NBT: I've just bought my forever bike!

[ChrisW]

But can you find the key?

Cable-tied to the paddock stand?

[Yorick]

From the land behind the shed of plenty..,

I 'liked' that but what I meant was

Why exactly was that not in the loft of plenty????

He's been using it as a BBQ

[Taipan]

From the land behind the shed of plenty..,

I 'liked' that but what I meant was

Why exactly was that not in the loft of plenty????

But can you find the key?

Probably why it was there and not in the more sacred ground of the loft-of-plenty!


Key and lock are only about £15, or was the last time I looked. They'll certainly be cheaper than a whole new box...

[Taipan]

Thinking about it, there is a topbox in the loft-of-plenty but its from my MT09 and is still on the MT rack. I really must sell that set up I suppose and a full Black Widow system for the MT as well!

[KungFooBob]

It's between the dad sea scrolls and the ark of the covenant.

[Couchy]

Lovely, but was it more expensive than the 800 mile old 1100 I’m selling ? Not that matters I’ll reckon you’ll love it

Edit - you wouldn’t know how much mine was as I haven’t put the ad up here I thought I had

[Taipan]

Lovely, but was it more expensive than the 800 mile old 1100 I’m selling ? Not that matters I’ll reckon you’ll love it

Edit - you wouldn’t know how much mine was as I haven’t put the ad up here I thought I had

Yes, i assumed it was over my budget and long gone anyway!

[matt]

Lovely, but was it more expensive than the 800 mile old 1100 I’m selling ? Not that matters I’ll reckon you’ll love it

Edit - you wouldn’t know how much mine was as I haven’t put the ad up here I thought I had

Let's see it then !

[Taipan]

Collection is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) morning. You can expect a full and comprehensive review early afternoon...

[MrLongbeard]

Collection is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) morning. You can expect a full and comprehensive review early afternoon...

Have you sold it yet?

[Yorick]

Collection is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) morning. You can expect a full and comprehensive review early afternoon...

Have you sold it yet?

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[Taipan]

I sat on it and thought WTaF! Its like riding a shipping container. Its fookin' massive! In the handbook under dimesnions, instead of having handlebar width, they should put "Wingspan"! Anyway, off to find a garage and it feels slow, heavy and devoid of brakes. At this stage i'm not sure what to think?

Anyway, round to Tesco and fill up with momentum. It only took 14.58 liters and i'm sure its a 18-liter tank, so it should have a good range? Through the heavy traffic in D mode and I remember how stupidly quick te DCT changes up in the mode so I put it into S mode, dunno which one of the 3 S modes it is, but its a lot better, feels more responsive and hangs onto the gears longer. Thats more like it.

I leave Colchester and onto the A12 and into a average speed zone and no chance to stretch its legs here. I have to turn off and head out through the villages towards my daughters place. Things i'm noticing is the Pirelli Scorpion Rally tyres squirm a bit, or at least the front does. The steering feels so slow after the Duc and CB1R but I'm slowly getting used to it. Its kinda slow to go over , then almost falls and you oversteer? By the time I get to my daughter's place, the bike is starting to feel much better. I'm not disliking it at all, but it's just so different after my previous two bikes.

It suddenly strikes me how comfortable I am. I'm sitting up like i'm sitting at a desk. I notice it has bar risers and how right the stretch to the bars feels. Seat is firm and I can feel it, so to speak, but new bikes often feel like that? I realise that i'm just comfortable on the bike and i'm not in any sort of pain with my left leg. This is good. Very good.

After a cuppa with my daughter i head for home. I've been out too long and i'm supposed to be working, so I get a bit of wiggle on. I dunno why, but after a half hour off of the bike, it felt familiar when i got back on it. Riding down the lanes i felt confident on the long bends and tight turns. I found myself liking it more and more with every mile.

Back home and I find it is a behemoth to push around and get into its parking position. I'm not sure i'll be able to park it where i normally park my bikes, but taht's not a deal breaker. I have a look round it and by God its clean and I mean weeksy standard clean. Its a bit of shame that i'm going to ruin it with year round commuting, but thats its purpose. Kudos to the previous owner for its condition though. Speaking of commuting, Pirahna is right, this aint no filtering king! But it is bloody comfortable and I hope I can live with the trade off?

