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What a *nice* looking bike
Filling up at Asda yesterday, I notice a bright, shiny new bike in
lovely blue ... I walk over to find it's a new SV650S ... http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/ The pics really don't do it justice ... in the flesh, it looked wonderful, and the K3 style tail light actually seems to look good on it .... strip away the silly mudguard/plate hanger and you'd have something rather nice. Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in the flesh. -- Bear These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears "I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now" Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)" |
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Re: What a *nice* looking bike
"Bear" <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:MPG.19c57491d3d2f0db98cf42@news.individual.ne t... > Filling up at Asda yesterday, I notice a bright, shiny new bike in > lovely blue ... I walk over to find it's a new SV650S ... > > http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/ > > The pics really don't do it justice ... in the flesh, it looked > wonderful, and the K3 style tail light actually seems to look good on it > ... strip away the silly mudguard/plate hanger and you'd have something > rather nice. > > Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in > the flesh. They still look, to me, 50% lovely, 50% cheap. |
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Bear wrote:
>Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in >the flesh. Gash. -- Ben Blaney GSF1200 VFR800 CBR600 CD200 "We stopped only for fuel" |
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Ben Blaney wibbled ...
> Bear wrote: > > >Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in > >the flesh. > > Gash. In blue? I've seen a silver one and yes, it was hom, but the little blue SV650S looked *really* nice. -- Bear These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears "I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now" Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)" |
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Re: What a *nice* looking bike
Bear wrote:
>Ben Blaney wibbled ... >> Bear wrote: >> >> >Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in >> >the flesh. >> >> Gash. > >In blue? Yeah, there was one up at Ron Parkinson last week, when I was trotting around killing a bit of time with my Dad while we had our bikes serviced. I was really hoping to like it, because I want a big V-twin at some point, and they're obviously a lot cheaper than a Duke. >I've seen a silver one and yes, it was hom, but the little blue >SV650S looked *really* nice. I saw a new one on the M25 about a month ago. It looked quite sweet from two lanes away. -- Ben Blaney GSF1200 VFR800 CBR600 CD200 "We stopped only for fuel" |
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Re: What a *nice* looking bike
In article <MPG.19c57491d3d2f0db98cf42@news.individual.net> , Bear
wrote... > Filling up at Asda yesterday, I notice a bright, shiny new bike in > lovely blue ... I walk over to find it's a new SV650S ... > > http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/ > > The pics really don't do it justice ... in the flesh, it looked > wonderful, and the K3 style tail light actually seems to look good on it > ... strip away the silly mudguard/plate hanger and you'd have something > rather nice. > > Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in > the flesh. I like the looks, but they do them in the wrong colours this year. Next year they need to: Keep the blue Add Metallic Black. Add GSXR Blue/White (with bellypan) Drop the silver and the metallic diarrhoea colour schemes. Do an 'RS' model with upmarket suspension, New ECU, Race can, etc in GSXR colours.. -- ginge [at] stopthevoices.org.uk :: Kawasaki ZRX1200R, Yamaha SZR660 |
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Re: What a *nice* looking bike
Ginge wrote:
> In article <MPG.19c57491d3d2f0db98cf42@news.individual.net> , Bear > wrote... > >>Filling up at Asda yesterday, I notice a bright, shiny new bike in >>lovely blue ... I walk over to find it's a new SV650S ... >>Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in >>the flesh. > > I like the looks, but they do them in the wrong colours this year. > > Next year they need to: > Keep the blue > Add Metallic Black. > Add GSXR Blue/White (with bellypan) > Drop the silver and the metallic diarrhoea colour schemes. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Definitely agree here. I think they call it 'copper', but it's not pleasant. -- John SV650 Black it is and naked |
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Bear wrote: > jsp wibbled ... > >>Bear wrote: >>>Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in >>>the flesh. >> >>The 1000 looks very similar, just bigger. I saw an SV1000 (naked) in >>black and thought at first it looked just like mine. Closer up you >>discover it's taller and, well, bigger. > > I don't like the looks of the naked SVs, but having seen that faired > SV650S, I'd like to see what its big brother looks like ... a bellypan > would definitely help its looks, IMHO. Fairy nuff. I agree that the bellypan improves the look of the S model - from what I saw on the old model. You can even get a full fairing for them. -- John SV650 Black it is and naked |
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"Bear" <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:MPG.19c57491d3d2f0db98cf42@news.individual.ne t... > Filling up at Asda yesterday, I notice a bright, shiny new bike in > lovely blue ... I walk over to find it's a new SV650S ... > > http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/ <snip> > > Made me wonder what the similar-looking-in-pics SV1000S looks like in > the flesh. The look quite nice, not my style of bike though. -- Alan "Kneesliders Sponsored by Cane" GSX-R1000 , Triumph Thunderbird, ZXR750L2 Racer(gone), GHPOTHUF#27 TGF, UKRMFBC#7, Two#24, BOTAFOF#11, YTC#9, GYASB#1. SbS#23. DFWAG#2, DS#2, DIAABTCOD#20. remove "thisbit" in the reply http://sportsbike.org (our own endurance team) http://Team-ukrm.com "Nemo repente fuit turpissimus" |
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:33:47 +0100, Bear <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com>
