Recommend me a... motorbike

ZZR1400, Tuono Factory, RSVR, Street Triple, CB1000, Sprint (altough not really track material), Hyabusa, Fireblade, z1000, what size engine? naked, faired half faired? any more clues?

Triumph Sprint, or even an older big Daytona.

This is what I'm picking up on Saturday:

http://davebowes.co.uk/fz1/

Shame I got there first but it would suit your needs perfectly?!

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How about a nice hypermotard with large tank conversion and full luggage kit... Sounds perfect stretch the budget a little

Originally Posted by keithd

My cousins other half has the Viffer 800... loves it and its high on my initial list

is there some issue with the brakes on it tho?

IIRC there was a PVC Brake recall on them but im not 100% sure on that, also theres an Oil pipe leak recall on some of the VTEC models (02 - 08 again IIRC) if ever you spot one and want to check if its got anything outstanding drop me a PM with the reg no and i should be able to get the information from that

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

ZZR1400, Tuono Factory, RSVR, Street Triple, CB1000, Sprint (altough not really track material), Hyabusa, Fireblade, z1000, what size engine? naked, faired half faired? any more clues?

test rode an RSVR a few years back. scared my panties off. actually thats not strictly true, i was monster impressed with the speed of it. Altho the ride position wasnt ideal, felt a little heavy on the wrists. and not sure what it'd be like for a pillion

ideally id be looking for faired, i learned on an ER5 and whilst that was fun felt buffeted about a bit, and think if i was touring that might be an issue.

Daytona 955 was an option, tested one of them about 3 year ago, bike was about 3 years old and i thought the gearbox was pants. clunky as fook, wasnt selecting properly...

Zzr1400 is a lovely bike, I test rode one on Saturday and it's lovely? What about an sv1000?

Originally Posted by keithd

Daytona 955 was an option, tested one of them about 3 year ago, bike was about 3 years old and i thought the gearbox was pants. clunky as fook, wasnt selecting properly...

Gearbox is clunky, but should be selecting properly if you are positive with it. The SV has a very slick gearbox though compared to a lot of bikes, especially Triumphs, so it makes a mediocre gearbox feel bad by comparison. I've often thought when reading reviews of top notch bikes where gearbox issues are noted "how come Suzuki can make it work perfectly on a £4000 SV650?"

Don't let it put you off the bike, it's something that I don't even notice anymore now that I've done 1000 miles on it. You just learn to be more positive with it.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

Zzr1400 is a lovely bike, I test rode one on Saturday and it's lovely

I have one sat at the bottom of the garden, that Pegasus comutes every day on. Its a peach of a bike. Can give you 16mpg or 65mpg.....depending on riding like miss daisy or rossi
Its a great big armchair as far as pillion is concerned. I've not sat on the back in many a year, theres bags of room and you don't feel like you are perched on a postage stamp!

[L3nny]

Your budget will get you a really nice Fireblade 954 which will do all of the things you ask with ease and you'll have at least a grand left over.

My 929 which I believe is pretty much the same is much more comfortable than the SV I did over 3000 miles in 10 days last year including a 600 mile blast down to Lyon in one go. You can even get hard luggage for the 954!!

It will keep up with anything on a track day if you are a good enough rider and is more than enough for the road.

And it's a Honda so will last forever.

Of if you want even more comfort get a blackbird. My mate has just got one of these and it just eats up miles with no effort at all, it's a little to easy for me though, some people could even go as far as to say it's a little boring.