Yeah, I know they are good bikes..but they also sell like hotcakes and the last 3 I have seen have disappeared before I could get to them. I was 30 mins late on an sv650 yesterday too... pissed me off. Really though the looks of the 500 are just so dated that Id rather spend a little more and get something slightly more with the times. Really I wouldn't turn one down if someone said they had one for sale, but its an issue of there just not being any decent bikes for sale in my price range right now, I'm not that picky.