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Title: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 07, 2007, 06:06:35 AM
I'm looking at a 2004 Suzuki SV650S.  Here are the specs:
10XXX miles
Great shape, never down, oil changed every 2000 miles
Very clean and well maintained
Blue with lower fairings
Hamicad fender eliminator (stock included)
Continental Road Attack tires with about 2000 miles on them
Puig Double Bubble Smoke screen (stock included)
Yoshimura Titanium TRS slip-on
17 tooth front sprocket for the highway (15T stock included)


(http://images.craigslist.org/01010601040801030320070904dab8e7ae4a735fe7d10045eb.jpg)
(http://images.craigslist.org/01020801031201041020070904cd6eec5e32876e020100d114.jpg)
(http://images.craigslist.org/01020301040901030320070904de97d4fe1a0f960a8000bd55.jpg)

So, what do you guys think this bike is worth.  I was thinking of offering $4,000.  Does that sound about right?  One big question I have is about the 17T sproket.  Will that affect the milage reading on the bike?




Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: vtlion on September 07, 2007, 06:26:03 AM
If you are offering 4,000 then stand firm.  That's all that it is worth, especially with 10,000 miles.  All the little extras and mods usually count for nothing during resale, so don't let the add-ons sway you.


and the Odo reads at the front wheel if I remember correctly, so no, I don't think the sprocket will affect the reading.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: Mk1inCali on September 07, 2007, 10:20:32 AM
No, it won't.  Speedo drives off the front wheel's rotation, not the engine or rear wheel.

4K seems like a good price with the extras.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: bucks1605 on September 07, 2007, 11:04:07 AM
that's a nice looking bike, let us know if you buy it.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: Jake D on September 07, 2007, 11:24:04 AM
That is a good price, IMO.  Nice bike too.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: porsche4786 on September 07, 2007, 01:41:45 PM
Looks good, I'd go for it. I like it with the lower fairings, I think those are kinda spendy too.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 07, 2007, 02:06:28 PM
I got the money together so as long as he'll take $4,000 and it hasn't changed drastically from the pictures she'll be mine early next week.  Looks like I'll be getting the GS ready to sell.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: groff22 on September 07, 2007, 08:03:28 PM
Nice looking SV, very nice price too... ok good luck!!!
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: bombadillo on September 07, 2007, 10:04:09 PM
I don't know where you're at but they go for way more where I'm at and in california in general.  I'd say he could get 4500-5k here no problem with the extras.  If its clean title not dropped, and shiny paint, even with the miles its a good deal for a fuel injected reliable twin.  That WILL be my next bike.  I passed up an 05 with 8k on it for 3500 with lower fairings, yellow, all the goodies but it just isn't time to move up for me yet.  I need some more seat time in this first.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 08, 2007, 12:41:29 AM
Quote from: bombadillo on September 07, 2007, 10:04:09 PM
I don't know where you're at but they go for way more where I'm at and in california in general.  I'd say he could get 4500-5k here no problem with the extras.  If its clean title not dropped, and shiny paint, even with the miles its a good deal for a fuel injected reliable twin.  That WILL be my next bike.  I passed up an 05 with 8k on it for 3500 with lower fairings, yellow, all the goodies but it just isn't time to move up for me yet.  I need some more seat time in this first.

I'm in Michigan and with our depressed economy it really is a buyers market.  I've been looking at the bike for about three weeks and just can't make up my mind.  Now I've found a 2003 GSX-R600 for about the same price and it just makes the decision harder.  I know the Gixxer is fast if your going all out but with all the low end torque I think the SV will feel faster in every day driving.  I really doubt I'll get either bike up to redline very often.

I'm going to look at both tomorrow so I guess I'll decide once I sit on each bike.  I think I've found a buyer for my GS already too.

