SV1000 vs Fazer 600

[JonT]

Hey folks, I have owned an sv650 but have not ridden the 1000 nor a fazer600. I know I should go and test ride both but i'd really like it if I could get some opinions from the collective mass of knowledge that is BCF.

Criteria for comparison are (in no particular order)

Handling

Usable Power

Comfort on 40 mile commute (in summer, got a car for winter)

Quality of the bike you can get for under £3k

Looks & credibility

Fuel economy?

Reliability and servicing costs

https://www.mcnews.com.au/Wallpaper/Suzuki/SV1000/2003/SV1000S_RHF_Workshop_1024.jpg

https://www.rentabike.org/images/bike_fz600_big.gif

[tafflade]

I havn't ridden both of these bikes but I did test ride the SV when they first came out, if they were the only 2 choices i'd go with the SV but with £3k to spend I'd have a much bigger list of possibles and neither of these 2 would be on it tbh.

[Flip]

Why not a Fazer 1000? Just curious.

[JonT]

Cost mainly flip.

Costs more to buy, and costs more to insure and I don't really need the extra power.

[Flip]

What bike have you got at the moment? Did you get rid of the 650 and why?

[JonT]

I am currently without bike

I had to get rid of my bike about 18 months ago to get a car for work. Now that i've saved up a bit of money I want to get back in the game.

I really liked my sv650 the two main problems I had with it were that it didn't have quite enough power and the suspension was far from confidence inspiring, I did feel like it was going to give up at some points :p.

Whatever I get next has to be an upgrade over the sv, the obvious choice is any of the main sports 600s. Yet I want to be able to go to work on the bike in summer (which is 42 miles away) in reasonable comfort. Also its hard to explain but riding a sports 600 (ZXR) felt like it was constantly tempting me to go faster which I should really avoid. I could get a sports 600 and just try and work on my self discipline a little more though

[Thom]

SV for me all the way, twin race cans on the thou sounds lovely
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[Flip]

Fazer will tick all those boxes I reckon but you might miss the V twin grunt. Test ride.

[kitty kat]

Although I ride a Fazer 600, I wouldn't go for a newish 600, I have heard a lot of people complain about them. People who have traded their MK1s in for a newer version seem to regret doing so. They use a de-tuned R6 engine. I personally think the old Thundercat engine is a lot more reliable. Go with the SV, I have only heard good things about it.
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[ajb]

I do agree that, for £3k, there are other bikes which would be better.
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[Mr Nice Guy]

SV1000 with race cans and WP suspension.
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[hornetmike]

had a little go on both and all i can say as i am pretty inexperienced is the sv weighed a ton.
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[quacker_boy]

My dad's got an FZ6 07 and I've been riding it daily since being back in Dubai and I've loved every minute of it. The traffic is obviously wank over here so filtering is very easy and at higher speeds it's a fairly flickable sort of thing.

Having swapped bikes with my friend whose got a 6RR 07 I instantly noticed a massive difference in power delivery, handling, body positioning etc and although it's fun to rag around, I can't see it being any fun through traffic. The power on the FZ is fairly measly low down but above 8Kish rpm it pulls fairly well.

It's not an ideal hooning tool though as he's got the completely naked model and anything above sort of 150 kmh becomes fairly painful so in that respect I'd say go for the half faired one or the SV.

Looks wise, the half faired FZ6 falls into the pillow biting category whilst the SV looks like it wants to bite your head off for the fun of it. Reliability wise, only problem I've had in the 2000 km I've covered in two weeks was the gearbox feels a bit funny and occasionally had trouble shifting down from 3rd to 2nd and 1st. And when I said trouble, I mean couldn't shift down at all but that seems to have sorted itself out now.

Only other complaint is the brakes on the FZ6 aren't as sharp as I thought they'd be so I'd of thought some braided hoses and a decent set of pads would be a good investment for it. Can't really comment on fuel economy as things like that aren't taken into account when I can fill up the tank for £3 but it handled being given a good thrashing on a daily basis very well.

So to summarise:

Plus points:
Good fun
Very comfy positioning around town
A giggle to chuck in and out of traffic at faster speeds
Naked version looks cool as penguin piss.

Negative points:
Brakes could do some with some lovin'
Gearbox...sometimes.

Hope that helps a bit mate
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