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Today I recieved delivery of this Pre registered SV650X



I've got a previous gen SV650S that I bought as a winter hack bike a couple of years ago & it's been so good that I thought I'd buy a newer one for some Euro touring,I've got addicted to that Vtwin engine & was going to get a low miles one for about £4000 but I managed to find this pre reg bike up for £4999 & under warranty until July 2025.At that price I had to have it
Now going to order a front mudguard extender & radiator guard,then apply ACF50 to most of it's shiney parts.
To be continued

Wow. Great price.

Is it noticeably smaller than the older one, they look tiny in the shop?

Incredible price - bargain of the year! Where did you get it from and do they have any more?

That's a "yeh we know" exhaust silencer if I ever saw one
HNB Day!

Happy new Suzi-cati mini monster day.

A_morti wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:13 pm That's a "yeh we know" exhaust silencer if I ever saw one

It really is hideous ( © Taipan), but will have a very short life-span, I'm sure...

Nice one and that is a damn good price!

Congratulations - I do like the look of the X.

KungFooBob wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:02 pm Is it noticeably smaller than the older one, they look tiny in the shop?

I've never looked at one in a shop,I try to steer clear of shops as it can get a bit spendy!
One of the first things I noticed when moving both bikes around is that the new bike is noticebly smaller than the earlier version,but the seat height seems about the same

mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:32 pm Incredible price - bargain of the year! Where did you get it from and do they have any more?

It was at Robinsons foundry in Canterbury about 300 miles away,I found it on Autotrder
I think you'll have to be quick to find any winter bargains now the weather's turning,but if you look you might get lucky

After seeing images of this model I thought the silencer looked hideous,but in the metal it's not as hideous as it looks on screen.I still plan on swapping it,but I think for tours abroad in order to keep on the right side of the law it might be best to keep it standard

Looks quite nice that. Is that just the headlight surround or a mini fairing type thing. ??

Dodgy69 wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:54 pm Looks quite nice that. Is that just the headlight surround or a mini fairing type thing. ??

It looks like the basis of a decent top half fairing. Why so small though ??

I've seen it described as a Stubby nose fairing & as a headlight cowl.
I think the bike looks a lot better in real life than as a image on the web.This is the first time I've seen one stood alone & not crammed in a showroom.The frame colour also looks better than it does on a image.It's all positive
I intend to fit a top yoke conversion & Renthal bars as I did to my SV650S.I'm also thinking about fitting some handguards & I'll have a look if there's a flyscreen for the bike.

New SVs are tiny, I sat on one and it felt like a 125

Potter wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:54 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:05 pm New SVs are tiny, I sat on one and it felt like a 125

That’s a good thing.

I agree,no interest in buying a big heavy ADV bike,don't even want a Vstrom!

I seem to remember who ever had one as a long termer at MCN fitted a standard SV seat as they found it much more comfy than the X version.

I rode a couple of the early ones, and seriously considered buying one a few times, but I don't like the power delivery, they're great bikes and easy to ride pretty fast on, much like Honda NC30s.

I bought my Winter hack SV a couple of years back & it took me a few months to appreciate the power delivery,after a few months I noticed that I was using it more often than the Street Triple.I just seemed to enjoy it more on the back roads around here.