Noob passed DAS, looking at bike options

[Zebrs]

Morning all, looking for some advice from the knowledgable folk on here.

I passed my DAS late last year and put the bike buying on hold until the weather starts to warm up a bit. A bike will only be a weekend one - I commute into London from the south so not an option for day to day biking, except maybe for the train station on occasion.

So it comes down to what bike. I like the naked sports bike look with low slung exhausts. I have narrowed it down to a few and would be interested in opinions on these. I passed on a ER6N, which I found quite buzzy and thought if this was due to the twin. As such I have tended to look at triples or il4s. I've also convinced myself ABS is a must.

Triumph Street triple - looks great, seems to get great reviews. Good all rounder.

Yamaha MT09 - as above, maybe not quite same build quality, questionable front suspension but not sure I'd notice tbh

Honda CB1000r - if I was a bit less sensible I'd probably already have bought one of these. Likely more power than I need, but this is probably where I'd end up in a few years.

Yamaha XJ6N - the sensible choice imo. I think they look great, certainly the insurance is the lowest of all these by a fair margin. Are they a bit boring?

Budget wise up to 6k but would prefer a bit less. Would welcome any thoughts on the above.

Cheers,

Z

[Bigvern72]

I wanted a triumph street triple but couldn't afford a new one and the 2nd hand ones were a couple of grand more than I wanted to spend - so I went for a Yamaha xj6 diversion. It does what it says on the tin.....plenty of power there for a first timer (like me); but also have. Triumph America for some fun lazy biking too.

I have no point of reference to compare and contrast lots of different bikes though, but the xj6 is nice enough. If you've got the money though I'd go for a striple......
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[Hefty]

I passed my mod 2 my on an XJ6 & loved it, great for riding about town. If moneys not too big an issue i'd go for the Striple though.
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[bamt]

I don't think any of them are bad choices. Be aware that you are likely to drop your first bike (if only a fumble when pushing it around), so either buy something you don't mind scraping or budget to spend some money on crash guards (bobbins, engine guards).

I'd also be tempted to go a bit cheap for the first bike rather than blowing your budget; you don't really know what you want, so may want to go through a few bikes as you scratch itches or just want something more revvy/torquey/higher/lower/etc. It's less painful to chop and change cheap bikes. Mrs bamt went through three bikes in her first year before finding one that really fitted and suited her - funnily enough (but quite co-incidentally) going down in cost each time.

[Copycat73]

[NasmoH]

Correction

Ninja 1000 kawaski modified illegaly. and not H2r or whatever he told me about, because I got confused as I have no background, so my apologies to everyone.
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Nasmoh

[wr6133]

[wristjob]

[ZX-7R]

[NasmoH]

What are you talking about? My neighbor is from Lithuania, I think thats the spec of his bike from what he told me. I am totally new into the bike scene, and could use some corrections. I do make mistakes.

However what is this hostility, stop this hate posts god damn it. I am not here to fight, I took his bike on a ride he promised me once I passed my mod2.
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Nasmoh

[NasmoH]

He is from Lithuania! WHO ARE you to tell me where my neighbor is from or not from? he lives on my left, and on my right is a guy and his family from cyprus.

Have some respect, not all of us on this forum are white english blue eyed dolphins for crying out loud.

edit: What ever this kawaski, is thats the name I got off him, and he told me 1250cc, I dont know if legal or illegal. Stop the hate ffs [/img]https://i.imgur.com/082DZiu.jpg
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[Hefty]

[grr666]

I thought white dolphins were chinese? I am is confuse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_white_dolphin
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[NasmoH]

Lol, they can be.

blue eyed dolphin is a phrase i picked up from australians, when referring to white Caucasian person.
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Nasmoh

[ZX-7R]

[Hefty]

[NasmoH]

I'll post a video tomorrow night and you can tell me its specification.
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Nasmoh

[NasmoH]

[wr6133]

[wristjob]

so this 300hp h2r is actualy a z1000sx acording to the pic you found on the net and posted here.
and while they are a quite good tourer they are hardly the last word in performance or handling.

so just admit that some guy let you ride his dreary tourer and you felt the need to sex it up a little(a lot)

estonia?

[faffergotgunz]

[NasmoH]

Yes I already admitted up top about this mistake, it came at a great cost because I had a misunderstanding and lack/knowledge of bikes.

However what worries me is your comment on Estonian and Belorussian, I welcome you to visit me in east London so that you can sit with me and my neighbor and ask him for yourself if he was Lithuanian or not.

I am a muslim and of an arabic background and my wife is iranian ashkenazi jew, why not you take a stab at us or our religion while you are at it?
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[NasmoH]

[ZX-7R]

[NasmoH]