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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: damon80 on 30 January 2009, 23:46:50
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After some advice!
I'm after (yet another) return to 2 wheels. But this time, I want a bike that I'm going to keep for years.
I'm very interested by the new Triumph Bonneville's and Thruxtons (more swayed towards the Thrux tbh - the Bonnie is too much like the Kawasaki I got rid of a couple of months ago)
But I'm also getting swayed by some of the 0% finance offers on some Kawasaki's (I like the ER-6F) and Suzuki's (V800).
Sports-bikes tend to be quite painful for me to ride - had waaay too many knocks in my Rugby League playing days, and get bad pains in the tops of my legs after riding a sports-bike for more than 20mins.
Anybody got any advice on these bikes, or anything else to throw into the mix?
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The Bandit's a good all rounder. 8-)
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Aye, rode a Bandit 6 before (albeit a 96 model) - very light for its size, but seemed to be a bit lacking in low-down grunt (but went like a stabbed rat over 8 rpm!)
What I loved about my old bike was its low-down grunt. Which is what I'm after with me new bike.
There's one thing I'm learning - once I find something I like, I should stick hold of it!! I was the same when I got rid of me old Miggy, and now I'm the same with this! One day, I'll learn... >:( :-[
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Some decent ex Police bikes, at the mo, on ebay :o Summers coming..... :y
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There is a huge selection of naked bikes around these days,might be best to study spec,draw up a shortlist of bikes which are suitable,then study prices and do some serious haggling.deep midwinter +deep recession should = cheap bike wether brand new or used. :y
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Some decent ex Police bikes, at the mo, on ebay :o Summers coming..... :y
Aye, looked at a couple where I got my Miggy from, but they tend to be Honda ST1100's or Beemers, which are too tall for my short @r$e...
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There is a huge selection of naked bikes around these days,might be best to study spec,draw up a shortlist of bikes which are suitable,then study prices and do some serious haggling.deep midwinter +deep recession should = cheap bike wether brand new or used. :y
Exactly bud - which is why I'm looking at buying now.
My short-list is basically...
Plenty of low-down grunt
Low-down seat (for afore mentioned reasons! :-[ :) )
Comfortable 2-up (for SHMBO)
Happy cruising at 90mph (for trips onto the continent)
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Sold an unused Ducati monster s2r1000 last week ::)
low seat and enough low down grunt to pull out tree stumps,comfy as an armchair and sit at 90+ all day long.
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]Sold an unused Ducati monster s2r1000 last week ::)[/highlight]low seat and enough low down grunt to pull out tree stumps,comfy as an armchair and sit at 90+ all day long.
You did,? or do you sell bikes for a living.... :)
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Sold an unused Ducati monster s2r1000 last week ::)
low seat and enough low down grunt to pull out tree stumps,comfy as an armchair and sit at 90+ all day long.
Are you Jim Bowen?? ;) ;D
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mrs won it in a competition . :y
Had another bike delivered a few days ago that she won,its only got pedals though.It does have disc brakes and fiorks which are adjustable for preload/rebound.called a Bianchi Mazda zoom. ::)
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]mrs won it in a competition [/highlight]. :y
Had another bike delivered a few days ago that she won,its only got pedals though.It does have disc brakes and fiorks which are adjustable for preload/rebound.called a Bianchi Mazda zoom. ::)
Do you want to swap? ;D ;D ;D mine won the Bingo flyer at our caravan site last October, £750 but woud rather have had the bike. :y
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v-max ! fastish , dont handle so ya wont kill yerself on corners :y
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v-max ! fastish , dont handle so ya wont kill yerself on corners :y
Gorgeous lookin bike, but still a bit on the tall side for me... :-[
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How about something like a TDM900...plenty of grunt and comfy too. ;)
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Have you tried a Bandit 1200? Goes like a stabbed rat (LOL) everywhere above 2,500 rpm. Especially pre 2001 models.
Fast enough to keep up with sports bikes on road (and track actually) too.
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get a harley ticks all your boxes,and more options than you can think off
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get a harley ticks all your boxes,and more options than you can think off
Yeah :-
Handles like an omega
Fuel consumption of an omega
;D
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get a harley ticks all your boxes,and more options than you can think off
'04> Sportsters are rubber mounted motors and would be the best option if you wanted to do prolonged 80mph+ long distance runs.
I have an 883 converted to 1200 with a Screamin' Eagle ignition module and Andrews N4 cams.
Away from the lights it leaves my mates BMW M3 in the dust up to 70mph (dunno which of us was most surprised at that ;D)
About 50 to the gallon and that's not hanging about. Low seat height and can be lowered more with a bolt on kit.
As a rough idea:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HARLEY-DAVIDSON-SPORTSTER-XL-883C-2001-BLACK-NICE_W0QQitemZ370147817035QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycles?hash=item370147817035&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
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get a harley ticks all your boxes,and more options than you can think off
Yeah :-
Handles like an omega
Fuel consumption of an omega
;D
If the Miggy is a 2.5td ;D
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...or for silly money...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-HARLEY-DAVIDSON-XL1200-SPORTSTER-BLACK_W0QQitemZ180319062904QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycles?hash=item180319062904&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
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...or for silly money...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-HARLEY-DAVIDSON-XL1200-SPORTSTER-BLACK_W0QQitemZ180319062904QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycles?hash=item180319062904&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
Think I could find someting better to spend that sort of money on... :)
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get a harley ticks all your boxes,and more options than you can think off
Yeah :-
Handles like an omega
Fuel consumption of an omega
;D
A HArley which handles ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
My car handles quite well thankyou
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i`ve started to get the bike bug again i`ve found meself buying mcn each week and looking at ebay for cheap middleweights like a gt550/750 or cx500/650`s..... ::)