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I have been lurking both R1150R and the SV650 forums for quite some time now. Pretty much these are the 2 bikes on my short list.
My needs are to commute to work (both on the slab and in the town backroads) for a good protion of the year (7-9 months depending on the wether in the north east). Occassional grocery trip, errands to post office etc. Rare long/overnight trips. About 15% of the time, my wife will also sit on the rear seat.
I am 30, have been riding since I was 14. First bike was a 100cc air cooled single Honda in India. The first bike I owned was also in India - Royal Enfield Bullet (350 cc air cooled single) for 3 years. For the past 5 years I have Suzuki LS650 Savage (650 cc air cooled single). I have put over 25K miles on all of these put together. About 12K of these here in the US on the Savage.
Touch chrome: No accidents/falls while on road except for a small one in India.
I have sat on both of them. I intend on taking a test drive sometime soon on the R, but jap dealers do not offer test drives here at all :-(
Keep in mind that the R costs about twice as much as the SV. But I can afford both. I hope ...
My question is which of these bikes would you think will suit me better?
Or is this a silly question and I should just buy the ...
I have been lurking both R1150R and the SV650 forums for quite some time now. Pretty much these are the 2 bikes on my short list.
My needs are to commute to work (both on the slab and in the town backroads) for a good protion of the year (7-9 months depending on the wether in the north east). Occassional grocery trip, errands to post office etc. Rare long/overnight trips. About 15% of the time, my wife will also sit on the rear seat.
I am 30, have been riding since I was 14. First bike was a 100cc air cooled single Honda in India. The first bike I owned was also in India - Royal Enfield Bullet (350 cc air cooled single) for 3 years. For the past 5 years I have Suzuki LS650 Savage (650 cc air cooled single). I have put over 25K miles on all of these put together. About 12K of these here in the US on the Savage.
Touch chrome: No accidents/falls while on road except for a small one in India.
I have sat on both of them. I intend on taking a test drive sometime soon on the R, but jap dealers do not offer test drives here at all :-(
Keep in mind that the R costs about twice as much as the SV. But I can afford both. I hope ...
My question is which of these bikes would you think will suit me better?
Or is this a silly question and I should just buy the ...