Say it ain't so....RIP ginoe's Baby G....

Hey...why not keep both?

If you like a cheap looking motorcycle meaning LOTS of plastic, hell buy a GS500F!!!!!!! Hell...........go buy one of those plastic crotch rockets offered by ALL the manufacturers designed to get your hard earned money....
Do you envision all the women impaled on your 18 inch phallus?
How 'bout........all the townspeople have turned out to cheer you across the finish line.........(the one in your mind)
Do you imagine all the little boys wanting to "grow up" and "be you"....
Then by all means...........buy that bastard bike!!!

It still looks cheap in spite of the price. Hope this helps. Love, Wilson

Wilson, sometimes you just make me laugh. It's hard to take you seriously sometimes. It really is.   He already has a GS500F, as shown in his picture, and in the title of this thread.

ANYWAY, I think thats a nice sporty looking bike. I am assuming it would be a track bike? It would compliment your other Kawi, thats for sure.

It would suck to see you depart the GS community, though.

nobody ever departs lol

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave....

Damn that's a good price. Wish so much they did the SV with a full fairing. Then there wouldn't be any any doubt about what my next bike would be.

Quote from: roguegeekDamn that's a good price. Wish so much they did the SV with a full fairing. Then there wouldn't be any any doubt about what my next bike would be.

Factory lowers are about 400 bux.  There are also less expensive third-party kits out there.  I went with the factory lowers for my SV, and I think it looks killer  

I really like the 650 R.  I love the location of the rear shock.  That looks really cool.

<Note: Old Man Wilson was dropped on his head just last week.>

There's two things wrong with this bike:
#1 - Ninja.  So cliched and dorky.

#2 - Full fairings.  It's a standard-style bike with sportbike appearance.  Take all that crap off and it'd be a great alternative to the SV650.  

jeff

sv650s

I bet it would look better without the plastic.

Quote from: Jeff P#2 - Full fairings.  It's a standard-style bike with sportbike appearance.  Take all that crap off and it'd be a great alternative to the SV650.  

jeff

Sounds like a GS500F. And I love the GS, naked or faired, it's a good bike either way  

And, remembr the suspension on the Kawi is just as adjustable as the suspension on the GS.

I like the looks of the SV with lowers better, but I do like the Buell-style lower exhaust on the kwak.  I'd rather have a V-twin than the parallel anyday, too, just for the sound alone.

Quote from: JazzzzzI like the looks of the SV with lowers better, but I do like the Buell-style lower exhaust on the kwak.  

The Kawasaki 650's lookin' goood!  Can't wait for Honda and Yamaha to jump into this hot market segment.

But, no, the exhaust is really not  Buell-style.  The Buell exhaust is located underneath the engine, not to the side like in the posted pic.  It's more like a mid-80s Yamaha    :

The factory lowers on the SV650 look freakin' sweet, but they need to update the headlight on the SV to look a little more modern. I'd also like to see a stubby little exhaust like the one found on the 2006 GSX-R600/750 or R6. Yeah, I prefer the exhaust on the 650R also.

Quote from: Gisser

Quote from: JazzzzzI like the looks of the SV with lowers better, but I do like the Buell-style lower exhaust on the kwak.  

The Kawasaki 650's lookin' goood!  Can't wait for Honda and Yamaha to jump into this hot market segment.

But, no, the exhaust is really not  Buell-style.  The Buell exhaust is located underneath the engine, not to the side like in the posted pic.  It's more like a mid-80s Yamaha    :

Go google up a few other pictures of the exhaust collector on that bike - it sits under the entire frame of the bike, it does not just peek out to the side like the exhaust on a Hawk GT or the other bikes you've pictured.

Oh hell, I'll do it for you:



Where's the rolleyes now?  

Quote from: JazzzzzGo google up a few other pictures of the exhaust collector on that bike - it sits under the entire frame of the bike, it does not just peek out to the side like the exhaust on a Hawk GT or the other bikes you've pictured.

Okay, the Kaw 650R is able to tuck in a little tighter thanks to its stylish bullet-tip muffler.  What you can't see in the Yam SRX picture is that most of its muffler is actually an expansion chamber behind the engine.  I'm guessing that the Kaw 650R will have a similar set-up to compensate for its shorty muffler-exhaust.   The Buell, in contrast, has its muffler centered underneath the engine and terminates ahead of the rear tire (which it would otherwise come in contact with).  It looks vulnerable and misplaced, IMHO.  That's not to say that Buell didn't inspire this latest exhaust fashion trend, just that this Ninja version is not much different than what  the SRX offered in the recent past.      

QuoteWhere's the rolleyes now?  

:dunno:  

 

I like the 650R but I bet the insurance is going to be higher simply because it comes fully faired always.  Since the SV comes without fairings unless you order them the insurance sees it as a naked bike, even if you get the optional fairings