No more new SV1000 into NZ?

[dipshit]

Personally, though, I really like the SV650, and don't really see why anyone would buy the 1000 when the 650 is cheaper and awesomer and a much better platform to improve and customise from.

For $500 more you get larger diameter fully adjustable forks, better brakes, beefier swingarm, fully adjustable rear shock... and a shite more hp and torque.

A 1000 can be made to handle just as good as a 650.! They are not that different a bike!

Someone that has raced both.. http://www.sv-portal.com/forums/show...86&postcount=2

It is more of a street cred image thing. The 1000's do not have a race class they are competitive in.

[jrandom]

For $500 more you get tasty, tasty dipping sauce to go with the crispy, crispy chicken strips.

Sweet baby Jesus, my mouth is watering already.

[imdying]

I've had inline fours, You cant better a big V twin, I dont care what you say Big V twins have character that in-lines will never have. Jap or not

I dunno... the ZX6R I had before hand had plenty of character... I would ride along letting it run down through 5k, then back up through 8k, all day, just to listen to the induction noise

A 1000 can be made to handle just as good as a 650.! They are not that different a bike!

They handle better than the 650 as standard.

I did find that proper suspension setup made an incredible difference to it... it was interesting just how bad I could make it feel by misadjusting it. Whilst I was initially setting the tweakers, I actually found one point in the road where I literally had to stop before even a km and readjust it, it just felt so arse. If you haven't played with the adjustment at all, I highly recommend recording your current settings and then playing with all of them... the difference between a good and bad setup is night and day

[dipshit]

The SV650 is a super-sweet bike which history will vindicate as a classic.

The SV1000 is a pale shadow of the mighty TLS; it doesn't handle like it should, and the engine's far more suited to the V-Strom.

How can the 650 be held in such high regard yet many look down their noses at the 1000 when they are virtually the same bike..???

[dipshit]

I highly recommend recording your current settings and then playing with all of them... the difference between a good and bad setup is night and day

Absolutely. And it's surprising (alarming!) how many people never come to grips with adjusting their suspension.

[driftn]

One of my favourite pastimes is browsing through www.bikepoint.co.nz at all the dream machines that I can't afford. I was checking out Suzuki's SV models and in the little blurb it says that Suzuki are no longer importing brand new SV1000's into NZ. This is the last year you can get a hold of a brand new 2008 model. Anyone know what the deal is with that? why?? ??

Good its a bout time. Over rated slow buckets of shit. Bring back the TL i say

[dipshit]

Unless, of course, its a cc/dick size thing. But I'm sure nobody around here has that issue. Ay.

No, that's what you get when people who owned TL's turns up and look down their noses at SV's because their TL had 15hp more.

[jrandom]

How can the 650 be held in such high regard yet many look down their noses at the 1000 when they are virtually the same bike..???

Because the 650 is lighter and more economical.

It fills a market segment that the 1000, by virtue of its size and weight, doesn't.

Sometimes, a bigger engine stuffed into what is, as you say, an almost identical bike, is bad.

The 1000's mojo would still have been salvaged regardless if the engine had been tuned further from the TLS base and turned into a crazy 999-eating motherfucker of a powerplant. Instead, Suzuki cut its balls off.

So, no good points left.

[rocketman1]

Absolutely. And it's surprising (alarming!) how many people never come to grips with adjusting their suspension.

Mate what changes have you made to to your suspension?
I have tweaked mine a fair bit, it seems to work fine for me but not having compared it to any other SV I'm not sure I have it so sweet as others?

[Elysium]

At the end of the day the Honda Firestorm sounds better, more power and bigger dick than the SV1000

**Sorry but biased towards Honda**

[Buster]

At the end of the day the Honda Firestorm sounds better, more power and bigger dick than the SV1000

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Nice troll mate

[Elysium]

Nice troll mate

Yeah, thought I'd just start a bit of a flame war before I go.

[dipshit]

Mate what changes have you made to to your suspension?

Softened the compression damping on the front and rear to make it less harsh and actually absorb some bumps. (more so on the front) Most of the instability it had went after doing this.

Raised the forks up through the triple clamps to quicken the steering and to get the thing to turn rather than feel like it wanted to run wide. ( see... http://www.sv-portal.com/forums/show...075#post474075 )

Reduced the pre-load just a smidge on the rear shock (perhaps a 1/4 of a turn from memory) to give it a wee bit more static sag so the rear felt more planted and stable under brakes. (but not too much pre-load off or it would feel slows steering again)

Although it could be a lot better with proper fork springs for my weight (75kg) - at least it is a big improvement for me from showroom set-up.

I won't tell you exact settings as everybody needs to find what works for them... which could be different from one person to the next. And it seems some SVs come set up quite hard while others are set up quite soft from new.

It is just surprising when talking to people - how many have never touch their suspension settings at all.

[rocketman1]

Softened the compression damping on the front and rear to make it less harsh and actually absorb some bumps. (more so on the front) Most of the instability it had went after doing this.


It is just surprising when talking to people - how many have never touch their suspension settings at all.

Thanks very much for this, I may try moving the front forks through the clamps a few mm, Personally my bike doesnt run wide at all, even the fastest corners, lent right over, I can happily take the left hand of the bars to wave to other riders, no problems at all. It does however feel a bit harsh over bumps in the front suspension, so I might soften them slightly.
Its good to have so much adjustment on the suspension aye. I will just have to be careful to only move one thing at a time.

[Burtha]

Hope there is something 1000cc-ish and near naked as there isn't anything much now in their range between 650 to 1200cc. Besides the 750 katana -which are uncomfortable and few - the sv looked to be the ideal bike for my hubby and in our piddly price range ... here's hoping for something good!