Hi Guys

As some of you may remember, I sold my Superduke because I've started studying and the bike was just too expensive to keep. Bikes, and insurance, is quite expensive here in Denmark.. And all the time I was driving on my Superduke, I was thinking "what is the next thing I have to (use money to) fix". Took a bit out of the fun.

I couldn't keep away from bikes, so I started searching for a new bike. Had to be cheaper, about half price ( < €7000), cheap to maintain and trouble-free. So it had to be soul-less and Japanese.
Tried a lot of bikes that just seemed boring to me. It's difficult to switch from a cool Superduke and find something as nice.

I had almost given up. Then a SV1000 came up. 2004, 11000km. Already tried 2 other SV's that let me down, due to bad owners. The pictures the seller showed had washed up colours, taken with a bad cellphone, but I thought it would be worth a trip. When we arrived, the bike was much better than I expected. You can see the bike here:


There are more pictures here, text is in Danish: http://www.motorcykelgalleri.dk/galleri ... _sv_1000_n

It has a 2007 gsxr1000 front fork including the radial brake setup, zx10r rear damper, Ixil road legal exhaust, PCIII, Pipercross airfilter and some styling things
It was almost half the price of what I got for my Superduke, so I bought it. It runs great.
It's not the same as the Superduke. I miss the seat and the way I sat on the bike, the lower weight(!), the comfort and the looks of the Superduke.
But now I have a bike I can afford..

I've already changed the brake pads. Stopped like shit when I got it. SBS Street Excel sinter brake pads are GREAT! It stops as efficient as the Superduke now! Best upgrade for under €100.

I have to change the tyres. The front is a continental and the rear is an Avon in 200/50. WTF man. Non-bikers that see the bike tells me the rear tyre looks cool, but I want a 180 rear tyre.. It drives quite good though, so I will probably run it down first. It's almost brand new.

New handlebar and KTM Domino grips are on their way in the mail

it'll do for a cheapy

Looks like I should start exporting bikes to Denmark though !

Still a big twin then
Nice bike

Thanks guys! It's still a big V2 yeah


Jody: unfortunately there's no point in exporting bikes here. It's the registration tax that makes it so expensive.
The original receipt for the SV1000 was with the bike. The total price from new was 100.000 DKK. (€13400). The bike price is 42000 and the registration tax was 58000!
The more expensive the bike is from start, the more expensive the tax will be.. So the new BMW HP4 starts at €52000

"Cheating the system", aka riding a un-registrered bike will land you a hefty fine - first you have to pay for the registration tax, and then the fine you receive is the same as the registration tax!
If it was the SV1000 the bill would be 116000 (2 x 58000)

I saw that once in a french magazine for the taxes on bikes in dk...

I think It's so stupide and due to thinks like this Europe is never gonna work...

Laws have sooooo much gap between our countries

Really like that front-end swap.

Clean looking bike.

Good buy! Will do till the new SD comes out!

The more upright SV1000 was only available in one or two years here in the states. 2003-2004. I have always found them to be a bike worthy of sharing space in my garage. I am wondering if the fork swap makes the top triple clamp into a clip-on arrangement or it is still able to recieve the stock bars?
I say it looks like the smile factor will be infant tesla me deminished.

lol
months of no day light would drive me to suicide even with all those fit birds.

SDNerd wishes there was a yawn/boredasshit smilie ...

Looks good mate. Glad you've still got something to scratch that itch (unless you've got a different type of itch, if so you'd better get down the chemist )