best tourer/commuter

Originally Posted by Bedhead

I used to courier on a 900 Divvie and I can tell you they drink fuel like nobodies business, I don't think I ever got more than 35mpg out of mine even on a run. If you're big like me, you'll need an extended screen.

You must be a big bngger then or the carbs needed balancing or summats!

I've had one for years and regularly go touring on it and it returns 45-50mpg no probs.

Originally Posted by Teejayexc

You must be a big bngger then or the carbs needed balancing or summats!

I've had one for years and regularly go touring on it and it returns 45-50mpg no probs.

Was a rental bike, supposedly well maintained, but you never know!

I was pushing 19 stone then too

I can't remember the exact miles it had, but it was high 40k region, I ended up giving it back and getting a CB500 instead.

Saying that, the most I've ever got out of the SV has been 52mpg, the only bike I've ever got close to the quoted figures on have been CBR1000F's possibly because I fit behind the bodywork a lot better with no sticky out bits in the airflow.

[Supervox]

For 2 grand you could probably find a nice (although old-ish) VFR either a carbbed 750 or pre-VTEC 800i both of which are really nice bikes.

Providing the bike has been well maintained (check service history etc) then mileage really isn't an issue - I used to know several people who had over 100k on their clocks & the bikes were still fine

The bonus is that as well a good commuter you can have some serious fun on them as well

Originally Posted by Supervox

Providing the bike has been well maintained (check service history etc) then mileage really isn't an issue - I used to know several people who had over 100k on their clocks & the bikes were still fine

+1

My divvy has close on 70K on it and never misses a beat

Originally Posted by Teejayexc

+1

My divvy has close on 70K on it and never misses a beat

+2

I have an old Bandit in the back of the shed with over 100k on it.

The SV has 30k on it and it's perfect.

Dealers and some riders perpetuate the myth that high mileage bikes are timebombs, maybe in the 60's or 70's that had a grain of truth but there's no reason why a well maintained Japanese bike will not do at least 100k with just standard servicing.

The only thing is, it means that there's a load of cheap useable bikes out there for less money that they're really worth.

It's probably worth inspecting the owner as carefully as the bike.

Originally Posted by Supervox

For 2 grand you could probably find a nice (although old-ish) VFR either a carbbed 750 or pre-VTEC 800i both of which are really nice bikes.

Providing the bike has been well maintained (check service history etc) then mileage really isn't an issue - I used to know several people who had over 100k on their clocks & the bikes were still fine

The bonus is that as well a good commuter you can have some serious fun on them as well

I know 2 guys locally who still run their original VFR`s . One is on a D plate and the other is on an E and they are WELL over 100k miles . They bought them from new , I`ve seen them being wheelied , caned , miles after miles after miles of twisties , commuted .... you get the idea . The bikes still look quite tidy as well .

On a side note , they both bought VFR750`s on D plates . One ,of them , who shall not be named , decided to wheelie his in Betwys-Y-Coed outside "Dills Diner" ..... and the outcome was one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed in my life . He started rolling , raised the revs lofted the front end and went to snick it into the next gear whilst quite vertical . The bike seemed to veer off to the left and headed for the window of the Tourist Centre . Needless to say the poor Viffer went throught the plate glass (which seemed to bend forever before shattering) landed on it`s side with the throttle jammed wide open in second gear ....... and this is the bit that made me near widdle meself . A display of Welsh Dolls toppled over and landed on the back wheel and these things came out like Tourist Seeking Missiles ... I have never cried from laughing so much in my life .

Bike was written off , he got a payout and managed to get another Viffer on an E reg plate , which he still owns and is rarely seen near Betwys-Y-Coed tourist centre

[Supervox]

Originally Posted by Teejayexc

+1

My divvy has close on 70K on it and never misses a beat

Originally Posted by Bedhead

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I have an old Bandit in the back of the shed with over 100k on it.

The SV has 30k on it and it's perfect.

Sorry guys - I didn't mean it to sound as if only VFR's could handle high mileage

Originally Posted by Supervox

Sorry guys - I didn't mean it to sound as if only VFR's could handle high mileage

Didn't take any offence at all mate, VFR's are a fantastic bike, they had to be after the disaster of the VF's.

Any decent big bike should do 100k, if you spent 7 or 8 grand on a new car, you wouldn't expect it to need an engine rebuild after 50k.

Bloke I work with drives exactly 37 miles a week, traded in his 2004 Mondeo with less than 30k on it last year, the dealer thought it had been clocked. I took my SV to a dealer and he said it was high mileage with the same 30k on it!

[Ratty]

I've used my SV1000S a couple of times on my new commute of 88 miles. It will do three legs of the journey on a tank full. My ful light stopped flashing ( really time to find fuel ) at 164 miles as I rode into the garage near work. I squeezed in 14.4 litres on side stand and that's nearly 52 mpg and rarely dropping under indicated 80.

Ratty

Here you go some VFR's.

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