Suzuki SFV650 in black

[CestrianX]

This bike was originally black with white panels. I knew exactly what I wanted to do to it the day I bought it, and it's half complete.
The white panels are now matt black, that's the main change. It's getting a tail-tidy, maybe a hugger and maybe twin headlamps.

Rather than people saying "that's a Gladius init", they now say "what the f***'s that?"

[Itchy]

It's an Sv650 with a few different bits.
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[Fisty]

Wow an even gayer SV650, please hand back all your man points.
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[Nexus Icon]

It's going to take more than that to stop it looking like a gladius, I'm afraid, and I should know.

Mine has the following:
Undertray
Smaller tail light
Tail tidy
Mini indicators
Solo seat cowl
Renthal bars, bar ends and grips
Aftermarket mirrors
Pazzo style adjustable levers
GSXR footpegs
Belly pan
No decals and some silver plastics resprayed black
Carbon fender extender
Hugger (currently not fitted)
Venom stainless end can

and it still looks like a Gladius!

I'll stick a pic up tomorrow.
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[Carvel]

Why buy a gladius if you want something that doesn't look like a gladius?
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[Clanger]

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[CestrianX]

1. I'm an old short arse.
2. Cheap as chips.
3. I actually quite like it.

I'm quite happy with the bike. It gives me lots of pleasure and I don't have anything to prove

[sidewinder]

I like them in the ltd edition colours

https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/a6c19b18f12e06b8bf32d49d80397c45_zps9583719c.jpg

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[Slacker24seve...]

Whilst it's a bit less rampant rabbit in all black, I still maintain they are styled by Ann Summers and should be called the Gaydius.

What do they do better than an SV? What bits are better than the SV's 11 year old design?

Can't understand why anyone in their right mind wouldn't get an SV or stump up for a lightly used ST.
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[Clanger]

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[CestrianX]

Well, I buy jeans with a 29inch inside leg and they get worn down so I have to hem them, I'm a real short arse with an 18.5 inch neck, perhaps quite the opposite to Clanger. I can't quite flat-foot the SFV but it is the most secure feeling bike I've ridden to date.
Nexus Icon, I'm assuming that was your bike in the pics, looks rather nice.

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Thanks. It still looks like a Gladius though

It really needs a round headlight. The standard one looks like it's drooping off the front of the bike, although I actually prefer it to the almost ubiquitous Transformer faced ones appearing everywhere nowadays.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

Nice gladius .

[krarkol]

I think everythings a bit round and jelly mould like on them. A bit like it was styled by the dude who did the modern version of those little tikes red kids cars

A friend has a naked sv650 with the more angular trellis frame and I think it looks pretty bad ass.

Another friend has a Gladius since new and he doesn't fault it. It's used as a commuter and fits it's purpose and he rides it pretty well also
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[talkToTheHat]

This reminds me of the incessant tales of my squidlike friend's tales of delinquent post miners' strike south yorkshire brats riding ratted two smoke 125s as the 80s gave way to the 90s. Get the shittiest bike you can find, paint it rattle can black, drop it loads, more rattlecan black, keep it until you throw it through a car. Repeat until too broken.

I'm not a fan of the I sprayed it all matt black look. Badly done and it stinks of dropped every week, nicely done and it's a justin bieber (or david beckham) style "murdered out" toy to be ridden in lumberjack shirts.

Incidentally, Anne Summers products are likely found in friendly and feminine colours, and have a reputation for being overpriced of inferior quality, and mostly marketed at women. Designs vary, from flowing sweeping curves as one might find on a sportsbike, to something more closely resembling a an off road tyre. Or bath toys.

Stepping away from the high street, one finds toys marketed at men are most often black. Premium toys might be stainless steel.

Strangely, toys that resemble anodised bling are on the rare side.

Conclusions: The less X you try to make it, the more X it becomes for any value of X that you are not genetically equipped to understand. Motorcycles are an ego extension and thus the subconscious link to phallic devices will creep in to designers minds and manifest. I probably need therapy after finding a bath toy left by previous residents.

tl;dr I am never buying a yellow dual sport with an adventue beak
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