what bike would you buy for £3,000?

[weazelz]

RiDE magazine were at Mallory today asking people what bike they'd buy for £3k - Tricky & I got interviewed & had our photos taken :-)

find out what we said in the january edition - in all good newsagents mid-november

what would you buy for three grand ?

[Stingo]

If I could have a bike for three grand it would have to be one of them tasty things with the four little exhaust pipes coming out from under the saddle whose name escapes me right now but normally retails around 14k...bargin!! :lol:

















Oh...that's not what you meant...hmm....

[Carsick]

a black 2000 falco with enough money leftover for ohlins rear, futura swingarm/wheel and probably some nice cans.

[Grinch]

Bits for me SV...

[hovis]

the newest yellow sv650s curvey with lower fairings colour coded hugger/seat cowl,tinted screen ,shiny footplates tail tidy mod,arrow indicaters ,titanium race can chewys mirror spacers i could get

[The Basket]

Hornet 900...

or a VFR.

[fizzwheel]

Aprilia RS250, with spare pistons and piston rings and a nice supply of fully synethic 2 stroke oil

:twisted:

[instigator]

£3000.... :idea:

ZRX1200 for £2600 and the rest on a 2nd hand akra system.

[Sudoxe]

A KTM to hoon arround town on.

[northwind]

£3000... If I didn't have an SV, that'd be the answer. I'd buy that Falco that someone on here is trying to sell. Or I'd see if that'd buy a Duke 2. Or, some wreck to build a streetfighter out of, R6 maybe.

[Vfr400]

For £3000 ermmm, just about enough for a lovely smelly late 80's Suzuki RG500 Two Stroke in bits .

chris

[Paws]

a zx6 ninja 8) (or 636 in black)

[Demonz]

Yami XT or a Honda CRM - something to play in the mud with

[wyrdness]

I'm with Carsick and Northy on this one - a Falco. There are some nice ones about for that price.

[Stingo]

Remembered what it was - MVAgusta F4 - oh man :smt118

[Jelster]

A KTM to hoon arround town on.

Don't be silly, you're even shorter than me, and I can't touch the floor on a KTM :lol:

£3 Grand ? Probably THIS (http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/BIKES_popup.asp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_bikes_full&photo=1&state=%27%27&sort=4&make=&min_pr=2000&source=0&model=&max_pr=3000&ccappr=&agerange=&miles=40&keywords=&mileage=&postcode=ub79an&start=7&distance=7&adcategory=BIKE&channel=BIKES&id=200628242493905)

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[jonboy99]

KTM 200exc. And a fecking big toolbox.

[the_runt69]

Any variation of a speed triple

H

[Sid Squid]

Another Katana.

[northwind]

Another Katana.

http://www.dokkabilco.no/userfiles/image/graphics/m9.jpg
Good choice!

[Sid Squid]

That's the one!

[Skip]

If I had £3k and could keep my current bike as well it would probably be some kind of sportsbike, probably an older Fireblade :)

[Saint Matt]

Early B1H I think, or a second hand SV1000S. I think I'll be gettign one of those 2 within a few years hopefully :)

[tinpants]

I'd probably spend the 3 grand on re-doing the paint job on the 'Storm. 8) I'd keep it in the Repsol colours but there are a lot of stone chips on it so they could do with being sorted. With whats left over I'd get the wheels painted or powdercoated Repsol orange and put any leftover money towards a set of hi-level cans, preferably Scorpions. Thats what is on there at the mo and it sounds awesome :twisted:





Just a thought. :wink:



If I had to spend the money on a different bike it would probably be a ZX12R.

[wheelnut]

Would have to be something to go mud plugging on :P

A CRM or summat. or a couple of Honda Dominators

[kwak zzr]

a clean sv1000s or a tl1000 s or r.

[Alpinestarhero]

I'd buy a TL1000s, scare myself ****less, and then sell it and buy something safer.

Matt

[kwak zzr]

there not as bad as people first made out, just inexperienced riders riding them. :wink: a recent bike mag said that its only the same as riding a current sports bike with that much bhp.

[wheelnut]

there not as bad as people first made out, just inexperienced riders riding them. :wink: a recent bike mag said that its only the same as riding a current sports bike with that much bhp.

I read a roadtest on them and it was only dangerous for 8 stone weaklings. us fat blokes should be ok as we can compress the damper :P

[Quiff Wichard]

A KTM to hoon arround town on.

Don't be silly, you're even shorter than me, and I can't touch the floor on a KTM :lol:

£3 Grand ? Probably THIS (http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/BIKES_popup.asp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_bikes_full&photo=1&state=%27%27&sort=4&make=&min_pr=2000&source=0&model=&max_pr=3000&ccappr=&agerange=&miles=40&keywords=&mileage=&postcode=ub79an&start=7&distance=7&adcategory=BIKE&channel=BIKES&id=200628242493905)

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Steve that links to peronalities for sale..not bikes!!

oh yea I see now ! :wink:

[stuartyboy]

cbr600f

[Warren]

If I had £3k and could keep my current bike as well it would probably be some kind of sportsbike, probably an older Fireblade :)


my answer also.

[falc]

GSXR 1000 K1 :twisted:

Be hard to find a good example but a bit of TLC on a well used one would see it back up in good shape

[ivantate]

Probably a very tidy SV1000s.

[tricky]

I don't think you could get the bike I said for £3K :lol: :oops:

[DanAbnormal]

Kwak ZX -7R

'nuff said.

:D

[jambo]

Last Year I bought my ZX6R 2001 J model for about that and would do it over again, but if I was buying a 2nd bike It'd probably be an SV1000, Bandit12 or some sort of KTM just something upright and toquey 8)

Or A ZX7R like he just said =P~

[rob13]

Id be looking to get muddy for that money

[DanAbnormal]

Id be looking to get muddy for that money

I know a girl that'll do that sort of thing for £50! :wink:

[jambo]

I know a girl that'll do that sort of thing for £50! :wink:
60 rounds of muddy fun with a lady.... :? :lol:

[Daimo]

Ducati 851/888...

[busasean]

a nice blond one for the week thank you :lol:

[Biker Biggles]

Duke 916 as a summer toy.I'd have to keep my real bike for if I needed to get anywhere though.
In the real world you can get a good late ZX9R for that which is cheap performance and a sensible every day bike.

[mysteryjimbo]

In the real world you can get a good late ZX9R for that which is cheap performance and a sensible every day bike.

Or in my case its going to be a blackbird.

[Steve H]

Can I keep the SV and spend the 3 Grand on a trip to the Maldives? :thumbsup:

[tinpants]

Can I keep the SV and spend the 3 Grand on a trip to the Maldives? :thumbsup:




:winner: Nuff said =D>

[Biker Biggles]

Your SV would never get to the Maldives-----Too much water down the front plug hole. :lol:

[Steve H]

Your SV would never get to the Maldives-----Too much water down the front plug hole. :lol:

What if I agreed to buy one of those Fender Extender things first? :D

[Biker Biggles]

You would need some of Northwind's silicone as well,and a jet ski conversion.I think Kawasaki do one for the SV. :idea:

[The Basket]

No-one mention a TDM900?

I wonder why no?

I seem to like them nowadays and they still keep my no-inline-4 rule intact.

See what they sell for in a years time.

[northwind]

I love the TDM, personally, but it's not in the list of bikes I'd buy just now. If they still make them in a few years time I'll probably snap one up.

[spudnuts]

For £3000 i would buy this
http://upload4.postimage.org/1433809/sprint4mod.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1433809/photo_hosting.html)

Well £3500 it cost me :D :D :D 8)

spudnuts