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el_oso |
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Posted: 14:48 - 13 Sep 2017 Post subject: 2nd bike |
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Been looking for a second bike for a while, wanting something different from a traditional sports bikes, so been looking at supermotos and big v-twins.
Had my eye on the dorsoduro, RSV1000 and VTR1000 Firestorm. Just stumbled across this on eBay.
Are they really this cheap? Anyone have any experience of the 690? ____________________ 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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<Buzz Killington> I wouldn't call £3000 for a 9 year old bike exactly giving it away. Granted, it's only 10,000 miles, but looking at sold listings, very nearly every Duke 690 sold has done under 10,000. </Buzz Killington>
Sort of want, if they did them with seat heights for actual humans. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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I'm possibly in the market for a second big bike. I have my eye on the VFR1200 as a contender. I specifically want
shaft drive and a relatively comfy riding position as if I go ahead and buy bike#2 it will need to be a big comfy all day bike. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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arry wrote: | el_oso wrote: | Hard to say without sounding stupid, but it was 'good' at everything, which unfortunately meant it have no stand out characteristics. With a sporty 600, you had to rev it to make it fun. With a sport 1000, you'd open the throttle and either be thrown off or get whiplash. The 675 felt uneventful at low revs, yet would still be quickish, but no real kick when you hit peak. |
Totally get that. Some things can actually just be too good. |
I think that's part of why I wasn't too sad to let my Street Triple go. I found it had a very linear power delivery, with no real 'kick' anywhere. I enjoyed it more when I caned it, and loved it's agility and the awesome soundtrack when doing so, but that ability to pull from low down in the rev range was a bit...confusing. If it had a fairing, it would have made a good all-rounder, but those kind of bikes aren't known for sheer grin factor. At first, that made it too much like my Fazer (although the Fazer is like having more than one bike in one package; at least it has the shove at 7k rpm to make things interesting when you want it). Trouble was, I started to cane the Triumph everywhere, and I felt it put my licence too much at risk - more so than the faster litre bike, which I feel quite happy to bimble around on more of the time, knowing the speed kicks are there when I do want it.
The Fazer is really good at just about everything, but not too good I suppose, although I can't fault it. It just suits me and the riding I like to do. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 226 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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