Dads 40th bday bike

[Andrew_Burnie]

Ant ideas on wat bike would be good for my dad
he had a bike about 10yr ago but he wants another 1 so i was wonderin wat would be good

he likes sport/performance bikes not tourers n shit
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Burnie

[JonB]

Well what bike did he have 10 years ago? What's the largest engine capacity bike he has ever rode?
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[R4nger]

A brolly girl that jumps out of a cake!

[G]

What's your budget?

I think a 'refresher' course would be a good start.

[jayluvmito]

sounds like a recipie for disaster....
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[Josh|RD125LC]

How about the hooligan machine of the 80's the good old Yamaha RD250/350LC. These things are mad, fast acceleration and a classic. Apparently one of the most stolen vehicles in the 80's.
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[G]

And nothing like what would be considered 'sports performance' ten years ago really, never mind today .

[strag]

[strag]

Anyway back to the question. Might be an idea, as mentioned, to get an idea what he likes first. As G said bikes have changed radically in 10 years. Is he up to speed on the latest machines or does he want an older bike? Engine size? If he wants sports I guess he wants 600cc upwards. Depending on, his size, type of licence, what he will use it for and budget, you need to give us a bit more info i think. Insurance won't be a problem if he has a clean licence, I got a 600 insured as a 'new' rider for £250 and pay a lot less than that now.
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[G]

[mchaggis]

[G]

Two people make the same mistake due to inexperience (be it through no recent experience or none at all) and one can easily come away with minor injuries while the other is taken out in a body bag .

My point was that these two groups have high levels of inexperieve and both often want to ride powerfull bikes.

[lurker]

No wonder the governement and know alls harp on so much about death and statistics so much.
The people that own the bikes keep going on about it all the time.
Theres so much more to biking than this, yet an unhealthy amount of time is spent talking about this subject on these forums.
Think the question was what kinda bike his dad would like for his birthday.
Dont think the age and accident statistics was included in there.
Think that Andrew_burnie has got a fair idea of his dads capabilities and wont go and get him anything thats likely to kill him.
BTW get him anything as long as its got a soft seat on it cause hes getting to an age where comfort will be high on his list of priorities.

[G]

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Conversations change their topic , especially while waiting for answers from the person who started it.

[Andrew_Burnie]

Soz about the long awaited post not been able to get on the net

he had a 600
the most pwerfull was a 750
and he decided he wants a suzuki gsxr 600 srad lol

are they any good?
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[JonB]

Yeah they have a big arse but they are nice, I'd be more tempted to get a GSXR750, yum yum.
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