New bike thread!

[Supermofo]

Well it's red at least (or is it Homda pink!)

[lostboy]

I couldn't resist it, I looked it up. Did you really only pay that for it?! Wow!

[KungFooBob]

The new 2021 model looks quite sharp (got a bit more poke too).

[the_priest]

Now that is a perfect commuter. Cannot argue with that. Enjoy the DCT and economy!

[Taipan]

I couldn't resist it, I looked it up. Did you really only pay that for it?! Wow!

I bid £2k and they thanked me but said there is no movement on the asking price at all. So £2495 it was! When bikes are in this bracket, idgas really. My season ticket would be over £4k a year so I can write them off anyway, iyswim?

[lostboy]

I couldn't resist it, I looked it up. Did you really only pay that for it?! Wow!

I bid £2k and they thanked me but said there is no movement on the asking price at all. So £2495 it was! When bikes are in this bracket, idgas really. My season ticket would be over £4k a year so I can write them off anyway, iyswim?

Peanuts for what it is. Good find.

[KungFooBob]

Best time of year to buy a bike.

I got my Tiger 800 from a main Trumpet dealer for a grand under the going rate, mid December, I paid £5k for it and got offered £5k for it two years later at trade in... it then sold at £6200!

[Skub]

Top bombing.

Happy new dogdickred bike day brother Terrapin.

[G.P]

Happy new bike day Tiepin, when does it land?

[weeksy]

Right, I sold the BMW as the Scooter is perfect from my commuting needs. Trouble is, having a bike there is one thing, having no bike there is another. I always miss a bike when I don't have one! But I know for commuting in London's traffic I prefer an automatic, hence the regular scoot ownership thing. So a bit of a no brainer to go back to an auto/DCT bike really and meet both my needs.

I had a N750X a couple of years back, but it was when I was waiting on a replacement knee and it put my knackered knee in exactly the wrong position, so it had to go. I also found it very under powered. Some time later I bought a manual NC700X which had way more grunt than my 750 ever did and led me to conclude the 750 was probably A2 restricted?

Having thought about it for 2-3 minutes, I couldn't shake the idea of owning another DCT, so I had a quick look on eBay and found Craigs Honda had one with a good few extras such as heated grips, spotlights, bigger screen, centre stand, heated grips, TUTORO chain oiler etc. Great service history but with 38k miles. These low revving engines do spaceship mileages and you cant load a auto engine either, so the mileage wasnt a issue for me and it brought it down to great price! So another one of my hasty decision was made on the spot and I rang them straight away and bought it!

Not sure it'll be perfect in Portimao, but will be great to see.

[Yorick]

Right, I sold the BMW as the Scooter is perfect from my commuting needs. Trouble is, having a bike there is one thing, having no bike there is another. I always miss a bike when I don't have one! But I know for commuting in London's traffic I prefer an automatic, hence the regular scoot ownership thing. So a bit of a no brainer to go back to an auto/DCT bike really and meet both my needs.

I had a N750X a couple of years back, but it was when I was waiting on a replacement knee and it put my knackered knee in exactly the wrong position, so it had to go. I also found it very under powered. Some time later I bought a manual NC700X which had way more grunt than my 750 ever did and led me to conclude the 750 was probably A2 restricted?

Having thought about it for 2-3 minutes, I couldn't shake the idea of owning another DCT, so I had a quick look on eBay and found Craigs Honda had one with a good few extras such as heated grips, spotlights, bigger screen, centre stand, heated grips, TUTORO chain oiler etc. Great service history but with 38k miles. These low revving engines do spaceship mileages and you cant load a auto engine either, so the mileage wasnt a issue for me and it brought it down to great price! So another one of my hasty decision was made on the spot and I rang them straight away and bought it!

Not sure it'll be perfect in Portimao, but will be great to see.

Do they sell shandy and jellied eels in Portimao?

[Taipan]

Happy new bike day Tiepin, when does it land?

Scheduled for tomorrow.

[Taipan]

Nice.

Why do people fit those hideous extra lights to motorcycles?

Probably very hand in deepest darkest Kazakhstan, but not exactly needed to light the way through London! I'll keep them to start with as they might be handy to burn the retinas out of anyone who dares to pull out in front of me, but on the XTX I had I took all that crap off.

[Taipan]

Pipe and slippers.....

Its been taken out to 860cc, has a HRC hi lift cam, HRC clutch springs, bigger injectors, remapped by Hilltop and I went 2 up on the rear sprocket and it eats 3 weetabix. Its a fecking wheelie monster and with its Akra on it'll growl like a Grizzly and pull like a freight train.

[KungFooBob]

Probably very hand in deepest darkest Kazakhstan, but not exactly needed to light the way through London! I'll keep them to start with as they might be handy to burn the retinas out of anyone who dares to pull out in front of me, but on the XTX I had I took all that crap off.

I reckon it's the 2010's version of the 1990's loud exhaust pipe.

[Yorick]

Pipe and slippers.....

Its been taken out to 860cc, has a HRC hi lift cam, HRC clutch springs, bigger injectors, remapped by Hilltop and I went 2 up on the rear sprocket and it eats 3 weetabix. Its a fecking wheelie monster and with its Akra on it'll growl like a Grizzly and pull like a freight train.

And runs on shandy.

[Taipan]

Pipe and slippers.....

Its been taken out to 860cc, has a HRC hi lift cam, HRC clutch springs, bigger injectors, remapped by Hilltop and I went 2 up on the rear sprocket and it eats 3 weetabix. Its a fecking wheelie monster and with its Akra on it'll growl like a Grizzly and pull like a freight train.

And runs on shandy.

I'm sponsored by Top Deck Motorsport.

[Tricky]

Pipe and slippers.....

Its been taken out to 860cc, has a HRC hi lift cam, HRC clutch springs, bigger injectors, remapped by Hilltop and I went 2 up on the rear sprocket and it eats 3 weetabix. Its a fecking wheelie monster and with its Akra on it'll growl like a Grizzly and pull like a freight train.

Nice ( well, ish )

Seriously though , it's another bike, and that's cool- didn't think you were going to bother after the bimmer

[weeksy]

Pipe and slippers.....

Its been taken out to 860cc, has a HRC hi lift cam, HRC clutch springs, bigger injectors, remapped by Hilltop and I went 2 up on the rear sprocket and it eats 3 weetabix. Its a fecking wheelie monster and with its Akra on it'll growl like a Grizzly and pull like a freight train.

Nice ( well, ish )

Seriously though , it's another bike, and that's cool- didn't think you were going to bother after the bimmer

I thought he was kidding, I'm properly pleased he wasn't.

[Bigyin]

Hope you enjoy it as you have ridden one before and like them

A fellow instructor has one of them and loves it as an easy and comfy bike to ride.

I tried it and nearly crashed it twice through lack of practise on a DCT bike. First time i pulled away then rolled off the throttle completely unaware the bike keeps trickling forward and doesnt stop as its still in 1st gear and almost hit stationary car. Second time i went into "clutch" muscle memory coming out of a slow bend and went to grab the clutch to drop a gear and blipped the throttle at the same time

The single front disc and weird 2 calipers on the rear disc also messed with my mind