Thread: Which Bike ??

So I can't stop the itch for a new bike ( second hand ) . As the guys that ride know once bikes are in your blood it's even worse than guns.
Had a Kawasaki ZX1400 last time, 190 hp at the bike wheel and capable ( did ) 300km/h.
I don't have any pre - set idea's this time round other than it's gotta be fun, reliable and able to carry the odd pillion and fast.

Anything from a Harley to a Hayabusa, and Apriila to a Yamaha.......

My sister has a new ZX-6 which is a pretty impressive bit of kit, I don't ride road bikes but have had a quick squirt on it and it's definitely fast. She reckons it "rides itself" handles really well. She also has a 690 Duke R which is a fun bike.

aprilia’s out them, you’d need to be a 12 year old contortionist get comfortable as a pillion.
Harleys out, you mentioned fast
Yamaha MT might fit the bill ?
Naked or faired ?
Cheaper to rego under 600cc from memory.
Inline 4, twin, triple ?

There are some good deals to be had on the street 675 with triumph bring out the new 765

Originally Posted by 199p

There are some good deals to be had on the street 675 with triumph bring out the new 765

Cool Bikes but if you're going for the expensive reg may as well go all in?

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Cool Bikes but if you're going for the expensive reg may as well go all in?

yeah your right Nibblet the rego is a killer, total bloody rip off but not much I can do about that. If your going to get done for a lamb you may as well take s sheep.
900 cc plus.

Get a big bike (if you have had a ZX14 a 600 will seem gutless - don't get me wrong, they are fast, but there is no substitute for cc's) A naked will keep you cruising at "reasonable" speeds but with the power for a thrash when the time is right. I am a fan of the big Japanese 4s myself, but each to their own.
Put the rego on hold and take your chances. Just don't park illegally

500cc two stroke.

Are we talking KX500 with 17" wheels or RZ500/RG500 here?

Originally Posted by timattalon

Its not the bee's that are the problem, its wasps. My Bro was riding his XL to school in his uniform shorts many moons ago and he collected a wasp on the thigh (inside about halfway up) and it stung him about 6 or so times in a line as the wind blew it up his shorts. It got pretty close to a serious swelling.......Neither he or the wasp seemed happy about the situation.

I had one get stuck on the only mesh part of my leathers which happened to be in the arm pit, bugger stung me three times through it.

Originally Posted by outlander

Are we talking KX500 with 17" wheels or RZ500/RG500 here?

I was thinking TSS RS500GP would be fun.

Originally Posted by outlander

Are we talking KX500 with 17" wheels or RZ500/RG500 here?

I owned an RG500 gamma for about 7 years. Absolute blast to ride.
Then came children and a mortgage.....
Now both have gone and it's a Z1000 and a KLE 500

Originally Posted by Shearer

I owned an RG500 gamma for about 7 years. Absolute blast to ride.
Then came children and a mortgage.....
Now both have gone and it's a Z1000 and a KLE 500

Mate you can still hold your head high with both those bikes. I had a ZIR years ago and sold it to buy a Z1000 turbo ( 78 model ). The turbo was insane, some crazy mechanical genius built it. Wisco low compression pistons, Ape clutch , no wastegate and boosting over 30 psi when wide open. Thing used to go that fast that the front end would start to lift over 160mph , saw 190 mph one day with the needle still creeping up, evil and wicked. Cold winter days were the best when the air was cool and dense , crack it open and it felt like God had just picked you up and thrown you down the highway the acceleration was so brutal.
I added water injection , fuel pump off a GT mini 1275 cause it couldn't get enough gas under heavy boost, it was a combination of mechanical wizardry and a healthy dose of insanity .

Originally Posted by viper

Mate you can still hold your head high with both those bikes. I had a ZIR years ago and sold it to buy a Z1000 turbo ( 78 model ). The turbo was insane, some crazy mechanical genius built it. Wisco low compression pistons, Ape clutch , no wastegate and boosting over 30 psi when wide open. Thing used to go that fast that the front end would start to lift over 160mph , saw 190 mph one day with the needle still creeping up, evil and wicked. Cold winter days were the best when the air was cool and dense , crack it open and it felt like God had just picked you up and thrown you down the highway the acceleration was so brutal.
I added water injection , fuel pump off a GT mini 1275 cause it couldn't get enough gas under heavy boost, it was a combination of mechanical wizardry and a healthy dose of insanity .

Like more than once.

Holy hell! I had a new '77 Z1000. The bastard thing made me sea sick from weaving at anything beyond 180 kmh. A turbo on that...you a brave man for sure!

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