Best Option for winter hack/work commuting bike inc A1/motorways

Motorcycling
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Please tick all you think would be suitable, multiple choices allowed. Bearing in mind I’m 6’2" and quite heavy I don’t really think a 125 would cut it, but it’s got to be cheap, easy to maintain, cheap to insure and not very stealable. All the abopve are available for less than £1000.

Doesn’t need to be fast or even that good to ride, will be used in rain/at night during winter and probably even in the summer for shorter trips or where I need to leave it outside a station or parked up somewhere for a while.

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A 250 maxi scooter with a decent sized topbox. Loads of storage space; good weather protection; good road presence; will do 80mph on the M-way, and is as fast as anything else around town (sometimes faster when you factor in the fact that you’re not changing gears).

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gpz 500 lovely bike will go on forever…

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Thanks, which one of them will have the lowest bars as standard ?

Would have had Hornet, Fazer and Bandit up there too but most of them are too expensive.

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Old Transalp or XRV.

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Go for the CB500 and fit a top box, easy to ride, cheap to buy and nothing on it to worry about it getting damaged, plus it’s a Honda so will no doubt be still running around after we’ve all passed away! :smiley:

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I’d go for an old steel framed CBR600 or a ZZR600 :cool:

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Definitely a Honda!

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I wouldnt have thought it mattered as its only a winter hack.

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CB500 all the way, doz wot it sez on the tin :wink:

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Looks like the Honda to me :slight_smile:

The Divvys had a fair following too I think, but not as strong as the Honda :wink:

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CB 500 for me too! :slight_smile:

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If your budget will allow, maybe a xt125x which is good for people over 6ft, ever thought about a bandit?

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Welcome aboard :slight_smile:

Pop yourself in the Newbie section and say Hi :cool:

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GS500, i courier on one therefore… basically theres less to go wrong on a GS