i have 4 of these in my garage right now. Originally equipped with 2.5 inch single disc front wheel. Stock hp was around 55 hp, power delivery very friendly. the real reason the sv was more popular was the 74 hp and stock dual discs.
I bought one for my first bike 2 years ago and it has been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better bike. It loves twisty mountain roads, the only downside is if it’s windy it will push me around on the road😅. And comfort… you can only stay hunched over for so long lol. But I plan on keeping it forever.
There's mention of evolution of the front end on this bike. I could be wrong, but that front end looks to be from a CBR 600F2, which is most likely done specifically for the reasons you mention -- dual disk, stiffer forks and better internals. It's just not factory stuff. Very similar to the popular swap of the front end of Suzuki SV650 for a GSXR fork and wheel.
A real cult classic I've owned in the past . That fork set-up is way over done and besides making it very unstable at high speed in contributes to dragging hard parts .
@@neebob2 Well, it is a very narrow bike, so it won't drag stuff as easily as some others would. But yes, it can be overdone and can definitely make the handling unstable.
i have 4 of these in my garage right now. Originally equipped with 2.5 inch single disc front wheel. Stock hp was around 55 hp, power delivery very friendly. the real reason the sv was more popular was the 74 hp and stock dual discs.
I bought one for my first bike 2 years ago and it has been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better bike. It loves twisty mountain roads, the only downside is if it’s windy it will push me around on the road😅. And comfort… you can only stay hunched over for so long lol. But I plan on keeping it forever.
There's mention of evolution of the front end on this bike. I could be wrong, but that front end looks to be from a CBR 600F2, which is most likely done specifically for the reasons you mention -- dual disk, stiffer forks and better internals. It's just not factory stuff. Very similar to the popular swap of the front end of Suzuki SV650 for a GSXR fork and wheel.
@@alexeyzinger2988 yes indeed! This is a cbr600 front end
A real cult classic I've owned in the past . That fork set-up is way over done and besides making it very unstable at high speed in contributes to dragging hard parts .
@@neebob2 Well, it is a very narrow bike, so it won't drag stuff as easily as some others would. But yes, it can be overdone and can definitely make the handling unstable.