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haroman666 |
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haroman666 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 09:34 - 12 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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I can advocate CBR600f's
Cheap to buy (Sub £2k)
One of the cheapest to insure.
Not the most blisteringly fast out of the IL4 600 offerings but definitely adequate for UK road funtimez.
Literally run forever, regardless if you pour cement into the sump and throw bricks at it.
Big comfy seat. Easy on the wrists.
Suspension has some twiddly knobs as standard.
Not a criminal's first choice to have away and break down for ebay
EDIT: In fact I may as well go whole hog and say VTR too:
All points above but add in that it's not an IL4 600 and it is the thirstiest bike known to the biking community. Ragging the hell out of it sees ~90miles to a tank. ____________________ The mistresses: 2000 Honda CBR600f, 2000 Honda VTR1000 |
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el_oso World Chat Champion
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Posted: 11:36 - 12 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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haroman666 wrote: | I can advocate CBR600f's
Cheap to buy (Sub £2k)
One of the cheapest to insure.
Not the most blisteringly fast out of the IL4 600 offerings but definitely adequate for UK road funtimez.
Literally run forever, regardless if you pour cement into the sump and throw bricks at it.
Big comfy seat. Easy on the wrists.
Suspension has some twiddly knobs as standard.
Not a criminal's first choice to have away and break down for ebay
EDIT: In fact I may as well go whole hog and say VTR too:
All points above but add in that it's not an IL4 600 and it is the thirstiest bike known to the biking community. Ragging the hell out of it sees ~90miles to a tank. |
I don't see how much difference the CBR600F is going to be from the fazer. Very little in it in terms of road performance and characteristics. It's still a bike that you need to give it some to get it moving all delivered very linearly. Different enough to swap bikes from and to, but not different enough when you're aiming for two bikes.
The VTR is a good shout though. It's certainly on my list of fun bikes to acquire. Just need to find one that isn't hundreds of miles away. ____________________ Duke 390
Previous: '05 XR125L | '96 XJ600S Diversion |'05 Suzuki GSXR1000 | '05 Honda CBR125-R | '97 YZF 600R Thundercat | '11 Honda CBR250
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Moxey |
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Moxey World Chat Champion
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Posted: 12:41 - 12 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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From my limited knowledge of the area I'm going to recommend a ZX9R mainly for the bang for buck value, ridden two of my mates (an F2 and a C1).
The F2 is the more sporty of the two (the C1 felt a little more spacious and comfy) and for a 2003 sports with 130+ bhp the prices are great for that sort of machine (my mates F2 is immaculate with only 12k miles, set him back £1500 last year) the other lads C1 was £1200 but that was in 2015.
Don't think there's anything particularly wrong with them reliability wise (other than some gearbox issues on the early models I understand) I think they are overlooked on the basis that they aren't quite as light or powerful as the competition.
I didn't necessarily find either to be lacking in handling or performance but then its way more than I would normally expect of a bike personally. ____________________ Current: 02 FZS 1000 Some Bike Pics...
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Rogerborg |
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Posted: 13:33 - 12 Sep 2017 Post subject: |
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el_oso wrote: | I don't see how much difference the CBR600F is going to be from the fazer. |
I preferred an FZS600 to a CBR600F. It felt marginally quicker, but that might just be the lack of fairing and an engine tuned to deliver a bit lower down. The FZ6 is reportedly revvier than the old Fazer, so I'd expect it to be pretty much a wash with the CBR.
So, I agree, get something different. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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