What do you ride and what do you like/dislike about it?

[Insanity_rules]

Hmmmm...I should have included that in mine as well...

With a Gixer I'd agree with you.

[nudemetalz]

My V11 Sport -

Likes:-
- Looks
- Midrange Grunt
- Fuel Economy is not ridden hard
- Great Brembo brakes
- It's Italian
- Riding position on the open road
- Easy maintenance although why an 11mm tappet locknut??
- Character
- Looks and looks


Dislikes:-
- Tempermental starting occasionally
- Handling takes some getting used to, but think I need to tweak the setup
- Gets hot and bothered while commuting
- Riding position around town
- Pillion comfort is nil - but who cares about that !!
- Rear Shock preload adjustment is very difficult.
- Plastic tank doesn't allow magnetic tankbags.....
- Rear brake can come on automatically if not cleaned of crud regularily...especially at 100km/h !!
- Mirrors are crap
- Vibrations at legal speeds can be annoying
- Oil filter change involves dropping the whole sump.
- Oil dipstick is mounted on a 45 degree angle and is black plastic making it nearly impossible to read plus you have to screw it all the way in and out again !!
- If turning the key onto steering lock if you go all the way around, you go to parklight...

But I don't care about the dislikes, because they are all what makes an Italian bike different from the Japanese ones.

[Number One]

SV650s

Like:
* Loud and growly pipe
* Awesome handling (since replacing the piece of shit market suspension/forks and bad unevenly worn tyres it came with)
* Stopability....much better since we cleaned out the fithy and full of crap brake system...fuck knows what 'maintenance' the previous owner was actually doing on it?!
* Curvy looks and comfy for a short arse like me

Dislike:
I'm going to call it 'shit wiring' or 'ghost in the electrics'....Interested to know if anyone else with one of these has trouble with their electrics regularly....