best mid sized bike (500cc -750cc)

[Guest]

opinions please, im unsure which bike to get. wondered what everyone thought.

[Guest akey]

Me I would go for a GSX-R 750, but as it looks like you want a naked bike I would go for the street triple meself.

[Keithg24]

What is your budget, buying new? if so The Triple.

Nearly new, why not a Fazer.

Older, probably a CBR, it is all down to personal taste, I would never listen to anybody else, I would go and try them all..........then

Buy a Yamaha

[Guest]

As A Kawasaki Lover I'd Have 2 Say the ZX6R 636

[j4ff]

Naked choice has to be the street triple

Personaly think the gixxer 750 is a bit of a beast for a first bike.Its not far off the power of 1000's of a couple of years ago

I chose an R6 as my first bike never thought id made the wrong decision.Turns in alot sharper than the Gixxer and not as much of a handful as the zx6 service intervals are 1000 mile more too.If sporty is what your after any of the 600 sports will do a cracking job,CBR,R6,Gsxr6,zx6r,Daytona maybe.

I might be slightly biased toward the yamaha.Its never let me down over 23000 miles.

Edited December 4, 2007 by j4ff

[techno]

If new street triple...if not the fazer but it depends what fits but also its not a car so you will buy with heart not youre head you will be looking and a bright light will shine down on you and you know thats the bike for me.

If it happens near a bandit just means ya need help..

Oh and flame on ninj is right the best bike is the 636!

[Guest]

This is a tricky one ...

The Triple has trounced everything in all the road-tests ...

But only comes naked - with the option of a tiddly fly-screen ..

But some of the others come half-faired -- MUCH better for longer distances ..

And the CBR is a good, faired all-rounder, specially the old cbr600F

The big question is what are you going to use it for ??

Fun, commuting, long hauls ???

[Guest]

In the end I voted bandit - cos the Street Trip might be a bit quick for a novice - 140 odd mph...

And the Bandits that bit more novice friendly ...

[yorbandit]

Ya got to choose ya self mate what i think will be diff to techno, pid, houd, keith so ya need to sit on and try each one ya self, plus what kind a riding ya gonna do ?

[techno]

In the end I voted bandit - cos the Street Trip might be a bit quick for a novice - 140 odd mph...

And the Bandits that bit more novice friendly ...

 

Thats a nice way of saying boring!

And I believe with a large cliff the bandit is capable of hitting similar speeds!

Get a ktm 950 sm

[Guest]

It's not borring - especially this new fangled 650 .. I think they look quite tastie

Mind you .... I'm Captain Sensible

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[techno]

I sat on a bandit once it felt horrible!

I think it was the one arm

[Guest]

Where's the R6

[edosix]

Where's the R6

 

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Make me an offer!!! Then i can go shopping!!

[Guest]

Wrong Colour 8)

[edosix]

No!!! local shop might ave black demo next year 8) , might hang on to mine till then and see how much hell come down, mate got last one he had in to 5k, only had 150miles on it

[rennie]

i voted for the fazer, especially the older ones, not sure about the new ones, where's the vfr?

[Guest]

Aye that's a good point ... Viffers are great

[Guest]

So are R6's

I'm not voting until I see a R6 on the Poll

[Guest]

So are R6's

I'm not voting until I see a R6 on the Poll

 

Not for newbies necessarily Drewster-Rooster

Too much power maybe

[Guest]

Tis was my first bike and look what I did as soon as I passed

[houdini]

Wheres me z750?

[pumilio]

Sit on a variety of bikes, read reviews, etc. If you are worried about choosing "the perfect" bike (assuming you have a non-unlimited budget), definitely consider buying a used bike for your first bike. It will make it a lot less expensive trading up once you've tried a particular bike for a while and decide you want a change.

I voted bandit as a first bike - it gets great reviews as an all-rounder for a first big bike, is cheap to buy a low mileage, late model, used one (cheap new too, especially this time of year), etc. I bought a bandit as my first big bike after short listing many of the same ones you have. Definitely have a think about how you'll use the bike most, like whether you need/want a fairing.

Finally, ignore the boy-racers (everyone else does ) and choose what you want!

[Guest]

Told ya a bandit is the way forward...all depends on ya circumstances...theres no such thing as the best one out of the bunch...depends what you want from it!

[Guest]

Wheres me z750?

 

In your garage you muppet