Keeper suggestions
Discussion
Time to get off my arse and use my bike a s
t load more than I have been. New commute lends itself to using it more than the last few years and the kids are getting older so don't need so much time. Also 50 this year so can see the bikes being let go if I don't make the effort.
Anyway, thinking about treating myself to a keeper when I hit 50, nothing too expensive, just something interesting, certainly doesn't have to be new. Any suggestions? No particular use for it, just something to go for a bimble on every now and again, go to meetups and something that looks cool in the shed
Currently have a 2007 CBR1000RR that I love to bits and won't sell. Also have a TTR250 that I use even less than the honda so that'll be going so no dirt bikes please.
Ta,
Mark
t load more than I have been. New commute lends itself to using it more than the last few years and the kids are getting older so don't need so much time. Also 50 this year so can see the bikes being let go if I don't make the effort.Anyway, thinking about treating myself to a keeper when I hit 50, nothing too expensive, just something interesting, certainly doesn't have to be new. Any suggestions? No particular use for it, just something to go for a bimble on every now and again, go to meetups and something that looks cool in the shed
Currently have a 2007 CBR1000RR that I love to bits and won't sell. Also have a TTR250 that I use even less than the honda so that'll be going so no dirt bikes please.
Ta,
Mark
dern said:
Time to get off my arse and use my bike a st load more than I have been. New commute lends itself to using it more than the last few years and the kids are getting older so don't need so much time. Also 50 this year so can see the bikes being let go if I don't make the effort.
Anyway, thinking about treating myself to a keeper when I hit 50, nothing too expensive, just something interesting, certainly doesn't have to be new. Any suggestions? No particular use for it, just something to go for a bimble on every now and again, go to meetups and something that looks cool in the shed
Currently have a 2007 CBR1000RR that I love to bits and won't sell. Also have a TTR250 that I use even less than the honda so that'll be going so no dirt bikes please.
Ta,
Mark
What, wait. You mean you're not 50 yet! I thought you were at least 50 dern.t load more than I have been. New commute lends itself to using it more than the last few years and the kids are getting older so don't need so much time. Also 50 this year so can see the bikes being let go if I don't make the effort.Anyway, thinking about treating myself to a keeper when I hit 50, nothing too expensive, just something interesting, certainly doesn't have to be new. Any suggestions? No particular use for it, just something to go for a bimble on every now and again, go to meetups and something that looks cool in the shed
Currently have a 2007 CBR1000RR that I love to bits and won't sell. Also have a TTR250 that I use even less than the honda so that'll be going so no dirt bikes please.
Ta,
Mark
Biker's Nemesis said:
What, wait. You mean you're not 50 yet! I thought you were at least 50 dern.
I get that all the time. It's the stloads of wisdom that confuses people.Guzzi... horrible thing.
999... the bit of me that likes a bargain really likes that idea but I've already got a bike I love riding as quickly as I like riding and the rest of me wonders if I'd just wish I'd bought a 996.
1st gen blade... hmm, was looking at one earlier. None of the bikes I've had has been as good as the two blades I've had for what I wanted of them. What are they like to ride?
dern said:
I get that all the time. It's the stloads of wisdom that confuses people.
Guzzi... horrible thing.
999... the bit of me that likes a bargain really likes that idea but I've already got a bike I love riding as quickly as I like riding and the rest of me wonders if I'd just wish I'd bought a 996.
1st gen blade... hmm, was looking at one earlier. None of the bikes I've had has been as good as the two blades I've had for what I wanted of them. What are they like to ride?
Engaging, involving. Not light by modern standards, not too smooth, but there's just something about them to ride.tloads of wisdom that confuses people.Guzzi... horrible thing.
999... the bit of me that likes a bargain really likes that idea but I've already got a bike I love riding as quickly as I like riding and the rest of me wonders if I'd just wish I'd bought a 996.
1st gen blade... hmm, was looking at one earlier. None of the bikes I've had has been as good as the two blades I've had for what I wanted of them. What are they like to ride?
And you can get a stepladder AND a canoe in the boot.
Stone Cold said:
I was in a similar position recently and was looking at early GSXR1000’s (K5) and R1’s, plumped for a 2001 R1, great for the reasons you state as I can’t ride a sportsbike for too long these days and as a carbed model it offers ample tinkering opportunity.
Mk1 R1s are really climbing. Not surprising considering they reset the litre bike class when they came out (shakes fist while sat on fireblade).dern said:
I'm going to have to save up for a yellow 996. Presses all the buttons.
I'm sure I'll offend but I really don't think these have aged gracefully.Yes they were a poster bike of a generation but the pic above does it no favours:
Vents everywhere of different shapes and styles, bulges in the tank & fairing again differing in style, universal fit mirrors, mis-match of fairing fastners, never understood the shape of the rear of the front mudguard and doesn't the single seat look massive.
Mid-90's they were a step forward in styling but I feel things have moved on far neater since.
The saving grace of this and many from that generation, is the total lack of sensors, cabling and plastic covers & trims.
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