Muscle Bikes

[GreigR]

Afternoon All,

Hoping for some suggestions or advice. For as long as I can remember I've admired bikes like the XJR1300, GSX1400 and ZRX1200. I sold a GS1200 earlier in the year and would like to finally add a muscle bike to my small collection. The problem is, unless I'm missing something, there doesn't seem to be anything that replaced the bikes I mentioned. I do keep an eye out for a nice low mileage bike but they are very rare. Most I've seen are pretty rough and 30k+ miles.

Any suggestions or bikes to consider up to around £10k?

Many Thanks

[A500leroy]

Triumph rocket?

[MrWideFit]

Suzuki B-King, Bandit 1200/1250 or CB1300?

[Biker9090]

CB1100rs

AFAIK emissions killed them off.

[trickywoo]

Superduke.

[hiccy18]

Z H2?

[red_duke]

Triumph Rocket 3 Storm? 2.5 litre triple, 180bhp and 225nm of torque

[rodericb]

You're a bit under what a Yamaha VMX1700 VMax goes for. You're well into Ducati Diavel territory though. And HD V-Rods.

[warnie]

red_duke said:

Triumph Rocket 3 Storm? 2.5 litre triple, 180bhp and 225nm of torque

For £10k? Wow

[warnie]

rodericb said:

You're a bit under what a Yamaha VMX1700 VMax goes for. You're well into Ducati Diavel territory though. And HD V-Rods.

1st thought was the Ducati diavel

[Discendo Discimus]

My father-in-law has the X-diavel V2 and it's an absolute monster.
I've never ridden anything with forward controls and that much power, it pulls wheelies and you're practically lying down.

I'd 100% recommend one. It even handles well.

[red_duke]

warnie said:

red_duke said:

Triumph Rocket 3 Storm? 2.5 litre triple, 180bhp and 225nm of torque

For £10k? Wow

Oops. Didn’t read the small print. Sorry

While the Rocket III can be had for £10k I concede the Rocket 3 starts at £12k

[carinaman]

GreigR said:

The problem is, unless I'm missing something, there doesn't seem to be anything that replaced the bikes I mentioned.

I deleted my post as I didn't pick up on that bit. I often see XJR1300s so they feature in my default window shopping displacement activity.

[BuyaDuster]

I like a good muscle bike. I have had a few. I still have my old CB1000 Custom that I bought in 1998.

The surprising one that really stands out to me at around £10k is the Harley 1250 S Sporster.
I tried one the other day and it was very very nice indeed.
I like the looks, especially the fat front tyre. I think it wont age.
Goes like the wind too. It really does. That engine is supreme.
I noticed a nearly new one on Ebay for £9k with 100 miles on the clock.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RygPz4Ibkwg

[nismo48]

red_duke said:

warnie said:

red_duke said:

Triumph Rocket 3 Storm? 2.5 litre triple, 180bhp and 225nm of torque

For £10k? Wow

Oops. Didn t read the small print. Sorry

While the Rocket III can be had for £10k I concede the Rocket 3 starts at £12k

Still a fair price

[Bob_Defly]

Has anyone managed to wheelie a Rocket 3 yet?

[Stevemr]

Personally, in order to be an old school muscle bike, it needs to have an air cooled engine( or air oil cooled,) twin shocks and a big 4 cylinder engine! That rules out anything modern because you can’t built a bike like that and meet the regs.
With 10K to spend I would be buying as good a late model GSX1400 as possible. Spend the rest on some decent rear shocks, yoshi cams, power commander and a decent exhaust. But ride it first for a while, you may find it’s quick enough, there is a lot of torque!
Google GSX1400 v R1. An entertaining and surprising video.
Don’t be put off by mileage too much the engine is pretty bulletproof proof.
The black ones are the quickest!

My two:-

[Tango13]

Bob_Defly said:

Has anyone managed to wheelie a Rocket 3 yet?

[Bob_Defly]

Tango13 said:

Bob_Defly said:

Has anyone managed to wheelie a Rocket 3 yet?

Ha ha, holy!

[trickywoo]

Tango13 said:

He must have had that mapped as triumph love to take away the throttle in the lower gears. In 1st and 2nd at least 100% at the grip isn t going to give more than 40% with the factory mapping.