Taipan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:44 pm
Bikes are only bought for a purpose for me and that is commuting, so the MT will get used whatever the weather. Basically, if I can get grip, I'll go. But I have to say I'd much rather jump on a scoot in heavy rain, or bitterly cold weather, as the weather protection on them is so much better than naked bikes. Also, I love buzzing round town on scoots anyway.
Sometimes I really wish I had a garage, but in many ways I'm glad I don't as I could see it filling up with bikes bought on a whim!
I do actually fancy a scoot, one of those bigger ones, but I live up north and if I owned a scooter here then everyone would assume that I'm a bender.
Re: a garage - I'm teetering on a knife edge, I've got a garage and two workshops, I could fit another couple of bikes in very comfortably, I spend every night looking on eBay for bikes (that's how I found the SL). I blame being poor when I was younger, now I want to buy up everything that I couldn't afford back then - and I'm purposely avoiding Preston, the Ducati shop there has a Desert X in the showroom, even if I happen to be passing by I'll probably be coming home with it
Taipan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:44 pm
Bikes are only bought for a purpose for me and that is commuting, so the MT will get used whatever the weather. Basically, if I can get grip, I'll go. But I have to say I'd much rather jump on a scoot in heavy rain, or bitterly cold weather, as the weather protection on them is so much better than naked bikes. Also, I love buzzing round town on scoots anyway.
Sometimes I really wish I had a garage, but in many ways I'm glad I don't as I could see it filling up with bikes bought on a whim!
I do actually fancy a scoot, one of those bigger ones, but I live up north and if I owned a scooter here then everyone would assume that I'm a bender.
Re: a garage - I'm teetering on a knife edge, I've got a garage and two workshops, I could fit another couple of bikes in very comfortably, I spend every night looking on eBay for bikes (that's how I found the SL). I blame being poor when I was younger, now I want to buy up everything that I couldn't afford back then - and I'm purposely avoiding Preston, the Ducati shop there has a Desert X in the showroom, even if I happen to be passing by I'll probably be coming home with it
I love scoots and am in a bit of a quandry over two at the moment. I keep wanting to buy another SH300 as a winter hack and having a top box would be handy for the occasional days I need to carry stuff. So I keep hovering over the buy it now button on eBay.
Whats stopping me is I also want a smaller lighter scoot to go on the back of my camper van, so the wife and I can pop into town for lunch and buy supplies without having to break camp and take the camper into to town to look at all the parking spots I can't fit into!
If I buy a Peugeot Vox 110cc it will go on the back of the camper okay but will be too underpowered for my commute into town. I certainly don't want to buy 2 scoots, so really don't know what to do? Decision, decisions...
Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:13 am
If I buy a Peugeot Vox 110cc it will go on the back of the camper okay but will be too underpowered for my commute into town.
I've always thought the Norton was a lovely looking bike and that's from someone who has no nostalgic connection with the British bike era. Given the company's recent past history I'd want the luxury of a comprehensive warranty,or let a few others be the owner/ guinea pigs.
Skub wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:58 pm
I've always thought the Norton was a lovely looking bike and that's from someone who has no nostalgic connection with the British bike era. Given the company's recent past history I'd want the luxury of a comprehensive warranty,or let a few others be the owner/ guinea pigs.
Warranty is worth buggery nothing if the company, and hence part supply, has gone the way of the dodo though.
If you're after that sort of bike you'd have to be daft or very rich to look past the various equivalent Triumphs instead IMO.
Skub wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:58 pm
I've always thought the Norton was a lovely looking bike and that's from someone who has no nostalgic connection with the British bike era. Given the company's recent past history I'd want the luxury of a comprehensive warranty,or let a few others be the owner/ guinea pigs.
Warranty is worth buggery nothing if the company, and hence part supply, has gone the way of the dodo though.
If you're after that sort of bike you'd have to be daft or very rich to look past the various equivalent Triumphs instead IMO.
From my point of view I've yet to see a Triumph I like the looks of,they leave me stone cold. I think I'd buy a Homda first!
Skub wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:58 pm
I've always thought the Norton was a lovely looking bike and that's from someone who has no nostalgic connection with the British bike era. Given the company's recent past history I'd want the luxury of a comprehensive warranty,or let a few others be the owner/ guinea pigs.
Warranty is worth buggery nothing if the company, and hence part supply, has gone the way of the dodo though.
If you're after that sort of bike you'd have to be daft or very rich to look past the various equivalent Triumphs instead IMO.
From my point of view I've yet to see a Triumph I like the looks of,they leave me stone cold. I think I'd buy a Homda first!
Funny init when I was bike hunting the Street Triple should have been very near the top of my list but I just don't feel Triumphs at all either. My mate's one is lovely but it does nothing for me at all. I couldn't explain why either. Odd how you can just have a bike manufacturer that doesn't work for you.
Supermofo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 4:39 pm
Funny init when I was bike hunting the Street Triple should have been very near the top of my list but I just don't feel Triumphs at all either. My mate's one is lovely but it does nothing for me at all. I couldn't explain why either. Odd how you can just have a bike manufacturer that doesn't work for you.
Yeah,there's no logic involved. Both Honda and Triumph make great bikes,but.......
The Garner era Nortons were badly designed and poorly built motorcycles, when I had a proper look two things put me off buying one, the bikes were wank and the people I dealt with at Norton were very obvious fraudsters, I posted it all on the old forum. Anyone that actually bought one was had over, it's as simple as that. I had my money in hand and was about to give them a deposit for one of their special builds, I'd basically placed an order, but before I handed the money over I started asking difficult questions and they realised I'd seen through them and they couldn't get me out of the door fast enough. It was a very unsophisticated Ponzi scheme.
I think it's basically the same bike and I'm not even a little bit interested in buying one now.
Michael Mann cheerily smiling though what seems a bit of a mediocre bike is enough to put me off. I was surprised it was so 'cheap' but now I can see why.
ChrisW wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:56 pm
Michael Mann cheerily smiling though what seems a bit of a mediocre bike is enough to put me off. I was surprised it was so 'cheap' but now I can see why.
