Survival bike what would you choose ?

[TheSmiler]

Been done to death more than likely, but I'm going to be in the market for a new bike. I was going to do this on my k100 that was stolen. But didn't have the knowledge or means to get it back on the road.

Just done this to get ideas of possible next bike.

So what would you choose
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[M.C]

C90

[stinkwheel]

Enfield Bullet 350.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

Why would someone's fantasy of an apocalyptic landscape and being a lone survivor with nothing but a motorcycle give you 'an idea' of what your next bike is going to be?

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Honda XR650L

I'll get one next bike purchasing time.
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[Alex A]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

For easy welding I chose the 650L with the steel frame.
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[Itchy]

[TheSmiler]

[Old Git Racing]

C90, most popular bike during the Vietnam war, the 20th century horse.

OGR.
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[Mawsley]

[Azoth]

Any single cylinder smallish-engined Japanese bike, with easy roadside repairability (access to engine without removing the tank, etc) designed for easy user maintenance. Air-cooled with less to go wrong. Better if it looks cool and can give you a fighting chance to outrun bandits and gangs of killers in 4-wheelers on the highway (both considerations would rule out 125s, in my opinion). An under-stressed engine. Nothing that's too complicated to fix, or which requires highly specialised tools to service (ruling out a lot of rideability gizmos).

A first-gen (1980s and 1990s) Yamaha SR400, modified with uprated shocks and semi off-road tyres would be cool. But that isn't new. A lot of new bikes may superficially resemble that old classic, but lack its simplicity.
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Safety in numbers

[Rogerborg]

Depends whose "survival" is paramount.

Pre-zompocalypse, with new bikes being produced: buy a newer bike. At some point it'll be cheaper than chasing down a queef grobbler for your 1982 HonZuki.

Pre-zompocalypse, but with no more new production: Bandit 600, CBR600F or (urgh) R1200GS. For long term bike survival, parts supply is everything.

Post-zompocalypse: any pedal cycle. Probably a Halfrauds special, to start with. For long term self-survival, the ability to keep moving is everything.
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[TheSmiler]

[Azoth]

[Cronik]

CG125

For reliable, fuel efficient, zombie-slaying madness!
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[stevo as b4]

As said it depends on what kind of survival and world your doing it in.

For total lack of civilisation and roads and hot desert climates etc a large air cooled single trail bike sounds about the best. But then an understressed engine like the BMW R80GS that would run forever on very poor grade whatever you can find/make fuel could be better? A hard worked single could expire more quickly maybe?

If survival was more road based and you needed to fight and compete with other killing outlaw thugs for fuel/food/ shelter etc, then you'd need a tough strong and powerful roadbike.

My fantasy mind is now thinking supercharged V-max, or if the roads were more twisty then a GPZ900r with nitrous maybe?

What you wouldn't want is a C90 with a top box full of sarnies when your being chased down by the Night Rider, bubba and his chained up mate, or an outlaw bike MC etc.

[mentalboy]

[CaNsA]

[Ste]

Time to try and out run the apocalypse?

Well that's easy, I choose your bike.

[Ste]

[sickpup]

[andyscooter]

a Yamaha bruin quad

400cc single and can pull a trailer full of supplies and you can fit a gun rack on it

https://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/andyscooters/M08200_1.jpg
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[Loui5D]

KLR650