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MarJay But it's British!
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Posted: 18:56 - 14 Nov 2017 Post subject: Anyone else get the 'November fever'? |
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Is it just me, or does anyone else get the urge to buy a ludicrous bike around November time?
Around five or so years ago I got the urge to buy an RGV250, I ended up with a KR1S. After that it was a Buell (which I bought) but I toyed with the idea of an NSR250. The year after that I was saving for a house, and the year after that I bought the house. Last year I toyed with the idea of a TZR 3MA, and now I'm looking wistfully at two strokes on Unobtanium, ebay and wherever else I can get my grubby mitts on pseudo-GP bike pr0n.
I keep seeing NSR's and 3MA's and going 'oooh'. I already have enough bikes really (no more space!) but I could perhaps spare a couple of grand to drop on a nice 2t gem. I know, I know, I have a KR1S and I should make that work, but I'm damned if the November fever hasn't caught me again.
I can't justify, store or ride another bike so I WILL have to make do with the KR... but it's this time of year, it seems to send me crazy. Back to the Summertime and I'll have forgotten the KR again and will be mainly pelting about on my Street Triple, but right now that seems an awful long way off.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/x-cAAOSwmDxZnVWf/s-l1600.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/C7wAAOSwzppZ8J-t/s-l1600.jpg
https://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/NSR/news/nsr_meeting/mc21.jpg
Five grand for what is effectively a grenade with the pin half pulled... even two stroke and November madness can't justify THAT level of insanity!
Now, where are those cheap 911's on Pistonheads... ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another. |
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JAMSXR |
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JAMSXR World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:11 - 14 Nov 2017 Post subject: |
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I really want a 2 stroke in the garage, if only to ride a few times a year, I need one in my life. I’ve got a soft spot for Aprilia, especially as the RS125 is what got me hooked on bikes, so the 250 is top of the list.
Unfortunately right now I only have room for 1 motorcycle and 1 MTB... First world problems
I also peruse 911’s on a regular basis. ____________________ Honda SFX50 > Aprilia SR125 > Aprilia RS125 > Honda RFV400 > K4 GSXR600 > KTM Duke > C1H 636 > K3 GSXR1000 > Aprilia RSV-R > Triumph Street Triple R > Ducati 899 Panigale > Aprilia Tuono 1100 > Triumph Daytona 675R > KTM SuperDuke 1290 2.0
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MarJay But it's British!
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garth World Chat Champion
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I get this. Hence the gsxr750 sat in the shed that I won't ride until spring and couldn't really afford. ____________________ You ain't a has been if you never was |
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stevo as b4 World Chat Champion
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Interesting thread!
To answer your question, in a word No.
At this time of the year my trigger finger normally only pursues bike parts, or projects. Maybe if I was serious then a pukka off road competition bike for the winter.
My time is in March-April when it's getting lighter and warmer. I see all these bikes come out in the evenings and think I need to be riding. It usually co-incides with when I've got a shed full of non running broken bikes, and haven't got round to fixing them.
Something tells me next spring I might be looking round for a cheap used twist and go scoot, just to get me out the house. But what I'd really like is a newish modern seriously trick big supermoto bike for silly back lane blasting on.
That Husqvarna 701 SM for example would do very nicely! |
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I fairly regularly have a look at Motorcycle Giant, but I'd never buy anything as they're hideously overpriced. Only a genuine XR400 Motard (never seen one in the UK) would tempt me.
Edit: How much? https://motorcyclegiant.net/honda-nr-750/ (38k in the early nineties apparently). |
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Ste Not Work Safe
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Posted: 21:41 - 14 Nov 2017 Post subject: Re: Anyone else get the 'November fever'? |
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Marj, you need a bigger garage. |
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Enduro Numpty Could Be A Chat Bot
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Posted: 21:46 - 14 Nov 2017 Post subject: |
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You only get the urge in November? I suffer the whole year |
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I suppose I look a little harder during the off season, in the hope something needs gone, but doesn't reach enough of an audience.
I missed out on a very cheap Kettle last year, so I'm still hopeful a bargain 4LO will come up some day. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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There's one of those in a dealer near me, along with a number of other 80s and 90s race reps. Think I posted photos of some of them on here one time. Apparently all in one guy's collection. SRAD GSXR750, GSXR1100, 4XV R1, CBR400, RGV250 etc. I think the Kwak H2R next to them is his too, jammy git.
I don't get the itch to buy bikes at any particular time of year. I just see things here and there all year round that I'd quite fancy if I had the spare cash. But I'm like arry now in that I'm really happy with what I've got, and it is indeed a nice feeling. My bank account thinks so too ____________________ 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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Motorhate Nearly there...
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 156 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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