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ranathari 07-05-09 06:25 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sfstu (Post 1898039)
i've never dropped or crashed a bike...
and i'm no riding god but i sure ain't no pussy either...you however are proving to everyone else on here what a narrowminded **** you are...!
you're not the only one tho...yorkie-chris's statement that every new rider WILL come off is a joke...
negativity like that is the main reason i don't bother posting on this forum too much....;)
Congratulations on your ability to recognise sarcasm.

Quote:
Originally Posted by saoralba (Post 1898008)
I don't feel any pride has to be swallowed, I love my SV, and have no problems with the few people who have called it a girls bike.. Thats the weekend warriors talking.
Only people who have ridden a bike can pass comment on them.

I resent that comment, you will crash you're bike.

You know nothing about him, have you rode with him, do you know what he rides like, if he is a 'safe' rider?? Theres no prewritten rule saying you will crash you're first big bike.

11.5K miles since September, no crashes touch wood, and I wouldn't say I hang around and take it easy. Crashed my RS50 only once, but I think my one crash is low compared to 50/125cc riders anyways. Diesel spill :(
Your/you're etc. and you're generally missing my point. Swallowing his pride in this context means accepting that he's not got much experience and that he's young, so he's going to have to settle for what he can afford insurance-wise rather than what he wants. If you resent my opinion that people will crash their bikes then you're taking the internet a bit too seriously; I'm willing to bet that if we posted a poll, we'd find more people have crashed or dropped their bikes than those like you, who've been lucky enough to avoid it.

fizzwheel 07-05-09 06:27 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ranathari (Post 1898160)
Your/you're etc. and you're generally missing my point. Swallowing his pride in this context means accepting that he's not got much experience and that he's young, so he's going to have to settle for what he can afford insurance-wise rather than what he wants.
Thats how I read it, but you explained it better than I did...

ThEGr33k 07-05-09 06:42 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BanditPat (Post 1898145)
If i can get FC at 17 with 1 years no claims for £350 with a £100 excess it should be to hard for some one with a few more years NCB to get it for under 200


How the hell... Man it must be my "high risk" aka rip them off job. Sigh.

Jamiebridges123 07-05-09 06:49 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BanditPat (Post 1898145)
If i can get FC at 17 with 1 years no claims for £350 with a £100 excess it should be to hard for some one with a few more years NCB to get it for under 200
How sir..

BanditPat 07-05-09 06:50 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by Jamiebridges123 (Post 1898202)
How sir..

I'm guessing being up north with only sheep helps. Locked garage, club member. I don't know. Cheap insurance for people up here generally I think. Working where the car park is fenced off with police armed to the teeth helps maybe.

Mej 07-05-09 06:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BanditPat (Post 1898145)
If i can get FC at 17 with 1 years no claims for £350 with a £100 excess it should be to hard for some one with a few more years NCB to get it for under 200
who are you with cause that seems very cheap.

Dave20046 07-05-09 06:54 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1898138)
Now i have to ask, Magnum-have you ACTUALLY test rode a sv or triple yet?? as ok you may like the LOOK of a bike but doesnt mean you'll like the feel etc
Triples are AMAZING
But like g2dizzy said - he was glad he had 4 years sv experience under his belt before taming the triple. I really do think you should go for the sv for atleast your first big bike year magnum. The cheapness to run factor + the way they perform while restricted is a massive plus.

BanditPat 07-05-09 06:55 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by J2UK (Post 1898210)
who are you with cause that seems very cheap.
That was a quote on gocompare and it was with MCE. I wouldnt insure fully comp I was just curious.

Jase22 07-05-09 07:37 PM
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If you can afford to buy and insure a street triple, I say go for it. F*ck the doubters, it's your brass and I reckon you'd be happier for longer with a street triple, it's a right bike. Probably worth saving that bit extra and getting an "R" though if you're going to go for it.

Magnum 07-05-09 07:37 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1898138)
Now i have to ask, Magnum-have you ACTUALLY test rode a sv or triple yet?? as ok you may like the LOOK of a bike but doesnt mean you'll like the feel etc
Nope. but i would do my best to try out both first. This thread is just for my idea of thinking about one, not saying that i was 100% going to go for it. If i really was then i would try one first.
Ive just heard nothing but good things about the bike being near enough perfect all over by anyone thats ridden it and from reviews. I wont be getting one for at least a year though.

zsv650 07-05-09 07:51 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
if thats the bike you want and you can get good insurance on it i'd say why the hell not just remember that you might drop it and it's probably gonna cost being a trumpet.