2003 GSX-R 600- 2003 blk and silver gsxr600
- 8k miles
- D&D exhaust
- new back tire
- comes with helmet and joe rocket jacket
- shaved front turn signals
- blacked out wind screen

(http://images.craigslist.org/01011201041201030320070828323ca0e24f67a6015e00a177.jpg)
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: Mk1inCali on September 08, 2007, 01:52:24 PM
If you were looking at track days/racing somewhere down the line, the GSXR would take you a lot further down that road capably than the stock SV would, but the SV is going to be more fun in traffic/daily commute, and cheaper to run.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: frankieG on September 08, 2007, 01:55:29 PM
3 things great about the sv

suzuki
twin
blue
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 08, 2007, 02:45:41 PM
Quote from: Mk1inCali on September 08, 2007, 01:52:24 PM
If you were looking at track days/racing somewhere down the line, the GSXR would take you a lot further down that road capably than the stock SV would, but the SV is going to be more fun in traffic/daily commute, and cheaper to run.
I doubt I'll ever go to the track so it sounds like the SV is for me.

I looked at them both today.  The SV looks like it just left the show room while the GSX-R wasn't even close.  So, I'm getting the SV.  I can't wait, although it's suppose to rain most of next week.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: bucks1605 on September 08, 2007, 05:18:12 PM
im jealous! i've always loved the look of the sv's. but i wont be able to get one for a while, im starting college in a few days. get some better pics up once you get it.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 08, 2007, 05:55:21 PM
Quote from: bucks1605 on September 08, 2007, 05:18:12 PM
im jealous! i've always loved the look of the sv's. but i wont be able to get one for a while, im starting college in a few days. get some better pics up once you get it.
I know how you feel.  I got done with school last December and I can't count how many times I went without so I could get my education.  It will be worth it though. 

My roomate bought my GS so it'll still be in the family, plus I'll have someone to ride with all the time.

Here are some pics:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S5.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S6.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S7.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S8.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jmonte345/2004%20SV650S/2004SuzukiSV650S9.jpg)
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: vtlion on September 08, 2007, 08:04:31 PM
nice lookin' bike  ;)

welcome to the fold    :cheers:

(http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbd123/bike/SVsized.jpg)
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: bucks1605 on September 09, 2007, 01:03:08 PM
i found this on my local craigslist, i would buy it in a heartbeat if i wasnt a broke college student.

http://columbus.craigslist.org/mcy/417977124.html (http://columbus.craigslist.org/mcy/417977124.html)
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 02:17:25 PM
nice choice, how much is the insurance on the sv over the 500?  im sure the insurance on the gixxer would have been terrible, plus everyone an there brother has a gixxer, an most think their stunters so they have been ridden hard, an yes there are exceptions so i don't wanna hear ur but, but but stories
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 02:40:53 PM
Quote from: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 02:17:25 PM
nice choice, how much is the insurance on the sv over the 500?  im sure the insurance on the gixxer would have been terrible, plus everyone an there brother has a gixxer, an most think their stunters so they have been ridden hard, an yes there are exceptions so i don't wanna hear ur but, but but stories

The SV is $20 more a month than the GS, the Gixxer would have been $70 more.  The Gixxer was ridden very hard and it showed.  You could park the SV at a dealership and have a hard time telling it wasn't a brand new bike.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: porsche4786 on September 09, 2007, 03:05:02 PM
that's funny cause my insurance went up like 5 bucks from the gs500 to the gixxer. but would have gone up like 100 with an sv650.....they go by cc's so the sv650 is more...it's stupid...


Quote from: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 02:40:53 PM
Quote from: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 02:17:25 PM
nice choice, how much is the insurance on the sv over the 500?  im sure the insurance on the gixxer would have been terrible, plus everyone an there brother has a gixxer, an most think their stunters so they have been ridden hard, an yes there are exceptions so i don't wanna hear ur but, but but stories

The SV is $20 more a month than the GS, the Gixxer would have been $70 more.  The Gixxer was ridden very hard and it showed.  You could park the SV at a dealership and have a hard time telling it wasn't a brand new bike.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 05:12:56 PM
Quote from: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 02:40:53 PM
Quote from: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 02:17:25 PM
nice choice, how much is the insurance on the sv over the 500?  im sure the insurance on the gixxer would have been terrible, plus everyone an there brother has a gixxer, an most think their stunters so they have been ridden hard, an yes there are exceptions so i don't wanna hear ur but, but but stories

