I'm gettin fcukin old

[Polarbear]

I did the Wooten Bassett ride on my busa and I was i absolute agony at the end of it.

May be its time for me to grow old gracefully and give up sports bikes. I have (not for long) a Triumph tiger 955i and love the seating position.

A 1050 tiger maybe instead. Does anyone else here have adveture bikes they really love?

That new Yam?
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[Paulington]

Get an enduro and man up. .

I hear good things about the new Triumph ST in terms of speed and comfort, maybe have a sit on that?
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[Tonka]

I went down to Somerset to sit on the new Mulitstrada, as it's the only adventure bike I can actually get on without a stepladder!!

Very nice and if I had the money I would like to add that to the Tonka Collection! I'm quite glad of the change in riding position between the road bike and the offroad bike though, as it's a great reminder that I mustn't throw the SV about like the Serow!
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[Marmalade]

Get a pan euro.

Off to algarve:sun: on mine in 3 weeks time.

1500 miles in 2 days and back again 8 days later https://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo141/bramble43/gifs/smiley-transport016.gif
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[chris-red]

[hmmmnz]

go for a big muscle bike, a gsx1400 or if your a yam fan the xjr1300
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[Clanger]

I wonder if you should go the cruiser route...
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[hellkat]

I've [still] got a Super Tenere 750 in pieces in my shed.
Best bike I ever had, loved it.

Would have another big trailie in a minute, and would rather think about taking something like that touring, than go on one of them bent-over sports bikes.

I'm only 48, too young for a Goldwing yet.
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[Tarmacsurfer]

[hellkat]

Good point, hadn't considered stripping all the junk off

Although yeah, now you mention it, I have a mate who had a silverwing, which we teased him about, but which he stripped, so yeah ... maybe.

Still ... not just yet, eh.


hellkat
still hiding some (but not all) grey hairs
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[BanditJeff]

I'm 50 this year and had to give up the sports bikes a few years ago now. I bought the Bandit 1250 so i could have a reasonable amount of power with a more upright riding position, but i'm even struggling with that on long journeys.
I recently bought a DL650 as a second bike and the upright riding position is a joy, so i now use that for any journeys over 100 miles or doing rallies and just use my Bandit for sunday rideouts.
I dont think i could live with a big trailie as an only bike as i would miss the creamy smooth power delivery of an inline four, plus i only really get a buzz out of a bike that is 100BHP plus. But as a second bike the V Strom is superb and it gives me a completely different riding experience.

[rac3r]

BMW
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[G]

The 955i I always thought had a pretty horrible riding position - long and low bars. I don't mind low bars if they're fairly close to the seat on a sports bike. Or long bars if they're not too low (my zx9 was fine and had a bit of a reach). Even the two together it's not a big issue for all-out riding, but not great for sitting in traffic.
One of the reasons I got the GSXR is it's got one of the least-extreme riding positions of the major sports bikes.

Oh and I have an 'adventure' bike that I like - but it's a bike for adventuring, not posing outside a cafe .

[27cows]

Surely the Hayabusa isn't a young person's bike. You'd have to be having a midlife crisis to buy one of those hideous bulbous abominations
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[Polarbear]

[alone]

Tiger 1050 with the Sprint ST's engine? I'd like to try that...
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[Polarbear]