Well, I am no longer an Italian bike owner.
The thought of dropping it drove me to sell it. (think about $1,600 for a gas tank!)
Exit the Ducati - I picked it up with intentions of seeing what the fuss was about, and I must admit. There is something about a Ducati that makes it feel just a bit "more" than just a bike. The monster definatly has personality about it.. and of course the braking, and handling are excellent. It just didn't quite have the top end, and of course the parts issues turned me off. I am looking for a bike to go do track days with that if I lay down it's not going to result in a $3,000 fiasco.. haha.. well hopefully anyway. The Ducati is definatly not the bike for that. I could see dropping a Ducati in your driveway.. and totalling it! All that aside... I think I want a 748 dark at some point.
Enter the SV - I picked up a 2000 SV650S.. They didn't actually make the SV-S in the states until 2001.. this is actually a Canadian model. After some research into that... the only differences are that it measures things in Kilometers per hour.. I rode it about 30 miles last night after I got back and I don't think thats going to be a problem. It is slightly concerning to look down and see the speedo at 140+ and you really didn't think you were going all that fast.. haha That equals out to about 90mph BTW.
Anyway, I'm sure most of you have ridden SV of some sort somewhere along the lines so I won't go really in depth other than to say.. A. It's quick, B. It's light, & C. its very quick handling.. It actually turns in a bit quicker than the Duc.. That could just be the tires on it. Previous owner had Bridgestone BT020's. I've never ran them before.. we'll see what I think about those for a few days or whatever and make a call to go with new pirellis, or what.
Just a few quick, and dirty shots for ya...
Exit the Ducati - I picked it up with intentions of seeing what the fuss was about, and I must admit. There is something about a Ducati that makes it feel just a bit "more" than just a bike. The monster definatly has personality about it.. and of course the braking, and handling are excellent. It just didn't quite have the top end, and of course the parts issues turned me off. I am looking for a bike to go do track days with that if I lay down it's not going to result in a $3,000 fiasco.. haha.. well hopefully anyway. The Ducati is definatly not the bike for that. I could see dropping a Ducati in your driveway.. and totalling it! All that aside... I think I want a 748 dark at some point.
Enter the SV - I picked up a 2000 SV650S.. They didn't actually make the SV-S in the states until 2001.. this is actually a Canadian model. After some research into that... the only differences are that it measures things in Kilometers per hour.. I rode it about 30 miles last night after I got back and I don't think thats going to be a problem. It is slightly concerning to look down and see the speedo at 140+ and you really didn't think you were going all that fast.. haha That equals out to about 90mph BTW.
Anyway, I'm sure most of you have ridden SV of some sort somewhere along the lines so I won't go really in depth other than to say.. A. It's quick, B. It's light, & C. its very quick handling.. It actually turns in a bit quicker than the Duc.. That could just be the tires on it. Previous owner had Bridgestone BT020's. I've never ran them before.. we'll see what I think about those for a few days or whatever and make a call to go with new pirellis, or what.
Just a few quick, and dirty shots for ya...
