3.5k to spend, dislike of sports bikes

[Pie-Roe]

Hey, as the title says, I have 3.5k to spend and a dislike of sports bikes.

Sports tourers that are fast and fun, supermotos and 'muscle' bikes are what I'm into. I have a car for everyday use, but when summer comes around I'd like to commute by bike ideally. I don't like sports bikes, I have a weak right wrist and shoulder and it hurts them a fair amount.

I'm toying with the idea of buying a husaberg fs650, however the maintenance is putting me off. Been looking at aprilia sxv550s but I know nothing about them and they are quite expensive, rode one around a roundabout one time, seemed fun. In theory more reliable, but it is aprilia? I keep saying I mean to get into greenlaning, however I never actually get around to it.

I just wrote off a cb1100 x11 (naked blackbird basically) while I loved it's power, size and touring ability, fuel economy and ease of riding, I want something a little bit more flickable in the lanes.

I liked the old RF900 series, had two of them but they are expensive and dated now for what they provide. Basically I don't know what to buy and want to not impulse buy this time!

Any ideas?
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Triumph Tiger
Yamaha TDM
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[pepperami]

Must admit if I had that sort of money to spend on a good bike, I`d have a look at the TDM also .

My mate had one and it seemed to be a damm good bike.
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[temeluchus]

triumph tiger does look like it would fit the bill.
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[rac3r]

Aprilia Tuono?

Once winter is here you might be able to get a Hypermotard if you're lucky
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Should be able to get a pretty good Vmax for that money.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

How much are early 1050 Speed Triples going for now.
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[Poseidon]

If you don't mind the stigma of a Ducati badge, you can get a decent monster S4 for that money. Very nimble and a bags of grunt. Tank range isn't great and the clutch is heavy in slow traffic, but if you get one with termis, you can't help but get drunk on the noise it makes. They're very easy on the eyes too.

Biketrader throws this one up
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[WannaBeDude]

Street Trip poss R or Motoretard thingy me bobs

Street Trip poss R or Motoretard thingy me bobs

[Pie-Roe]

To clarify, a tiger is not ideal for me, I either want big and lardy, or small and punchy, not an inbetween

I don't like monsters, rode a m600 dark for 2k miles commuting, it was shite.

Would consider a 1050, but again expensive. It's hard to find a trustable review of the aprilia svx, was hoping someone on here had one.
Flatmate used to have a mille, I presume a touno has the same engine? In general don't really like big twins.
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[TheSmiler]

Tdm 08 model is amazing never ridden it obviously but it was the first bike I ever went on. Amazingly comfy on the pillion seat and pretty neat at handling great brakes as well.
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[moppy]

Thoughts on cruisers?

[neatbik]

KTM 625/640/660 smc?

[stonesie]

GSX 650F?

Nice relaxed rideing position on them, did a swap with a mate for my SV for a few miles on a rideout, he wanted to swap back before I did

[Sam_Y_93]

KTM superduke? I know you said you don't like big twins but it fits everything else.

There is a fair few on ebay for 3-4k
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[ClockworkJesu...]

Super-light carbon-framed push bike?
I kid.

Honda Shadow VT600?

[Polarbear]

[Pie-Roe]

Cruisers are not conducive to having fun in corners and wheelies as far as I'm aware, if I'm wrong, feel free to point out how so.

Ah, that explains why everyone on thumpertalk raves about the 550 (or 5.5 as they call it) but avoids questions on reliability.

I'm not big on KTMs, had two bad experiences with them. I don't like the styling of the TDM. Flatmate had a GSX650F, would have been a wonderful bike as a first bike, very forgiving and predictable.

How many horses do the original Vmax have? I could deal with one of those.
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[G]

Streetfightered gsxr1000?

All the'good' bits of the sports nuke with out the riding position.

[iooi]

Surprised no one has mentioned Kawasaki Versys.

Very good ride on the courtry lanes. Very flickable, releliable, good mpg.
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[Daimo]

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[P.]

Only ridden one SM, Binge's YZ450F... thats mental Enough power to have a laugh with...in any gear

The only other that springs to mind is a DRZ, but you've had one?

A 1998 V-Max on paper is apparently 98hp with 100nm of torque. Shafty as well

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