April 1st I will be the new owner of an 2009 SV650SF pending that the weather is nice enough to pick the bike up. I cannot wait and I am very excited to be getting a new bike. I currently have a Ninja 250 and am very excited about having a bike with more potential.
I consider myself to be ahead of the learning curve. During the MSF course I was a natural and scored a perfect score on the test. Every since then I have been doing good, have never planted the bike or had an accident.
Regardless, I am for some reason scared. I really do not know what to expect going up another 400 CCs. I have driven 650 cruisers with my cousins' bikes but I feel nervous about the throttle response and even more nervous about the slick new tires. We have had 2 people on this forum that have both planted the bike on new tires at very low speeds.
Basically. I need some reassurance.
How about those framesliders? I am looking into them but definitely will not have them for when I get the bike. I plan to install myself.
I can't wait but there's this uneasiness about it.
I consider myself to be ahead of the learning curve. During the MSF course I was a natural and scored a perfect score on the test. Every since then I have been doing good, have never planted the bike or had an accident.
Regardless, I am for some reason scared. I really do not know what to expect going up another 400 CCs. I have driven 650 cruisers with my cousins' bikes but I feel nervous about the throttle response and even more nervous about the slick new tires. We have had 2 people on this forum that have both planted the bike on new tires at very low speeds.
Basically. I need some reassurance.
How about those framesliders? I am looking into them but definitely will not have them for when I get the bike. I plan to install myself.
I can't wait but there's this uneasiness about it.