2004 August Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine - Triumph Rocket 3 Suzuki SV1000S

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 2004 August Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine - Triumph Rocket 3 Suzuki SV1000S 32 Blast-Off!Riding the Rocket III.-by Matthew Miles38 Rocket ScienceInside the new Triumph.-by Kevin Cameron51 Deja DesignCraig Vetter. Rocket man.44 The New NortonIn the trenches with the 952 Commando.-by Mark Hoyerpg. 54!54 Dune QuestJimmy and Johnny play in the sand.-by Jimmy Lewis 60 Staff StuffHonda XR400R.62 American FlyersFive modified missiles.74 The Kiwi CaperNew Zealand by Chopper.I !. -by Michael Lichter46 Suzuki SV1000SThe forgotten V-Twin.-by Paul Dean78 Long-Term UpdateKawasaki ZIOOO, Triumph Daytona600, Victory Vegas.80 Hein Gericke Triton JacketFeel the wind in your (chest) hair.82 Dainese D-Axial BootsNo twist, no shout.86 Going it AloneKenny Roberts to the fore?-by Kevin Cameron10 UPFRONTOpera d’Italia.-by David Edwards12 LEANINGSRailing on trails.-by Pe;er Egan20 TDCBathtub Physics 101.-Z?v Kevin Cameron______________16 Hotshots22 New Ideas24 Roundup120 Service126 CW Showca138 Slipstream-A"'HAT’S THE BESJpKEPt SECRET IN MOTORCYCLING? AARON YaTES’ ANGER-management strategies? Indian's blueprint for marque revival?Honda's rationale for letting Valentino Rossi and Ricky Carmichaelslip away in the same year?Legitimate candidates, to be sure. But for our money, the hands-down winner ofthat questionable honor is the SV1000S. Suzuki’s latest-and currently oclass V-Twin sportbike. In a world of high-profile, look-at-me performance machin-ery. the SV is a stealth fighter, covertly carrying out its operations under the radar.And therein lies the problem. After the resounding success of Suzuki’s SV650 V-Twin. it only seemed natural to apply the same formula to a lOOOcc version. Thedemise of the TLI000S and TL1000R left Suzuki with a perfectly wonderful 996cc.90-degree V-Twin engine ideally suited to the task, and scaling up the SV650 chas-sis by a couple of percentage points to accept that liter-Vee would be a no-brainer.If you liked the 650. Suzuki reasoned, you’ll low the 1000.Apparently not. Since its introduction as an early-release 2003 model, theSV 1000 has sold about as well as American flags in Baghdad. Originally availablein two versions-the half-faired SV1000S and the buck-naked SVIOOO-the unfairediteration has been axed for ’04, and meager sales of the S-model have left ware-houses well-stocked with last year’s model.There is, however, a silver lining in this dark cloud, in that Suzuki has come upwith an attractive promotional program: Buy a leftover ’03 SV1000S and you canchoose either 1,95-percent APR financing or a free color-matched lower fairing.Under most circumstances, that might not be a big deal. But when we saw anadvertisement showing an '03 SV-S fitted with the lower fairing-complemented bya few other Genuine Suzuki accessories-we were amazed. Those pieces visuallytransformed the SV from an unremarkable sport-standard with Erector Set over-tones into a clean, stylish, purposeful-looking sportbike.Our previous experience with the SV1000S (“Modem Immaturity,” June, 2003),though brief, had left us with high regard for the bike’s backroad prowess. So. dulyimpressed by the bike’s cosmetic makeover, we decided to do something a little dif-ferent and conduct a complete test of a 2003 model equipped just like the one pic-tured in the advertisement.Those accessories, all of which are available directly from Suzuki, include thefairing, which normally carries a $470 price tag; a taller, tinted windscreen ($70);a set of frame sliders ($60); a tailpiece cover ($ 130); a fender eliminator/license-plate bracket ($100); a color-matched rear-wheel hugger/chainguard (S200); and afaux carbon-fiber gas tank pad ($33) with matching trim pieces on the toptriple-clamp ($23) and gas cap ($20). We finished olTthepackage with a set of Yoshimura Tri-Oval streetslip-ons ($575) that promised to knock afew pounds offthe SV’s avoirdupois.“- Plus, Suzuki said the mufflers would perk-up the exhaust note while having virtually...And much more! 13424

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