What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
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Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
Ditto - but having bought a 25 years old speed triple it isn’t going to happen. Plus the 1200 Scrambler I have is far more practical
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Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
They were horrible beasties. A good mate who was a TT 2nd place man, bought one and hated it. Even is sponsor couldn't make it nice.
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Thanks! I might take you up on that. I was pencilled in for a demo but the weather went all northern before I got my act together.
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weeksy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:41 pm So it's the deep dark days of winter... Some of you must be thinking
"right, so what do i buy next"
What's on the list then, what's the potential purchase ?
i'm fighting the 690SMC-R love at the moment... funnily, also the ktm 790....
Both of them, despite not being as good as the XSR, i'm just not sure what makes me think "mmmmm"
I saw a 690 SMCR in the flesh today and its a lovely thing.
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I have a Tracer 900 in the man shed added loads of extras haven't road in in two months. Got a Burgman 650 ride every day
future choice of bike forza 750 purely because they no longer make the burgman
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BTW , P&H are a rubbish bike shop,...
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Not specifically asking thIs to KFB but why wouldn’t you publish the dyno graphs?KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:37 pm Someone lend me £8.5k.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIMOTA-SB8R- ... Swzq1fkd3S
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Maybe because 130 ish bhp looks less than impressive by today's litre sportsbike output?Beancounter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:28 pmNot specifically asking thIs to KFB but why wouldn’t you publish the dyno graphs?KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:37 pm Someone lend me £8.5k.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIMOTA-SB8R- ... Swzq1fkd3S
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On the listing for the Carbon one (yes he's got two!) he makes this comment...KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:37 pm Someone lend me £8.5k.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIMOTA-SB8R- ... Swzq1fkd3S
Only selling for personal reasons .I am a private seller and have a listing of my SB8R red so if interested in either mail me.
I really don't want my family to have to sort selling these in the future I dont think they would give all the information as it should to a buyer.
I might be reading a bit too much into that, but it sounds like he's dying?
It also reminds me of "I'm selling my bikes now so that my wife doesn't sell them for what I told her I'd paid for them".
Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
I suspect I will be on a tracer next, but that maybe quite a time away, as I am still bonding with the 790. But after riding the 390 I do fancy a bike with the adventiure style riding positon. It alleviated some of my back issues.
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Plate must be worth a couple of quid tho'MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:07 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-VERY-NICE- ... SwF2tfzm2c
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If it does happen, it's not going to happen until after Portimao. Whilst i love the idea of the SMC-R, i don't love it at Portimao and don't want to spoil that adventure, so any thoughts of the swap are very much in the back of my head. SO it won't be that particular bike.
It's entirely possible that the XSR900 will be here a long time after Portimao too, but maybe with some subtle fork internals.
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Had my forks done by MCT at Stowmarket - I know that isn't close to you - but it has made a huge differenceweeksy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:02 amIf it does happen, it's not going to happen until after Portimao. Whilst i love the idea of the SMC-R, i don't love it at Portimao and don't want to spoil that adventure, so any thoughts of the swap are very much in the back of my head. SO it won't be that particular bike.
It's entirely possible that the XSR900 will be here a long time after Portimao too, but maybe with some subtle fork internals.
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I thought you tried an SMC-R and didn't find the handling to your taste ?weeksy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:02 amIf it does happen, it's not going to happen until after Portimao. Whilst i love the idea of the SMC-R, i don't love it at Portimao and don't want to spoil that adventure, so any thoughts of the swap are very much in the back of my head. SO it won't be that particular bike.
It's entirely possible that the XSR900 will be here a long time after Portimao too, but maybe with some subtle fork internals.
I love my SMC but as my only bike ?.... that's a hard one to answer
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You're correct, as i rode it again and again in Demo rides i got a little bit happier with it, but admit i still didn't feel 'right' on it. The question is, would i get that feeling if i give it more time and actually own it and ride more... Honest answer is, i really don't know. But the desire is still strong with it.Scuffmark wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:32 amI thought you tried an SMC-R and didn't find the handling to your taste ?weeksy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:02 amIf it does happen, it's not going to happen until after Portimao. Whilst i love the idea of the SMC-R, i don't love it at Portimao and don't want to spoil that adventure, so any thoughts of the swap are very much in the back of my head. SO it won't be that particular bike.
It's entirely possible that the XSR900 will be here a long time after Portimao too, but maybe with some subtle fork internals.
I love my SMC but as my only bike ?.... that's a hard one to answer
I'm certainly not going to jump into it before Portimao as the XSR900 will be far more suited than the 690 at my level of skill.
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So as we're into a new year of lockdown, maybe your thoughts are moving towards a new toy for the garage, either replacing or in addition to what you have currently
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Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
the next bike ill be buying will be something cheapish for commuting to work, nothing fancy, but good milage.
CBR650r