Next bike, which one?

[Magpie84]

I'm very tempted by rubbish this, I just need more money

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202006109996294?atmobcid=soc3

[James in Brum]

I’ve looking bike that!

[Marino]

I'm very tempted by rubbish this, I just need more money

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202006109996294?atmobcid=soc3

 

Versys is fantastic bike, it goes much better than what you will expect

[Magpie84]

I'm very tempted by rubbish this, I just need more money

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202006109996294?atmobcid=soc3

 

Doh! I didn't mean rubbish I meant this bike but I clearly didn't proof read my post

[dynax]

Get the sen a moped i'm having loads of fun just fiddling with mine, will have even more when i get to ride her

[Six30]

Get the sen a moped i'm having loads of fun just fiddling with myself , will have even more when i get to ride her in just my underpants.

 

 

[Tiggie]

[mention]dynax[/mention] don't suppose you've been to Germany recently?

 

[dynax]

@dynax don't suppose you've been to Germany recently?

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No i haven't and that's a scooter not a moped

[Magpie84]

Ok! Now that I've bleached my eyes.

I'm off to see this tomorrow

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/300458021070677/

And a triumph tiger on Monday

[Tiggie]

V-stroms are a good bike to get. Practically bulletproof by all accounts

[Magpie84]

I would have preferred a 1000cc version but I haven't found one in my budget and all the gubbins I want like abs. I'm a bit worried about the difference in bhp as my hornet has 100bhp and v-strom has 68bhp

[skyrider]

that suzy v looks a nice tidy bike BUY IT

[Magpie84]

Sadly it looked tidier in the pictures. It has clearly been used as an all weather commuter bike in a previous life and had corrosion on almost every bolt and looked like it had been dropped several times but mechanically sound just asking a bit more than I'd like to pay in it's current condition. Very nice guy with a genuine reason for selling it but even he admitted he didn't know much about bikes and had only had it a year after buying it from a dealer in Exeter. I'll have to see how the tiger goes tomorrow.

[Guest]

Give it a miss I'd say. There's plenty about and you should be able to find something much tidier. How did it feel to sit on?

[S-Westerly]

Give it a miss I'd say. There's plenty about and you should be able to find something much tidier. How did it feel to sit on?

 

[Magpie84]

Give it a miss I'd say. There's plenty about and you should be able to find something much tidier. How did it feel to sit on?

 

Good and not too top heavy.

[Mack01]

Good and not too top heavy.

 

And it'll feel even less top heavy when riding. A very well balanced bike. Plenty of reviews on Youtube on the V-Strom.

[Guest]

I would have preferred a 1000cc version but I haven't found one in my budget and all the gubbins I want like abs. I'm a bit worried about the difference in bhp as my hornet has 100bhp and v-strom has 68bhp

 

If you think a Hornet will leave a Strom on twisties, back roads, and real world usage......there's not a hope!

The only way you'll shake a Strom off is on long straight stretches where you can keep it in the sweet spot in the rev range all the time. And you're then into licence losing speeds!

I don't get anywhere any slower on the Strom than I did when I had my Fazer.

[skyrider]

Sadly it looked tidier in the pictures. It has clearly been used as an all weather commuter bike in a previous life and had corrosion on almost every bolt and looked like it had been dropped several times but mechanically sound just asking a bit more than I'd like to pay in it's current condition. Very nice guy with a genuine reason for selling it but even he admitted he didn't know much about bikes and had only had it a year after buying it from a dealer in Exeter. I'll have to see how the tiger goes tomorrow.

oh thats a bit of a disappointment

[Magpie84]

I would have preferred a 1000cc version but I haven't found one in my budget and all the gubbins I want like abs. I'm a bit worried about the difference in bhp as my hornet has 100bhp and v-strom has 68bhp

 

If you think a Hornet will leave a Strom on twisties, back roads, and real world usage......there's not a hope!

The only way you'll shake a Strom off is on long straight stretches where you can keep it in the sweet spot in the rev range all the time. And you're then into licence losing speeds!

I don't get anywhere any slower on the Strom than I did when I had my Fazer.

 

I never said I thought the hornet would leave the strom and as I said in my original post the hornet was my first big bike so I have nothing to compare it to. I have only test ridden a tracer 700 and while it was a nice ride it missed the oomph my hornet has despite the higher cc engine.

[Tankbag]

Have you considered a gen1 Hayabusa, you will pick up a good one with your budget, at least test ride one

[Magpie84]

Oops I just agreed to buy this

[S-Westerly]

Triumph Tiger. Nice bike and being tall you won't have the feet down issues some of us short legged folks have. I found a Tiger too high for me and even my Mutley I can get both feet down but not flat footed.

[Old-codger]

Nice bike but did the previous owner work for deliveroo with a topbox that large.

[Magpie84]

Nice bike but did the previous owner work for deliveroo with a topbox that large.

 

Ahahahaha no! But being a mum and that I often take a child with me the large top box was a selling point for me