£1500 (£1700 and knock down maybe) budget... What you got ?

[weeksy]

A CBR600 is the answer to most of these questions. That VTR is interesting too, I loved mine and would have another.

Troo dat. Not the most exhilerating bike out there,but it'll get you where you want to go. 1300 quid?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144976846168 ... R9zD1uPYYQ

Using that logic, i'd just ride the ZX6R that i don't fit on either

[matt]

There's not much about for that kind of budget nowadays, especially for a bloke who is a bit of a perfectionist.

All the obvious ones have already been mentioned sv 650,hornet ,CBR etc and you'll end up spending loads of time and money on any of them to get them to something you'd be even remotely happy with.

We all know where this is going to end anyway, so, I say you may as well go and get the bestest ,newest ,mintest low mileage KTM 690 duke you can find and bugger the finance lol

[Skub]

Using that logic, i'd just ride the ZX6R that i don't fit on either

Pah,for 2 or three miles up the road once in a blue moon,it won't matter if you fit or not.

[weeksy]

We all know where this is going to end anyway, so, I say you may as well go and get the bestest ,newest ,mintest low mileage KTM 690 duke you can find and bugger the finance lol

I can promise you it's not... It's about a 50% idea in my brain at best currently... the budget could stretch to a 690, but it's not a place i want to go. I was just thinking that a £1500 is a £1500 bike today, tomorrow, in a month... Especially if as you say, i'm more of a perfectionist than most. But i don't have the time or inclination to make something perfect currently as i've got half a dozen MTBs that need that.

So it was just a buy in winter, use if i want, if i don't, sell it and get £1500 back.

[Demannu]

Guy local to me has a 96 Blackbird with full luggage for £1800, it's a100hp euro spec with 5k on it.
It's carbs so should be an easy derestrict

[Count Steer]

Guy local to me has a 96 Blackbird with full luggage for £1800, it's a100hp euro spec with 5k on it.
It's carbs so should be an easy derestrict

5k in 27 years??!!

[Bustaspoke]

Just a thought & a bit left field.If your just knocking about locally on it,how about a cheap trailie?

[weeksy]

Just a thought & a bit left field.If your just knocking about locally on it,how about a cheap trailie?

I did look earlier, but i think if i went out with the lads, even on Tiger 800s (for example) the trailie would be left struggling to maintain enough speed for many bits. Something like that CCM makes a lot of sense, but i'm still not convinced on their reliability.

I'm struggling to see past that silver Firestorm at the moment. I've only ridden one once, around North Wales/Bala area and was quite taken with it..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304825376072

There's a yellow one too and a lairy orange one on Gumtree.

[tricol]

Describe weeksy's motorbiking in a short sentence.

'In and out like a fiddlers elbow'

[weeksy]

Describe weeksy's motorbiking in a short sentence.

'In and out like a fiddlers elbow'

Nah, just random ponderings, i was also debating another MTB

[tricol]

My point stands

I'd have an SV.

[Skub]

Guy local to me has a 96 Blackbird with full luggage for £1800, it's a100hp euro spec with 5k on it.
It's carbs so should be an easy derestrict

5k in 27 years??!!

It's more common than you'd imagine.

I know a chap who bought a new GSXR1000 K5 in 2005 and it has around 1k miles on the odo.

Some folk tell themselves,they didn't use it much last year,but maybe they will this year,then the years move on...

[Count Steer]

Guy local to me has a 96 Blackbird with full luggage for £1800, it's a100hp euro spec with 5k on it.
It's carbs so should be an easy derestrict

5k in 27 years??!!

It's more common than you'd imagine.

I know a chap who bought a new GSXR1000 K5 in 2005 and it has around 1k miles on the odo.

Some folk tell themselves,they didn't use it much last year,but maybe they will this year,then the years move on...

I suppose it's good fortune for whoever gets their hands on them if they've been stored properly. I just couldn't leave stuff sat there, not because of the cost, just because all that time, energy and material went into making something to be used and enjoyed.

£1800 for that Blackbird looks like a gift for someone.

[the_priest]

My Speed Triple 995 (ULEZ Registered). Needs exhaust gaskets which I have. New low miles shock on it, all bushings done and a spare set included. What more do you want! £1500 to take it away with spare plastics and some spares. And it is black, so the best colour of all.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The same Z750 that I put in the £2K thread, but you don't like 4 cylinder bikes, in which case buy an SV650, I don't like 4 stroke twins, but an SV is almost acceptable, they're just a bit dull.

With the criteria of being a cheap Sunday plodder or a trip to the shops bike, a 4 cylinder wouldn't worry me.

In that case you can borrow my FZ750 if you want to, all the bits to fix the leaky fork seal come with it, and it could do with a good clean.

[Tricky]

A CBR600 is the answer to most of these questions. That VTR is interesting too, I loved mine and would have another.

Troo dat. Not the most exhilerating bike out there,but it'll get you where you want to go. 1300 quid?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144976846168 ... R9zD1uPYYQ

Yup, probably the best option and the one Skub links to looks tidy for the money, dreadful exhaust can aside.
They're a bit dull though IMO- this is where my money would go in that situation

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275726049244 ... media=COPY



Or if you fancy trying something different, you could do worse than one of these.....

[weeksy]

Yup, probably the best option and the one Skub links to looks tidy for the money, dreadful exhaust can aside.
They're a bit dull though IMO- this is where my money would go in that situation

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275726049244 ... media=COPY

Got one, in white... pointless... can't fit on one or enjoy riding one.

[Tricky]

Yup, probably the best option and the one Skub links to looks tidy for the money, dreadful exhaust can aside.
They're a bit dull though IMO- this is where my money would go in that situation

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275726049244 ... media=COPY

Got one, in white... pointless... can't fit on one or enjoy riding one.

In that case, this could be the answer - gwan- the 955 is a nice engine

My Speed Triple 995 (ULEZ Registered). Needs exhaust gaskets which I have. New low miles shock on it, all bushings done and a spare set included. What more do you want! £1500 to take it away with spare plastics and some spares. And it is black, so the best colour of all.

[weeksy]

Yeah i was looking at STrips the other day when i thought "what may 'fit' me?" and along with a Tuono (which seem to be demanding big money), they were also something that's a 'Mmmmmmm'

[weeksy]

My Speed Triple 995 (ULEZ Registered). Needs exhaust gaskets which I have. New low miles shock on it, all bushings done and a spare set included. What more do you want! £1500 to take it away with spare plastics and some spares. And it is black, so the best colour of all.

I've not followed your thread/discussion on it fully, so will go have a little looky... but feel free to ping me a PM matey.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165906915450 ... R9Lkh-_YYQ

That was one i looked at, although more than i'd really want to spend and a chunk more than the Firestorm. I'd have to find one locally to sit on and see if i could ride one though.