ThEGr33k 07-05-09 07:59 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BanditPat (Post 1898205)
I'm guessing being up north with only sheep helps. Locked garage, club member. I don't know. Cheap insurance for people up here generally I think. Working where the car park is fenced off with police armed to the teeth helps maybe.

Naaa it dont... I tell them that I live on a base with armed guards and 15 foot electrified fencing, 24hour CCTV coverage of the whole site, dog patrols and they dont care. Oh and the base is Fylingdales if you care to know :rolleyes:

I suspect the £350 was a wrong quote to be honest. A shame I got to admit but still. :(

BanditPat 07-05-09 08:03 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by ThEGr33k (Post 1898298)
Naaa it dont... I tell them that I live on a base with armed guards and 15 foot electrified fencing, 24hour CCTV coverage of the whole site, dog patrols and they dont care. Oh and the base is Fylingdales if you care to know :rolleyes:

I suspect the £350 was a wrong quote to be honest. A shame I got to admit but still. :(
There the kind of quotes i get through the phone as well. Never had a problem with insurance but then again I live in one of the most sparsely populated places in england.

TazDaz 07-05-09 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ranathari (Post 1897604)
That's going to be the biggest cause of damage in beginners and one they need to acknowledge, which is why we tell them not to buy a brand new bike.
Not dropped mine yet...although I am tempting fate so crash bungs on the way! ;)

@Maggers - Stick with the CG for another year?!? I definitly wouldn't get TPO. I know you have a sound argument with the cost etc outweighing a new bike, but imagine insuring your bike for TPO then the next day it gets robbed? Straight away you're out of pocket massively!

Rich 07-05-09 08:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnum (Post 1898267)
Nope. but i would do my best to try out both first. This thread is just for my idea of thinking about one, not saying that i was 100% going to go for it. If i really was then i would try one first.
Ive just heard nothing but good things about the bike being near enough perfect all over by anyone thats ridden it and from reviews. I wont be getting one for at least a year though.
You've not got much chance of a test ride at 17,18,19 or 20 for that matter. No full power licence, no experiance, no chance. I Tried with the GSXR but they wouldn't because i was under 21.

After i found that out i did as much research as possible, phoned as many insurance companies for quotes as possible and made sure it was possible to afford one.

I thought i was/am abit stupid for getting a GSXR600 already even with 3years riding experiance but i did it and i'm still here to tell the tale :). I think your running before you can walk, slow down a little and enjoy the build up to a bigger/better bike rather than just buying the best you can and cutting the balls off of it by restricting it.

I celebrated the end of my restriction by buying the most powerful bike i could :D, i did cheat on my restriction though 6 months early (shame on me) ;)

yorkie_chris 07-05-09 08:09 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Claiming for theft is mental.

Take £1000 worth of SV.
£500 insurance premium
£250 excess.
Nicked, you get £750, your next years cover is £1000, the year after, £750. The insurance co win either way if your cover isn't very cheap, or the claim a massive wedge.

BanditPat 07-05-09 08:14 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Could get a 250 till you have a years no claims Mag? Only cost me an extra £20 on the insurance when I passed for my 250.

yorkie_chris 07-05-09 08:15 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Or a GPZ500S. I'll even sell you one...

plowsie 07-05-09 08:54 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Don't get a restricted IL4, so poor :( lol. Something with torque low down is what you want, I haven't seen the ST figures. But, if YC says its better, it will be :lol:

yorkie_chris 07-05-09 08:55 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
GPZ5 isn't an IL4 they're a twin. Restrict nice enough, easy to chuck about, great economy, cheap insurance. Wanna buy it yet?

zsv650 07-05-09 08:57 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
gpz5 are nice little bike's bit old hat now but still id have one over a gs500 or the cb500 any day.

plowsie 07-05-09 09:00 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkie_chris (Post 1898358)
GPZ5 isn't an IL4 they're a twin. Restrict nice enough, easy to chuck about, great economy, cheap insurance. Wanna buy it yet?
Hence not quoting you, or were you not quoting me not quoting you, merely shining the 4rse off your GPZ500 that you have for sale currently in the garage for how much Chris?

sinbad 07-05-09 09:00 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Import Hornet250 with the fat rear tyre. Looks like a Hornet. On 33bhp I'd be thinking about something like that, but then the SV650 is a popular choice so it can't be bad.

