New Bike....s

[Couchy]

I liked the little cb500x and the plan was to rally raid it but instead I bought a trail bike...

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I wanted a bit more power than the 500x for the road and I saw this at under £8k new which was a chunk off so here it is

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[KungFooBob]

Didn't you have one of those Honda 250's before?

I give the Tracer a week, at most.

[Couchy]

Didn't you have one of those Honda 250's before?

I give the Tracer a week, at most.

I’ve had them well over a week already , haven’t had a 250 before no. Had a 230 but it was too small and also got an xr400 but it’s kickstart so I prefer the leccy start 250

[KungFooBob]

I’ve had them well over a week already

Ok then, I give it 100 miles

[Couchy]

I’ve had them well over a week already

Ok then, I give it 100 miles

I’ve done 6500 miles on it already........

[KungFooBob]

I’ve done 6500 miles on it already........

The Tracer, not the Elgrand!

[Skub]

Two inter winners right there.

[Couchy]

I’ve done 6500 miles on it already........

The Tracer, not the Elgrand!

My mistake it’s 65 miles

[Dodgy69]

I liked the little cb500x and the plan was to rally raid it but instead I bought a trail bike...

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I wanted a bit more power than the 500x for the road and I saw this at under £8k new which was a chunk off so here it is

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Now thats Blurple...

[matt]

Now that's a great pair of bikes to have in the garage in my opinion

[Supermofo]

Seeing as you had an MT09 and ridden (I think) the XSR, how does the Tracer compare?

[Couchy]

Seeing as you had an MT09 and ridden (I think) the XSR, how does the Tracer compare?

So far and it's only a brief ride it's more stable and composed. the suspension seems stiffer and better damped but time will tell. It's certainly not the soft wallowy feel I was expecting so don't know if the 2020 bikes have better suspension but certainly feels it

[weeksy]

Seeing as you had an MT09 and ridden (I think) the XSR, how does the Tracer compare?

So far and it's only a brief ride it's more stable and composed. the suspension seems stiffer and better damped but time will tell. It's certainly not the soft wallowy feel I was expecting so don't know if the 2020 bikes have better suspension but certainly feels it

As i said, Dodgys in the paddock felt pretty bouncy.... sadly i didn't ride his to see how it was when out, but sitting on it it really felt bouncy.

[Beancounter]

I liked the little cb500x and the plan was to rally raid it but instead I bought a trail bike...

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What's the trail bike?

[lostboy]

CRF 250 Rally isn't it?

[Couchy]

Seeing as you had an MT09 and ridden (I think) the XSR, how does the Tracer compare?

So far and it's only a brief ride it's more stable and composed. the suspension seems stiffer and better damped but time will tell. It's certainly not the soft wallowy feel I was expecting so don't know if the 2020 bikes have better suspension but certainly feels it

As i said, Dodgys in the paddock felt pretty bouncy.... sadly i didn't ride his to see how it was when out, but sitting on it it really felt bouncy.

I expected that too but it's far from bouncy which is a good thing

[Couchy]

I liked the little cb500x and the plan was to rally raid it but instead I bought a trail bike...

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What's the trail bike?

As lostboy says it's a crf250rally, slow but very good off road and on road, big tank range compared to a proper enduro and big service intervals. But better on the road as theres lots of that green laning these days. Happy to sit at 70mph too. Did I mention slow as well ?

[Bigyin]

How close are we to bike number 200, must be at least 3/4 of the way there or more by now.

I can see the little CRF staying quite a while but not sure the Tracer has a long shelf life chez couchy ...... enjoy the new toys

[weeksy]

How close are we to bike number 200, must be at least 3/4 of the way there or more by now.

I can see the little CRF staying quite a while but not sure the Tracer has a long shelf life chez couchy ...... enjoy the new toys

So both gone by spring

Or both before Xmas?

[KungFooBob]

I'd give the little Honda longer than the Yam.

Every time he buys a bike we should start a book, is there phpBB addin?