Greetings Suzi owners of STN. So I did some searching, but got a little impatient so if this is a re-post forgive me. I've got a buddy that wants to get into riding, and between my convincing him of what to get and his thoughts as to what he wants in a bike, I've got him convinced that he needs an SV650N (and a trip to the BRC as well). Of course that wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that I really want to ride one too...
So, here's what I need. Since I'm helping him with some of the legwork and will be going with him to help look bikes over in general I was wondering what in particular I should watch for. I've bought enough bikes before that I know the basics, (scratches, changes from stock, fluids, fork oil, etc.) but I'm looking for things that might tend to be common things to go wrong on SVs, or things that he should watch for that could go wrong after he gets one. At the moment we're looking at 650Ns in particular since he likes the look more and the bars are higher, and I would imagine probably a gen 1 since we'd like to keep the price around $3500 or less. I'm sure he wouldn't be against a gen 2 if one comes by for the right price though. Thanks in advance for the info everyone.
