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Hello and welcome
Congrats on DAS pass, welcome to the world of biking.
Have you looked into a pre loved Street Triple! Could get a nice round light Striple for that money!
____________________ Riding: Yamaha MT-09 Tracer Occasionally Riding: 08 Suzuki SV650, Potato: 2011 Yamaha YBR Custom.
Used to ride: 2015 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (smidsy) 09 Triumph Street Triple (P/X'd) 08 Yamaha YBR (Sold)
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Striple is a lovely bike, but not for a pillion.
The problem you have is what you are comfortable with now, you might be bored with in the not to distant future. I used to change bikes like my socks just for the fun of it.
Have you got some dealerships you can go to and sit on bikes. do it with your missus so she feels part of the choosing. It will give you brownie points and when she moans the seat isn't comfortable, you hjave a ready answer, you chose it.
If you are doing lot of 2 up stuff. I would be looking at an adventure bike. Plenty to chose from for all budgets and not really a bad one around. There are a myriad of luggage options for when the wife brings the kitchen sink for them all. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Polarbear wrote: | Striple is a lovely bike, but not for a pillion.
The problem you have is what you are comfortable with now, you might be bored with in the not to distant future. I used to change bikes like my socks just for the fun of it.
Have you got some dealerships you can go to and sit on bikes. do it with your missus so she feels part of the choosing. It will give you brownie points and when she moans the seat isn't comfortable, you hjave a ready answer, you chose it.
If you are doing lot of 2 up stuff. I would be looking at an adventure bike. Plenty to chose from for all budgets and not really a bad one around. There are a myriad of luggage options for when the wife brings the kitchen sink for them all. |
Good morning! We have been to our local dealers to narrow down the list. I wouldn't say it will be used regularly to carry a passenger but would just like that option to be there. All of the above bikes seemed pretty good. |
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Ahoy, and good news: you're looking at the right bikes. Polarbear is right that you'll likely want to chop and change for a while, but you won't have problems selling any of your choices - just don't expect to recoup anything like a dealer asking price in a private sale.
'Adventure' bikes are also a decent shout, they're the new do-anything machines. V-Strom 650 is the default no-surprises machine, but you aren't going to go far wrong with anything 600+ made in the last decade.
However, since you like fairings and are already thinking Suzuki, one to consider is the GSX1200F. It's pretty much the definition of "a lot of bike for the money". Don't be put off by the engine size, it's low tuned and will only go as fast as you want. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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The GSX1200/1250F is a good shout but if you go for one of these get a full luggage version, they didn't all come fitted and as said before, hard luggage costs an arm and a leg.
You can always take it off and leave it in the house. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Check the collector on the exhaust where the 4 pipes run into 1.
https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history
Put the reg in here as though you were going to sell it (then pick a body style and such)
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bikes/sell-my-bike
Then look on the right of the screen, where it will show whether the bike has been recorded as written off. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 244 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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