Stopped by to pick up my new fender eliminator today, which actually turns out they ordered the wrong one. Anyway, I saw the bike I've been considering as my next in a year or so, exactly as I'd make it. The thing was a pure dream and my wife made me stop drooling over it because I haven't even had mine a year yet. I swear to you I was trying to justify to myself how I could flip my bike in less than a year and buy this one. All the aftermarket parts were "free" and it was listed at $8600.

'05 Black SV1000S
-Lower Fairing
-High Mount Exhaust
-Frame Sliders
-Swingarm Spool/Sliders
-Tinted Windscreen

Pics suck cause they had the bikes 3 inches from one another and my camera phone, well, it sucks hardcore.

 

Looks like there's rainbow stickers all over it from the camera.lol.

 

Im highly considering a SV1000 to be my next bike.

 

If it was just a bit cheaper (and I had a bigger garage) I woulda bought it.

 

Dude you could squeeze that in your garage. Either that or put the 650 under the porch.

 

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Chris, I'd wait a few weeks and see if it's still there. It probably won't be, but if they need to make room for the '06s, they wil cut you a nicer deal.

I bought my SV on Sep. 20th of 2004 for $4999, not counting my scooter trade-in.

 

sell me your bike and buy it. You only live once....

 

Looks good in black.

 

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$4200 and it's yours...

 

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Shipping to Blacksburg is???

 

I'd consider delivering for $200 since it would be $100 in gas roundtrip and I'd have to bribe a friend with a truck or at the least a ride back. The problem is that I'm out of town for the next 6 weekends so I likely won't be able to.

If the bike is still there in 2 months you'll be the first person I notify.

 

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Do it. You won't be sorry, Chris has taken care of the bike and it's really sexy, having seen it in person.

Help a fellow Honda-Techer out, so he can at least keep me in sight when we ride.

Chris, if you need to sell your bike far away, I'll help you deliver it. I've always wanted to do redline clutch drops in an S4.

 

GO HOKIES !

 

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ONE!!11!!!1

 

that is a sweet SV, i was curious though and dont flame me for this one, how does the SV1000S compare to the TL1000R? power, handling, you know things like that

 

Yeh the black on black SV1000 was one of my many considerations, its very hot bike!! you'll have to post some pics if you get it!@!

 

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I think the SV basically replaced the SV1000R/S, I think. I'm not an expert but I believe the TL is considered to be a bit more of a pig than the SV.

 

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Fixed that for you.

The TL was a full-fairing sportbike, so I'm guessing that it had more advanced (for its day, maybe?) suspension hardware than the SV does.

 

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Fixed that for you.

The TL was a full-fairing sportbike, so I'm guessing that it had more advanced (for its day, maybe?) suspension hardware than the SV does.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The TL1000S was a bike that caused a ton of publicity. Wicked engine, more torque than the Duke at the time and a stonking top end. The trouble was that it had a rotary damper which was utter *****. Couple this with forks that had way too much preload and it made the bike a bit lively. It caused a few people to crash, infcat a few were killed. Suzuki recalled the bike and fitted steering dampers. Great. At the launch there were a few little doubts but they (Suzuki) chose a billiard smooth track. It was on the road that the damper didnt work. The design wasn't all bad, the issue was it had originally been conceived as a race unit. To make it viable they cheaped out on the construction of the damper internally. There was not enough oil and the shock had more bump damping than rebound, the opposite of a normal shock.

The design can work, but not with road units. A racing version of the shock-which may or may not be the same as the works parts Yoshimura uses is available as a kit part, for the bargain price of$10,529. That doesn't include the $3240 rear spring carrier assembly or about $3100 worth of required linkages and brackets. Hmmm, so the desgin works but costs $17,000 to make good.

Anyway moving on Suzuki decided that riders buried in walls was depressing people a tad. Hence the release of the TL1000R, the 'duck' This was heavier, uglier, now had a beam frame instead of the funky trelis and bizzarely was slower. Throttle response was dialled out of it prolly in an attempt to stop the bike trying to throw itself into the hedge. Then to show just how great the rotary damper was they threw it in the bin and fitted a stock shock.

The concept had been lost IMO. With more weight and a longer wheelbase they had turned a fiesty bike that could have been made to handle with a decent shock into yet another middle of the road bike. Its a shame as I know of people who had the original and whilst they said it scared them shitless sometimes they still enjoyed it. Suzuki kept the TL's for a few years but they never recovered favour.

The SV seems to have taken it all up again. I have seen them race in the mini-twins and they seem pretty handy. A mate who races has a 1000 on the road and he rates it. Now if you could make the SV a bit more edgy and lose some weight then we'd be talking.

 

There you have it folks... assuming you can decode all that limey slang.

 

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If the words "lively" and "handy" count as slang...

Luke, thanks for the write-up. Always wondered about the diffs between the S and R versions of the TL.

 

i had heard about the bad side of the TL, but never understood why the sv1000 was down on power and up on weight

 

chris - I'm headed down to blacksburg area the sept 28th and will be driving back sunday morning, so if you want a ride back up sunday morning around noon/1 I could do that

October 1st, just head down there in the early AM if you have time.

 

I'll be in Montreal.

 

what color is your sv?? (apocalypse)