My wife just couldn't warm up to the SV after I snagged a new (to me) Beemer, and something's got to vacate the garage, so she's going up for a quick Spring sale (the bike, not the wife).

It's a 2007 Candy Sonoma Red with a little under 40k miles. I am the second owner, and the first owner bought it new from Mattison in Raleigh back in '07 or '08. It's been regularly maintained and serviced by me as long as I've had it, and I can tell you all about anything that's ever been done to it. I had a minor lowside crash while on a group ride in March 2011, and I had the damaged plastics professionally repaired, but not repainted, by Johan in Clayton. There was very little damage, thanks to the slider and the sidecase, so I simply had him weld, fill, sand, and prime the affected areas, which I followed with a pretty closely matching duplicolor myself. You can't tell from a distance, but upon close inspection you can see that the repaired areas have a different sheen. There was no damage to the frame or motor, and only minor rash on the clutch lever, barend, slider peg, and left sidecase. See album for detail shots.

It does have lots of touring-oriented mods and upgrades, pretty much all of which I have the original parts and hardware for, and will include for asking price.

*0.95 kg/mm Sonic Springs in forks with Racetech gold valves and Traxxion damper rods
*Stainless steel braided brake lines
*Progrip gel touring grips
*Zero Gravity "Double Bubble" windscreen
*12V auto accessory socket mounted in dash fairing
*Leo Vince SBK muffler and decat midpipe

It has a Bales Tech oil filter adapter fitted so that you can use standard threaded (non-Suzuki) oil filters. I prefer Purolator PureOne or the high-end Bosch filters, but you can also use the $2-3 Walmart brand ones if you like. [url]http://balestech.com/filter.htm[/url]

*Wolo (Stebel Nautilus clone) air horn and direct-to-battery relay
*Converted upper triple for using standard bars, including longer, custom throttle and clutch cables.
*Adjustable aluminum brake/clutch levers, standard size (Pazzo clones)
*Aluminum mirror extenders (so your shoulders don't fill the mirrors with high bars installed)
*Lower fairing kit with R&G no-cut sliders
*OEM gel comfort seat
*12v accessory distribution block under seat and 12v auto accessory socket in tail trunk
*SW Motech Alu-rack sidecase mounts and topcase mount
*Givi E360N sidecases and Givi E460 top case. Cases are keyed to use a single key for all three.
*Hyabusa rear shock (Heavier spring = perfect for touring and two-up when you're a fatass like me. I have a GSXR750 shock that you can install if it would be better for your weight and riding style)

Maintenance/Parts history:

*The front tire is a Pirelli Angel with a couple thousand miles left in it, and the back is a Michelin Pilot Road 2 that will go at least the same before you're into the wear bars. Both are a little over two years old.
*Throttle bodies synchronized some time during the summer of 2010(can't find that receipt, but it was done by TPS in Smithfield)
*Oil was changed about 1300 miles ago
*Both brake circuits were last bled and had fluid replaced in November 2011 when I put EBC pads on the rear, while the front pads were replaced with Vesrah RJL's in May 2011
*Forks were last serviced in May of 2011 with 12W fork oil.
*Valve clearances checked at 30k in Spring 2011, all in spec.
*Spark plugs were replaced in November of 2011.
*AGM battery and battery tender adapter installed in January 2012.
*D.I.D. X-Ring chain and AFAM alloy sprockets installed in January 2012.



Album of photos, including detail shots:
http://imgur.com/a/yuQdu

6/1/2013 6:45:52 AM

$50 on the wife

6/1/2013 7:37:31 AM

That's a beautiful bike, but I can't imagine a crotch rocket as a touring bike. Even just sitting on one makes my lower back scream. Is there anything that you can do to it to make it more comfortable for longer rides?

6/2/2013 3:38:03 AM

The sv is a pretty comfortable touring crotch rocket. Kinda like a vstrom

6/2/2013 9:35:00 AM

^^ an SV isn't anything like a supersport bike. The seating position is much more relaxed.

as far as things that could be done to make it more comfortable for long rides, read the ad--he added a more heavily padded seat, and raised the bars (significantly, judging by the picture).

I also ride BMW, but have owned an SV and several supersport machines. I'd say that this SV would be a legitimate cross country machine.

6/2/2013 10:30:29 AM

Looks like this might be off. When I told her I was selling it, apparently she decided to give it another test ride and had a lot more fun this time.

6/12/2013 8:10:13 PM

Quinn and I have done our fair share of riding across the state on camping trips and prolonged (multi-hour) day rides together, me on the BMW and him on the SV650 (sometimes we even swap).

The SV650 feels like it was made for a 5'5" man (ie: typical Japanese ) whereas the BMW fits a proper 6' man. I consider the SV650 a miniature BMW R1200R. They ride very similar, especially with the lower end torque. The BMW is just bigger in every aspect. I'd have no hestiations riding an SV650, though for slightly more comfort I'd get a set of risers and maybe an aftermarket saddle.

That's a VERY nice picture of a VERY sexy bike. Those saddle bags look like they belong there!

[Edited on June 12, 2013 at 9:03 PM. Reason : .]

6/12/2013 9:02:01 PM