15-03-13, 11:52 PM
Sounds like the Fazer with lower bars is probably as close as you can get right now JoeRock. I feel your pain about the insurance - when I was 23, I was quoted 1700 quid fully comp on my VFR750..... In 1985! Christ know's what that would be in today's money.
It's bad timing for me to say this, but given the wish list of things you want from a bike, a ZZR1400 ticks every box - fast, sports riding position, comfy, massive tank range, brilliant two up and pretty economical to run, too. The only thing it lacks is the ZX9s looks - I saw a E1 ZX9 in the same red as I had the other day, and I reckon it's still a great looking bike. I still feel a bit guilty about selling it.
mpg - you're dead right, cold weather hammers mpg. I'm down a good 20 miles per tank at the moment. In summer, I get 165 miles to warning light, at the moment, it's more like 145. Every now and then I think 'hmmm, Honda NC700, 80 to the gallon' and then I snap back and think, 50bhp.....naaahhhh.
Roll on spring!
It's bad timing for me to say this, but given the wish list of things you want from a bike, a ZZR1400 ticks every box - fast, sports riding position, comfy, massive tank range, brilliant two up and pretty economical to run, too. The only thing it lacks is the ZX9s looks - I saw a E1 ZX9 in the same red as I had the other day, and I reckon it's still a great looking bike. I still feel a bit guilty about selling it.
mpg - you're dead right, cold weather hammers mpg. I'm down a good 20 miles per tank at the moment. In summer, I get 165 miles to warning light, at the moment, it's more like 145. Every now and then I think 'hmmm, Honda NC700, 80 to the gallon' and then I snap back and think, 50bhp.....naaahhhh.
Roll on spring!
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