What Else Would You Have? - Printable Version

What Else Would You Have? - Printable Version

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Re: What Else Would You Have? - Skippernick - 15-07-13

I think to cover all basis/fazer replacement it would be Kawasaki Z1000 SX

Re: What Else Would You Have? - Grahamm - 15-07-13

I've still got my eyes on a Triumph Sprint 1050 ST at some point in the future...

Re: What Else Would You Have? - slimwilly - 15-07-13

(15-07-13, 10:30 PM)Skippernick link Wrote: I think to cover all basis/fazer replacement it would be Kawasaki Z1000 SX

[Image: kawasakiz1000sx20111g_zpsf6a34f3d.jpg]

Too right , this Kwaker really is the bollocks, my mate who likes my fz1 has a gixxer 750 and gets cramp after 3 or 4 hundred miles,
he now sees sense and is checking out the market for our style bikes and found these.

I really love this bike,,

Well i love my bike but if i had to have another make !!!

Re: What Else Would You Have? - Slaninar - 15-07-13

It would have to be:

1) Under 750 cc for registration and insurance costs to be bearable.

2) Under 220 kg kerb weight for me to be able to push it up hill.

3) Good brakes, good handling on pavement, but still able to be taken a bit off road.

So....

Kawasaki Versys, in spite of that UGLY headlight.

Or, in spite of that full fairing which is a pain in the neck to clean, repair when sliding etc, Honda CBR600F4.

[Image: 111034478_CBR600F4LX-R157.jpg]

[Image: kawasaki%20versys%20%2008%20%202.jpg]

But I would prefer to keep the good old FZS600. Perhaps with added Wilbers shock absorber and stronger springs, but still keep it.

Re: What Else Would You Have? - nick crisp - 15-07-13

(15-07-13, 10:39 PM)slimwilly link Wrote: [quote author=Skippernick link=topic=8858.msg87948#msg87948 date=1373923848]
I think to cover all basis/fazer replacement it would be Kawasaki Z1000 SX

I really love this bike,,

Well i love my bike but if i had to have another make !!!
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3 or 400 miles, as early as that, huh?...

Re: What Else Would You Have? - ghostbiker - 15-07-13

Zx1000sx is about the only bike that tempts me from the gen 1 as a everyday and only bike.
1050 tiger maybe if I could afford the servicing costs

Re: What Else Would You Have? - Ian-man - 15-07-13

If I had room for several bikes rather than one excellent all rounder. Then I would have a

BMW k1600gt
Moto Guzzi California touring
Suzuki gsxr1000

Re: What Else Would You Have? - Ian-man - 15-07-13

However a replacement all rounder would be a

Z1000sx

I could be forced to put up with one of my other 3 listed above lol.

Re: What Else Would You Have? - stevierst - 16-07-13

(15-07-13, 10:54 PM)ghostbiker link Wrote: 1050 tiger maybe if I could afford the servicing costs

And £800 for new suspension all round! The standard shock and forks are dreadful!

Re: What Else Would You Have? - JoeRock - 16-07-13

Money literally no object, then an MV Agusta F4 CC.
I use my bike for everything; commuting, fun and distance riding, but luckily being 21 I find most things reasonably comfortable!
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-hy-throttle28-2008may28,0,2379848.story

Realistically though, I think my next bike (next year, or possibly year after that) will be either another FZS 1000, or possibly another ZX9R - both need some money spent on them to sort out their key weaknesses, but are then cracking road bikes. Couple years after that I can see me going for a liter sports machine, probably 1st Gen ZX10R, or 04/05 R1, but if I were going to have one of those, with the current motorway/twoup riding I do I'd probably need a second bike as well!

Re: What Else Would You Have? - jon - 16-07-13

Cr500 in supermoto trim

Re: What Else Would You Have? - Frosties - 16-07-13

(16-07-13, 12:58 AM)stevierst link Wrote: [quote author=ghostbiker link=topic=8858.msg87958#msg87958 date=1373925271]
1050 tiger maybe if I could afford the servicing costs

And £800 for new suspension all round! The standard shock and forks are dreadful!
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All it needs is the oil weight changing and then its well sorted.

Everyday - WeeStrom & a Tiger 800 (better balanced than big brother)
Playtime XJR1300/Suzuki GSX1400

Re: What Else Would You Have? - stevierst - 16-07-13

(16-07-13, 07:21 AM)Frosties link Wrote: All it needs is the oil weight changing and then its well sorted.

There's quite a bit more to it than that, but its a start. The bad suspension is the only reason I got rid of mine. Rear spring is weighted for a 10 stone rider, rear shock is way, way under damped, and that's coming from suspension experts who rebuild them. A good bike ruined imho.

Re: What Else Would You Have? - locksmith - 16-07-13

Mercedes SL55 AMG :car

But that Kawasaki does look pretty.

Re: What Else Would You Have? - nick crisp - 16-07-13

I think I could really live with the new KTM 1190 Adventure, if the first report I've read is an accurate representation. I have also considered Tiger 1050, latest Z1000, Ducati Hypermotard (but doesn't tick enough boxes), a few others - but KTM does seem to be very versatile whilst still doing what, in my opinion, a bike is for - fun factor.

Re: What Else Would You Have? - Andy FZS - 16-07-13

A garage full would be nice..

Re: What Else Would You Have? - adeejaysdelight - 16-07-13

Boxer SSR 1000. Bit out of the price range at the moment, but maybe one day..? :'(

Re: What Else Would You Have? - alan sherman - 16-07-13

If cost was an issue then a Bandit 1000. I blame the wheelie school all those years ago!

Cost no issue - probably a Sprint, maybe a Blackbird. That Kwak I hadn't seen before and looks nice too. It'd be nice if there were a modern firestorm equivalent but never found a suitable option (SV looks lovely but my legs were too cramped, Aprillia Futura too ugly, same with the Ducatti ST2)

Although as I only really ride in town now could lose the fairing and go for a Monster or something similar.

Re: What Else Would You Have? - DryRob - 16-07-13

If money was no object then it'd probably be a Ducati 996 so I could pay for taxis when it didn't start in the winter or pay for the spring rebuild if it did. Realistically though I like the look of the Triumph Sprint, I was thinking about the VFR as well but haven't got the room for either of them anyway....yet

Re: What Else Would You Have? - ponkster - 16-07-13

Ducati Diavel - why - look at it!