Cheap reliable tourers - if you only had £1500 for a big tourer, what would you buy?

[Paul the 6th]

Criteria:

• Good fuel range 150-200 miles
• long distance comfort for rider and pillion
• Grunty - must be able to accelerate comfortably & not by revving the tats off it
• Plentiful spares/parts
• Looks aren't that important but it'll spoil the holiday pics of the stelvio pass if it's a complete munter

Budget: £1500 -/+ £250

Was pondering the bikes on eBay on sunday morning before work..

Found an ex-police honda st1100 pan - everything except blue lights and sirens, still had switch to flash front and rear fog lights alternately = would make filtering a joy lol. Only thing was it needed new bars and possibly clutch plates as it was having trouble disengaging from gears...

Saw a guy on the m62 this morning on an oldish looking kawasaki similar to the st1100 with panniers. The pan's seem to hold their value ridiculously well (some are getting near 20 years old with 40-60 thousand miles but still fetching upwards of £2500!)..

So if you fancied bobbing off to europe with your missus but wanted to buy an old comfortable & reliable dog to do the miles, what would you go for? Unless there were plans to do something similar again soon, I'd prolly sell the bike once I was back

[maviczap]

Cx500 silver wing or a gold wing.







How about a VFR, great engine fast enough, but good for long distance stuff.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Cx500 silver wing or a gold wing.

How about a VFR, great engine fast enough, but good for long distance stuff.

cx500 looks retro as hell! Bit of wind protection might be nice. Goldwing? I'd feel daft enough on a pan or deauville but a wing?! Leave the thread please

I'd LOVE a vfr for touring stuff, but again, their prices stick like glue unless they've been dropped or poorly serviced

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

I'd LOVE a vfr for touring stuff, but again, their prices stick like glue unless they've been dropped or poorly serviced

The early engines are pretty bullet proof.

Trouble is most tourers will be owned by eldery old gentlemen who look after their bikes, so 2nd hand values remain high.

Pan's & VFR's have good engines so also hold their value

Maybe a big lazy FJ yamaha or a 1200 bandit

[Paul the 6th]

ah, forgot about the bandit! cheers zapimark

bandit 12 would be my guess. emphasis on guess.

vfr750.....in no way am i bias though

vfr750.....in no way am i bias though

But vfr or a older pan would have thought

[Paul the 6th]

just contemplating a blue white & red tesco's extra value touring paint job on a nackered old vfr

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

just contemplating a blue white & red tesco's extra value touring paint job on a nackered old vfr

exactly what mine will look like soon.