Advice/Help/Opinions on SV Purchase

[joekarati]

sure!

[GregP]

I looked at the link for posting photos.    I have a wicked case of ADD, nuf said.

I'm anxious to get the bike in the canyons ASAP.  Probably Sunday morning in the Bu' at a minimum.  I'd like to get the suspenders dialed in as well.  The guy had the forks done up but the shock is a stocker.  Not complete crap but. . .

Sunday or Saturday early AM ride?

[joekarati]

out of town...I'm all talk...

[gm2]

here she is...

the board isn't liking these images when posted in-line, maybe too big.  but here are links to em:

http://7mzdt.com/images/gregSV/001.jpg
http://7mzdt.com/images/gregSV/002.jpg
http://7mzdt.com/images/gregSV/003.jpg
http://7mzdt.com/images/gregSV/004.jpg
http://7mzdt.com/images/gregSV/005.jpg

[sqweak]

odd, they preview fine but timeout on post 

[gm2]

they wouldn't preview for me either

[joekarati]

Congrats GregP!

 

[derby]

i wouldn't shy away from tracking that thing.. 

congrats!

[gm2]

before i got  the S4R i was looking at a silver SV1K just like that  

[Bad Dog]

The images are a bit tiny....can you enlarge them just a bit please?


 

[sqweak]

they wouldn't preview for me either

i switched the extension to JPG to get them to preview. it was being swapped on the server side (mod_rewrite or something?)

[GregP]

The images are a bit tiny....can you enlarge them just a bit please?


 

Big photos for a big man!!!

The thing is silky smooth for sure.  Shifts nicely and has a lot of low end grunt.  Doesn't care for clutchless shifts at higher rpms but. . . Single exhaust lets out a nice grumble but not obnoxious.  Heli bars make her pretty comfy too. Steel lines for the breaks and radial mount resivors which I don't think came stock.

Took it to some twisty bits yesterday for a quicky and she did ok.  The previous owner did the forks up with LE valves and springs so they work pretty well.  The stock shock not so much.  Gonna try to get to the SV shop on the westside tomorrow and get the knobs twisted a little and see how she does after that.  Probably invest in a shock futher down the line.  Can't beat it for $4200 at this point.

Thanks GM for posting up my thumbnails.  Bigger photos to follow!!!!!!

[joekarati]

WOW Dude, that sounds like a steal!!!   

[sqweak]

The previous owner did the forks up with LE valves and springs so they work pretty well.  The stock shock not so much.  Gonna try to get to the SV shop on the westside tomorrow and get the knobs twisted a little and see how she does after that.  Probably invest in a shock futher down the line.  

When you're ready for the track, it seems a gsxr swap is the prevalent mod for the front.  I like my Elka rear, but I'm too stupid and slow to know any better.   Do you mean West Coast GP for the SV shop?  Maybe I'll see you, I need to pickup my bike tomorrow or Friday

[GregP]

Yeah, I'm talking about the same place.  What is their exact address?

I feel like I got a decent deal on the bike.  I don't think it is the most popular bike so the buyer has a bit of an advantage.  I was supposed to look at a bone stock 06 and the guy called me back and said he sold it for $3500 including a jacket and helmet.

I'm hoping to take the last few steps to make it track worthy and a bit more schvelt but that won't probably happen for a while.  I don't think it would be much fun at Streets but Buttonwillow would be a good track to test it out.