Recommend me a bike?
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
Don't you want summat with a fairing to keep off the cold and rain when commuting?
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
Heated grips and screen! It's a commuter for sure! No akra.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165263824019 ... Swxkhh0gTX
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Bolt on tat-tastic!Taipan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:27 pm Heated grips and screen! It's a commuter for sure! No akra.
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Saves me doing it!KungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:31 pmBolt on tat-tastic!Taipan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:27 pm Heated grips and screen! It's a commuter for sure! No akra.
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
Ideal commuter, I don't understand why you're even looking at anything else. Get it bought
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I was awash with indecision over this and a 996...
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One of the reasons and considerations for change was the weight of the NCX. With a knee that oftens gives out on me when under load, maneuvering the bike in and out of parking spaces and across my garden to its parking spot is becoming increasingly difficult. So putting my practical head on I checked out the weight difference between the NCX and the MT07. Turns out its about 7 stone in old money! That is going to be undeniably noticeable when wheeling it about...
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Which one is heavier?Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:58 pm One of the reasons and considerations for change was the weight of the NCX. With a knee that oftens gives out on me when under load, maneuvering the bike in and out of parking spaces and across my garden to its parking spot is becoming increasingly difficult. So putting my practical head on I checked out the weight difference between the NCX and the MT07. Turns out its about 7 stone in old money! That is going to be undeniably noticeable when wheeling it about...
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And the Hardley will be light as a featherTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:58 pm One of the reasons and considerations for change was the weight of the NCX. With a knee that oftens gives out on me when under load, maneuvering the bike in and out of parking spaces and across my garden to its parking spot is becoming increasingly difficult. So putting my practical head on I checked out the weight difference between the NCX and the MT07. Turns out its about 7 stone in old money! That is going to be undeniably noticeable when wheeling it about...
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Academic really as they're probably both too heavy!Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:23 pmWhich one is heavier?Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:58 pm One of the reasons and considerations for change was the weight of the NCX. With a knee that oftens gives out on me when under load, maneuvering the bike in and out of parking spaces and across my garden to its parking spot is becoming increasingly difficult. So putting my practical head on I checked out the weight difference between the NCX and the MT07. Turns out its about 7 stone in old money! That is going to be undeniably noticeable when wheeling it about...
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And that must also bring the 690 back into play.Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:58 pm One of the reasons and considerations for change was the weight of the NCX. With a knee that oftens gives out on me when under load, maneuvering the bike in and out of parking spaces and across my garden to its parking spot is becoming increasingly difficult. So putting my practical head on I checked out the weight difference between the NCX and the MT07. Turns out its about 7 stone in old money! That is going to be undeniably noticeable when wheeling it about...
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
100 kgs.
50 gee gees.
Comfy for legs and knees.
TLGP winner.
Great in crap road conditions.
50 gee gees.
Comfy for legs and knees.
TLGP winner.
Great in crap road conditions.
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
Too fast for you
In seriousness, I don't think you'd like it, it's very much an inline 4 750, very linear power and likes to be screamed, it's also quite a heavy bike (214KG wet), you don't notice the weight riding it, but I do wheeling it out of the garage. I honestly think an MT07 or MT09 would suit you better.
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
So, the Honda is hauling 229kg about with 54bhp and the Yamaha is hauling 184kg about with 72bhp.
Wonder which is quicker of the line?
Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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Re: Recommend me a bike?
What about one of the 300cc A1 bikes that all the manufacturers sell these days.
I reckon the CB300R looks ace.
143kg and a mighty 31bhp, I reckon it would still be a laugh.
I reckon the CB300R looks ace.
143kg and a mighty 31bhp, I reckon it would still be a laugh.
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