THE LOVECHILD OF A SUZUKI ANDA DUCATI…

What happens when Suzuki and Ducati have their very own love child? Look no further than this modded SV650...

Originally, Iwas looking for a two- thewinter mess about with in the garage over avid GSXR period as up until 2009 Iwas avery (with thepolice!) and 1000 rider, but afew near misses me to stop riding. aspine operation finally persuaded of riding again I Ye t, eight years later with no intention an online site. Chris came across the SV up for sale on had built the bike Lane from Wales wasthe guywho was in two minds and was finally selling it. I really bike, until I about whether I was going to buy the too. saw it and he started it up! It’s Chris’s first build he’d He started off building the bike eventhough he’d only been never actually ridden in hislife– bored one day brought up around bikes, and being a bought a frame fro me Bay, alongside wheels and a machine Ducati 848 sub-frame! The idea was to create do his bike test in the thatwas different over winter, and the Bandit but as process, which he did. He really liked they were fairly common opted for sub-frame and the SV, and spenth ours modifying the to findout what frame, before scouring the forums for the GSX-R would fit best on the front end; opting enough the most fork sand brake systems. Funnily after expensive part on the bike was the paint work forthe base coat! everything –coming in at £1,000 and when he The attention to detail is incredible As for the bike it self, it started the bike up I was hooked. abadass.The position, automatically turns its riderinto itgets; it reallyis the styling, eventhe admiringlooks riding bug for abeautiful bikewhich hasreignitedthe ahalffacehelmet me.Itmakes me want to purchase the latestGSX-R that and a pair of goggles. So it’ s not theMrs isn’t will wheelie off the throttle at 100mphbut It’sacracking bike a 30- year-old nymphomaniac either! capabilities and a that pays tribute to Chris’sbuilding beautiful ride so Iloveit.