Time for a change - recommend me a new bike

[inline4]

If your top end budget can be moved by 1000 pounds then how about an MT-10?

[arry]

[chickenstrip]

[arry]

[chickenstrip]

Fairy snuff
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[chickenstrip]

Anyway, with those feck-off huge dustbins that masquerade as exhaust cans on the B King, get rid of those and you'd likely halve the weight
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[bacon]

I think you need to go to a decent dealer and rack up a few test rides

My want list was similar to yours, I considered:

Z900
Street triple R 765
MT09
Z1000
Gsxs 1000


Test rode the street 765 (previously owned a 675) and the z900, both great bikes in their own right, then went and bought a 2016 MT09....price was too good to resist and I absolutely love it.

Only downside of the mt09 if you intend on taking it long distance are it's 14L fuel tank.

I didn't consider a speed triple, bit tall at the seat for me, plus the additional weight. As you get closer to 100mph, I'm sure the power would have made a difference over the street, but Id rather take the low weight.

Be interested to see what you end up with!

[arry]

[chickenstrip]

[arry]

It probably says Tuono to be fair. Diavel possibly too.

[chickenstrip]

This discussion pleases me in that it has shown me there are still some quite desirable bikes around. If I had money, I think I could quite get back into the damn things.
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[Polarbear]

A B-King trike

I think I could handle that. It wouldn't fall over anyway
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[DrDonnyBrago]

XSR900 is the milf equivalent of the MT09 if the looks of the MT09 aren't doing it for you.

I'm holding out for Yamaha to make an XSR1000 based on the MT10 .

[Pigeon]

Street Triple RS surely worth a test ride.

I really like the Kawasaki Z900RS. Its retro but done right, unlike the Triumph Thruxton R which is overly Chintzy imo.

Ducati ST4 or M900. But in some ways, may be too similar to KTM.

[FretGrinder]

[DrSnoosnoo]

[chickenstrip]

Tbh, I can't believe that someone who works in the insurance industry has to limit his budget in any way, shape or form. Maybe sell the luxury yacht, eh? Then you could have them all
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[arry]

[struan80]

£7k would get you a decent cruiser.

[chickenstrip]