Opinions on a SV

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

The mileage doesn't matter, I put almost 52K on my '02.

Get your friend to lower his/her price on the 03. If not, get the 06.

He already did for me! Its a fair price for the 03 but people here sell their bikes for really cheap so it doesn't seem that great of a deal when I can get a new one for the same $.

Did you have to do anything major to your SV other than basic maintenance?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Did you have to do anything major to your SV other than basic maintenance?

Nope

However, after about 18K mine developed a rough vibration at 5K rpm, under hard accel. It vibrated the whole bike. Tried doing valve adj, carb syncs, new chains/sprockets.......Never improved, so I just lived with it. But it was irritating. Might have been an imbalanced clutch basket.

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Nope

However, after about 18K mine developed a rough vibration at 5K rpm, under hard accel. It vibrated the whole bike. Tried doing valve adj, carb syncs, new chains/sprockets.......Never improved, so I just lived with it. But it was irritating. Might have been an imbalanced clutch basket.

You are not helping the 06's cause...

Originally Posted by racedoll

Ask for maintenance records on the 06. Anyone with some sense would keep something...I would think.

Unless he maintained it himself

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

You are not helping the 06's cause...

Unless he maintained it himself

Receipts honey bun.

I say got '06. If it doesnt work out you can always haul ass on it to his place. Stop a few blocks away. Open up the tank cap, stick a shirt down it, light it, then haul ass and jump off at a high rate of speed, letting it crash into his place.

I crack myself up sometimes.

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Unless he maintained it himself

Doesn't matter. I do my own work, but it is all documented in the back of my owner's manual (when, what, and who). I could probably even scrounge up some old receipts of oil and filter I bought.