So, the $64k question, is it a keeper? Well it kinda has to be really! Whether I like it as a keeper remains to be seen as its early days yet, but early indicators are good...





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[Count Steer]

Hideous!

[Yorick]

. Its a bit of shame that i'm going to ruin it with month round commuting,

Ftfy

[KungFooBob]

Aces.

I always find it funny when I've been riding an ADV bike with a big front wheel and then jump on a sports bike and almost hit the inside curb on the first corner as the faster steering takes me by surprise.

[Buckaroo]

I sat on it and thought WTaF! Its like riding a shipping container. Its fookin' massive! In the handbook under dimesnions, instead of having handlebar width, they should put "Wingspan"! Anyway, off to find a garage and it feels slow, heavy and devoid of brakes. At this stage i'm not sure what to think?

Anyway, round to Tesco and fill up with momentum. It only took 14.58 liters and i'm sure its a 18-liter tank, so it should have a good range? Through the heavy traffic in D mode and I remember how stupidly quick te DCT changes up in the mode so I put it into S mode, dunno which one of the 3 S modes it is, but its a lot better, feels more responsive and hangs onto the gears longer. Thats more like it.

I leave Colchester and onto the A12 and into a average speed zone and no chance to stretch its legs here. I have to turn off and head out through the villages towards my daughters place. Things i'm noticing is the Pirelli Scorpion Rally tyres squirm a bit, or at least the front does. The steering feels so slow after the Duc and CB1R but I'm slowly getting used to it. Its kinda slow to go over , then almost falls and you oversteer? By the time I get to my daughter's place, the bike is starting to feel much better. I'm not disliking it at all, but it's just so different after my previous two bikes.

It suddenly strikes me how comfortable I am. I'm sitting up like i'm sitting at a desk. I notice it has bar risers and how right the stretch to the bars feels. Seat is firm and I can feel it, so to speak, but new bikes often feel like that? I realise that i'm just comfortable on the bike and i'm not in any sort of pain with my left leg. This is good. Very good.

After a cuppa with my daughter i head for home. I've been out too long and i'm supposed to be working, so I get a bit of wiggle on. I dunno why, but after a half hour off of the bike, it felt familiar when i got back on it. Riding down the lanes i felt confident on the long bends and tight turns. I found myself liking it more and more with every mile.

Back home and I find it is a behemoth to push around and get into its parking position. I'm not sure i'll be able to park it where i normally park my bikes, but taht's not a deal breaker. I have a look round it and by God its clean and I mean weeksy standard clean. Its a bit of shame that i'm going to ruin it with year round commuting, but thats its purpose. Kudos to the previous owner for its condition though. Speaking of commuting, Pirahna is right, this aint no filtering king! But it is bloody comfortable and I hope I can live with the trade off?

So, the $64k question, is it a keeper? Well it kinda has to be really! Whether I like it as a keeper remains to be seen as its early days yet, but early indicators are good...

Hi Pietin,

Lovely looking bike. What's the seat height on this? Can you get your feet down without too much bother.
Hope you enjoy your new wheels



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[Count Steer]

It looks mint. iirc you've had a BMW GS or two? Interested to hear a compare on this with those. I assume the engine will be more like the later 1200/1250s the the 1100/1150s but the different configs may well be v different. DCT probably changes things beyond comparison? Looks a bit like the Triumph someone on the forum pitched up here on.

[matt]

Really nice bud. I hope you gel with it.
I felt the same when I bought the 800gs,but by the time I got home on it after an hour or so ride it felt completely normal. Not been on a normal bike since but when I do i reckon it's going to feel very different.

[Taipan]

Hi Pietin,

Lovely looking bike. What's the seat height on this? Can you get your feet down without too much bother.
Hope you enjoy your new wheels

Hi Mate

Yes I can easily flat foot it. I'm not sure what the seat height is but there two heights the seat can be set at?

[Taipan]

It looks mint. iirc you've had a BMW GS or two? Interested to hear a compare on this with those. I assume the engine will be more like the later 1200/1250s the the 1100/1150s but the different configs may well be v different. DCT probably changes things beyond comparison? Looks a bit like the Triumph someone on the forum pitched up here on.

Yes a couple of GSs but that was way back on Visordown days and I dont really recall them well enough to compare. That said it was the first bike that sprang to mind when i threw my leg over this one?