After a pretty stressful couple of days I had a chance to go for a nice moto ride today out to the country for a few hours. The wether was just perfect.

About mid way through my ride I stopped at a Sheetz to get a drink and clean my visor. A guy walked up to me and said “hey nice SV1000 that’s a 2003 isn’t it?” Turns out he has a blue 2003 SV1000 and lots of parts he is about to sell. The SV1k was already spoken for sadly but I could tell very quickly that he wasn’t bs’ing me and he knew the bike very well. After a little talking he mentioned a GSX-R 750 complete front end assembly he had and was about to sell. The forks will fit my bike with a little work. It looks like I found the upgraded forks I was wanting for my bike at a damn good price!

Today was a pretty cool day!

This thing is so much fun. I am beginning to like my SV more than my Yamaha R1. It’s great to be back on a V-Twin!

It’s hard to beat a v twin for low end grunt. Especially in a fairly small light frame.
I’m posting this from a local diner after getting my Honda NC700 out for a jaunt. Just replaced the front brake pads and need to wear them in a bit. Had to go pick up my cow check at the sale barn anyway.
Any excuse to get out on one of the bikes.

Nice score on the parts.

v-twins ...

And you removed the half-fairing?
Looks just right as a naked bike.

Excellent day and outcome.

</chris>

Score! My old SV650 had GSXR forks when I bought it. I've heard it makes quite the difference compared to stock. I do miss that bike. Safe travels!

Todd

Always liked the looks of the unfaired SV’s. I had a Suzuki Bandit 1200 that the previous owner had wrecked and damaged the fairing. So I removed it, did the round headlight conversion with a color matched Buell flyscreen. I loved that bike. Dyno’d at 127hp and 85ft/lbs. Similar numbers to my V-Max but a little over a hundred pounds lighter. But the V-Max’s low end grunt is a little more intimidating with the Stage 7 V-Boost kit. And the sound of the V-Max is like a chorus from Heaven.

Stay safe out there, Stick!

A very good day, indeed. Congratulations on the score. Had an '86 GSX-R 750 bought from new and ridden many many miles and tuned to the teeth, but that was before upside down forks.

Had a Bimota SB7 (#13) with the same Suzuki 1000 motor and liked it very much. The other two Bimotas had Ducati motors, so one can surmise that twins are preferred

Absolute favorite naked bike was a '95 900 Monster

It had K&N flat track bars and reverse cone megaphones that were stainless steel copies of original Italian Verlicchi "mufflers" made by a cool little place out west called, Air Cone. This was a few decades ago and think the owners retired... the sound was exquisite.

Went around a lot of corners, at glorious speeds, even riding on several of the Crud Runs in WI, as a member of the Detroit branch of the Slimey* Crud Motorcycle Gang



(* the misspelling is intentional and correct)