Found the bike I want!

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I'm quite comfortable holding an indicated 95-100 on a naked. It's easy enough to get used to.

Once you get used to it its not that bad, while I was still getting used to it I thought it was murder!!


On the buying a new bike, my mate passed his test and went and bought him self a brand new 600 hornet restricted to 33bhp, on a corner he came off on when he was riding a 125 he says he accidentally twisted the throttle(I have no idea how) and he did about £800 worth of damage from a drop at less than 15mph, and if i was to take a guess was probably less than 10mph. He wasn't fully comp and now the bikes been off the road for going on two months because he cant afford to fix it.

[yorkie_chris]

I doubt he's done £800 worth of damage.
Education in the ways of bodging he needs

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I doubt he's done £800 worth of damage.
Education in the ways of bodging he needs

New set of bars, it slid into the kerb didn't it and he's smashed one of his discs and a caliper, new and he's managed to obliterate the switchgear with his front master cylinder on (whole things a single unit) nice pearly white paint job ruined on the tank and theres a big scuff on the tail and he broke his mirrors. He also refuses to do any of the work him self so he has his labour costs as well and he wont put anything except original parts on he has a nice dint in his exhaust as well...

[yorkie_chris]

That's not £800 of damage, it's £800 worth of stupidity.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

That's not £800 of damage, it's £800 worth of stupidity.

Its £800 of he needs his bike to be gleaming because if its not people ignore the bike and focus on how he rides it and he rides it like an ****. Me him and his brother went out a couple of weeks after they had both just bought new bikes. There was a lot of waiting for him to catch up because he really is an abysmal rider.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I'd be inclined not to get a new bike for a first bike, theres no guarantee that your going to drop it, but you may well do at some point, but then thats what insurance and crash bungs are for...

You dont need to get your feet flat down, Liz manages to ride all her bikes and cant get both feet flat down on any of them. But theres a lot to be said for being confident on the bike and if that means you need have your feet flat down then so be it.

In your shoes, I'd be inclined to use the Cat for a few months just to get you up and running and then get the Buell that you want. Also if you wait a few months till the clocks change back and bike dealers go quiet you may get a better deal at the end of summer / autumn to...

I'd second that.. don't want a big buell as a first bike.. just use the Cat.. if you drop it.. it doesn't matter as much..

if it was me i would go for the buell , i love them , iv heard bad things about them and good things , if they where that bad no one would buy them

O YEAH "what about a pointy sv650" cant go wrong there

I've had two new bikes since passing my test, and haven't dropped either. That's what crash bungs are for, buy the bike you love, not the bike you feel *sensible* about.

Originally Posted by Daimo

Friend had a 900cc Buell.

Good luck if you wish to do over 20 miles......

No chance of doing over 100mph, due to the wind blast.

Great little bike for city/town use. Great handling bike. But the bike itself is not a B road bike. Whilst it bends great, the actual bike as a whole isn't B road riding bike. Don't go travelling either, as 90 mile tank range, and no wind protection at all won't help.

He had it a few months, and sold it.

Em you can't sit at 100 on most naked bikes