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Title: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: metallic5spd on November 10, 2006, 10:18:28 PM
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  i bought her!

first off, big thanks to Tom B at Honda East for the SWEET deal!!!

2005 SV1000s with 2006 plastics...

0 miles, it was very weird when i drove off, looking down and seeing 0 miles on the ODO....  i had to double/triple look, very weird...  but i like it!!

being there is 0 miles on the bike, i wasnt able at all to get on it, no way i was going to give it a chance of messing anything up...

but i asbolutely LOVED the handling and the feel of the bike.  I definitely LOVE, and i mean LOVE the sound of that stock exhaust, i dont know if i wanna get rid of it, lol...

the bike sounds like a cobra with a set of flowmasters, but still a hair quieter...

didnt take her past 65mph on the 30 mile ride home, or above 5,000 rpm.

i plan on getting it past the first 500 mile marker this sunday!!!!!  i am DEF going on the sunday ride this sunday!!!  then i will travel around ohio.  prolly go up to cleveland, take rte 6 the whole way, its a VERY nice ride along the lake to Cleveland, a lil chilly.

heres the pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

im sooooooooooo unbelievably happy with this bike, oh, and for the engine noise, i hardly notice it, my gs500f was SOOOOOO much louder with the engine noise.

(http://myspace-416.vo.llnwd.net/01411/61/49/1411849416_l.jpg)

(http://myspace-606.vo.llnwd.net/01411/60/62/1411852606_l.jpg)

(http://myspace-988.vo.llnwd.net/01411/88/93/1411853988_l.jpg)
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Turd Ferguson on November 10, 2006, 10:27:58 PM
Congrats, and be safe.  I heart your bike.

-Turd.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Blu_Spd_Dmon on November 10, 2006, 10:30:38 PM
She sure is pretty. don't for get to kiss her good night  :kiss3:
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Turd Ferguson on November 10, 2006, 10:38:16 PM
Quote from: Blu_Spd_Dmon on November 10, 2006, 10:30:38 PM
She sure is pretty. don't for get to kiss her good night  :kiss3:

He's been so excited lately...I'm sure he wont.  He's likely sleeping in the garage...

-Turd.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: 94suzuki500 on November 10, 2006, 10:45:18 PM
Quote from: Turd Ferguson on November 10, 2006, 10:38:16 PM
Quote from: Blu_Spd_Dmon on November 10, 2006, 10:30:38 PM
She sure is pretty. don't for get to kiss her good night  :kiss3:

He's been so excited lately...I'm sure he wont.  He's likely sleeping in the garage...

-Turd.

More like the bike is sleeping in his room! haha. 

Congrats on the bike!
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: blue05twin on November 10, 2006, 10:46:48 PM
Sweet bike!  Besafe but have fun on her.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Chilly Willy on November 10, 2006, 11:17:48 PM
Beautiful!   :thumb:

Chilly
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: pantablo on November 10, 2006, 11:27:41 PM
VERY nice!
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Destro on November 10, 2006, 11:31:42 PM
Sweet bike, but definitely look into an aftermarket exhaust.  You will not believe the difference.  Every time I hear Jake D's Jardines on his Superhawk, I giggle!
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: xxqualitysealxx on November 10, 2006, 11:47:43 PM
Yank that snorkel out of your airbox and it will get really deep tone on the throttle
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: indywar360 on November 11, 2006, 02:58:14 AM
Verrr niice... sexy time.

Its amazing, the dry weight is pretty near the gs500, actually the unfaired is even lighter. And almost the same price! wtf!

considering upgrading ... not sure if faired or not. Plus I have to move to LA. Are there any quirks to it like soft forks with the GS?
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: metallic5spd on November 11, 2006, 08:06:27 AM
from everyone ive talked to really didnt say anything ba about the suspension and steering.

thanks everyone,

ohh, and i did kiss her goodnight last night, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHH

she just laughed and i said, but i ll sleep with you tonight!! she said ok..  lol

im guessing its more fun to have sex with a girl than a 400 pound bike!!!  LOL

ESPECIALLY when the girl looks like this...

its her with her brother b4 he left for iraq...

(http://myspace-698.vo.llnwd.net/01020/89/69/1020179698_l.jpg)
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: scratch on November 11, 2006, 07:59:09 PM
Congrats!  :thumb:

The bike looks even better in your garage!
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: metallic5spd on November 12, 2006, 07:57:26 PM
Quote from: scratch on November 11, 2006, 07:59:09 PM
Congrats!  :thumb:

The bike looks even better in your garage!

oh hells yah it does, lol..  i pulled my first wheelie on it today, got about 2 feet...  and was at about 5 grand too, redline is 11, soooooo much nice torque..
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: NiceGuysFinishLast on November 12, 2006, 08:10:21 PM
Quote from: metallic5spd on November 12, 2006, 07:57:26 PM
oh hells yah it does, lol..  i pulled my first wheelie on it today, got about 2 feet...  and was at about 5 grand too, redline is 11, soooooo much nice torque..

