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I did the same as you but at age 40. I bought a nearly new ER6f but in all honesty and although it was a nice enough bike and
I had some fun on it, it wasn't setting my world on fire. As a PROUD weekend warrior, who only rides for fun I hankered after
something that was a bit more fun and with more theatre. I found that combination in the MT09 (with added race exhaust).
For commuting though you're probably onto a good thing with the ER5. I have a mate that ran one for about 8 years, never let
him down and to be honest, apart from consumables it never needed much spending on it at all. I think I'd probably want
something a bit bigger were I to tour but otherwise why not ride the ER5 for a bit and see what you think. If you have
a zero outlay bike available to you that's in good nick then why not? ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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It'll certainly feel like you're living longer.
I jest, look at what I'm riding. It's a perfectly sensible plan. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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I'm 47. I have been riding bikes best part of 40 years, & had a full licence over quarter-century...... when they say "You'll get bored..." means that they expect you will have the same expectations they do, that the bike is like a play-station game, and IT is supposed to deliver the 'fun' when you turn it on.
Little hint, the 'fun' isn't in the bike, its in YOU.
Big bikes demand you take them a bit serious, hence I find they tend to 'lack' a lot of the fun you can have being a bit daft with a tiddler... which I probably AUGHT to take a bit more seriously, as at the end of the day, 125 can go as fast as any bike is legally allowed to in this country, and I can break just as many speed limits on one..... just takes a bit more effort!
Which is, to be honest where a heck of a lot of the 'fun' might be found.... ragging the crap out of the poor little thing, making it deliver 110% of all it has to offer.
It's a bit like siting down in a restaurant to a gourmet dinner...... "Yes, it's all very nice, but I couldn't eat like this EVERY night... I'd get bored of it!"..... and you know no different.... now go home, and cook yourself a bacon buttie..... it aint fancy, but its still tasty and YOU made it..... Now try cooking a lasagne...... (from 'base' ingredients!) bit more tricky, but a lot more rewarding, and so much nicer when you sit down top munch it!
ANY bike, can get boring, like your favorite dinner, IF it just becomes 'routine'
Big-Bikes are all well and good, but... ANY of them can get 'boring' if YOU let them...... then the 'change' is what offers the interest, adds the 'fun', and littluns can be as much or more fun from that difference as any, BUT its the change that's stirred the 'fun' to the surface; many riders find 'enough' difference just switching between different bikes of similar style or similar capacity, to stir their interest for a little longer... and as so many only ride high-days and holidays anyway, that 'may' be enough for them; but for other's, to get the 'thrill' back, they have to make a complete sea change; switching from a Hyper-Sports to a Motard, or Muscle-Bike to full-dress Tourer, or hop between, But STILL, they are looking for the BIKE to serve up the 'fun', which it has little ability to do....
What makes the FUN is the RIDING IT!!!!!
You just got to get out; crank miles, see scenery (and try not to become a bit of it!!) Different roads, different routes, different days, different WAYS of doing stuff..... THAT is where the 'fun' is to be found.
It Aint whatcha got, its whatcha do with it.....
VFR800?!?!?!? Will that be 'fun' for 2-3 years?!?!?!? Well, of all bikes ever built, I have to say that I found the veritable old VFR to be about THE blandest thing I have ever ridden....... bit like my Honda Civic car.... "Well what do you think?" to which I replied.... "err..... not a lot! No seriously! There's just NOTHING to remark upon!" The thing just did exactly what was expected, competently, quietly, without fuss or drama or niggle! It was about as remarkable and as much 'fun' as a washing machine!
I'm sure that like ANY bike, I could find the 'fun', going places, doing stuff, BUT it just ISN'T in the bike.... and of all bikes, the VFR is so well rounded it provides very very little 'added interest'.. which TBH is likely often desirable, unless you like trying to catch front end slides, or tame tail wagging antics and such... B-U-T.... to 'MY' mind, the VFR is a Honda Civic. IF you go search for it, you will find a lot of fun on it... but you could ANY bike.
VFR's forte is that it just does enough of everything its almost a one size fits all motorcycle, and I know enough folk who have owned a succession of them, who swear by them, and appreciate that all-round competence, that lets them go 'find' the fun, whether its a two-week tour of Spain, a week-end in the lakes, a day trip to the races, Or even a scratch round the circuit on a track-day.... VFR just gets on and does its thing and lets you 'find' the fun in whatever it happens to be...... mildly!
In a world of 'boring' bikes, where the ER5 is roundly critisised for its utterly utilitarian vanilla, a VFR is probably a natural progression, and likely to be that much 'more' of everything you hope and expect..... but 2-3 years? Like I said, its such a one-size-fits-all motorcycle, there are folk that have ridden them for 20-30 years and couldn't imagine buying anything else.... B-U-T
Fun is STILL not a quality that they can engineer into the mechanics. YOU have to go find it... hopefully the sort you prefer! Or any and every bike will quickly become 'boring' as you get over the new-toy-euphoria, and acclimatized to what it has to offer.
So sod the bike.... 'just go RIDE!!!!
That's where the fun's to be found, and what bike comes next doesn't matter.. Right here, right now, JUST ride THIS bit of road you are on, as far as the event horizon you can see! Don't be worrying about what may or may not be around the third corner to come, that you cant see yet.... there may be nothing there.... worry about THIS one coming up! And if there's NOTHING to worry about...... ENJOY! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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Old Thread Alert!
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