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Originally Posted by maviczap

Have you?

Not decided yet but have booked a test ride.

Mike, I'll pop over and let you have a go as I'm getting it from gear4 near you.

I've got some cash waiting to be spent on toys and its either a 690 sm or an rc 8 at the moment but am also toying with a 675 too...

RC8= sex on wheels

£633.34 fully comp with an £850 excess....

That's a lot of moolah

Its a lot of bike too though.

That's true. Why the RC8 in particular?

I'm a KTM fan...

And it seems to fit well when I've plonked my ar$e on one.

That and the fact that it looks great.
I have been talking to an accountant who thinks I will be able to put it through my books as I use a bike for commuting...

My old boss had one of his bikes through the books as he used it for going out and doing quotes on..

I like KTMs too. The RC8 seemed very comfortable to me, as did the superduke, but I've only sat on them at bike shows.

Originally Posted by Sean_C

My old boss had one of his bikes through the books as he used it for going out and doing quotes on..

Sounds like we may have the same accountant

The problem is that I refuse to pay over £500 insurance on anything...

I can get both my bikes FC for less than £400 at the moment and I've just done a quote quickly on my current bikes and it looks like £320 for the pair next year (roughly as I know the costs fluctuate).

The other problem is that I don't really need a new bike as I really like mine (it's pretty too ) but just fancy something different for a while but would be keeping mine too.

I did look at a gixxer too but couldn't bring myself to do it unless its the (k8 1000 in white) as they are a bit chavvy, great bikes (from k6) but still chavvy.

So can I justify it to myself if I know the taxman is paying most of it for me?

Course you can

I just did a quote for an Aprilia Shiver which came out at 500 quid fully comp.


I want a new bike.
No, I neeeeeed a new bike.