Triumph, Royal or Fantic
Discussion
Fancying a lower powered ride, keeping the ZX9r which I love for fast cheap blasts.
Love the looks of Scambler plus Interceptor and the Caballero 500 getting some great write ups. £7k max spend and more for b road fun, plenty of them up here in Northumberland
Any thoughts, especially the Fantic?
Love the looks of Scambler plus Interceptor and the Caballero 500 getting some great write ups. £7k max spend and more for b road fun, plenty of them up here in Northumberland
Any thoughts, especially the Fantic?
I hired a Royal 650 GT Continental for a week, really was a lovely ride. Super smooth and flat torque, comfortable and would handle B road bumps well.
ABS, fuel injection and a 3 year warranty - winner
ABS, fuel injection and a 3 year warranty - winner
Edited by Omaruk on Thursday 1st August 15:08
Edited by Omaruk on Thursday 1st August 16:27
I thought about this fab Yamaha SR500, great fun for A and B roads
https://www.cmcbikes.com/used-motorcycle/1978-yama...
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Left field... did you see this thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
But, to answer the question - I think the Fantic looks great!
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
But, to answer the question - I think the Fantic looks great!
Just Trouble said:
I thought about this fab Yamaha SR500, great fun for A and B roads
https://www.cmcbikes.com/used-motorcycle/1978-yama...
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That would steer really heavy , i put narrow bars on an sr years ago and took them straight off they need wide bars and handle shttps://www.cmcbikes.com/used-motorcycle/1978-yama...
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t anyway .I am a big Royal Enfield fan (my Bullet 500 is approaching 10,000 miles now), but am resisting a test ride on one of the new 650 twins as I know I will end up walking away with one 
I like the look of the Caballero 500 which I saw at Krazy Horse last night, but to be honest know very little about them. I would be a bit worried still about buying Chinese built bikes though, even premium ones. I was working at a Honda dealership in Melbourne last year which was an ex-Benelli dealer and some of the warranty work coming back from the modern Benelli's (also Chinese) was beggers belief! The main one that springs to mind was a batch of 5 bikes coming back with overheating issues, and turned out that the head gaskets hadn't had the water port holes cut out! Also cross threaded spark plugs in brand new bikes etc etc
I like the look of the Caballero 500 which I saw at Krazy Horse last night, but to be honest know very little about them. I would be a bit worried still about buying Chinese built bikes though, even premium ones. I was working at a Honda dealership in Melbourne last year which was an ex-Benelli dealer and some of the warranty work coming back from the modern Benelli's (also Chinese) was beggers belief! The main one that springs to mind was a batch of 5 bikes coming back with overheating issues, and turned out that the head gaskets hadn't had the water port holes cut out! Also cross threaded spark plugs in brand new bikes etc etc
Edited by AceOfHearts on Friday 2nd August 08:23
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