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I couldn't find any turbo 'Busas for sale on my local CL, so I settled for an SV650S.
'03 with just over 4800 miles. Pretty close to flawless - the owner admitted to one tipover, and after a pretty thorough look over the bike the only evidence I've found of that is a slightly tweaked (but non-leaking) radiator and some scuffs on the bar end (and a receipt from the local bike shop for a new rear brake pedal).
I've got frame sliders on the way, as well as some 0.95kg/mm Race Tech fork springs and a ZX14 rear shock. No lie, the stock suspension on this bike is worse than the Ninja 250R for a 200lb rider. The tiniest bump in a curve makes me feel like the front is going to wash out, and that's with new Pirelli tires on the SV.
There's no comparison in the acceleration department though!
'03 with just over 4800 miles. Pretty close to flawless - the owner admitted to one tipover, and after a pretty thorough look over the bike the only evidence I've found of that is a slightly tweaked (but non-leaking) radiator and some scuffs on the bar end (and a receipt from the local bike shop for a new rear brake pedal).
I've got frame sliders on the way, as well as some 0.95kg/mm Race Tech fork springs and a ZX14 rear shock. No lie, the stock suspension on this bike is worse than the Ninja 250R for a 200lb rider. The tiniest bump in a curve makes me feel like the front is going to wash out, and that's with new Pirelli tires on the SV.
There's no comparison in the acceleration department though!
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