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I owned a 2012 Ninja 650r and now own the FZ-07. The bikes are similar. The FZ-07 is about 60 lbs. lighter which is noticeable when moving the bikes around by hand or riding at slow speeds, or just getting on and off the bike. Weight is important. There will be slightly more power and faster acceleration with the FZ-07, but both bikes have noticeable grunt. I haven't owned an SV650, but I see a lot of older ones around and everyone I talk to says how dependable they are. If I owned any one of the 3, I wouldn't trade it in for a similar bike, but if I was looking for a new bike, the FZ-07 would win that competition among the 3. Actually, it already did. I think of all these middle weight bikes as tween bikes. They are faster than the starter bikes which seem to all lack something...acceleration, roll-on speed and passing power. The middle weights have all that, but do not have the screaming power of the super sports. I suppose the Street Triple r and FZ-09 are somewhere in between. If I could only ever have one bike to do everything, it would be the FZ-07. I used to say that about the Ninja 650r. I think Kawasaki will be upgrading the Ninja 650r soon due to the cheaper, faster, lighter-weight FZ-07. Really, a guy should have a bunch of bikes...a Grom for hooligan street riding and just plain fun, a scooter for maneuverability and storage for shopping, a Ninja 300 or maybe one of the new Honda CB300s out soon for a commuter and outstanding fuel economy, and a super sport for really fast riding or track use. If you had all those, you might not want a tween bike like the FZ-07, but on the other hand, with the FZ-07, you could use it for all those other activities. It's a great all-around bike. I guess I would throw in another specialty bike like the Zero S 8.5 which I own. Nothing really compares to that...light weight, full, instant torque, silent. You get out way ahead of all traffic effortlessly and noise-free at every stop light. Range, high cost, and available dealerships is really the issue with electric bikes, but that seems to be changing. I left out cruisers and touring bikes, but that's not my thing and if I owned one of those, I would go trade it in on a sport bike.
I owned a 2012 Ninja 650r and now own the FZ-07. The bikes are similar. The FZ-07 is about 60 lbs. lighter which is noticeable when moving the bikes around by hand or riding at slow speeds, or just getting on and off the bike. Weight is important. There will be slightly more power and faster acceleration with the FZ-07, but both bikes have noticeable grunt. I haven't owned an SV650, but I see a lot of older ones around and everyone I talk to says how dependable they are. If I owned any one of the 3, I wouldn't trade it in for a similar bike, but if I was looking for a new bike, the FZ-07 would win that competition among the 3. Actually, it already did. I think of all these middle weight bikes as tween bikes. They are faster than the starter bikes which seem to all lack something...acceleration, roll-on speed and passing power. The middle weights have all that, but do not have the screaming power of the super sports. I suppose the Street Triple r and FZ-09 are somewhere in between. If I could only ever have one bike to do everything, it would be the FZ-07. I used to say that about the Ninja 650r. I think Kawasaki will be upgrading the Ninja 650r soon due to the cheaper, faster, lighter-weight FZ-07. Really, a guy should have a bunch of bikes...a Grom for hooligan street riding and just plain fun, a scooter for maneuverability and storage for shopping, a Ninja 300 or maybe one of the new Honda CB300s out soon for a commuter and outstanding fuel economy, and a super sport for really fast riding or track use. If you had all those, you might not want a tween bike like the FZ-07, but on the other hand, with the FZ-07, you could use it for all those other activities. It's a great all-around bike. I guess I would throw in another specialty bike like the Zero S 8.5 which I own. Nothing really compares to that...light weight, full, instant torque, silent. You get out way ahead of all traffic effortlessly and noise-free at every stop light. Range, high cost, and available dealerships is really the issue with electric bikes, but that seems to be changing. I left out cruisers and touring bikes, but that's not my thing and if I owned one of those, I would go trade it in on a sport bike.