best tourer/commuter

just picked up a 2001 faired hornet to use on a 60 miles roundtrip commute for 1500... fairing is effective, its comfy, quick enough, cheap parts, cheap insurance, not too bad on fuel and consumables. will handle anything the british weather can throw at it and go on for years... oh, and its near enough mint

I have a ZZR600 which I have travelled all round Europe and the Balkans on. does London filtering fine. Never missed a beat. Has 50k on now, and I'm starting a job where my commute will be 100 miles a day, will still stick to the ZZR,. best bit is, they are cheap as chips. I bought mine with 18K on it for £930. Will do 50+ mpg on a run. I get about 45mpg when getting a shift on.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by custard

just picked up a 2001 faired hornet to use on a 60 miles roundtrip commute for 1500... fairing is effective, its comfy, quick enough, cheap parts, cheap insurance, not too bad on fuel and consumables. will handle anything the british weather can throw at it and go on for years... oh, and its near enough mint

I dunno, my experience of hornets isn't that good. The suspension and brakes are just as sh*t as suzuki ones and the fasteners aren't anything special either.
finish of paint on old h*ndas was pretty good but that's neither here nor there as thin pain never left you stuck anywhere.
The one I worked on was a thirsty bugger as well, worse than SV. And the engine's a pile of sick.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I dunno, my experience of hornets isn't that good. The suspension and brakes are just as sh*t as suzuki ones and the fasteners aren't anything special either.
finish of paint on old h*ndas was pretty good but that's neither here nor there as thin pain never left you stuck anywhere.
The one I worked on was a thirsty bugger as well, worse than SV. And the engine's a pile of sick.

you like them then

My 2010 hornet is canny but I wouldn't commute a long way on it. It's just a toy. The engine isn't a pile of sick though chris I thought you'd like it you hAve to nail it everywhere...

[yorkie_chris]

Pile of sick is harsh I admit.

But, you have to nail it everywhere, they're wheezy at the top. If I wanted something to thrash then there's no reason I'd possibly buy one instead of a GSXR (with bars not clipons...). And since the one I was messing with was thirstier than the GSXR750K I was knocking about on around the same time... no contest at all.

[Bibio]

dare i say a BMW of some description. nice sit up, comfy, reliable, shaft driven mile munchers.

I sicked in my mouth then

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Pile of sick is harsh I admit.

But, you have to nail it everywhere, they're wheezy at the top.

Maybe I have a good one then, mine doesn't feel far off my old ninja 600 (p7f) except once you get flat out in 4th you feel like you're going to get ripped off it!!

I would probably agree with the GSXR thing though, it is meant to be one of the best road bikes you can get and is on my list.