Hi all, technically this would be a third bike as I bought a royal enfield 500 when I passed (only in July), then a VFR800 (vtec) which I kept for 2 months but was too tall and heavy for around town. Still have the enfield but it’s not reliable and doing my head in a bit, plus I miss the extra power I had with the bigger bike. Felt comfortable with the VFR’s grunt just i’m a short arse.
So have looked at a few options, and am going to reduce the list and test ride a few next week if I can find some. Spend 85% of the time in central London, the rest on motorways/country roads. The girlfriend will be a bit unhappy if I get something that can’t take a pillion/has horrific pillion seat. I ride all the time weather wise so a fairing would be a bonus, and i’d like something I can race about on a bit (at a track of course)! Budget top is about 4750 but as a limit not a target.
Any advice on the below would be massively appreciated, i’ve been riding for few months (4500 miles), but am still a relatively inexperienced rider. Want to do some track days in the spring and doing bikesafe and a few other bits over the winter too.
2006-2008 R62008-2010 SV650s2008-2010 Hornet2010-2011 CBR600f2005-2008 CBR600RR2004-2006 Ducati 7492002-2006 Mv Brutale 750 (yes I know it’s probably a silly idea)!2008-2010 BonnevillePossibly a monster or hypermotard 796
If anyone has experience of these bikes, or an opinion on what might work well, any help appreciated! Rode an XJ6 for my DAS and think I need slightly more thrills than that can provide - maybe the hornet is too similar… what do you think?
Thanks,
Tedward.
