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[TheBoy]

yeah, my mate talks about the thrill of it all. but you've seen me drive TB... I like comfort and to ''waft'' from place to place in warm luxury. my biggest thing with it though is if you come off. easily could be game over. even if I had the right number of limbs you wouldn't get me on one. 

I agree, its nice to travel in a big old barge. But the excitement of a bike is impossible to explain, unless you've ridden one...

[brendan1983]

I doubt you'd see 100mpg from the CG, as TBH even you would be ragging the nads off it all the time.  But more than that, I think yo'd find it uncomfortable and hard going.

I get about 45-60mpg from my ThunderAce commuting - which is a 3 miles of filtering past stationary traffic usually

One of my friends does a similar commute on a YBR 125 (Yamaha equivalent of a CG) and get 90-100 mpg, it's temping to get a 125/250 just for commuting - but I think I'd rather save my pennies and put it towards getting an R1 instead 


To me the best benefit to commuting by bike is the trip I do would take 30-60 mins by car - on the bike its 10-15 mins regardless of what the rest of the traffic is doing.

[tunnie]

I doubt you'd see 100mpg from the CG, as TBH even you would be ragging the nads off it all the time.  But more than that, I think yo'd find it uncomfortable and hard going.

I get about 45-60mpg from my ThunderAce commuting - which is a 3 miles of filtering past stationary traffic usually

One of my friends does a similar commute on a YBR 125 (Yamaha equivalent of a CG) and get 90-100 mpg, it's temping to get a 125/250 just for commuting - but I think I'd rather save my pennies and put it towards getting an R1 instead 


To me the best benefit to commuting by bike is the trip I do would take 30-60 mins by car - on the bike its 10-15 mins regardless of what the rest of the traffic is doing.

I think I could squeeze that from a 125 too, temping for me too. But savings against my GS are not too massive, and the GS suits my height a lot more!

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have respect for bikes and have ridden a few but, there death traps and I have lost two many friends from them hence they are banned from our house.

Sadly the human body requires extra protection at speeds above running pace.

[AndyRoid]

But the excitement of a bike is impossible to explain, unless you've ridden one...

Very true, but it helped me understand why a dog sticks it's head out of a car window     

[omega3000]

Ive had some high performance bikes in my time , but cant explain why i want to own a CX500/650  ... Nice sounding V twins are addictive , like the RSV1OOO i had ... stonking low down grunt . Hopefully after the opp i can get back in the saddle again