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Matt B |
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Posted: 17:56 - 07 Feb 2017 Post subject: Got me a tourer - GSX1250FA |
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https://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w462/MattB70/IMG_20170207_153438254_HDR_zpsywee84mw.jpg
Yes it's a 1250 Bandit with a fairing, but it also has uprated suspension and a different dash.
It's big, comfy, lazy, nice and upright, has a gear indicator. Bags of torque and should be good for bashing out thousands of miles round Europe.
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very nice sir ____________________ Past - 1988 honda revere 600, 1996 kawasaki gpz500s, 1999 Yamaha R6
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Posted: 08:43 - 08 Feb 2017 Post subject: |
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Nice. Just what I could do with.
I'm looking for a tourer to go with my ZX6R.
You can never have too many bikes. |
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Howling Terror wrote: | What luggage will you be using Matt? |
Going to use the Kriega stuff I already have on it. US30 tail pack on the pillion seat and a US10 on the tank. Hard luggage on these is too bulky for me and I don't like the framework left behind when it's taken off. The US30 is enough for 2 weeks away if you pack carefully.
stevo as b4 wrote: | Have you still got the bandit 1200 too? If so what are you going to use all these bikes for realistically, and do you keep them all taxed and insured all the time or rotate them?
I'd struggle to use a ZX12R and ZX6R as they are both big fully faired sporty bikes just being over simplistic the only huge difference is engine size. |
I sold the B12 last year. I really liked it but the lack of any fairing was hard work at motorway/NSL speeds for any length of time. Hence the GSX.
Yes I keep them all taxed and insured - this one is less than £80 fully comp with protected NCB so it's not too bad.
They are in no way similar, you cannot even begin to put a ZX12 and a ZX6 into the same category. One is a big, long, heavy 200hp hyperbike that held the dubious title of world's most powerful production bike, the other is a small, (relatively) light, nimble supersport. If you rode them back to back you would see that they are massively different. They may not look hugely different but they are poles apart.
ZX6 - incredibly easy to ride and massively forgiving. Gets used as my winter bike and for things like track days and twisty stuff. Too high revving and buzzy to tour on really.
ZX12 - it's an animal that gives 30-35mpg on a good day. I have toured on it but it's hard work on really tight stuff and costs an absolute fortune in fuel. Brilliant for smashing out miles on motorways Autobahns at 150mph if you have deep pockets.
GSX1250 - different riding position, different characteristics, not in any way hard work, better mpg than the ZX12, also easier and cheaper to maintain. ____________________ stinkwheel: He had an animated .gif of a cat performing fellatio. It's not socially acceptable. It can have real life adverse effects on other people. |
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looks great Matt. If my Sprint doesn't make it I might look at one of those myself. ____________________ Licence: Nov 2012, Bikes: Suzuki GN125, Moto Guzzi Strada 750, Triumph Sprint ST 955i x 2
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Best colour for them ____________________ I want your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
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Posted: 18:45 - 17 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Got the exhaust on it. At least I can hear the thing now.
https://i.imgur.com/AvyV0mI.jpg
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Nice bike!
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Very nice ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Posted: 22:53 - 17 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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That does look like the kind of sensible bike I should be riding, and find myself looking at more and more. |
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Pigeon wrote: |
To be fair, weather has been shit, the bike is a 260kg tourer.
I'm sure they will be trimmed by the end of summer. |
No excuse! I've done a mere half a dozen rides this year, here in the frozen north, and even I've done better than those.
Grading: could do better if he tried.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 31 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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