They both are 600cc motorcycles and a friend from Dubai had an FZ6 previously(which was discontinued but the more powerful version of FZ6r). As I was researching further - I found that some individuals on the motorcycle forum had suggested that SV650 was cheap on insurance and so was FZ6r. Honda had a few choices CBR300R and Ninja had 250, 300, and 400.
An RC390 was on the top of my list (even Duke 390 was ok)- I had an RC/Duke from a friend for a bit and I really enjoyed the experience. So with that criteria, I started looking at smaller cc bikes that are not typically categorized as sport bikes but more of a sport-tourer. Nah, actually I just wanted to enjoy a sports bike while I can. The seating should be cramped and force me to rethink my fitness levels. It should have a clip-on and be really uncomfortable. My only condition then was that I wanted a sports bike, a naked/adv/cruiser won't do. And it's funny some people are able to do that. But isn't there a workaround you might ask? There is always a workaround but usually involves paying insurance double the cost of the motorcycle itself, sometimes more per year. They need to build a riding history before even thinking of buying an R6 or a ZX10r and prove that they're responsible riders. A new rider won't be able to afford a SuperSport bike right away. Building a good driving history became the first priority. Rest won't even touch a Daytona - since I'm a new rider with no previous history of riding in Canada. what Daytona? Btw, that was the only insurance company willing to quote me. A staggering 400$ quote (per month) gave me much needed jolt back to reality and by the end of that call. But read some forum posts and decided that the best thing to do is get an insurance quote for all the motorcycles I'm considering in order to not make the insurance companies richer than they already are. In my mind, it was always the Daytona 675r. My story was that I was looking for a Supersport 600cc motorcycle. There are so many forum posts, articles, and videos of this bike, you can customize it to the moon and back. SV has a 1000cc sibling too called SV1000, which is rarer to come across. The best thing about this bike is that it's available in different versions: naked, clip-on, fully-faired, bikini faired, semi-faired. It came out in 1999 and it's still one of the offerings of Suzuki even though the form of the motorcycle has changed a bit. The bike has remained the same mechanically (sort of) for the past 20 years.
Suzuki struck gold with this motorcycle, at least in North America, looking at the sheer number of SVs around. I have also seen newbies and intermediate riders getting this bike for more seat time. I have seen some experienced riders turn it into a Track-tool.
This motorcycle is called a poor man's Ducati because the engine note faintly resembles a Ducati twin. BHPian voyageur recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
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