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I guarantee that within 6 months you'll be bored with it.
If you're not, you have no business owning a motorcycle! ____________________ Triumph Sprint ST 1050. And it's Red. |
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Small bikes? I'm over them A "bigger" bike is barely bigger in size and weight and there's no law that says you have to rag the thing all the way... although plenty here will disagree ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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The answer is ... an SH300 scooter!
The reality is a 300cc engine probably isn't going to have enough oomph to "get out of trouble" no matter what chassis it's in. It'll be a lot better than a 125cc, but you'll be accelerating slowly at 70mph, and if you're going to be in any kind of trouble that acceleration could be a meaningful help, it's on a motorway (IMO).
Otherwise, SH300 has cheap insurance, good MPG, upright seating, with ABS and is available for 4k very close to new. They were only £4.3k brand new a couple of years ago and the model has been superseded by SH350.
It's not what you're looking for, of course. It's practical and excellent if most of your journeys are on sub-50mph roads (city, suburbs, occasional dual carriageways). But most people don't want bikes for practicality.
Otherwise I recommend looking at bikes that focus on torque over power. So a CBF600 rather than CB600F (Hornet), or CB1000F rather than CBF1000, by Honda's way of classification. Or a twin cylinder, those tend to be tuned for torque over power, e.g. an ER6. Look for bikes in the 6xx cc class with lower power figures rather than higher; they'll tend to have more power on tap at lower revs, for that "torque to get out of trouble", where you'll probably be in too high a gear. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 314 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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