1st Bike. New or S/H. Which is better

Originally Posted by G

How many miles has it done now?

I have given myself 1 week to do the 600 miles on mine booked it in when I picked it up lol

Good man, braver than me lol - it took so much out of me trying to very the speed all the time, etc, that I couldn't do it all in one week (not with work, anyway!). As an example I would do a 7 hr day and do around 200-210 miles (it's the speeding up/slowing down that does it). That was tough - but doable in a week if you can do that 3 times? Btw, got any pics of the new ride?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by timwilky

My advice. Buy a good 1-2 year old bike that has been cared for. Take an experienced guy to look at it with you and pay the right price. The money you save, invest in decent leathers, a good helmet/boots. pucker insurance and advanced training.

+1

I pity anyone who buys a new bike, it's going to cost a sodding fortune to no purpose.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

+1

I pity anyone who buys a new bike, it's going to cost a sodding fortune to no purpose.

not really, given the price for mine was 5500 OTR, 2K for the SV, i only had to put down 3.5K in cash, so even in a few years i can recoup the 3.5K i put down on it.

[yorkie_chris]

That is a fortune!

[G]

Originally Posted by muffles

Good man, braver than me lol - it took so much out of me trying to very the speed all the time, etc, that I couldn't do it all in one week (not with work, anyway!). As an example I would do a 7 hr day and do around 200-210 miles (it's the speeding up/slowing down that does it). That was tough - but doable in a week if you can do that 3 times?

I have done 120 today and will do a couple of rides in the evenings this week probably down to bassets pole seen as i need to do some distance, then I have the morning of the day I'm booked in if I have striggled to get the mileage up by then, should manage it easy enough........ what really is a killer is that at 7 - 7.5 krpm you can feel/hear its only just about to pick up big time its hard resiting but I ran the sv in properly and it served me very well so I'm going to do the same with this.

Originally Posted by muffles

Btw, got any pics of the new ride?

There a post in the photo section

Originally Posted by G

I have done 120 today and will do a couple of rides in the evenings this week probably down to bassets pole seen as i need to do some distance, then I have the morning of the day I'm booked in if I have striggled to get the mileage up by then, should manage it easy enough........ what really is a killer is that at 7 - 7.5 krpm you can feel/hear its only just about to pick up big time its hard resiting but I ran the sv in properly and it served me very well so I'm going to do the same with this.



There a post in the photo section

Good luck off to the photo section now...

Originally Posted by G

How many miles has it done now?

I have given myself 1 week to do the 600 miles on mine booked it in when I picked it up lol

between me and treacle using her its done about 580 miles.....
its fully run in when its done 1k miles....

Originally Posted by muffles

To be fair you're taking your time with it though I think it took me 3 weeks to do the 1000 on my old GSX-R 600 - 2 weeks till the 600 service I think.

havent got time to ride her at mo , hence why treacle is insured on her now as it means he can take her out while im at work, shes had her first 500 mile sevice

I'm picking mine up new on Friday. I want to get 500 in 2 weeks, I think i'll use it to commute from hotel to work when i'm up in Northwich, should put the miles on, and some fun country roads! Not looking forward to 60 miles on the M6 tuesday morning though :/