Is a NEW Beginner Bike Even Worth It? | 2002 SV650 vs Ninja 500
Source: Is a NEW Beginner Bike Even Worth It? | 2002 SV650 vs Ninja 500 by Chaseontwowheels. Please don't forget to give the Video a "Like" on Youtube and subscribe to the channel! 👉 Enter to win the Season 10 Kawasaki Ninja 500: https://c2wlink.com/newvsold-otg-desc 🏍️ Huge thanks to WOW Motorcycles in Marietta, GA for the SV650: https://www.wowmotorcycles.com 🎥 Watch WOW hand me the bike: https://youtu.be/aFxB_exikcE Everybody assumes a newer motorcycle is automatically the better motorcycle, so I put a brand new 2025 Kawasaki Ninja 500 head to head against a 2002 Suzuki SV650, two bikes about 15 years apart that cost almost the exact same money. The SV650 is the bike I actually started on 17 years ago, and it's still one of the most underrated beginner motorcycles you can buy. We get into depreciation and why your money is safer on a used bike, what an assist and slipper clutch actually does when you botch a downshift, why ABS and traction control matter way mo...