Alter natives

[Finmows]

Those cans make it look hideous IMO

[TOPGUMM]

Those cans make it look hideous IMO

Same as most bikes that `s the first to swap out along with air intakes which allow them to pass controls.
Will be like europe and not allowed to alter stuff soon.
Think I`ll go to the outback and hide.

[TOPGUMM]

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Too many fucking flies there.

[barney]

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bikes-for-sale/bmw/r-nine-t/

Brain surgeon biker across the road has a bmw r nine and said I can have a go sometime .

I seem to have a picture in my mind that I saw they snap the shaft swingarm ?

Looks nice.

https://www.r1200gs.info/threads/swing- ... ure.29674/
https://blog.motorcycle.com/2017/08/29/ ... pin-bolts/

Just loose bolts then

so much for German engineering .....

[barney]

Those cans make it look hideous IMO

Same as most bikes that `s the first to swap out along with air intakes which allow them to pass controls.
Will be like europe and not allowed to alter stuff soon.
Think I`ll go to the outback and hide.

Ok weathers been a bit crap of late but haven’t seen many bikes on the road
And with very little sales to younger people to keep the industry going , give it another 10..15 years or so and us old ones, will have little chance of standing in the way of the nanny state / EU dictating to us what we can and cannot do with our own vehicles .

[Nutah]

who knows the future tbh
but as we are all getting a bit ahem.. secondhand & dog eared

just ride while you can

[Dusty]

Thin:

give it another 10..15 years or so and us old ones, will have little chance of standing

Just corrected that for you

[edd]

..........Interesting that Edd should mention Guzzis because a V85TT could be a strong contender. CJ has one of those and really likes it as well
Steve

Another friend has a few older Guzzi V’s I have ridden occasionally. Characterful, Solid, but a bit heavy! He knows of CJ through Guzzi events and publications, but don’t recall if they’ve actually met yet. I’d like the idea of a V7 850 myself, but have yet to try one.

[TOPGUMM]

XJR1300 yamaha
GSX1400 suzuki
or
CB1300 honda

I know they are getting older , but any thoughts.

[Dusty]

Honda.

[gunter]

I own a CB1300 for more than a decade now. Lovely bike, somehow comfortable, apparently undestroyable and milled from the solid (Honda!), but in the end good for only one thing: fast, comfortable rides on motorways (Goldwing-alike). Despite all PR babble, the CB1300 has nothing in common with a Bol d'Or. Don't get me wrong, it's still an engineering masterpiece, nice to look at and this monstrous, tower-like, large engine is a class of it's own. If you want one because it's, let's say, a prominent example of japanese motorcycles at the end of last century (as is each of the models mentioned above), then get one. You won't be disappointed. If you are more a motorbike rider than a motorbike owner, there are better choices. (Many of them are built in Berlin-Spandau, of course )

[att]

I got a new Hornet CB750 just over a month ago.
It is the bollocks, just so very fucking good in every way, light, powerful, flickable and the 17" wheels front and rear and with a 160 on the rear make it so enjoyable on the deserted mountain roads.
The exhasut note with the crank angle is more V Twin than a V Twin and the user mode for traction, engine braking and power means I can dial it in to my favourite routes...Plus, it was cheap, very fucking cheap!

It came on Michelin tyres, which is unheard of in Portugal! The only one to do so! Even the dealer could not believe it, so I am being looked after in every way known to man!

I love it...Insurance was only 83 Euros as well and on a new policy! Only third party, but there is no theft here so the rest is up to me! Being responsible cuts both ways here and I like that....I think we used to call it respect.

[Dusty]

Thanks for the update Att
In respect of the CB1300 the residual values are impressive..........perhaps not so if you are looking to buy!

[TOPGUMM]

Thought I`d join the cb1300 bunch on facebook, they have so far dismissed me because of my wanky answers to their entrance questionaire interrogation

[edd]

If you don’t mind taking some mind altering drug and forsaking power and speed for a change, have you ever considered trying the newer Royal Enfields?

I’ve not tried the Connie twins yet, but I rode a couple of Enfield singles a friend runs and was pleasantly surprised how comfy and relaxing they were to ride. The latest 411 Scram is surprisingly capable despite almost ‘no power’; you just chill out on B roads taking in the countryside with no sense of needing to ‘eat tarmac’ or to get to the next county. Now it’s run in the 411 can wind up and exceed the speed limit, but within its own limits it feels fast enough if that makes sense? Yes I would change a few things like fit more road orientated tyres, up the rear preload, or drop the fork yokes a few mm, etc. It got me thinking about the even less powerful Meteor or Hunter models. Another plus is that they go for miles without needing a fuel stop.