Wasn't too chuffed with the hornet...

[instigator]

and I always wanted an sv....

£1200 gets you reasonably far these days:

1999 Suzuki sv650s
Category C write off
9500 Miles
T & T
4 previous owners
FSH

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On the Machine
Steering Damper
JHL(S) Stage 2 Upgraded polished forks with adjustable...erm...bits at the top.
Hugger
Braided Brake Lines
Full Stainless steel screws/bolts (thank gawd)
Remus Revolution Exhaust (with removeable baffle)
JHS Rearsets (Give me a clue as to the benefits rearsets give )
R&G 'wuss' bungs
Powerbronze Undertray

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Off the Machine:
Fairing Lowers
Replacement Front Cowl
Replacement Front Lights
New GSXR shock & Linkages (a common sv upgrade??)
Solo seat cover
Iridium DB Screen & original
Replacement carbon Fibre Mudguard
Replacement Oil Filter
Original Exhaust
Repalcement new Mirrors
Original Footpegs
Original Undertray (oh boy, I'm glad to have that )

Rides very smoothly, brakes and suspension are incredibly good, the front end is very responsive and brakes are 10x better than the hornets. Power is noticeably down on the hornet, but that was always expected. Handles, stops and sounds better so thats got to be worth something.

Rode it over to Dartmoor on thursday and played about there for the weekend - attended a wedding, scared some sheep, have a stand off with a rather 'pissed off' cow, stroke some 'wild' ponies, get bitten by wild ponies (Guess that'll teach me eh ). Generally a good weekend. Very jealous of the folk that live close to dartmoor, such a lovely place. It's good that there is a 40 limit there, far too many wildlife kicking about to get knocked off by. But you can get away with the usual blast, as many bikes and cars did. (seen a 'GTR', looked rather exotic, ferrari-like, who makes them?)

I want to go back. Have to try wales sometime soon, I was tempted when I saw the signs on the M5.

[numark1]

I believe you mean the Ultima GTR, fastest production car atm.

Only costs £30k too.

[kawashima]

I like slim body and torqy motor of V2 bike. Plus SV650 is light weight.

[Dan 4RR]

Cool bike, especially the colour. What does 'FSH' mean?

[KevTM]

nice one! looks good from the pics. I see you've kept the blue/red colour scheme

hopefully see you about sometime, well, probably hear you before i see you

[veeeffarr]

Or the Panoz GTR-1

[dibbster]

[Dom]

Ah, you finally gave in then? Looks a bloody good deal that, so much so I think I need to persuade myself of some reasons why mine was worth £600 more despite having half the mileage.

Remus can must sound good too...

*daydreams about micron can actually being delivered*

What's happened with the hornet?

[instigator]

[Dom]

[instigator]

Hell yeah, any excuse to head back down that part of the UK.

Mpg is much better than the hornet's surprisingly. I'd do about 90 miles before I filled her up today, just out of habit. 90 miles on the hornet would cost £9.40 odd. On the sv, it was £7.80. And that was playing about in dartmoor too, so not constant throttle on the motorway.

[Dom]

Yeah, mine's good for 120-130 miles before the light starts flashing and even then I think there's probably 20 miles left in it (don't fancy pushing my luck too much ).

Maybe we should sort something Walesish out.. I've been meaning to have a play on those roads for ages. Anybody else fancy it?

[Saint Matt]

Congrats, I saw that on sv650.org. Mine can start flashing at anythign from 90-140 miles, when it flashes you have about 35-40 miles left, as it has 3.5 litres When the light stays on, you should think about nothing but getting some fuel!

EDIT: My SV cost £200 mroe, was mint but had a seized back brake, i reckon its worth about 1700. Just goes to show bargains can be found!

[Josh|RD125LC]

Come down to Dartmoor, then I'll be able to come out and play.......On the RD!

Lets see whos boss through the twisties.

And I know my way around Dartmoor too.
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[instigator]

- Well, I want to get to dartmoor again, that's for sure. There's one little bridge between Two bridges (where I was staying) and MortenHampstead (where I stayed the night before). It's a 40 limit and it's I think where there is some sort of tourist centre, but you only have to crawl along at 25mph then just blip the throttle as you're going over it. Great fun.

Both wheels off the ground. Need to find a similar one in my area!

[Jewell]

budget bike.....nasty.

think its a great winter hack......but still the worlds ugliest/gayest bike ever........

[G]

Glad you like it.

While I don't like twins much, nor was I great fan of the hornet power delivery.

Hopefully picking up a track one Wednesday - hopefully I can find as good a deal on a road one when I can afford it (or have the TRX in a swappable condition).

[Keen]

nice bike

I was torn between the hornet and the sv but in the end I went for a hornet.... the extra power and the convenience of higher/wider bars (I want to do some distance touring and I ride in town alot) swung it.

out of interest what was it you didn't like about yours?
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[instigator]

The fact that the hornet sits at high revs on the motorway, the fact it does less than a hundred miles to a tank (not very convenient at all) insurance is more and just I always wanted an sv in the first place.

I like the seating position of the sv more to be honest. Feels more in control. Just seem to prefer engines that don't sound like they're going to explode. The top end power of the hornet is great though. Very addictive. Just didn't like how you have to ride in the right gear all the time, the sv is much nicer to ride on twisty sections.

Plus the sound....phwoar...

[Keen]

fair enough

The hornet is a revy bike..... but I'm kind of used to it, all of my past bikes have been worse so the hornet seems refined by comparison

I haven't ridden an sv (would really like to) but yeah I imagine the handling is more sporty..... I like the hornet's handling though, the big bars make throwing it around easy and I love the way the fat rear tyre feels. Its also a fairly good bike for pillions which is an important factor for me. I love the basic styling as well, it looks purposeful.

I can see why you changed to the sv though. Each to his own
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[instigator]

Well, I haven't changed to the sv....the hornet is just tucked up in the garage just now until I get bored of this one.

[cc123]

Feckin 1200 bucks, nice one. Glad you like it. So you'll join us on the last Scottish run of the year then?

Hmmm, I might need to get a wee shot of this bike, in exchange for a go on my Ninja? Just to see what all the fuss is about
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[instigator]

Course man. Anyone can have a go, don't even need a shot on anyone elses! Not saying everyone will love it, hell no, it's jsut something different.

And yeah, looking forward to the run. Get to stretch its legs a little as I've only done 700 motorway miles on it.

[kat250]

so time to get battle of scottish loudest bike going then greg
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[instigator]

Heeey....This current remus exhaust is quieter than your viper. I'll need to get rid of the hornets twin cans