First manual bike?

[MKH9130]

I have a full manual bike licence, but have never ridden a manual bike since my test day!

I had to commute daily, plus a 260 mile round trip once a week so I got myself a Yamaha Tmax (500cc 'super' scooter) which did the job perfectly. I then moved to cars, and my interest in two wheels petered out (but I still kept riding on and off), yet I never got rid of the Tmax.

Now I have a 'sensible' car, I thought about trading it in for something a bit more fun.

I have about 80k 2-wheeled miles under my belt, but only about 300 of them manual bikes. I've been looking around at something suitable and have come up with a few options:-

Yamaha FZ6-N
Kawasaki ER-6F
Suzuki SV650 / S
Suzuki Bandit GSF650 K6
Ducati 695


I'm not a bike newbie due to 80k miles covered, but I am a newbie to manual bikes!!!

Any recommendations?

[MKH9130]

me said:

I had to commute daily, plus a 260 mile round trip once a week so I got myself a Yamaha Tmax (500cc 'super' scooter) which did the job perfectly

Yes, sorry... I have been riding 80k on twist and go scooters

The bike will be purely for fun, now I have a sensible car to do all the sensible miles in!

Edited by MKH9130 on Saturday 17th February 21:41