Recommend me a bike.

[noggythenog]

So Noggy - what happened to the "large capacity inline 4 isn't for me .....prob a twin...maybe a triple...", "a fairing isnt important as i do fine on my fighter".


Consistency not one of your strengths ?   

I am consistently inconsistent :lol




The price got me......it's was rude not to.




& if it isnt for me i'll easily get the same back for it again.




So i have a trip to Manchester and back.......on some of the nicest roads in Wales....that is the level of inconvenience ill have if i dont like it......& i'll be totally honest if i dont.....i'll know by the journeys end if it is t the bike for me.




Originally on another thread my requirement was better suspension on the 600......but counting up the required mods came to about £800 and i decided i just didn't want to soend another £800 modifying a bike that was only worth £800........so i started looking at bikes that had better handling packages and whilst i was at it i thought well you know lets also have a comfy bike and hmmm do i really need much power so maybe twins and triples.




But i was pretty settled on a Z800 which was an inline 4.....but they are 7k.....that's the biggest factor that changed my mind......given both bikes side by side at the same price i'd still have the Z and i wont lie about that.






Ive looked at the fz1 previously....whilst the top end power isnt really what i need i had decided that with large capacity also came large grunt so the lower down grunt will still be considerably more than i am used to.....i'll just need to learn to rein in the theottle a bit and not get too carried away.




& whilst i'm not fussed about a front fairing....well it certainly wont harm me i dont reckon.






Perhaps my biggest gripe might be the seating and leg position.....& time will tell with that one.....my 600 is jacked up which i like so maybe ill look at doing that to the thou.






Apart from that i'll be getting sports bike handling, a nice Nitron rear shock on a sweet chassis will do me nicely for the twisties.






So im sat with £800 worth of 600......another £800 would have seen it handling as best as it could have done......for £1600 all in.........for an extra 2k i now have a top performance machine that is 7 years newer.