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Only a couple of hundred or so increase for the MT09s which doesn't seem too bad but the GP seems pricey for a fairing clip-ons and a cowl.

MCN predicted it would be £11.5k back in Oct.
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ChrisW wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:44 pm Only a couple of hundred or so increase for the MT09s which doesn't seem too bad but the GP seems pricey for a fairing clip-ons and a cowl.

MCN predicted it would be £11.5k back in Oct.
And to finish the looks off you'll need the belly pan/lower fairing at the bargain price of £623 + VAT.

And those bar end mirrors really annoy me.
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You can get an XSR900 for £9300
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I remember when the MT09 came out at a bargain under £7k. Which fair enough is £9k now adjusted for inflation, and it had some extra leccy bits since. But £12,500 is taking the piss. And that's before you take into account wage inflation which is miles off inflation over that time period.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:53 pm You can get an XSR900 for £9300
Not a 2024. Which may well be the same, but isn't. So not really a comparison
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Christ they've ruined the Tenere! :wtf:
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Imagine if they put on a decent small fairing on the MT09 so it wouldn't be useless past 90 ?

And it will keep rain and wind off ?

Just an idea ;)
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Yorick wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:36 pm Imagine if they put on a decent small fairing on the MT09 so it wouldn't be useless past 90 ?
Like this?

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ChrisW wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:05 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:36 pm Imagine if they put on a decent small fairing on the MT09 so it wouldn't be useless past 90 ?
Like this?

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That's really good. But a bike is useless past 90 with no fairing.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:40 pm
That's really good. But a bike is useless past 90 with no fairing.
Only if you're a shandy drinker from Bradford with a neck like a pencil :D

The real men can handle the breeze riding at 100mph+ without a fairing, fairings are for faeries
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:51 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:40 pm
That's really good. But a bike is useless past 90 with no fairing.
Only if you're a shandy drinker from Bradford with a neck like a pencil :D

The real men can handle the breeze riding at 100mph+ without a fairing, fairings are for faeries
Great fun. And must give you a right stiffy when it's below 5c :)
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There'll be plenty around for £7-8k in three years time when the PCP's are up.
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£15.5K for an XSR is mental, it's a commuter bike in a frock
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Potter wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:44 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:28 pm Same price

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374983656407 ... R-zm9PuOYw
It's a different bike though mate, I'm way past riding around on actual race replicas on the road, the XSR is obviously a nod to race reps of the past, it sort of looks like an endurance racer style but it's very definitely more road orientated than track.

I sat on the XSR900 at the NEC show and I reckon it's about on the limit of riding position that I could stand these days, but that R1 would kill me in twenty minutes.
I was comparing the vast difference in spec for same price.
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Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:45 pm
Potter wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:44 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:28 pm Same price

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374983656407 ... R-zm9PuOYw
It's a different bike though mate, I'm way past riding around on actual race replicas on the road, the XSR is obviously a nod to race reps of the past, it sort of looks like an endurance racer style but it's very definitely more road orientated than track.

I sat on the XSR900 at the NEC show and I reckon it's about on the limit of riding position that I could stand these days, but that R1 would kill me in twenty minutes.
I was comparing the vast difference in spec for same price.
A sportsbike with comfort mods gets the best bang for your buck,but it's not so easy to do that to a dedicated sportsbike without making it look like a repaired crashed bike.
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Skub wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:55 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:45 pm
Potter wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:44 pm

It's a different bike though mate, I'm way past riding around on actual race replicas on the road, the XSR is obviously a nod to race reps of the past, it sort of looks like an endurance racer style but it's very definitely more road orientated than track.

I sat on the XSR900 at the NEC show and I reckon it's about on the limit of riding position that I could stand these days, but that R1 would kill me in twenty minutes.
I was comparing the vast difference in spec for same price.
A sportsbike with comfort mods gets the best bang for your buck,but it's not so easy to do that to a dedicated sportsbike without making it look like a repaired crashed bike.
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It's all a bit mental when you consider the MT09s origins were a budget fun bike costing £7k when it came out. Yeah it's improved, yeah inflation. But 15.5k fuck that.
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I'd like a half comfy sport's bike with QS and blip. Not been invented yet. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yep...15k is far too much and having to buy half the bodywork is a piss take. Its a 10k bike, no more. Imo.
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Dodgy69 wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:09 pm I'd like a half comfy sport's bike with QS and blip. Not been invented yet. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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