SUZUKI SV650
Sep 30, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS: Mikko Nieminen
The Suzuki SV650 has been around for a while. Twenty-one years to be exact. Thing is, it doesn’t feel a bit like an old bike.
Since its launch in 1999, the biggest visual change has been the development of the frame from an aluminium unit to a steel trellis one, and naturally the half fairing of the original S model is gone, too, replaced by the café racer-styled SV650X. The tank has an unmistakable Suzuki shape, and I rather like the fully exposed cables and hoses that gives the bike an almost steampunk kind of look. The front mudguard looks like it’s been fitted back to front with next to no
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