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[TBone]

Very nice bike, n00b!  


I like the naked style.  

[Mr.Black]

Nice.

For how long?

[County Tar]

everyman's bike.  great engine.  

[Mr.Black]

You shut your filthy mouth!

I'm no longer doing the "will this bike be fun and good for 2-up and not have certain characteristics that my pillion may or may not love and still be under a price point and provide...." dance any more.

So, there's this. The Breva's quirks and recent "issues" got to be more than I felt like tolerating any longer. Cool bike, a little too much soul for my liking.

Il est bon de vous revoir mon ami.

[DosEquis00]

That is a fun bike to ride  

Enjoy your new ride Chris.

[Akumu]

Grats, man. Certainly better than the huge diatribe I wrote about buying my bike recently.  

[KodiakRS]

I have come to the conclusion that 650 twins are the way to go for a fun street bike.  I'm sure you'll enjoy it.  

[mxvet57]

I have come to the conclusion that 650 twins are the way to go for a fun street bike.  I'm sure you'll enjoy it.  

I don't know. Tripples can be a lot of fun to.


Nice ride

[scott19]

Hooray for naked SVs!

[Frankienuckles]

Them sv 650's are really nice bikes!  

[Cheddarhead]

Congrats on yet another new to you ride!

I was jonesing for an SV...but the ergos (seat -to- pegs) just didn't work.  I'm sure I could have made the seat -to- bars work...but messing with both the bars and the pegs seems to be too much of a "forced" fit.

Guess I'm just an "upright" kind of guy...


What did you do with all the snow?  

[Rincewind]

I can hear the Guzzisti's gnashing his teeth.  

Nice SV.  I think I saw that in Cycle Trader this weekend, at a Chad's Ford dealer.  I made a similar move with my Street Triple - stopped looking for the best pillion bike and instead got the best bike for me.  I'm quite happy that way, and it seems my wife will get her own now anyway.

[Cablebandit]

Now go out and rev the snot out of that Suzuki twin.  What a fun little machine.

[antvq]

Bike Whore.

[Fourstring]

So, there's this. The Breva's quirks and recent "issues" got to be more than I felt like tolerating any longer. Cool bike, a little too much soul for my liking.

Care to elaborate?  I know you weren't a fan of the leaky bags.


Nice bike!  I had my eye on Hickey's listing but lacked garage space to make it happen.

[Cablebandit]

Now call up Rich at Sonic for some front springs.  I'm sure that thing is WAY undersprung for you. Toss an Elka on the back and you'll be good to go for not much scratch.

[motormike]

Yeah, the suspension definitely needs attention.

Does the suspension need attention for agressive riders, heavy riders (above 200 lbs), or both?


I'm looking at buying my Brother-In-Law's 2005 SV650s and I'm probalby at least 25 lbs heavier than him...but I'm a new rider so I can't imagine I would be riding very agressively.

[County Tar]

Congrats on yet another new to you ride!

I was jonesing for an SV...but the ergos (seat -to- pegs) just didn't work.  I'm sure I could have made the seat -to- bars work...but messing with both the bars and the pegs seems to be too much of a "forced" fit.

 

Then you buy the 650 Strom.  Same engine.  Upright stance.  Ugly.  Like mine.  

[falcofred]

Yeah, the suspension definitely needs attention.

I bought a 99 SV650 Standard in the Fall of 99, had Traxxion Dynamics fix the forks with Race Tech Emulators and springs, installed a Progressive Suspension shock and rode it for 19,000+ miles.
Never touched the engine, only moved two small washers that were on top of the carb sliders to under the carb sliders to richen the mixture. That's it, no exhaust mods, no intake mods, just rode the hell out of that bike. Only 68 HP, but I used every one. It was a great bike.
I got the bike itch and sold it so I could finance some thing else.

[Scratch33]

I bought a 99 SV650 Standard in the Fall of 99, had Traxxion Dynamics fix the forks with Race Tech Emulators and springs, installed a Progressive Suspension shock and rode it for 19,000+ miles.

Did the same with my '02 SV650,  rode it for a couple years then sold it to a friend.  I missed it so much picked up another '02 last year.   I just bought a lightly-used rear shock from a ZX-6 off Ebay; for the front end I'll go with Sonic Springs and Ricor intiminators.