Dipping my toe....

helpimcrap · 9 Jul 2015 at 21:39

After several years away from owning a motorbike I'm now dipping my toe back in.... given that my garage still have enough to build most of a CBR engine from bits I didn't do a very good job I getting rid of the evidence....

I went into local bike shop owner says "Hello Dan we haven't seen you for several years" or words to that effect lol...
He knows my history and explained it to his new staff followed by "don't buy a sportsbike.." lol
Then when I said I was looking at RSV Mille's he said "don't even go there" before explaining to the staff the last one I had ended up in the side of a van at 100mph+...funnily enough everyone I've mentioned it to has given me a telling off... Lol

Thinking SV650 as budget of £2k. Although toying with idea of buying a broken bike and fixing it up...

wazza300 · 9 Jul 2015 at 21:47

You could have picked up a cheap second hand CBR engine and fitted that?

Plenty of cat c and d's on eBay by the time you've sourced the bits needed though I bet it doesn't work out much cheaper than buying a non damaged machine

Er6f and Honda hornets seem a good all-round bike aswell

Incinerat0r · 9 Jul 2015 at 22:01

I have an R6 that needs fixing up

edd1e · 9 Jul 2015 at 23:00

Incinerat0r said:
I have an R6 that needs fixing up

Understatement of the year award goes to....

MowyTone · 10 Jul 2015 at 07:36

You can easily get an SV for that. Depends on what age you are looking at tbh

helpimcrap · 11 Jul 2015 at 10:48

Looking at 2002-2005 for all bikes tbh.

Contemplating a Bandit 600. Unsure on the bars though due to my inability to straighten my right arm and slow speed manoeuvring.

Basically I want a cheap bike to buy, run and insure.

Fazer 60 is a possibility as a mate has a 1998 model and he rates it once you fit an R6 shock and sort forks to firm it up.

wazza300 · 11 Jul 2015 at 11:47

There's loads you can buy,r6,zx6r,gsxr600,Honda cbr600

Tefal · 11 Jul 2015 at 12:04

nice vfr800?

comfy sporty but the V engine is nice an smooth and doesn't need the revs as much as the inline 4 600s.

get the 98-01 version, no cam chains to worry about chain adjustment is an eccentric bearing so 2 seconds with a special wrench instead of trying to align it.

helpimcrap · 11 Jul 2015 at 14:55

Sorry, should have put £1500 limit - a VFR fetches far more than that.

Ideally an 01/02 CBR as I have lots of spares - cylinder head/pistons/engine covers/plugs/leads/starter motors/cranks etc. Stuff left over from when I used to race one.

helpimcrap · 15 Jul 2015 at 19:07

I'm thinking an 01/02 SV. Want a Twin ideally. More character and feel.

Nearly bought a Cat C RSV Mille which was a cheap price.... he sold it before I went to view it...

MowyTone · 16 Jul 2015 at 07:14

arfoll said:
You should be able to get a pointy SV for that money, I'd avoid the '03 since they're a bit different to all the others so harder to get parts but '04-'06 should be just in reach at 1.5k if you're not worried about 20k+ miles or a cat C/D.

Not seen any go for that price on autotrader tbh. I found they started at £1800 or abouts. I was ignoring the Cat C's though

tom_e · 16 Jul 2015 at 08:46

I got my '05 for a shade under 2k, that was from a dealer you can get a fair bit more for your money in terms of added aftermarket parts if you buy private from somewhere like sv650.org

helpimcrap · 17 Jul 2015 at 20:53

Cheers all. Very useful info.

Was looking at a Cat C RSV Mille but he had sold it before I went to view it.... after I started asking questions about the V5 he had suddenly 'sold it' 11pm at night...

I can't afford a motorbike until September anyway...