What has happened in the last 15 years?

[Lowe119]

I haven't raced in almost 15 years and am looking at getting back in it. Is a second gen sv650s still a competitive bike in the lightweight class? What are people racing in that class?

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Yep. LW classes are still dominated by SV's.

[DougG60]

Ask about lw 565, old rules in place to make a 400 into a 565. Now you get modern 600's made 35cc smaller and legal for lw classes 

[britx303]

Ask about lw 565, old rules in place to make a 400 into a 565. Now you get modern 600's made 35cc smaller and legal for lw classes

And "fast as F***!".........

[Super Dave]

I'm still 26 years old.  :D

[Super Dave]

I think the first gen SV appears to be very competitive as a superbike as there's quite a data base for what to do.  Second gens don't seem to be so common in the MW even though they are a billion years old.  There's talk that the Yamaha FZ07 is pretty darn strong though.  I did ride a Ninja 650 some years ago, and it was very, very good.  Very accessible area to work on it. 

[bruce71198]

Everyones cheating! take up basket weaving instead