Buying a new bike - Advice

wait a year then buy mine..

cos by then I will be too old to ride


Had to say it before Matt Sv did..

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

wait a year then buy mine..

cos by then I will be too old to ride


Had to say it before Matt Sv did..

yea alright, you got a deal

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I bought my GSXR new, every scratch on it, I've put on it, every scratch has a story behind it as to how it occured.

The first scratch is annoying, after a while they dont bother you anymore...

Bike is a tool, a machine something you derive pleasure from by riding, not by keeping it shiney and never using it.

IMHO.

as long as its straight, no big cracks / huge scuffs, oil in the right places, then thats good.

I'll take a scratch on the fairing instead of a dry chain

matt look in idle banter re the thread about the chap needing get rid of his mini on finance.

"ever given back a car" or similar is the title cant be bovvered do a link..

might make you see where you could be in a year see..??

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

matt look in idle banter re the thread about the chap needing get rid of his mini on finance.

"ever given back a car" or similar is the title cant be bovvered do a link..

might make you see where you could be in a year see..??

Wise words there quiff

My Mrs hates finance of anysort.
Her take on it is "If you can wait 4 years to pay it off, you can wait 4 years to save and buy it"

Plus in the the long run its cheaper to save and buy outright.

[BanannaMan]

If you really want a VFR800 then wait a bit longer.
Honda will be unveiling an all new VFR1200 as a 2010 model soon. (spring is the rumor)
There will be more 800's on the market soon afterwards and you'll likely find a nicer one for less money.

Ah, BM, your quite right! Mught be able to get a good deal then.

Maybe I should keep the SV for a while longer, spruce it up a bit and just put a wodge of money aside then? That way, I can make a massive deposit (lets say 5k) and only take out a tiny bit of finance (unless i find VFR with all the goodies on it for less than 5k?)

difficult this money malarky. why cant new bikes grow on trees

Are they really making a VFR 1200?

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by Jackie_Black

Are they really making a VFR 1200?

Yes.
It's been widely leaked to the press.
Just google "VFR1200".

Very un-Honda-like behavior for the normally super secretive Big Red.

Every major bike mag on the planet has it's own "spy photo's".
I guess deperate times call for a new marketing scheme to go with the new bike.
If they do turn out to be the 200 hp techno wonders the press claims....look for them to be all sold out long before they ever see a showroom.

Now if only Honda would leak a few pics of the all new ( and Made in Japan) 2011 Goldwing, set to debut in the fall of 2010.

The VFR1200 has been spied doing hot-tempurature testing out in the middle of know-where in the US. Quite reassuring when one would be plodding through town on a hot british day...if it can cope with the desert, it'll cope with Hangar Lane at 5pm on a teusday afternoon in august (when its least likley to rain )