wrote in <MPG.19c58a694f5e1cbc98cf4b@news.individual.net> : > jsp wibbled ... >> The 1000 looks very similar, just bigger. I saw an SV1000 (naked) in >> black and thought at first it looked just like mine. Closer up you >> discover it's taller and, well, bigger. Someone (ATG?) recently said that the new 650s have the same frame as the 1000s, so they are bigger than the older models. It certainly looks the case from the pictures. > I don't like the looks of the naked SVs, but having seen that faired > SV650S, I'd like to see what its big brother looks like ... a bellypan > would definitely help its looks, IMHO. I think so too, flipping betwen the pics. Plus I cringe at that oil filter sitting unprotected[1]... And _why_ do Suzuki insist in cropping the rear of their front mudguards? [1] I once flicked a half-brick up from the front wheel of my GS550B, straight between pipes 2&3 onto the oil-filter housing. Luckily it didn't crack. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |
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"Bear" <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:MPG.19c59fae2f97609198cf54@news.individual.ne t... > jsp wibbled ... > > > > Bear wrote: > > > > I don't like the looks of the naked SVs, but having seen that faired > > > SV650S, I'd like to see what its big brother looks like ... a bellypan > > > would definitely help its looks, IMHO. > > > > Fairy nuff. I agree that the bellypan improves the look of the S model > > - from what I saw on the old model. You can even get a full fairing for > > them. > > I know ... I don't like the look of those either, but then I haven't > seen the new one fully faired yet. Hmm, you said you really liked the look of mine when I had the lowers on it! |
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:43:10 +0000 (UTC), "Dr Ivan D. Reid"
<Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk> wrote: >[1] I once flicked a half-brick up from the front wheel of my GS550B, straight >between pipes 2&3 onto the oil-filter housing. Luckily it didn't crack. You ought to be more careful - you can harldy blame the manufacturer if you go around riding over half-bricks, FFS. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) GSX-R1000K3, CB400F2 BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, UKRMSPC#1, DFV#8, BOTCdV#1 |
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Re: What a *nice* looking bike
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:00:36 +0100, Bear
<bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote: >Filling up at Asda yesterday, I notice a bright, shiny new bike in >lovely blue ... I walk over to find it's a new SV650S .. there's one parked downstairs - I agree actually - in terms of looks it's miles ahead of the original SV650S. Still very much chick wheels, though (and in fact the one in question is ridden by a bird). -- darsy | cd200/cbr900rr1/r65ls |
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On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:54:24 +0100, jsp <somechap@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Ginge wrote: >> >> I like the looks, but they do them in the wrong colours this year. >> >> Next year they need to: >> Keep the blue >> Add Metallic Black. >> Add GSXR Blue/White (with bellypan) >> Drop the silver and the metallic diarrhoea colour schemes. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Definitely agree here. I think they call it 'copper', but it's not >pleasant. Heh, yeah - could even be called "ginger"... |
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:31:02 +0100, Power Grainger
<czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:54:24 +0100, jsp <somechap@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >>Ginge wrote: >>> Drop the silver and the metallic diarrhoea colour schemes. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >>Definitely agree here. I think they call it 'copper', but it's not >>pleasant. > >Heh, yeah - could even be called "ginger"... Run away! Run away! -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) GSX-R1000K3, CB400F2 BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, UKRMSPC#1, DFV#8, BOTCdV#1 |
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:31:02 +0100, Power Grainger
<czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:54:24 +0100, jsp <somechap@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > [SV1000] >>Definitely agree here. I think they call it 'copper', but it's not >>pleasant. > >Heh, yeah - could even be called "ginger"... and face it, who wants to ride a ginge? -- darsy | cd200/cbr900rr1/r65ls |
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:27:52 +0200, Ace <b.rogers@virgin.net>
wrote in <uafolvgu2je5uelvqfnfscfvjjqr2ij95h@4ax.com>: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:43:10 +0000 (UTC), "Dr Ivan D. Reid" ><Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk> wrote: >>[1] I once flicked a half-brick up from the front wheel of my GS550B, straight >>between pipes 2&3 onto the oil-filter housing. Luckily it didn't crack. > You ought to be more careful - you can harldy blame the manufacturer > if you go around riding over half-bricks, FFS. I was accelerating up behind a clapped-out Kombi, preparing to pull out and pass, when the brick appeared in the centre of the lane behind the VW. I managed to start to swerve, but still caught the edge of the brick on the side of the tyre. Damn nasty road that was, past the AAEC at Lucas Heights -- there was a rubbish dump further along the road and often debris on the road. I must have had at least 5 nails in my tyres in the two years I worked at the AAEC. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |
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dwb said:
> >"Bear" <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:MPG.19c59fae2f97609198cf54@news.individual.n et... >> jsp wibbled ... >> > >> > Bear wrote: >> >> > > I don't like the looks of the naked SVs, but having seen that faired >> > > SV650S, I'd like to see what its big brother looks like ... a bellypan >> > > would definitely help its looks, IMHO. >> > >> > Fairy nuff. I agree that the bellypan improves the look of the S model >> > - from what I saw on the old model. You can even get a full fairing for >> > them. >> >> I know ... I don't like the look of those either, but then I haven't >> seen the new one fully faired yet. > >Hmm, you said you really liked the look of mine when I had the lowers on it! He was being polite. Most un-bearlike, but compared to most seth-aaafrikkaans he's politeness personified. HTH -- Simes Return address ROT'd... |
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Re: What a *nice* looking bike
Dr Ivan D. Reid said:
>[1] I once flicked a half-brick up from the front wheel of my GS550B, straight >between pipes 2&3 onto the oil-filter housing. Luckily it didn't crack. You pikey. Collecting half-bricks from the road and then worrying about whether they are cracked or not. -- Simes Return address ROT'd... |
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Simon Atkinson wibbled ...
