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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 08 September 2009, 22:10:50
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Going to pop down to the Yam dealer in town on Saturday, got nothing to do ::)
Saw one in London today, looked big and comfy. Going to see if i can borrow one and see how comfy they are for a 6ft5 bloke ;D
Riding position does not look as good as the BMW GS, but i'll give it ago :)
Anyone tried one?
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yup, mate has one.
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Nice bike, but if you don't do the mileage there's not much point in something like that.
I had a Honda VFR for 2 years, and I know why they say it's arguably the best all round bike in the world.
It's a cracking all rounder. (ok, maybe not too hot off-road ::) )
Get yourself a test ride. :y
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yup, mate has one.
Any good?
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Nice bike, but if you don't do the mileage there's not much point in something like that.
I had a Honda VFR for 2 years, and I know why they say it's arguably the best all round bike in the world.
It's a cracking all rounder. (ok, maybe not too hot off-road ::) )
Get yourself a test ride. :y
Been to 2 Honda dealers, both did not want to know me :-[
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Stick with the BMW after all BMW's customer service is second to none i went in there yesterday to buy a Sat nav disc all of £100 i was offered Tea, Cakes & biscuits i have never recieved this service off any car dealer before!
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Stick with the BMW after all BMW's customer service is second to none i went in there yesterday to buy a Sat nav disc all of £100 i was offered Tea, Cakes & biscuits i have never recieved this service off any car dealer before!
Same, i was greeted by name for my test ride, sat down with propper big cup of tea and biscuit. None of those plastic cup crap, propper large cup!
There was no real sales pitch he just showed me the stock, prices, and the facts.
When i asked about Adventure screen on standard GS, he said, tbh do yourself a favour and get an aftermarket one, they are just as good.
Also what other dealer gives you 12 month warrenty on 4 year old bike? Warranty can also be extended costs £300 a year, includes BMW Europe breakdown, and it covers everything on the bike, bar consumables.
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yup, mate has one.
Any good?
Seemed impressive, but when I rode it, I'd only ridden a small number of bikes, and not done decent trips.
Not sure if I rode it now if I would have been as impressed :-/
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Nice bike, but if you don't do the mileage there's not much point in something like that.
I had a Honda VFR for 2 years, and I know why they say it's arguably the best all round bike in the world.
It's a cracking all rounder. (ok, maybe not too hot off-road ::) )
Get yourself a test ride. :y
Been to 2 Honda dealers, both did not want to know me :-[
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Maybe these dealers get a load of folk that just fancy trying one. If they have a VFR demonstrator I'd go back and ask some financially related questions first.
That way they'll start smelling a possible sale rather than just a curious "test pilot". :y
Monday to Friday is best. The weekend is not the best time when trying to get a test ride.
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Stick with the BMW after all BMW's customer service is second to none i went in there yesterday to buy a Sat nav disc all of £100 i was offered Tea, Cakes & biscuits i have never recieved this service off any car dealer before!
I personally, and my family (all BMW lovers for some gay reason), have found most BMW dealers to be truely awful. Aside from my bro's X5 through carwash with sunroof open incident from North Oxford BMW, my mum has had her HG replaced 3 times by the dealer in Bury St Edmunds to cure a PAS oil leak!!!
They make Evans Halshaw in Milton Keynes look almost compitent ;)
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Stick with the BMW after all BMW's customer service is second to none i went in there yesterday to buy a Sat nav disc all of £100 i was offered Tea, Cakes & biscuits i have never recieved this service off any car dealer before!
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Something tells me those refreshments weren't exactly free. ;D ;D
For that price I'd expect a haircut, massage and shower too !!
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I would say, for your build and experience (not having met you however), too big.
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Tunnie, Broocie has one of these so what does that tell ya ;) :y
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in all honesty, too big for your level of experience.
For a 4 cylinder, 600 is more than enough.Although most of those will be too small for you i guess...?And possibly not up your street anyway.
Difficult, tall bloke, just started ridding, would suggest a faired bike at least.
BM good size, but little protection and look top heavy to me. But then i hate beemers.
Not helping much am i?.... :-)
Hmmm, best bike for a Tunnie....?
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
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Stick with the BMW after all BMW's customer service is second to none i went in there yesterday to buy a Sat nav disc all of £100 i was offered Tea, Cakes & biscuits i have never recieved this service off any car dealer before!
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Something tells me those refreshments weren't exactly free. ;D ;D
For that price I'd expect a haircut, massage and shower too !!
Just what I was thinking.
If I bought (which will never happen while a calc exists) every single last map, latest camera updates, etc, etc for my TomTom, it still wouldn't get to anywhere near £100.