The SV is $20 more a month than the GS, the Gixxer would have been $70 more.  The Gixxer was ridden very hard and it showed.  You could park the SV at a dealership and have a hard time telling it wasn't a brand new bike.
thats what i expected to hear.  also is that full coverage or liability
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 05:58:04 PM
Quote from: porsche4786 on September 09, 2007, 03:05:02 PM
that's funny cause my insurance went up like 5 bucks from the gs500 to the gixxer. but would have gone up like 100 with an sv650.....they go by cc's so the sv650 is more...it's stupid...


Quote from: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 02:40:53 PM
Quote from: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 02:17:25 PM
nice choice, how much is the insurance on the sv over the 500?  im sure the insurance on the gixxer would have been terrible, plus everyone an there brother has a gixxer, an most think their stunters so they have been ridden hard, an yes there are exceptions so i don't wanna hear ur but, but but stories

The SV is $20 more a month than the GS, the Gixxer would have been $70 more.  The Gixxer was ridden very hard and it showed.  You could park the SV at a dealership and have a hard time telling it wasn't a brand new bike.
Out of curiousity I got a quote on a 2007 GSX-R1000 and it was $350 a month.  I almost fell out of my chair, I couldn't believe it.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: porsche4786 on September 09, 2007, 05:59:57 PM
full coverage with $100 deductible. I just got my bill for the year...$495.


Quote from: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 05:12:56 PM
Quote from: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 02:40:53 PM
Quote from: jordanearl on September 09, 2007, 02:17:25 PM
nice choice, how much is the insurance on the sv over the 500?  im sure the insurance on the gixxer would have been terrible, plus everyone an there brother has a gixxer, an most think their stunters so they have been ridden hard, an yes there are exceptions so i don't wanna hear ur but, but but stories

The SV is $20 more a month than the GS, the Gixxer would have been $70 more.  The Gixxer was ridden very hard and it showed.  You could park the SV at a dealership and have a hard time telling it wasn't a brand new bike.
thats what i expected to hear.  also is that full coverage or liability
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: max_boost on September 09, 2007, 06:49:06 PM
Quote from: jordanearl
thats what i expected to hear.  also is that full coverage or liability
Full coverage.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: bettingpython on September 09, 2007, 09:12:24 PM
Quote
Out of curiousity I got a quote on a 2007 GSX-R1000 and it was $350 a month.  I almost fell out of my chair, I couldn't believe it.

Youth's

I pay $254 year for Full coverage with $100 deducts on a liter bike :flipoff:
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: nightrider on September 10, 2007, 12:07:53 AM
am I the only one who thinks paying $4000 for an SV with 10k+ is steep? a brand new plain standard 650 is $6000.

The insurance in Portland is way cheaper--seasonal riding and less traffic craziness. I paid $250/yr to geico, when I got here they quoted me a price more than five times that.   :o
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: porsche4786 on September 10, 2007, 08:16:43 AM
Quote from: nightrider on September 10, 2007, 12:07:53 AM
am I the only one who thinks paying $4000 for an SV with 10k+ is steep? a brand new plain standard 650 is $6000.

The insurance in Portland is way cheaper--seasonal riding and less traffic craziness. I paid $250/yr to geico, when I got here they quoted me a price more than five times that.   :o

It really depends on the time of year for selling a bike. At the beginning of a season or during, you will always get more. But you if you think $4k is a lot, people sell used ninja 250's for $3k used! I don't know if I've seen a used sv650s go for less than 4k here. Somebody is even trying to sell my old GS500f for $4300!! haha.
Title: Re: 2004 Suzuki SV650S
Post by: spc on September 10, 2007, 08:19:58 AM
Gosh, I should shutup.  The market here is dirt cheap.  I've seen SV1000's for 4k  and 650's under 3k consistantly :o