> dwb said: > > > > >"Bear" <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote in message > >news:MPG.19c59fae2f97609198cf54@news.individual.n et... > >> jsp wibbled ... > >> > > >> > Bear wrote: > >> > >> > > I don't like the looks of the naked SVs, but having seen that faired > >> > > SV650S, I'd like to see what its big brother looks like ... a bellypan > >> > > would definitely help its looks, IMHO. > >> > > >> > Fairy nuff. I agree that the bellypan improves the look of the S model > >> > - from what I saw on the old model. You can even get a full fairing for > >> > them. > >> > >> I know ... I don't like the look of those either, but then I haven't > >> seen the new one fully faired yet. > > > >Hmm, you said you really liked the look of mine when I had the lowers on it! > > He was being polite. Most un-bearlike, but compared to most > seth-aaafrikkaans he's politeness personified. No he's got a point ... now I think of it I did, then, but I've seen a few more since and I sort of went off the whole idea. I'd like to apologise publicly to dan for not finding his bike beautiful for the rest of my life. I'm only (just) human. -- Bear These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears "I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now" Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)" |
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"Bear" <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:MPG.19c6ecb271ea7d3198cfaf@news.individual.ne t... > > > > He was being polite. Most un-bearlike, but compared to most > > seth-aaafrikkaans he's politeness personified. > > No he's got a point ... now I think of it I did, then, but I've seen a > few more since and I sort of went off the whole idea. > > I'd like to apologise publicly to dan for not finding his bike beautiful > for the rest of my life. I'm only (just) human. I sold it anyway. |
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:30:07 +0100, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
>there's one parked downstairs - I agree actually - in terms of looks >it's miles ahead of the original SV650S. I reckon the old shape ones look far nicer - the plastic plateholder/mudguard/indicator mount on the K3 looks like an afterthought, whereas the K2's are much more cute and curvy.... and yellow. -- Macie ZZR600E1 |
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"Macie" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:vajqlvou1athq06ie1039j8pn3h8kv64ub@4ax.com... > I reckon the old shape ones look far nicer - the plastic > plateholder/mudguard/indicator mount on the K3 looks like an > afterthought, whereas the K2's are much more cute and curvy.... > and yellow. I am *so* glad I sold mine. *puts another penny in the GSX-R1000 savings pot* |
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On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 04:55:04 +0100, Macie <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>I reckon the old shape ones look far nicer - the plastic >plateholder/mudguard/indicator mount on the K3 looks like an >afterthought, whereas the K2's are much more cute and curvy.... >and yellow. you're female, right? -- darsy |
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:31:56 +0100, Simon Atkinson <fvzrf@enhaqf.avyqenz.pb>
wrote in <68mplvomd8fi1h00b81tj1i0115bhkgi6h@4ax.com>: > Dr Ivan D. Reid said: >>[1] I once flicked a half-brick up from the front wheel of my GS550B, straight >>between pipes 2&3 onto the oil-filter housing. Luckily it didn't crack. > You pikey. Collecting half-bricks from the road and then worrying about > whether they are cracked or not. I'll get that new house yet! Half a brick at a time... -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |
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dwb said:
> >"Simon Atkinson" <fvzrf@enhaqf.avyqenz.pb> wrote in message >news  3pplvs0r7adqprhl8jm9lbggt3ai1gm9r@4ax.com.. .> >> Before the value went through the floor? Now they have been damned on >> UKRM, they'll be worth the best part of feck all. > >Oh yes.. insider trading. > >Seeing as he said the same thing about the GSX-R I'll have to think about >selling that too. Might be too late. -- Simes Return address ROT'd... |