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
Ooops was on my phone, did not check the auto-predict ::)
I had a feeling the FJR is too powerfull, the speedo goes up to 180 ;D
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
Ooops was on my phone, did not check the auto-predict ::)
I had a feeling the FJR is too powerfull, the speedo goes up to 180 ;D
Don't you need 'bikes'r'us' , this is omega owners!? :-? :P
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
Ooops was on my phone, did not check the auto-predict ::)
I had a feeling the FJR is too powerfull, the speedo goes up to 180 ;D
Don't you need 'bikes'r'us' , this is omega owners!? :-? :P
Found a good BMW GS forum, but i can't be bothered joining millions of forums, why bother when i have this one? ;D
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
Ooops was on my phone, did not check the auto-predict ::)
I had a feeling the FJR is too powerfull, the speedo goes up to 180 ;D
Don't you need 'bikes'r'us' , this is omega owners!? :-? :P
Found a good BMW GS forum, but i can't be bothered joining millions of forums, why bother when i have this one? ;D
Cos it's a car forum maybe! If I wanted to read about bikes I'd join a bike forum!!! >:( ;D
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
Ooops was on my phone, did not check the auto-predict ::)
I had a feeling the FJR is too powerfull, the speedo goes up to 180 ;D
Don't you need 'bikes'r'us' , this is omega owners!? :-? :P
Found a good BMW GS forum, but i can't be bothered joining millions of forums, why bother when i have this one? ;D
Cos it's a car forum maybe! If I wanted to read about bikes I'd join a bike forum!!! >:( ;D
Errr this is General chat, where we talk about anything ;) Its not as if we talk about camping in a field and getting drunk ::)
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This is my problem, small i4's are just too small. Yamuna xj6 and gazed feel too small.
If brucie has one, then its not for me yet. I loved the BMW, felt natural to ride.
Ooops was on my phone, did not check the auto-predict ::)
I had a feeling the FJR is too powerfull, the speedo goes up to 180 ;D
Don't you need 'bikes'r'us' , this is omega owners!? :-? :P
Found a good BMW GS forum, but i can't be bothered joining millions of forums, why bother when i have this one? ;D
Cos it's a car forum maybe! If I wanted to read about bikes I'd join a bike forum!!! >:( ;D
Errr this is General chat, where we talk about anything ;) Its not as if we talk about camping in a field and getting drunk ::)
That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
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Really cool looking bike mate would love one ! :y
Its a laugh ther you were contemplating buying something pretty small a few mths ago now tha's looking at a 1300 dont give me the height thing either thats only part of it :y :y :y
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
The point being Tunnie couldn't find anything rusty enough to arrive in. ;)
;D
Kevin
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
The point being Tunnie couldn't find anything rusty enough to arrive in. ;)
;D
Kevin
What do you expect from a student??? :P
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Tunnie .. go try a Truimph Tiger if you want a tall not to powerful bike , mate of mine just brought one and trundled of to Munich on it 1st time said it run faultlessly, ive have demo one a few times when I had my cb 1000 (Ok my brother is the service manager in in shop so that helps a bit) but still a cracking good bike and British to boot as well
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
The point being Tunnie couldn't find anything rusty enough to arrive in. ;)
;D
Kevin
What do you expect from a student??? :P
Should't you be out buying shoes or something? :D
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Tunnie .. go try a Truimph Tiger if you want a tall not to powerful bike , mate of mine just brought one and trundled of to Munich on it 1st time said it run faultlessly, ive have demo one a few times when I had my cb 1000 (Ok my brother is the service manager in in shop so that helps a bit) but still a cracking good bike and British to boot as well
Don't really like the look of them personally, shallow i know, but they don't do anything for me. :(
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
The point being Tunnie couldn't find anything rusty enough to arrive in. ;)
;D
Kevin
What do you expect from a student??? :P
Should't you be out buying shoes or something? :D
Wouldn't be debating it on a CAR forum if I was!!! :P
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
The point being Tunnie couldn't find anything rusty enough to arrive in. ;)
;D
Kevin
What do you expect from a student??? :P
Should't you be out buying shoes or something? :D
Wouldn't be debating it on a CAR forum if I was!!! :P
Phone too crap to browse OOF on the move then ::)
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That was an OOF meet, so relevant! :P
.. only if you turned up, of course. :P
Kevin
More relevant than sodding motorbikes every flaming day! >:( :P
The point being Tunnie couldn't find anything rusty enough to arrive in. ;)
;D
Kevin
What do you expect from a student??? :P
Should't you be out buying shoes or something? :D
Wouldn't be debating it on a CAR forum if I was!!! :P
Phone too crap to browse OOF on the move then ::)
Apparently not! More like I have the technology, just don't know how to use it!!! ;)
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in all honesty, too big for your level of experience.
