12-09-15, 08:28 AM
Hi all
Just bought this, should be collecting it on Tuesday, looks like good weather ahead to Christen a new bike.
Probably the motorcycle equivalent of a washing machine, but I wanted a centre & ABS for the winter commute, together with better distance covering ability than the current fleet.
I test rode plenty of new bikes (Tracer, Versys 1000, Tiger 800, 1190 Adventure & S1000XR) & really wanted the XR, but couldn't live with the vibrations above 6k, not for the price anyway, so I thought I'd save a load of money & look for one of these as it seemed to be the only bike to tick all boxes - relatively light, decent bit of power if lacking a bit low down (might change the sprockets to help here, but need to consider cruising RPM), should be reliable, fairly new, etc, etc.
Had a quick test ride, did the deal, job done.
Just bought this, should be collecting it on Tuesday, looks like good weather ahead to Christen a new bike.
Probably the motorcycle equivalent of a washing machine, but I wanted a centre & ABS for the winter commute, together with better distance covering ability than the current fleet.
I test rode plenty of new bikes (Tracer, Versys 1000, Tiger 800, 1190 Adventure & S1000XR) & really wanted the XR, but couldn't live with the vibrations above 6k, not for the price anyway, so I thought I'd save a load of money & look for one of these as it seemed to be the only bike to tick all boxes - relatively light, decent bit of power if lacking a bit low down (might change the sprockets to help here, but need to consider cruising RPM), should be reliable, fairly new, etc, etc.
Had a quick test ride, did the deal, job done.