Best Comunting bike?
 

As of april i will have new work place which offers no parking for cars so i was thinking bout selling the car and getting another bike but i was wondering what is the best commuting bike up to bout 700cc and around the anything up to 3800 mark

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Theres a cheap bandit 600 on here somewhere...
Upright, comfy etc etc...

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Why not use the SV? It's a good commuter, good mpg and comfy for a longish ride and is worth less than you are willing to pay for a commuter bike anyway...

How far do you need to travel? Do you want/need upright bars/higher seated position? twin or il4?

Re: Best Comunting bike
 

You have got to be kidding right?

I used mine daily from here to redditch and felt like I had been raped!

Not the comfiest commuter by any stretch!!

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Aye, how far.

Any distance, I'd probably look seriously at a dullville as they're very good on fuel and importantly tyres.

Shorter distance, little stuff is good, 125s, 250s, even 600 singles.

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but the naked is speedplay my friend especially with a corbin/tony archer seat

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I admit I felt it doing 350 mile round trips in a day but doing a work commute aint that bad really...

Granted something with riser bars would be better suited, but it really does depend on distance. Having a second bike and the maintenance and insurance that goes with it might be a tad overboard I think.

edit: top yoke riser bar kit for the SV650S?

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But the naked IS a commuter...;)


My 650s was awful to be cramped up on for too long :(

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In the OP he mentions selling his car.

So the maintainance/insurance is already there.

The insurance would probably be cheaper if you add it to an existing bike policy anyway.

Theres always the option of selling both the car and the sv and getting a VFR or GS etc...