Another Wot Bike M8 - what do brah?

[ScaredyCat]

2k will fund a lot of repairs on your KTM
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Still hoarding pound coins for my grom. I must change them up soon, new pound coins are imminent. Or I'll have
a plastic tub full of useless metal come the summer.
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[kramdra]

I dislike the newish 250,300,500 singles as they are made to shit quality.

I like the idea of the VT250, and its not many horses less than the 250rr.

[Robby]

[Rogerborg]

Mmm, it's eye opening how low the mileages are on the Duke 390s up for sale.

Plus, a bunch of new-old-stock - there are still 2014 models kicking around unregistered, Suzuki stylee.

Actually, it's surprising how few they've sold, under 1000. Same paucity of R3s and Ninja 300s. Somewhat of an exclusive club.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Oh, and buy a Grom, you know it's what you want. Big modding scene around them and the are really fun. Even more fun if a few mates have them too, although that could end in a big crash.
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[arry]

Would a 350 Enfield work?

[ScaredyCat]

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Why small CC and lots of revs?

Bit left field but 2k should get you an earlyish 600 Ducati monster, physically small but enough poke to make it fun. Buy one, run it for 12 months and sell it for what you paid and we all know Ducatis are cool innit brah?!

[Suntan Sid]

If I wanted something a bit out of the ordinary, I'd go for a Yamaha SR400 and modify the bejeezus out of it.
Could make a street decent street scrambler or cafe racer.
Might be a bit over budget though.
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[Rogerborg]

[arry]

[Rogerborg]

Kickstart only, I'll pass on the SR.

I'm finding:

Big bike for long trips and foul weather.
Enfield for relaxed sunny jaunts.
Ickle bike for commuter hoots.

To cover pretty much all purposes and seasons. Still want to try an MSX though, I could probably sling the pushbike out of the garage to make room.

Aside, I'm picturing you having some sort of Thai mail order missus. I don't want to be racist: I mean, Vietnamese, Laotian, it's all good.
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[arry]

[arry]

If this was £1500 I'd buy it:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-TU250X-CAFE-RACER-/172587009209?hash=item282efcc4b9:g:nVkAAOSwB-1Y0Tzp

Thoughts?

[Rogerborg]

[arry]

Pics will not be forthcoming - unlike Adam Aarons I'll be straight with you; arrypal will spectacularly fail to deliver.


On the bike front. Need to get something on the board in the next week or so, so that when I'm back riding Post-Op the cockless wonder can still hipster out with the ladies.

[Tdibs]

Been after a SRX600 for a while in a similar vein, but actually parting with the cash for one is the hard part

The cb400ss's are nice looking but a lotta $$
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[stevo as b4]

I think I'd avoid a Ducati as a 2nd, smaller fun bike. Being very Racist, but it's the old tales of them needing lots of looking after, belt swapping and complex valve adjustment for the simple bloke in a shed scenario. I'd be running over the next hill, unless it was for a main/best/pinnacle bike which to my mind would make the possible pain and expense worthwhile.

So yeah I'd replace my Fireblade with a big beasty red twin, or my KTM 990 with a Multistrada etc, but I'd not want an Italian as my cheap little scruffy guilty pleasure.

Oh and the seller of that ok looking but possibly a bit dull Suzuki 250 needs burning and horrific prolonged torture for calling it a cafe racer. The stupid bastard! It's a half hearted flat tracker but never will it be a cafe racer.

Whatever you do, don't have a go on Wot's big bored MSX, as I reckon if he got a few people to ride it, they'd be all converted into the MSX way of life and saving/hiding £££'s away to blow their load over saucy Japanese tuning kits and bling parts.

I've got to deliberately buy an old crap scooter this year, so that I don't find myself getting pulled into a Honda shop and signing up for the cult.

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

If your budget was more (and you could find one) I'd be considering a Yamaha SDR200, I keep my eye out but nothing suitable shows up very often.

In reality for the budget I'd consider a Honda Bros 650. Ignore what anyone says about it being similar to an NTV/Deauville. Theyre not. The chassis is essentially an NSR 250 so you may find it a bit too small if your tall. To put it into perspective I am 5"7 on a good day and could sit with my legs slightly bent with both feet down on it.

Grips and goes round corners extremely well, the engine can feel a bit wheezy on open roads but more than good enough for every day traffic (I imagine the 400 is going to be too little with only 30-ish bhp although I've never ridden one). Find some tight corners and it will feel like a toy bike. Parts are easy to get hold of as they were mostly generic Honda parts. The engine is almost indestructible as well.

Anything from £1-1.5k could possibly get you something roadworthy and decent allowing extra money for sparkly stuff.
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