# Sv650 makes a great track bike.

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**Created:** [July 14, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sv650-makes-a-great-track-bike/253257 "2010-07-14T22:35:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sv650-makes-a-great-track-bike/253257/27 "2011-06-14T23:03:09Z")

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> Goes with the thread
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> [Choose Your Weapon: Best of the Best, 2006 | Motorcycle.com](http://www.motorcycle.com/shoot-outs/choose-your-weapon-best-of-the-best-2006-13780.html)

Lee Park’s SV in the article essentially had all the suspension almost max’d out aided with those $1600 set of wheels. If you think how essential suspension and unsprung weight is to a 3000lbs car’s handling, can you imagine how critical it is to a vehicle system the require the suspension to work while they are at an angle, and how critical the unsprung weight is to a vehicle that weights sub 400 lbs.

You got to remember that his SV, if it is in fact stock, is a 1 gen carb bike with zero power mods.

This is what I’ve been saying about running in the lightweight superbike class, a somewhat competitive bike will cost you around $8k easy.

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