Calling all SV & VTR 1000 riders

[R1madness]

Hey Pex, you seen that ST2 on Trade Me? $8K no reserve!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-88959938.htm

Gav, thats a ST2 (2 valve with no good bits) It is a good buy if you want a 2 valver. You cant compare it to a ST4S which was the flagship sports tourer for Ducati. The ST4s has all the best equipment on it. Better shock, forks, brakes, more power, and this one has lots of carbon fiber extras also.

Basicly it works like this
ST2 = 2 valve
ST3 = 3 valve
ST4 = 4 valve
ST4s = 4 valve + other stuff.

Oh yea we offer a full (covers everything) 3 month warrentee on all our bikes as well.
Cheers

[Babelfish]

WOAH! My ears are popping that plug hit so hard

[Pex Adams]

Hey Pex, you seen that ST2 on Trade Me? $8K no reserve!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-88959938.htm

Thanks for that Gav

Gav, thats a ST2 (2 valve with no good bits) It is a good buy if you want a 2 valver. You cant compare it to a ST4S which was the flagship sports tourer for Ducati. The ST4s has all the best equipment on it. Better shock, forks, brakes, more power, and this one has lots of carbon fiber extras also.

Basicly it works like this
ST2 = 2 valve
ST3 = 3 valve
ST4 = 4 valve
ST4s = 4 valve + other stuff.

Oh yea we offer a full (covers everything) 3 month warrentee on all our bikes as well.
Cheers

After doing a little bit of research, the 2 Value has a lot less problems, compared against the 4. Also servicing is quite a bit cheaper as well.

However, it depends on what sort of thing I need in a bike. Reliability been quite high on the list. Along with the ability of going 2 up, without losing to much in the way of comfort and performance. Which is where the Gixxer600 had me a little disappointed. However on every other front the Gixxer was absolutely awesome.

Hmm... Decisions Decisions...

[gav]

This photo came up on another forum, not sure if its been seen before. Apparently a Japanese firm were given a design brief to sharpen up the VTR back in 1997/98, looks bloody fantastic if you ask me!

[imdying]

Yep, like that a lot! Would go for a sharper more modern tail section, but loving the front.

[far queue]

Just to finish this off I thought I’d let you know what I think of the new bike after a weekend away with it. I took it to the March Hare bike rally over the weekend – a round trip of 601km. 216km down the straight and boring SHWY 1 on Friday, a brief ride on Saturday and 321km the long way home today with lots of twisties. It’s comfortable at 100kph and at significantly higher speeds, it’s great in the twisties, and I arrived home with nothing sore. I’m very happy with my purchase.

Here's a couple of pics before I left ...

[far queue]

Oh, and this fully faired SV1000 was at the rally too. I like it better than what's currently on offer.

[Highlander]

Oh, and this fully faired SV1000 was at the rally too. I like it better than what's currently on offer.

Agree with that. The SV looks unfinished to me, but that full fairing rounds it off nicely. That colour suits it too.

No patch on your Duc though. Well done.

[Babelfish]

What a trip it must have been FQ, you picked up some farking roadkill on the way by the looks!

Nice bike though mate.