What style bike do you ride?

[AstronautNinja]

Figured it might be interesting to see the most popular weapon of choice

Edited October 15, 2024 by AstronautNinja

[Capt Sisko]

You could do with adding more catergories

Scooter

Moped

Learner Legal 125

Trail Bike

Edited October 15, 2024 by Capt Sisko

[AstronautNinja]

3 minutes ago, Capt Sisko said:

You could do with adding more catergories

Scooter

Moped

Learner Legal 125

Trail Bike

Done

Edited October 15, 2024 by AstronautNinja

[Simon Davey]

I didn't go out to buy a "Sports Tourer", I went to get our farm quad bike sorted, and came back with a £1500 Kawasaki.... (because it was cheap and I didn't have a bike). 

My mind wants me to ride a nutjob of a sports bike, my body wants a two wheeled sofa. Next bike will likely have to be an ADV style. 

Edited October 15, 2024 by Simon Davey

[Steve_M]

Most of my bikes have been “sports tourers” or touring sports though I was influenced by a desire for a TDM850 way back, which I think had a category of its own. At that time the U.K. scene was dominated by sports bikes with the folk on the continent (according to the biking press) tending towards Africa Twins and the like.

 

I never got the TDM - but realised that preferred riding a bike with that riding position, so bought the Tiger1050. I went back to touring-sport with the FJR but really didn’t like that bike so I’m now onto the GS which is amazingly capable. 

[husoi]

One cruiser for short trips around Scotland.

Anything over 200 miles I go on the ST1300

[bud]

Most of my bikes have been sports bikes, or the odd off road bike. 

I then went to naked bikes to help keep the speed down.

but living in a city now. A scooter makes perfect sense. You can put your helmet in it. Then when You come back. Your shopping goes in.

Edited October 15, 2024 by bud

[Ian Frog]

I suppose I am lucky in that I have a selection including adv tourer, retro street bike, flat tracker, and cruiser.

My sport tourer (Hayabusa) is still for sale (must get round to advertising that lol.

Cheers

Ian

[S-Westerly]

Don't really know what I'd class the V100S as. Sort of sport tourer I guess. Bloody good fun whatever.

[rob m]

I’ve only ever ridden large sports bikes or sports tourers. Never considered anything else but that might change as I get older and less bendy 
 

 

[husoi]

My next bike will be electric.

 

In a form of a sports mobility scooter

[AstronautNinja]

1 hour ago, husoi said:

My next bike will be electric.

 

In a form of a sports mobility scooter

Pair of surron motors slapped in? 

[husoi]

1 minute ago, AstronautNinja said:

Pair of surron motors slapped in? 

Always 4X4

[skyrider]

2 hours ago, rob m said:

I’ve only ever ridden large sports bikes or sports tourers. Never considered anything else but that might change as I get older and less bendy 
 

 

and you probably dont bounce as easily too 

[Shepherd]

Ended up with my MK3 Versys purely because of it's height, and reach to the bars. My Deauville has a much more forgiving seat, but I feel too scrunched up.

 

If I could find / afford a smaller engined bike with the same height as the V, it'd be ideal for my 4 mile commute.

[RideWithStyles]

Had mostly sports , sport touring (as i refer my bike to), and a couple of nakeds (I’ll count the wifes too). Not venture much in other categories beyond them long term.

 

shepherd, have you not adjusted (or changed) the bars to make it less compact?

[Geordie Oldie]

2001 Honda Hornet that came with a small fairing as new ( I think?).

 

Not sure what category that falls into.

[Shepherd]

15 hours ago, RideWithStyles said:

Had mostly sports , sport touring (as i refer my bike to), and a couple of nakeds (I’ll count the wifes too). Not venture much in other categories beyond them long term.

 

shepherd, have you not adjusted (or changed) the bars to make it less compact?

Yep, it already had risers fitted. I tried higher risers, but it meant new longer  cables, which I tried to fit and failed miserably.  I'll persevere and try again before Christmas  - it's sorned until then so I can sort multi bike insurance out.

[RideWithStyles]

Really depends on how your sitting on the bike now? Pictures of the bike and you on it as your riding would help greatly. 

as to if just bodging any risers and or bar on actually might do little difference for what YOU need. probably all its done or set up is lift your arms and elbows UP (even moved the bars even closer to you body which is not what you need) when you probably really need them pushed out away from you towards the clocks and angled flatter?

even seen it where it was the pegs position that was the problem as it was angling the hips and spine to make it work…Again pictures would help.

 

Edited October 17, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[RideWithStyles]

19 hours ago, Geordie Oldie said:

2001 Honda Hornet that came with a small fairing as new ( I think?).

 

Not sure what category that falls into.

Small binkni fairings similar to monsters, true older bandits and tuonos are still naked, your hornet is still a naked which I think your bike falls into.

if it was a half faired (full screen and faired upper) like the gsf600-1200 s versions then its not a naked especially if it had a full fairing panel as option.

[bonio]

On 16/10/2024 at 08:01, Shepherd said:

Ended up with my MK3 Versys purely because of it's height, and reach to the bars. My Deauville has a much more forgiving seat, but I feel too scrunched up.

 

If I could find / afford a smaller engined bike with the same height as the V, it'd be ideal for my 4 mile commute.

A supermoto perhaps?

[Throttled]

I put adventure, as in the Versys 1000 (of which I am on my second and had the 650 before that) fall into the adventure touring category, according to most of the motorbike press. I think of that category as the SUV of the bike world. What was once for off road, is now for road use, and their size makes for comfortable touring.