Can vouch for this myself. Keep on top of the oil, don't ride them for longer than 30 secs at a time. SV's are stupidly fragile when it comes to oil starvation. But the torque is nice for popping them from a standstill.

You may find that overfilling slightly helps, but if you keep it up for too long then, the oil goes into the airbox and you get a shitload of smoke going on. (see link)

Other than that, its quite good for wheelies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBpPY62VnvA