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Honda CB500X |
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Honda NC750X |
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16% |
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Kawasaki Versys-650 |
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50% |
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Posted: 12:43 - 08 May 2017 Post subject: |
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From what you are look for, a Tracer 700 or 900 would be a good shout.
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Posted: 17:50 - 08 May 2017 Post subject: Re: Decent bike for inexperienced rider? (Honda CB500X, NC75 |
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Alpineandy wrote: | Not a great list of options there.
The Versys is the best of a pretty boring bunch.
You'll very quickly get bored of the CB500X, even though it's a very decent bike, but it's just not especially good at anything.
The NC750 is another very decent bike but with all the character of a washing machine.
Oh, and I fixed this for you;
l8machine wrote: | I like wasting money so i'll buy a brand new bike. |
Buying a new 1st big bike usually (Not always) is a mistake.
You can't actually know what qualities you really want from a big bike until you've owned one for 6-12 months.
I get the impression that 'Finance' will be involved, So buying new just puts you in the situation where it's really difficult to change a bike for one that actually does what you want, without losing money.
You've enough experience with bikes to have learnt not to drop them the way most newbies do, so that's not so much of an issue when buying a bike with plastics.
My recommendation would be to spend £2-2.5 on your first bike.
You can get a boring bike (if you want) as it's only a learning tool to give you the knowledge of what you really want. Then consider buying a new (or nearly new) bike.
Personally I always prefer a bike which someone else has lost money on whilst they get any issues sorted, rather than buy new and get stung by dealer servicing costs whilst they wait for parts to arrive from HQ.
Plus a new bike doesn't automatically mean reliable but it does mean expensive. |
I would much rather buy used, and am constantly looking for used bikes, but so far I have found nothing (in the 500-800cc adventure category). All decent ones I've found are close enough to brand new in terms of price, that I might as well buy a new bike. Another issue is that I can only afford about 2.5k (not including gear/insurance etc) without finance, so anything more, I'd need to buy from a dealer.
Where would you recommend to look for used bikes (I've never bought one in the UK)? |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 329 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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