May go "adventure riding" once a year.

What about a BMW?

^^^^^ 270kgs...
98% time in Traffic..
I think you answered your own question..!

no

sharkbiscuit: My last bike was a K1300R and while the engine was awesome the bike leant to the right, had strange engine noise oh and crooked steering (steering later mostly resolved by ME).

Fark BMW. All the dealers are farkers and the quality is sh!t... go ahead and by your box of chocolates.


log man: I've always had a sweet spot for the TDM since my friend had the 850.

I like the Super Tenere, but it's a little flat until 4500 rpm then runs out of power at 6k... gets hot in Sydney weather (the radiator fan was on all the time)... apart from that it's well mannered and comfortable.

I think the biggest positive for me is that it's a Japanese bike, but it is a v1... that's why I'm asking here.

GypsyDrifter: Practicality would dictate I get an electric bicycle... this is a poser purchase with vague notions of adventurism.

met a cripple at the boarding house i once stayed at in Vic. Park. his leg/hip region was permanently damaged from motor-bike injury he had.

he can only walk/hobble now with aid of walking stick.

i asked him what happened.....driving along Shepparton Road a parked car pulled out smashing into his leg.

took something like 4 years to get compensation,around $300k from memory, he bought a house with it in Mt. Lawley.

trouble with motor-bikes no cage to protect you.

save up a bit more and buy a Honda Legend.

FlySurfer said...

punch to the head from an irate bikie with re-enforced knuckle protection.

That attitude is going get to run over for sure. Good luck with the serious discussion

GypsyDrifter said...

^^^^^ 270kgs...
98% time in Traffic.. I think you answered your own question..!

(for use offroad twice a year)

Doesn't stop 90% of 4WD owners.

Is hiring a similar bike twice a year an option Fly guy?

petermac33 said...

met a cripple at the boarding house i once stayed at in Vic. Park. his leg/hip region was permanently damaged from motor-bike injury he had.

he can only walk/hobble now with aid of walking stick.

i asked him what happened.....driving along Shepparton Road a parked car pulled out smashing into his leg.

took something like 4 years to get compensation,around $300k from memory, he bought a house with it in Mt. Lawley.

trouble with motor-bikes no cage to protect you.

save up a bit more and buy a Honda Legend.

Don't agree with were you are headed with this statement.

It's up to a bike rider to be 5 times more alert to whats going on around them.

Yes there are crappy car drivers ..but yes there are crappy bike riders too..
if you are going to take high risks on a bike then you need to take responsibility for
your own demise if that were to happen.

If you ride a bike like you drive a car...you should not be on a bike...

We all now the road users are in a world of their own these days..
and when you ride these days you need to treat everyone as an
idiot so to speak ... and just be aware ...

petermac33 said...

met a cripple at the boarding house i once stayed at in Vic. Park. his leg/hip region was permanently damaged from motor-bike injury he had.

he can only walk/hobble now with aid of walking stick.

i asked him what happened.....driving along Shepparton Road a parked car pulled out smashing into his leg.

took something like 4 years to get compensation,around $300k from memory, he bought a house with it in Mt. Lawley.

trouble with motor-bikes no cage to protect you.

save up a bit more and buy a Honda Legend.

is that the same boarding house where the indian man got you drunk and tried to make inappropriate with you?

Most drivers these days don't give a hoot about hitting other cars or pedestrians.

What would anybody think would make the average today motorist be more considerate towards a motor cycle rider. Especially wimmen in 4WDs. Give a woman a 4WD and she will grow her own gonads.

Rule of the road is that unless otherwise signed, pedestrians have right of way, but who feels comfortable being a pedestrian these days??

petermac33's comment I feel was on the mark and there was no reference to any conspiracy theory, so why do some people HAVE to bag anything he posts.

Grow up numb nuts!

His point is totally relevant. I spent three weeks in an orthopaedic ward after sliding my car off the road at 65 mph, hitting a small tree and breaking the car in half. I was very lucky to survive. All I had to do was lie on a plywood mattress for the duration.

However 80% of the patients in the ward were there due to motorcycle accidents and they were the only ones with legs in plaster with steel pins through their knees and other body parts attached to traction weights etc. Not a pretty sight for the onlooker and worse for the one providing the picture.

Qualifyer:- I rode motor cycles for 10 years. BSA 650, Honda 250, Triumph 500, Kawasaki 900 Z1 and Yamaha XS1 650, the last being the best after I modified it.

Motor bikes are a great mode of transport as well as being a ton of fun to ride. I rode the Honda Sydney-Brisbane return once, the Triumph twice, the Kwaka Cairns to Tassie and back to Brissie, then from Darwin to Cairns then to Brisbane and the Yammy from Brisbane to Nowra.

Bikes are great for the highway (as long as you do not collect a cow or 'roo) but IMLO (in my learned opinion) verge on suicidal in big city traffic.

If the bike shakes your bootie, you should have it, but make sure you have something with four wheels for the daily work commute.

If you are single and all your rellies are dead, go for your life. If you have one or more people who love you, think about what it would do to them if you creamed yourself.

Speaking of conspiracies, when I ride my bike I practice complete and utter paranoia at all times. Every car on the road is about to do something stupid.

doggie said...

GreenPat said...

Speaking of conspiracies, when I ride my bike I practice complete and utter paranoia at all times. Every car on the road is about to do something stupid.

I do that when Im driving!! I dont get on bikes these days, dont trust myself!!

i used to ride alot when i was young
Last time i rode was about 4 years ago at a mates house.I had about six beers and we stood masturbaing over his dr400 after swimming in his pool ... anyways to cut a long story short i did a wheel stand right out front of his house where all the boys were watching ! i miss judges the speed and dropped the front wheel down abit late locked up the back brakes thru a T junction and ended up eating some grannies front fence and garden. (barefooted) ciggerette and no helmet of course)
Never been on a bike since.Have no intention of ever getting on a bike again.
I cosider myself a idiot and idiots shouldnt get on bikes

I have experienced mechanical failure while riding, when the chain snapped, fractured pelvis and fractured skull, all happpened in the blink of an eye

Nice bit of ova-kill. You said that you were only going to use it once a year?!?

cisco said...

Most drivers these days don't give a hoot about hitting other cars or pedestrians.

That's right.

No one is even slightly shocked after accidents nowadays. The average young person will hit four or five pensioners and war heroes, killing them stone dead on the way back from the pub and not even stop. They won't even think that it's wrong and they'll brag about it afterwards on twitter or whatever it is that they use these days...