zsv650 07-05-09 09:01 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by sinbad (Post 1898370)
Import Hornet250 with the fat rear tyre. Looks like a Hornet. On 33bhp I'd be thinking about something like that, but then the SV650 is a popular choice so it can't be bad.
brother had a hornet 250 was a ****in great little bike screamed it's nut's of too lol :cool:

plowsie 07-05-09 09:01 PM
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There is no doubt, the SV is one of the best bikes to restrict out there, has a lot to learn from on it and then also, once restriction is up, you soon get something else out of it :)

BanditPat 07-05-09 09:05 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
I know where there's a hornet 250 for sale. F*cking expensive though for what it is.

zsv650 07-05-09 09:16 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by BanditPat (Post 1898381)
I know where there's a hornet 250 for sale. F*cking expensive though for what it is.
cause thyre good ;)

Magnum 08-05-09 06:39 AM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Im still going for the SV. I wasnt considering the street triple because i dislike the SV, i still think its a great bike.

plowsie 08-05-09 06:58 AM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Be interesting to compare the two though.

Paws 08-05-09 09:20 AM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by plowsie (Post 1898673)
Be interesting to compare the two though.
If its anything like the daytona then itl make the sv seem like a sofa, the daytona nd sv are totally different bikes so should imagine the triple and sv will be.

Dave20046 08-05-09 09:24 AM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1898797)
If its anything like the daytona then itl make the sv seem like a sofa, the daytona nd sv are totally different bikes so should imagine the triple and sv will be.
No the triple is pretty comfy, the riding position is different from the daytona. The triple felt very similar to my naked sv, (until I moved my right hand).

Magnum 08-05-09 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1898797)
If its anything like the daytona then itl make the sv seem like a sofa, the daytona nd sv are totally different bikes so should imagine the triple and sv will be.
Ive heard the street triple has one of the best and most erganomic riding positions around. The only problem is the hard seat (but im sure theres aftermarket seats around?)
Also aparantly the daytona positions your body over the front of the bike because the handlebars seem very low, so i can imagine its not that comfy.

plowsie 08-05-09 09:46 AM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1898797)
If its anything like the daytona then itl make the sv seem like a sofa, the daytona nd sv are totally different bikes so should imagine the triple and sv will be.
I meant, engine, power delivery more. Not the dent my ar$e will make in the seat ;)

dizzyblonde 08-05-09 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Magnum (Post 1898815)
Ive heard the street triple has one of the best and most erganomic riding positions around. The only problem is the hard seat (but im sure theres aftermarket seats around?)
.
A friend of mine has a street triple. He looks like hes sat up in the clouds as hes quite tall lol. He looks very at ease on it.
As for the seat, he only complained about the seat after a tour of Europe on it, never heard of him complain about it any other time.

Paws 08-05-09 09:49 AM
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Yer the seats on the 675's arent comfy, ive got gel seat on mine .:cool:

Brakes are fantantastic (then again anything is compared to the sv's lol, engine is awesome, likes to be revved, good site for info :

triumph675.net

Magnum 08-05-09 09:59 AM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
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Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1898828)
Yer the seats on the 675's arent comfy, ive got gel seat on mine .:cool:

Brakes are fantantastic (then again anything is compared to the sv's lol, engine is awesome, likes to be revved, good site for info :

triumph675.net

Was there a reason why you went for a faired daytona rather than the naked street?

Dave20046 08-05-09 10:07 AM
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girls like pretty things
As do I...would be a hard choice

Paws 08-05-09 10:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 1898864)
girls like pretty things
As do I...would be a hard choice

LOL! ermm no!!

I dont like naked bikes and i loved the look of the SE 675 :cool:

Dave20046 08-05-09 10:16 AM
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I rest my case :razz:

Ed 08-05-09 10:24 PM
Re: Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnum (Post 1898815)
Also aparantly the daytona positions your body over the front of the bike because the handlebars seem very low, so i can imagine its not that comfy.

Yes, the bars are low. But I don't have any problems - I can ride mine all day and not have any aches - suppose I'm used to it - but you develop thunder thighs as you have to have a good knee grip to avoid weight on your wrists. I also like riding with the tank bag on so I can lean on it. I got on a Tiger a few months back and couldn't get used to being so upright, thought 'how the hell am I supposed to ride this???'


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