PM

Oh, I do take it very carefully. One of the bonusses of being thirty something is that that fiery pride of youth is on the wane. Bought the bike last April and I managed to get through most of the buttock clenching moments of extreme inexperience without facing imminent doom. Looking forward to learning to be slightly less wussy on the thing this year, while continuing to not die or get mangled.

20-01-05, 02:02 PM	#36
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	As per IN A WORD -------"accelerate" -----and let them sniff the fumes Realise what you meant now you have clarified the "CHAVS" They probably enjoy sniffing anyway

20-01-05, 02:30 PM	#38
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	As per Can see that is a man into self preservation

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19-01-05, 08:51 PM	#31
Baldyman Guest Posts: n/a	Hmmm, now I'm having an identity crisis....let me see.... fat, bald, middle aged, new to (on road) biking..... SH$T I've bought the wrong bike!!!! Me? I've even been known to nod to bikers....... when I'm in a car but that could just be the middle aged bit

19-01-05, 09:30 PM	#32
Carsick Guest Posts: n/a	Is it weird that I even nod to police bikers?

19-01-05, 11:30 PM	#33
BURNER Guest Posts: n/a	For me the harley is the soft option, low power outputs and barge like handling. Beginners should all start on cruisers, learn the basics and then move onto more powerful bikes. What bugs me about some harley riders is their contempt for japanese products which borders on racism. Japanese bikes are far better than American bikes. If they had been inovative instead of using the same pushrod style motor for 50 years then maybe they wouldn't have to rely on their bad boy image to sell stuff. H-D make more money from t-shirts than they do from actual bike sales. They're also a company with an ageing customer base, most owners are 45+. Younger riders want better than H-D have to offer. As for the SV, the power output is the same as mid-eighties Ducati racers. Funny how now that outputs are 100BHP+ for most bikes, we forget so quickly that 70BHP for a 650 is a lot of grunt.

19-01-05, 11:36 PM	#34
Smiffy Guest Posts: n/a	I bloody hope the SV is a soft option! I bought one on the strength of it to reduce my chances of ending up in the front of a truck after a born-again moment.

19-01-05, 11:43 PM	#35
caines Guest Posts: n/a	im not saying all scooter riders, i said chav scooter riders.... hoodie wearing scum bags. totally agree dude. Scooter riders never nod in london, they are too 'cool' it seems! They ride in droves, 14 of them on 50cc peds all in R1 jackets and L plates. I was at some lights not so long ago, about 5 kids on peds all pulled alongside me and they are looking at me in a 'menacing way' revving their little engines rolling back and forth and im thinking ' what exactly are you gonna do???'

20-01-05, 06:05 PM	#40
Smiffy Guest Posts: n/a	Oh, I do take it very carefully. One of the bonusses of being thirty something is that that fiery pride of youth is on the wane. Bought the bike last April and I managed to get through most of the buttock clenching moments of extreme inexperience without facing imminent doom. Looking forward to learning to be slightly less wussy on the thing this year, while continuing to not die or get mangled.