Is that good enough? Did I use a sufficient enough amount of motorcycle buzzwords in the title to say "trying to knock some modern" off of a street bike? I hope so, because that's the plan.
About a month ago, I picked up this 2004 Suzuki SV650 from some kinfolk of the illustrious @VonYinzer over towards Steelers land in PA. The bike had been sitting unused since about 2015. Life has taken a bit of a turn lately, which led me to thin out the stable some; though it wasn't the way I would have planned for that to happen, it was a much needed endeavor anyways. The herd had been paired down to my little dr650 hardtail bobber, and my old airhead which is sporting north of 100k miles. A good old bird, but still that, a bike that's a bit long in the tooth with many miles behind it. During that time, I had become the caretaker of my father's 2005 Buell Xb12s while he recovered from open heart surgery. I put a couple somewhere around a couple thousand miles on it during the season, and while chasing @Chuck78 and a few of his much better skilled friends around the amazing twisties of South Eastern Ohio, I realized that that was the genre of bike for me. Not overly powered, but fantastic handling on a medium sporty riding position bike was what fit the bill. Thankfully dad is well on his recovery, and the buell is back in his possession.
Mike (vonyinzer) had mentioned that the SV may be available over a year ago, and as things turned around and I had a skiff of cash in my pocket, I decided that I'd go after the bike. As it sat, it was a pretty decently setup little bike. His brother in law had put a nice set of R1 usd forks on it with 2" rise clip ons, a gsxr reservoir rear shock, 2 Brothers exhaust and a few other things. I collected the bike, handed him a very fair amount of cash, and towed the bike back to Ohio.
About a month ago, I picked up this 2004 Suzuki SV650 from some kinfolk of the illustrious @VonYinzer over towards Steelers land in PA. The bike had been sitting unused since about 2015. Life has taken a bit of a turn lately, which led me to thin out the stable some; though it wasn't the way I would have planned for that to happen, it was a much needed endeavor anyways. The herd had been paired down to my little dr650 hardtail bobber, and my old airhead which is sporting north of 100k miles. A good old bird, but still that, a bike that's a bit long in the tooth with many miles behind it. During that time, I had become the caretaker of my father's 2005 Buell Xb12s while he recovered from open heart surgery. I put a couple somewhere around a couple thousand miles on it during the season, and while chasing @Chuck78 and a few of his much better skilled friends around the amazing twisties of South Eastern Ohio, I realized that that was the genre of bike for me. Not overly powered, but fantastic handling on a medium sporty riding position bike was what fit the bill. Thankfully dad is well on his recovery, and the buell is back in his possession.
Mike (vonyinzer) had mentioned that the SV may be available over a year ago, and as things turned around and I had a skiff of cash in my pocket, I decided that I'd go after the bike. As it sat, it was a pretty decently setup little bike. His brother in law had put a nice set of R1 usd forks on it with 2" rise clip ons, a gsxr reservoir rear shock, 2 Brothers exhaust and a few other things. I collected the bike, handed him a very fair amount of cash, and towed the bike back to Ohio.
Just kidding, it looks great, very racy.
