Most well rounded bike?

Whosthedaddy · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Karma :

Read enough posts in various topics and you get a fair understanding of the pros and cons, what bikes are best used for, their strengths and weakness' and of course their cool factor.

However, 'what bike represents all things to all men' (and women of course Wink

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My winner would be....

....The Honda C90 Thumbs Up

https://perso.orange.fr/mike.werner/BlogPics/Honda-C90.jpg

Cheap

Industructable and bullet proof

Sold in their millions world wide

Nippy

Excellent commuters

Ride it on L plates

Loads of luggage space

Can easy take a pilion or 2 or 3 or the whole family Laughing

Fuel economy

Whats your idea of the most versatile bike?
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quik_d · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Karma :

Not from personal experience but a gerneral consensus i've been given the impression a VFR800 is a do it all bike. Of course i bet you could easily take the C90 offroad wheras the VFR might suffer more Very Happy

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phatstorage · Trackday Trickster Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Karma :

would have to agree with you there Daddy'o.
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Cub 90 all the way, shame they don't make 'em any more, whats the equivalent now?

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hmmmnz · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

my vote is with a big enduro with a rotax lump
a bmw f650 , mv,armstrong (military dirt bikes), apprilla pegaso, ccm,

cheap, reliable, fast enough to do long highway journeys, able to go off road with ease, parts are plentiful,
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https://notch.sakura.ne.jp/nao/bike/img/sv650s.jpg

Thinking

I still wouldn't mind one either...

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hmmmnz · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

yep thats the one lol Mr. Green

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Zen Dog · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Karma :

Most well-rounded bike? Mine obviously!

And the bike mags agree. In fact, im getting a bit bored of articles saying how fantastic my bike is now.... Very Happy

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_Will_ · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Karma :

I vote c90 also Mr. Green

Never seen one not run, even the ones in experiments where they drop them off of 50 story buildings and smash with wrecking balls Laughing

And the experiments where they take em offroading/stick a fairing on and stick a fireworks on the back.

Bestselling bike in the world and its easy to see why.
They can do anything literally.
Commuting
Daily workhorse
Winter hack
Racing
Offroading
Stuntbike
Touring
Crashing
Adventure riding
The good ol' c series

/edit forgot the imperitive pizza delivery.
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mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

In a world where nothing else was on the road i'd have myself a c90 or a cg, or if i lived in outer mongolia and there wasn't a yak to ride.

All depends on where you ride, what you need to carry and how many of you your carrying, anything that will do it with the minimum of fuss, be reasonably comfy and cheepish is a good bike Thumbs Up

(piddleing over most cars is a bonus)
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mark83 · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Karma :

VFR 800 or CBR 600f.

End of.
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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

To be the most well-rounded bike I'd expect it to be able to be used in the widest variety of applications, weather conditions and road types.

No race-rep sportsbike is going to fit that bill.
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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

VFR, CBR and another one to add to the ring - the r1100gs. It can apparently hustle pretty well in the twisties, which is quite suprising, and it certainly proved it's ruggedness in the long way round. It can do as the honda can, and it can go on the rough stuff, too.

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_Will_ · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Karma :

ANY bike can be used for something other than its main use - take nick sanders on his 20,000 round the world trip on a from new r1.
The c90 IS used for everything and more importantly has been for many years Mr. Green

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banzai · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Karma :

you can do anything on any bike but none will do it all as well as the r1100gs. it may well not be everyones cup of tea but it is the daddy of all motorcycles, end of story.

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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

Well KTM thopught the guys wouldn't, after taking advice off someone who had done it.

I asked Charlie Boorman if HE thought the KTM would have made it and he said "no way".
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Gazdaman · I did a trackday!!! Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Karma :

Bandit!

Can do 150miles to a tank (carefully)
Can do 130mph top whack
Can tour all day
Can do twisties better than you'd expect
Can do a trackday nae bother
Engines are nigh on indestructable
Faired ones have a decent bit of wind/weather protection
They aren't that ugly

Ok, you can't ride it on L plates, ok the engines are /as/ indestructable as some...

I think the bandit does everything well. (Except crash, broken frame anyone?)

Gaz

Harold_Shand · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Karma :

Africa Twin, I think. For this precise reason I have been having a little think about getting one next year.

I've not ridden one yet, but they really do seem to be able to it all.
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Harold_Shand's theory might be the best explanation.

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

The transalp a better everyday bike, the africa twin is more offroad orientated and allot less comfy (due to the more offroad geometry and suspension) saying that i'd probably till go for the AT if i could have reached it Razz

Trouble is any serious offroading is risky, as the waterpump is the first thing that would be smashed to smitherines in the event of a big rock hiting the underside... have seen the TA and AT go arround the world quite happly

If you do get one GET A NEW SEAT! the stock one is beyond crap. (alternatively refoaming the stock one would be easy enough with some vynl e.t.c.)
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