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I recommend the SV650, theyre abundant, reliable, fun and effecient.
I have a 2000 sv650. I do drive for effeciency, however, 100% of my riding is through the worst LA traffic.
stock, I would top out about 50mpg
I changed the gearing and now get about 55mpg
I picked up a cheap 2000 ninja 250 thinking it would get even better mpg, but the best I got was 65mpg and usually more like 55mpg. Its a great bike but compared to the SV.... its more of a moped that can go 100mph.
I was looking at the same situation as you, older honda 500s or something like that, but my buddy who gets wined and dined all over the world to test ride and review sports cars and motorcycles told me "get an sv650, you'll never need another bike"
It's faster than any normal ferari or porsche or whatever, but gets better mpg than a prius. (this could very well apply to the other bikes you looking at too of course)
I picked up the best deal I could find a week later $1300 for a salvage title with 30k miles. well I'm almost at 50k miles a year later.
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