The wife bought me a valentine's present...

[c_dug]

[Tdibs]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Welcome to the v twin club.
Ok it's never going to set the world on fire but it's a working bike, could have been a Harley or a scooter
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[redeem ouzzer]

I will always be proud of myself for making most of BCF hate SV650’s.
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[P.]

I crashed mine, but it's a track bike. I wasn't hurt as much as when I dropped a creme egg on the floor.

I think it's because there's a lot of better bikes out there, but hey, free gift I guess.

[Bhud]

Funny, you usually hear good things about SV650s. People say they handle well, and they're also decent all-rounders because they're still up to the standard of Japanese 1990s bikes. I've never ridden one and probably never will, just because time isn't limitless and I think I'd rather own some of the outright sports bikes from that era. The SV650 is no looker, that's for sure.

[stevo as b4]

I'm coming out of the closet and I have to say I agree with little red machine. The earlier SV's alloy trellis frame is quite a nice thing and the motor has some character, but maybe lacks that last bit of fizz and top end sparkle it wanted all along. Other than that, a decent USD front end and swing arm with some Ohlins or WP goodness would be the right ingredients for something spicy and tasty IMO.

Theres more potential in the SV chassis and bike as a whole than there was in the TLS 1000.

Then again I'm one of those perverts who likes to see more modern front and rear ends on a proper Suzuki like a Kettle. A Harris or Spondon GT750 is a sexual thing!

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

It was interesting to see that w/ emulators the sv has made sub 1:40 times @ cadwell.

So - you got the bike, now all you have to do is mod the forks...and ride like a pro.
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[Howling Terror]

[stevo as b4]

I don't get how all four pot bikes are cool and all twins are shit though, I never did?

I like motorbikes that have from one to six cylinders. But I'd never generalise and say for example that all singles are shit and that all 6 cylinder bikes are perfect etc.

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Holy crap, she bought you a bike, that's pretty awesome.

This is a pretty good bike actually. I rode one for a good while. Fun.

Man, I wish women bought me stuff like this. I only ever get drinks 'cos they want to get me drunk so I go to bed with them