Wow.

"I'm totally ready for the responsibility of moving from a 487cc 37rwhp bike to a literbike."

Have fun.


Out of curiosity.. what parts are interchangeable between an SV1K and a gs500?
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Budrick320 on November 12, 2006, 08:17:00 PM
Do I detect sarcasm? Anyway...
Enjoy the bike. Very Nice!
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Turd Ferguson on November 12, 2006, 08:17:58 PM
Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on November 12, 2006, 08:10:21 PM
Out of curiosity.. what parts are interchangeable between an SV1K and a gs500?

The engine and frame.  Well, that is if you also use the tank, suspension and body work.

-Turd.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: NiceGuysFinishLast on November 12, 2006, 08:36:29 PM
Forks?
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Turd Ferguson on November 12, 2006, 08:38:53 PM
Eh, thats up to you.

-T.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: metallic5spd on November 13, 2006, 08:48:49 AM
Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on November 12, 2006, 08:10:21 PM
Quote from: metallic5spd on November 12, 2006, 07:57:26 PM
oh hells yah it does, lol..  i pulled my first wheelie on it today, got about 2 feet...  and was at about 5 grand too, redline is 11, soooooo much nice torque..

Wow.

"I'm totally ready for the responsibility of moving from a 487cc 37rwhp bike to a literbike."

Have fun.


Out of curiosity.. what parts are interchangeable between an SV1K and a gs500?

im completely fine with a 1000, from throttle control to handling.  Yah i pulled a wheelie, i have before on bikes, not the gs, but i have.  it wasnt something that i just decided to do for the hell of it. 

but i like the responsibility on this bike, with throttle control and everything else.  makes me work to be a safer rider.  i was too comfortable on the gs and have been wanting to upgrade and this deal popped up.  i was looking at an 06 gixxer 600.  the 600 has 12 more hp than the SV and the SV has 71 torque.  so its not much different, just a lil more torque i think... 

being too comfortable on the gs was getting to me...  i wasnt really scared anymore, which i have always heard is a bad thing.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: Turd Ferguson on November 13, 2006, 09:02:10 AM
Quote from: metallic5spd on November 13, 2006, 08:48:49 AM
being too comfortable on the gs was getting to me...  i wasnt really scared anymore, which i have always heard is a bad thing.

That is something you should work on then.  You'll be going through bikes pretty fast if you buy a new one every time you feel like you're riding carelessly.

-Turd.
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: FearedGS500 on November 13, 2006, 11:21:16 AM
hehe ... i'm not to impressed with the gsxr600 ......... i rode my cusins for about 2 hours the other night and its nice dont get me wrong i'm not trying to down the bike but ......... just not what i expected .... :)
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: metallic5spd on November 13, 2006, 12:04:10 PM
Quote from: FearedGS500 on November 13, 2006, 11:21:16 AM
hehe ... i'm not to impressed with the gsxr600 ......... i rode my cusins for about 2 hours the other night and its nice dont get me wrong i'm not trying to down the bike but ......... just not what i expected .... :)

huh!!  thx for the info..  i had only ridden the 06 for about 20 min..
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: TM_Dearborn on November 13, 2006, 04:31:23 PM
Congrats -- sweet bike. I was thinking of buying a new Suzuki at Honda East -- it sounds like you had a good experience.  Would you buy from them again?
Title: Re: my new baby is finally home!!
Post by: metallic5spd on November 14, 2006, 05:33:33 AM
ohh yah, they got a alot of cool guys on in there.  they also have some killer deals right now.  a brand new ZX6R for 7200 bucks, which is really cheap for a brand new 600, its an 06.  !!   Man, are you signed up on TSBR???????  Toledo Sport Bike Riders.  We would LOVE to have yah there too.  We do A CRAPLOAD of get togethers, bike nights every wed and sunday at JEDs in toledo.  Rides every sunday.  over 5 years the club has raised over 20 G's for charity.  A lot of kool people with a big range of bikes.  only like 1-2 hundred really active people so the forum doesnt get over crowded and stuff, def check it out and join up man...  im ICEMAN on the site!  plus at Honda East you get a discount with your TSBR card man, 20% above cost on parts!  My jet kit for my 500 was originally like 80, got it for about 50.  jackets are a huge discount and so are helments..