First timer, your opinions please

CreAtiv3 · 27 Feb 2012 at 12:17

Afternoon all

Im picking up a Suzuki SV650 next month as my first road bike. It gets a good review over on MCN and ive not really heard anyone say anything bad about it. Anyone here have experience with this bike?
Will be used for commuting in summer, weekend rides and holidays so it ticks all the boxes.

What I really need help with is picking up all the gear. I've budgeted £500 for the lot but not sure if I could get more for my money by going second hand/bay?

Can you let me know if I am on the right lines?
Jacket £100
Trousers £120
Gloves £50
Boots £100
Helmet £130

I do a bit of motocross on my yz250 and have gloves, boots and a helmet but not sure if I would trust them for road use...

Cheers

CreAtiv3 · 27 Feb 2012 at 16:29

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Hopefully I wont get in trouble for linking this but here is what I plan on ordering:
£100 - Weise Laguna Jacket
£80 - Weise NRG Pants
£45 - Spada Race Tech 2 Gloves
£94 - Spada ST1 WP Boots
£100 - Caberg V2 407 Fluid Helmet
TOTAL: £419

Your opinions would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers

CreAtiv3 · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:16

Well I ended up ordering:
Weise Laguna Jacket
Weise NRG Pants
Spada Race Tech 2 Gloves
Spada ST1 WP Boots
Caberg Ego Ultralight

If I don't get on with the boots then they're going straight back! A friend has the same pair and says they're great for the money so ill give them a chance.
The Caberg Ego is much better than I was expecting, hopefully we'll get a nice hot summer so I can make good use of the sunroof

CreAtiv3 · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:48

Full face but with a sliding panel on the top to let air circulate. Thought it was just a gimmick at first but it gets a very good write up and user feedback.