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I think you hit the nail on the head in the OP... sv1000 meets all your criteria. -Low mileage one can be had for < $5500 -Sportier than a VFR, but not a full on sportbike -Fuel injected -Enough power to have fun on and still keep up with some of the late model 600s -Suspension is adjustable and good enough to let you carve the SE Ohio roads without worry. I'm a little bias because I have one and have put some seat time on it during some spirited rides, and it's fine... better handling than the Hayabusa obviously, but I've never been on a proper 1k or 600cc sportbike. I never could quite catch UP on his ZX6R -- but who can?

Dude... all this time it was just a bad f*(king tank of gas -- I think some condensation got in there, somehow, even after filling the tank to the brim. It was the tank I filled from last October, and I've never had to put Stabil or anything in either tank before (the Hayabusa started right up and ran great). Granted, I put 87 in the SV and 93 in the Hayabusa, but 87 is what the manual calls for in the SV -- and they were both in my dining room all winter, so it's not like they were getting thermal cycles. So, after buying $60 worth of ratchet extensions and $15 worth of spark plugs that I didn't need after all (but it's got new plugs now -- bonus), I put 2 gallons of 93 in the tank along with some fuel injector cleaner and it's been running fine since, as the 'old gas' burns off. I knew what bad gas felt like on the Hayabusa, but not in the vtwin bike, but I suppose the symptoms were similar... the Hayabusa just took it a lot better than the twin.

Nah, I'm sure he's just fixing his Harley computer -- it's leaking oil.

Only on Sundays, religious holidays, and when I'm the lone white guy in the room.

You don't need smarts when you have retard strength.

I was either listening to the local scanner or on following the local news feed, but the cops were called to an accident behind Lake Erie Harley Davidson -- I'm assuming that was another victim of the 5mph high speed wobble those Harley's are prone to when inexperienced riders let out the clutch.

You didn't realize how many liberals were on this site eh? OMG, it's CRAWLING with them. Most logical people would probably figure out what the common denominator was in between here and OFCC and fix it. I'm still lost where you were 'attacked'. I don't recall calling you any names that weren't instigated by you. If I'm gonna play a liberal on the internet I'm at least going to go all out and play the elitist one -- and I can only do that if I try to take the high road and not sink to your level. Pole smoker. (Sorry, it slipped!)

Who cares, I'm not a special ed. teacher and I don't have any special ed. kids, amirite? It's the American way.

Read HB 153: Gov. Kasich wants to change how teachers are paid

Then how am I supposed to cum?

Not only is charles from Salem allegedly a racist (I heard someone say it ), he's allegedly a midgetist and a homophobe too!

Fixed it for you. The cc 'handicap' is fair, vtwins have better packaging and can get those extra cc's in a smaller space.

You ever think it's not them getting better, but just you getting worse, old man?

Our 4 cylinders can't keep up. Vtwins rule

You're doing it wrong. You can't ride a twin like an I4... Do some deep deep soul searching, and you know, deep down, you had more fun on the twin than the speed on your I4.

Yea, that's where my bikes and my truck are... which is why she's outside.

I know a guy that crushes R1's.

About 1" to 1.25" in diameter. Luckily, her car is OK.

Says the guy who's never been on a vtwin. On the street, fun > speed. And it's not like the SV1k is a slouch at 110 rwhp. Look, OP, start an FZ, then start an SV1k... it'll be an easy decision once you hear them idle next to each other.

I4s are lame, no personality. I ride the SV way more than I ride the Hayabusa because I'm a hooligan with responsibility issues. But I'd guess the FZs are just as reliable as any other Japanese I4 bike, they're just not as fun as a twin.

So would fixed suspension, and air cooling, and cable clutches, and ....