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Posted: 22:23 - 06 Jul 2018 Post subject: Re: Getting back in the saddle |
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CB1100? ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
20 RE Interceptor, 83 Z1100A3, 83 GS650 Katana
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Even better - a KTM Duke 690
Not that fast but a seriously fun tool on twisty roads. If you're only in your 40's you've probably not realised yet that you're not a Rossi clone (it took me well into my fifties)! I don't want to come over as all old age and sensible because I'm not, but I gave up on modern sportsbikes because I got frustrated by never being able to use the performance on the road. The 690 on the other hand spends it's life on the rev limiter and on the edge of it's big fat, sticky tyres. It's given a few "sports bike riders" something to think about in the short time I've owned it. |
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Even better - a KTM Duke 690
Not that fast but a seriously fun tool on twisty roads. If you're only in your 40's you've probably not realised yet that you're not a Rossi clone (it took me well into my fifties)! I don't want to come over as all old age and sensible because I'm not, but I gave up on modern sportsbikes because I got frustrated by never being able to use the performance on the road. The 690 on the other hand spends it's life on the rev limiter and on the edge of it's big fat, sticky tyres. It's given a few "sports bike riders" something to think about in the short time I've owned it. |
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Posted: 10:33 - 07 Jul 2018 Post subject: Re: Getting back in the saddle |
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Rogerborg wrote: | Bikeless wrote: | biking in the forties [...] I need the speed. |
And born again. The perfect trifecta for planting yourself in the landscape. |
If you feel like planting yourself in the landscape, go touring, make sure you at least plant yourself in a worthwhile landscape.
I agree with stevo - you haven't given us enough to help you decide on what to get. But recman's idea is not so bad. A fun bike, not so mental that you'll be likely to plant yourself in the first landscape you see, enough to see if you're still really up for it. Something like a 2010 model should be cheap enough that it won't be the end of the world if you decide it's not really what you want to do anymore, but if you don't enjoy one of those at least a bit, you're already dead. ____________________ 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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Hang on, we haven't had a report on his missus. We might want him out of the picture.
Duke is probably a good shout though. Hooligan enough for most geezers trying to recapture their long lost youth () but without needing to crank it up to Ludicrous Speed.
If KTM made them in human heights it'd be on my list. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Rogerborg wrote: | Hang on, we haven't had a report on his missus. We might want him out of the picture. |
If he heeds my advice and goes touring, you'll get at least a week. ____________________ 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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stevo as b4 World Chat Champion
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Once scrutineering is complete, Roger might be calling for full Fireblade SP with the jumpy gearbox, or a wSb1000RR HP4. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 295 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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