What bike to get?
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Prefer V twin/four, got to accelerate hard, handle reasonably well, carry 2 people + luggage with ease. Lowish top speed. Unfaired or faired.
Dilemas. I fear the call of a sports tourer, or maybe even the dreaded cruiser-tourer...
Why? because we want to do Europe in comfort next year, and don't want to get nicked for any more warp-speed madness!
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Prefer V twin/four, got to accelerate hard, handle reasonably well, carry 2 people + luggage with ease. Lowish top speed. Unfaired or faired.
Dilemas. I fear the call of a sports tourer, or maybe even the dreaded cruiser-tourer...
Why? because we want to do Europe in comfort next year, and don't want to get nicked for any more warp-speed madness!
C
Sounds spookily like a VFR to me
You could try a Ducati tourer, not bad by all accounts. Or if you're not so keen on blatting everywhere on the autoroute, what about a (shock horror) Harley? Take the normal roads and really get to know the country, not just bits of it connected by fast roads.
You could try a Ducati tourer, not bad by all accounts. Or if you're not so keen on blatting everywhere on the autoroute, what about a (shock horror) Harley? Take the normal roads and really get to know the country, not just bits of it connected by fast roads.
Tried a VFR and loved it. Was all set to buy one but the Mrs (who also rides) found it too high for her tiny little legs. To my surprise she can manage a Triumph Sprint ST (yes I know it looks bigger but she's happy so that's OK) - so we got one and it'll be great for touring with teenage daughter on the back - whichever of us is on the front - so it should please everyone.
One of the mags said the light are bad, but ours have been sorted so both come on on dip and are fine now.
>> Edited by epo88 on Sunday 29th December 18:26
One of the mags said the light are bad, but ours have been sorted so both come on on dip and are fine now.
>> Edited by epo88 on Sunday 29th December 18:26
Get the ZX12R - you know it's what you need. I got one last year, although touring was not quite what I had in mind. What a brilliant (and fairly quick) bike. In all seriousness though, I would not want to tour on it as the tingling vibration gets painfully to parts other bikes don't reach.
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