Lightweight or Motard

[Crconnor18]

As the says I’m looking to be sold on one to have as a new-to-me race bike for the ‘19 season.

I did a full season on a junkyard SV down in NJMP and banged it up pretty bad as any rookie season should be. I sold it to fund something a little more stable and less rusty/corroded. I’ve owened a 400sm for the streets and loved it. I found a killer deal on some race ready motards and curious if there is anything I’ll have to worry about if I transition or should I stick to the classic SV route and just buy another?

[theducman]

Pm me for a sv. Thinking of selling my race bike. Was going to post it today

[Kurlon]

SVs tend to be gas and go bikes, change the oil occasionally. They have a good number of classes to be competitive in.

Motards have a crap ton of classes to be competitive in, but do require active maint to stay reliable including engine tear downs every few seasons at a minimum.

[Chippertheripper]

If I had to do it all over, I think I’d just go with a second gen sv or Kawi 650 and be done with it.
I love a motard, but they get spendy(er) to go fast on.

*ive owned and tracked all 3 mentioned in this post.

[sdog30]

I'll agree with what's been said. I hated riding the SV that I tried, but only rode it for a session.

Newer 450's are the way to go if you buy a motard. They blow up less. The hp keeps going up and up on every model that comes out, though, so you'll be buying a new bike or building up an engine on an older bike to keep up.

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Sv is probably the cheaper way. Lol

[maxim_X]

The motard field is growing fast, and you can use it to race in more different types of racing. I started racing on a SV and now almost exclusively on a motard. They are more reliable than people lead on and they are the most fun to race.