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As long as it is indeed what you want, there's no problem with that, but my thinking is in that case, I'd want a "do everything" bike, which IMO, an R1 (made for pretty much one thing, racing/going fast)is not. I can't really speak to much on ergonomics since I've never sat on the SV650S, only the naked 650, so the 650S may be closer to the position of an R1 as far as low handles, high and farther back footpegs, etc. At any rate, if you still have the SV650s around mid/late August to mid/late September I may want to take it off your hands if you haven't decided to do something else with it by then. I'd agree here, the FZ1 is much more of a "do it all" bike than the R1. It's more comfortable if you want to do some longer trips (a day or longer), but still has plenty of power and handles well for more spirited riding. On the plus side, the FZ1 is generally cheaper, and will likely cost less to insure.

I find it hard to believe in much capacity you've "outgrown" the SV650 after 1.5 riding seasons, especially without having taken it on the track. Have you hit up twisty backroads on it? The R1 has MUCH more power than 40% more than the SV650, the SV650 has ~74hp, the R1 has 150hp. I don't think jumping onto a bike with 2x as much power as your previous is a great idea. Something like a 919, SV1000, 600, or 750 supersport would be a more sane jump in my mind. I don't think I ever outgrew my Bandit 600's potential since I never really did anything besides commute with it, and I know I'm not anywhere close to outgrowing my 919's potential either. All that being said it is a decent deal, but I don't see the point in something like an R1 for street riding. I'd rather have something more comfortable with more practical features like an FZ6/FZ1, or a full sport touring bike like an FJR1300/Concours 14 which all still handle more than well enough to have fun on twisty roads. In my mind, bikes like the GSXRs, R6, R1, CBRs, etc belong on the track. Could I see myself owning one? Yes, but not as my only bike. I guess it's all a matter of preference though.

Annoying... Been raining on and off pretty much every day for like 2 weeks.

Same here... I knew as soon as I tried an RS-1 on, it fit my head perfectly. Got the transition visor for it as well, much better than the flip down solutions other manufactures have, plus it can keep its SNELL rating that way. Pretty dark... Dark enough to almost look black. Not my pictures, but: http://rideapart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bell-rs1-mid-2.jpg http://rideapart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bell-rs1-mid1.jpg

I was looking into a Nolan at Iron Pony before I ended up ordering an RS-1... Nolan didn't fit me at all, but the RS-1 felt like the most comfortable helmet I've ever worn. I tried an Arai as well, and it felt very similar to the RS-1, but Arai's out of my price range for now.

Just a heads up, I don't think I'm going to be able to ride this weekend, way too much to do.

Awesome, good luck. They aren't in the evening are they? May be tempted to come watch if I could go after work. I'd love to eventually get into the 650 v-twin race class, but I'm sure that'll be a while, if ever, heh.

Ah, ok. I remember him telling me he had someone who he normally took his bike up with in a trailer. I'm guessing he'll use his pickup... If it'd work out better, I could do the 15th instead, I don't even know if Brad's planning on doing all the 15th through 18th... He said he's doing all of em since it's free for him, but that's a lot in a row, heh. I still need to call Mid-Ohio though to buy a spot. Brad said to check into their gift certificate since he thinks if you do that, you can change days if it happens to rain, so you can switch. He invited me to go up to the most recent Saturday twilight in June to check it out, see how it's organized etc, but I was riding most of the day. I was still planning on going up, but got back later than I thought, started to head up there at 6:30pm and ran into a massive downpour on 71-N on my way, so I figured people probably called it quits at the track by then. Tried to call him to see if he was still there, but his phone was off.

He goes to the same gym I do, we've both gone there for years, same with Dave who's got an R1. I'm only planning on doing probably 1 track day this year though, my 919 isn't necessary the ideal track bike. I'm planning on getting an SV650S the end of this season or beginning of next for primarily track days for next year, and save up some money for either a pickup or cargo van for transportation. For the 16th I'm either going to have to ride it up and strip it at the track or see if I can hitch a ride with someone's who's got trailer/pickup space.

Do you know a guy named Brad that was there? He was probably there, rides a BMW S1000rr, won free track days for this year. He and his friend Dave have talked me into doing my first Novice on the 16th.

'96 Bandit 600 Wish I still had it... Sold it for way cheaper than I should have too, really. If I had the option to buy it back from whoever I sold it to for ~$1200-1400, I probably would.

I agree, on this bike and some others that have just a single light, I don't mind it so much, but I absolutely hate what Triumph did to the Speed and Street triple headlights with the pentagon shaped lights... The double round lights on those bikes I feel like was sort of a trademark, and it definitely looked a lot better.

No, I gotta put in 9 hours tomorrow at work, then get to the gym, it'll be at least 7 or later by the time all that's done. Sunday's a possibility if I get the things I need to done Saturday.

Hey Dizzle, I've ridden with Blitz the last couple weekends. I'm from Westerville as well. I typically can't ride during the week though unless it's short/local (Africa Rd, Bale Kenyon, Jaycox, and Plumb rd are the best I've found locally... Nothing like out east, but if you've only got 1 hour to ride they can be relatively fun in a pinch), and probably only on a Wednesday realistically. Saturday/Sundays are up in the air though.

Haha, this.

Planning to do my first Novice on Tuesday July 16

Confused, doesn't a 954 have a lot more top end than an SV?

Nice, the modern version of my bike =p

Smallest bike in the city with a 45mph speed limit at max, probably a 125cc dirt bike. On a Freeway, probably a 500 like the Suzuki GS500, or the new Honda CB500F and CBR500 or their NC700X is the smallest I'd want.

No thoughts on exactly where to put the bike, but you could put a wheel/brake lock of some sort on, and/or throw a chain through some of the components with a lock to deter anything....... If you really wanted to, could put a motion sensor alarm on the front wheel too.

Pilot road 2 or 3s are all i could think of getting that kind of life, I've heard around 10-12k for them, but I'm sure it depends a lot on how they're ridden.

I may be interested, but I wouldn't be ready to move on it til around Mid August to September at earliest.

I had the chain and sprockets on my 919 replaced around 16,000... Not necessarily because I knew it 100% needed it, but I wanting to change the gearing was a big reason. I've been told it's good to replace it around every 15,000 miles, but I'm sure it varies depending on the bike, chain, how well it's maintained, and how hard it's ridden. In my case, I didn't really know the history of the bike, but when I first got it, I did notice the chain was way too tight, I have a feeling it was stretched unevenly a bit.

Hmmmm, tempting... Why are you selling it, looking to upgrade? Interesting some of you have said a more powerful bike might be a better choice for a beginning track rider though, didn't expect to hear that, heh.

I may be interested in some.