Neptune for SV650

[Bob]

But at 72hp? My 1000 does 3.7 to 100pkh... granted its a 1985 and 260kg dry but still thats a bit off tho? I'd imagine high 4's to 5's?

I just dug out the July 2000 issue of Bike magazine that I happen to have in my desk... they did a comparative review of SV650S, 600 Bandit, 600 Fazer and 600 Hornet.

0-60mph times given as follows:

Bandit: 4.52 secs
Hornet-S: 4.20 secs
Fazer-S: 4.01 secs
SV650S: 4.70 secs

0-100mph times:

Bandit: 11.20 secs
Hornet-S: 10.81 secs
Fazer-S: 11.21 secs
SV650S: 11.00 secs

I must point out these are times taken in 2000, so improvements in models (and in the case of the Fazer, completely different bike!) must be taken into account.

Having owned a Bandit, Fazer and SV, I would have said - from pure gut feeling - that the Fazer was much faster 0-60, with the SV not too far behind. I would have thought the Bandit would struggle to 0-60 like the others, given the weight it had to carry and the engine being elderly in comparison. But the Bandit always was more than the sum of its' parts.

I do wonder if the tester that did the 0-60 on the SV was struggling to get the feel of the bike? Being the only v-twin on test, you would need to re-calibrate your launch strategy a touch.

[The Pastor]

I just dug out the July 2000 issue of Bike magazine that I happen to have in my desk... they did a comparative review of SV650S, 600 Bandit, 600 Fazer and 600 Hornet.

0-60mph times given as follows:

Bandit: 4.52 secs
Hornet-S: 4.20 secs
Fazer-S: 4.01 secs
SV650S: 4.70 secs

0-100mph times:

Bandit: 11.20 secs
Hornet-S: 10.81 secs
Fazer-S: 11.21 secs
SV650S: 11.00 secs

I must point out these are times taken in 2000, so improvements in models (and in the case of the Fazer, completely different bike!) must be taken into account.

Having owned a Bandit, Fazer and SV, I would have said - from pure gut feeling - that the Fazer was much faster 0-60, with the SV not too far behind. I would have thought the Bandit would struggle to 0-60 like the others, given the weight it had to carry and the engine being elderly in comparison. But the Bandit always was more than the sum of its' parts.

I do wonder if the tester that did the 0-60 on the SV was struggling to get the feel of the bike? Being the only v-twin on test, you would need to re-calibrate your launch strategy a touch.

Thats what I thinking.