Fireblade, s1000rr or something else? £5k budget

[Blakeatron]

Quick backstory - had a lot of 1000 bikes, mainly aprillias and Fireblades.
Decided I wanted to slow down a bit so got into vintage bsa and triumphs, but they weren’t for me.

So I have £5k to spend, could stretch a little more but don’t really want to.

Should get me a nice gen1 s1000rr, possible early gen2 or 2010 cbr with the abs.

Never owned a Ducati but ridden a couple and didn’t bother me, so 848’s are in budget.

Never felt comfy on my r1 and never tried a ninja.

[Chicken Chaser]

What about a Tuono or a KTM Superduke?

[trickywoo]

With £5k I’d get a 2005/6 Gsxr 1000 or 2004/5 zx10.

There are a few part supply issues on the Zx that might cause a problem though.

[AceOfHearts]

Why go from one full extreme to the other? There are as lot of awesome bikes in the middle ground in between a vintage BSA and a Fireblade!

[Time4another]

Go back to what you know. Buy a blade then move from there.

[moanthebairns]

Blakeatron said:

Quick backstory - had a lot of 1000 bikes, mainly aprillias and Fireblades.
Decided I wanted to slow down a bit so got into vintage bsa and triumphs, but they weren’t for me.

So I have £5k to spend, could stretch a little more but don’t really want to.

Should get me a nice gen1 s1000rr, possible early gen2 or 2010 cbr with the abs.

Never owned a Ducati but ridden a couple and didn’t bother me, so 848’s are in budget.

Never felt comfy on my r1 and never tried a ninja.

I'd avoid an ABS blade around that era. Apparently a bh to bleed.

[OutInTheShed]

AceOfHearts said:

Why go from one full extreme to the other? There are as lot of awesome bikes in the middle ground in between a vintage BSA and a Fireblade!

Indeed.

A £5k budget buys you a whole range of stuff.
But many of these bikes will be 10 years old or more,so a lot is about the condition of the individual bike.
And a lot is about what you want, what size and shape you are and what riding you hope to do.

[moanthebairns]

I was going to suggest a 675 the last of the first gen ones similar to mines.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20240828...

fk me the price of them now.

[ujio]

moanthebairns said:

I was going to suggest a 675 the last of the first gen ones similar to mines.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20240828...

fk me the price of them now.

Why the heck are they (relatively) pricey now? Is is it now deemed a classic? It's had 5 owners.
Maybe with the way things are going all sportsbikes will soon be classics.

Edited by ujio on Tuesday 15th October 10:53

[moanthebairns]

ujio said:

moanthebairns said:

I was going to suggest a 675 the last of the first gen ones similar to mines.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20240828...

fk me the price of them now.

Why the heck are they (relatively) pricey now? Is is it now deemed a classic? It's had 5 owners.
Maybe with the way things are going all sportsbikes will soon be classics.

Edited by ujio on Tuesday 15th October 10:53

I bought a 06 plate with 1400 miles on it for £3000 in 2012, and my other 675 from my dad, which is a 12 plate that had about 5k miles on it for £5400 in 2016.

I'm sat on a fking gold mine.

[Biker9090]

Speaking from experience, I wouldn't be buying anything other than Japanese at that price/age range.

[moanthebairns]

Biker9090 said:

Speaking from experience, I wouldn't be buying anything other than Japanese at that price/age range.

only £5k

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20230825...

[ntoskrnl]

2005 zx-10r

[beambeam1]

trickywoo said:

With £5k I’d get a 2005/6 Gsxr 1000 or 2004/5 zx10.

There are a few part supply issues on the Zx that might cause a problem though.

Even when I first got into bikes around 2009/2010 I was hearing that the K5/K6 era GSXR was "the one to have" and it seems it is still held in high regard today. What's so good about it? Is it just a value for money ratio now? I never got to try one to find out.

[trickywoo]

beambeam1 said:

Even when I first got into bikes around 2009/2010 I was hearing that the K5/K6 era GSXR was "the one to have" and it seems it is still held in high regard today. What's so good about it? Is it just a value for money ratio now? I never got to try one to find out.

Have a look at my favourite motorbike youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0O8Q0x38mI

[carinaman]

Thanks Trickywoo. I've not seen that video.

Ii like the look of the GSX-S bikes that have the K5 engine.

It's like the SV650 in that how much of the K5/K6 legend is due to the motor?

[ujio]

carinaman said:

Thanks Trickywoo. I've not seen that video.

Ii like the look of the GSX-S bikes that have the K5 engine.

It's like the SV650 in that how much of the K5/K6 legend is due to the motor?

If you can stretch to 6.5k you can get a GSX-S under 4 years old? By all accounts I hear that that's a lot of bike for the money.

[carinaman]

I don't know if it'll help you slow down or be comfy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ngQl8QWO8

https://youtu.be/W_2KnQsrq-I

I think he goes from the K5 motor to how comfy he finds it:

https://youtu.be/dUnMSzkWykg?t=119

[Blakeatron]

To put an end to this post, after a few test rides and lots of reading reviews I have put a deposit down on a 2014 s1000rr.

Slight issue in that it’s approx 250miles away, thinking a train ride down and a ride back - trial by fire! The guy is happy to hold until January.

[trickywoo]

Blakeatron said:

To put an end to this post, after a few test rides and lots of reading reviews I have put a deposit down on a 2014 s1000rr.

Slight issue in that it’s approx 250miles away, thinking a train ride down and a ride back - trial by fire! The guy is happy to hold until January.

Did you get it for your original £5k budget?