SWEET TWIN

TO LOOK at, Suzuki’s new SV650X isn’t the most in-your-face cafe racer on the market, but it impressed from the moment we fired it up. The clip-ons are in exactly the right place relative to the solo-style seat and slightly rear-set footpegs, and you sit low behind the tank. The bike is physically small and light and the engine has the correct number of cylinders. And as we soon found out, it also handles well, steers even better and goes like the clappers.

This was my first ride on an SV650, which has been