Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:38 pm
So would I, and with a little bit of effort they can look quite nice - I should get round to test riding one.
Absolutely agree, i can see one in my garage one day.
Supermofo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:51 pm
Tenere 700? That's a MT07 with long travel off road suspension. Always get good reviews.
I don't think I need long travel suspension, what I need is good suspension that can cope with 3" bumps mid corner.
If I'm honest with myself, I don't "need" anything, it's what I want, and I doubt if I'm going to buy a bike.
Still think a 690 Duke best fits the description. Can't you just not look at it TBF I don't like the look much either, but I love the ride so much I don't care.
The Versys weigh's a million tons and is pig ugly. Not slow, but feels a bit dull IMO the power is all in the midrange and it runs out of puff at the top.
Supermofo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 4:04 pm
Still think a 690 Duke best fits the description. Can't you just not look at it TBF I don't like the look much either, but I love the ride so much I don't care.
I think you're right, but please don't make me look at one.
If I were to buy a bike, I have to look at it and think it's a good looking bike.
Yes and no, the area above the headlight is weird looking, I'd put some LC style clocks on it (but I'm showing my age) and I don't like the after thought tail light
Yes and no, the area above the headlight is weird looking, I'd put some LC style clocks on it (but I'm showing my age) and I don't like the after thought tail light
BTW I like the Pirelli Phantom lookey likey tyres
Assuming you can fit a screen like mine, that covers that weird area.
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 4:16 pm
I think you're right, but please don't make me look at one.
If I were to buy a bike, I have to look at it and think that looks like it was designed pre-1987.
EFA
If I'm honest with myself that's not far wrong, the bikes from the 90s I like are all race replicas, and I can't fit on one of those now I'm old and 14 stone.
Yes and no, the area above the headlight is weird looking, I'd put some LC style clocks on it (but I'm showing my age) and I don't like the after thought tail light
BTW I like the Pirelli Phantom lookey likey tyres
Assuming you can fit a screen like mine, that covers that weird area.
Yours looks better than the 700 without the screen, the screen improves it, would look better if the screen was a bit further forward, level with the headlight.
weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:10 pm
Then you want the moon on the stick that doesn't actually exist mate.
Well yeah, that's why I'm hard to please
Well, you're not alone as it happens.
Every time someone says "you want [insert bike making 70+ hp here], I think "completely missing the point" of the combination of modest but punchy power and light weight.