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

k100 ?

Yamaha YZF1000 Thunderace

Suzuki DL1000 (V-strom) if you're tall you'll love this. Big lazy thumpy fun thing. Suprisingly capable in bends too. Much more fun than you think it will be.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Jackie_Black

Suzuki DL1000 (V-strom) if you're tall you'll love this. Big lazy thumpy fun thing. Suprisingly capable in bends too. Much more fun than you think it will be.

Again, would love one but the cheapest strom on bike trader is £2300... might keep my eye out on ebay though

Originally Posted by Davies

Yamaha YZF1000 Thunderace

seen them around but never really put much effort into finding out about them - looks a bit sporty but quite nice

edit: just had a quick look at motorcyclenews reviews & biketrader = feck me there's tonnes of them about for cheapness! They're not ugly either and more power than my gsxr750. Definitely one to bare in mind mebbeh!

Older Sprint ST is in your budget,fully faired and keeps you resonably dry in the rain 250+miles to the tank,cheap to insure,motorway munch at 80-90mph all day,plenty of top end 145-150 should you want a bit faster,cumfy and some come with the hard luggage and surprisingly capable in the twisties My one is 9 years old now and just completed a 2K+ tour trouble free with over 40,000 on the clock,no oil consumption with many doing 80,000 before a major overhaul. Not everybodys choice but worth considering

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Older Sprint ST is in your budget,fully faired and keeps you resonably dry in the rain 250+miles to the tank,cheap to insure,motorway munch at 80-90mph all day,plenty of top end 145-150 should you want a bit faster,cumfy and some come with the hard luggage and surprisingly capable in the twisties My one is 9 years old now and just completed a 2K+ tour trouble free with over 40,000 on the clock,no oil consumption with many doing 80,000 before a major overhaul. Not everybodys choice but worth considering

+1 although to get one in a good nick you're looking to spend over £2.5K. The RS version is cheaper and a bit sportier yet is a great tourer. I got mine for £2.1K with 18K on the clock, 2 owners and FSH - in great nick overall

[Paul the 6th]

big fan of the sprint st 1050's - the 955's just aren't there in terms of the looks but for the brief it could be a front runner

the thunderace just seems to be winning on the price side of things - they're veery cheap, even the ones with low'ish miles and tidy bodywork are a good wedge under £2k

[dizzyblonde]

DTs seat is very comfy too

For an old mans bike!

[fizzwheel]

Dullsville ! Cheap, faired, probably also come with luggage, shaft drive so no faffing with chain lube. Decent seat and iirc good tank range to. Horrible to look at and not partcularly quick though.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Dullsville ! Cheap, faired, probably also come with luggage, shaft drive so no faffing with chain lube. Decent seat and iirc good tank range to. Horrible to look at and not partcularly quick though.

They're plenty cheap with tonnes of accessories and there's more green than red there, but the power thing just makes me go all floppy reckon a k&n and a can will encourage it to pick its feet up?

*sniggering at the ideal of a deauville with a race can*