For a 4 cylinder, 600 is more than enough.Although most of those will be too small for you i guess...?And possibly not up your street anyway.
Difficult, tall bloke, just started ridding, would suggest a faired bike at least.
BM good size, but little protection and look top heavy to me. But then i hate beemers.
Not helping much am i?.... :-)
Hmmm, best bike for a Tunnie....?
.................penny farthing with a fireblade engine bolted on. :y :D ;D
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in all honesty, too big for your level of experience.
For a 4 cylinder, 600 is more than enough.Although most of those will be too small for you i guess...?And possibly not up your street anyway.
Difficult, tall bloke, just started ridding, would suggest a faired bike at least.
BM good size, but little protection and look top heavy to me. But then i hate beemers.
Not helping much am i?.... :-)
Hmmm, best bike for a Tunnie....?
.................penny farthing with a fireblade engine bolted on. :y :D ;D
Front wheel drive ;D :y
Having a google....
sprint st
Abs model available, should keep you out of the ditch of the outside each corner given your trail braking habit, heated grips for winter, paniers if you like, looks the dogs imho, 1050cc but its a triple so not too pokey(woldnt go any more tbh)
http://www.bikercafe.co.uk/reviews/bike-reviews/review-%11-triumph-sprint-st.html
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20%20A/Triumph%20Sprint%20ST%2005%20%202.jpg)
(http://www.bikercafe.co.uk/images/stories/sprint_st_3-4_rear.jpg)
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Looks nice,just wonder if the seat hieght would be ok for Tunnie ?
.......as for talking about bikes on a car forum,as Tunnie said, in gen chat we can talk about anything,and there are a lot of biker members (including 2 of the admins) so its inevitable that we will chat about bikes sometimes,like any other subject, if its not your thing,no need to read it. ;)
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old link with some seat hights
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/school-SectionTwoB.htm
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Looks nice,just wonder if the seat hieght would be ok for Tunnie ?
.......as for talking about bikes on a car forum,as Tunnie said, in gen chat we can talk about anything,and there are a lot of biker members (including 2 of the admins) so its inevitable that we will chat about bikes sometimes,like any other subject, if its not your thing,no need to read it. ;)
seat hieght exact same as fjr
http://www.ridermagazine.com/output.cfm?id=125101
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Looks nice,just wonder if the seat hieght would be ok for Tunnie ?
.......as for talking about bikes on a car forum,as Tunnie said, in gen chat we can talk about anything,and there are a lot of biker members (including 2 of the admins) so its inevitable that we will chat about bikes sometimes,like any other subject, if its not your thing,no need to read it. ;)
seat hieght exact same as fjr
http://www.ridermagazine.com/output.cfm?id=125101
although now adjustable :o :)
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelspecs/180/0/specs.aspx
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The first link could be very useful to Tunnie. :y
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The first link could be very useful to Tunnie. :y
doesnt include the newer models :(
hope he doesnt fin the title condisending, for info only ;)
fjr has more dadgets but st far prettier imho
sorry, was somebody wingeing about this being a bike forum...?
anyway... :P ::)
(http://www.frankstonyamaha.com.au/FJR1300AS%20GRAPHITE.jpg)
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Imo the Yamaha would be a nice tool to tour europe on,Triumph much prettier and more useful as an everyday ride . :y
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even the FJR is not big enough in terms of height.
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even the FJR is not big enough in terms of height.
What about a cutom built chopper then. we could email discovery channel and see if OCC can build a chopper or a awkwark OOF member. ;D ;D ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpZ7LBUSOwA[/media]
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BMW Adventure has one of the highest seats you can buy, my MT is around 31 inches, FJR is 32 ish, the adventure is 36, which makes a big difference for me.
Trouble is i can still flat foot the Adventure ::)
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BMW Adventure has one of the highest seats you can buy, my MT is around 31 inches, FJR is 32 ish, the adventure is 36, which makes a big difference for me.
Trouble is i can still flat foot the Adventure ::)
Put a cushion on and holdit in place with some gaffer tape. ::) ;D ;D
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Just buy an R1 and be done with it,you,ll be too scared to notice the discomfort. :y :D ;D ;D
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well what ever you decide, therell be no excuse for dropping it. :-)
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well what ever you decide, therell be no excuse for dropping it. :-)
.................No comment :-[ :-[ :-[ ::)
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Triumph Sprint ST styling is based on the VFR. Single Sided swinging....VFR.
FJR is a great bike, but if you want a bike for general day to day riding with just the occasional long run then it's a waste, and filtering through traffic jams will be limited.
If I was looking for a bike that I could use for short runs or long tours and still be able to attend the local sunday morning Grand Prix (and surprise more than the odd race replica rider) then without a doubt the VFR would be my choice.