What's the "best" loaner bike you've been given to use?

[strandedinnz]

I got loaned a Suzuki GZ 250 today while my bike got fixed.

I was almost pissing laughing for the first 5 minutes, it took almost a minute to get to 100 :-) I've never ridden a more awful bike, uncomfortable, slow, REALLY useless brakes ... it even made the Scorpio 225 I got loaned once feel awesome! (do people honestly buy these things?)

Anyone else ridden what they think is worse ?

[Drew]

Buell X1 (I think) lightning.

Hilarious fun...but prolly buy a GN before it.

[xXGIBBOXx]

A Gn 110 , fully tapped out at 105 kms . Yeah it had crap brakes, laughed my way to work and back would own one just for shits and giggles bike

[Maha]

Yamaha R15.... minty fun.

[jim.cox]

Honda Chappy scooter - such crappy suspension it was like a pogo stick with wheels - but it gave me grin

[skippa1]

GSX1100 or CB900

[gjm]

Suzi RG500.

My knees were almost on the floor while riding in a straight line. Quite quick, though.

[Voltaire]

Norton Commando 750.....oh I do my own servicing does that count?

[caseye]

Nope! hey Biatch!

[nerrrd]

Traded in my f650cs at the end of last year on a brand new bike.

When I had some accessories fitted they gave me my old bike as a loaner, was a good opportunity to compare. Come to think of it, whenever I got some work done at BMW on the f650cs I always got...an f650cs. Boring.

Did get a Scorpio once though, felt like riding the naughty chair from primary school, but fun just because it was different.

[AllanB]

Back some time now - KR250 - that was fun! Accidently did a stoppie before they were called that back then!


Z900 - cosmetically ratty but sweet mechanically - almost purchased it. kind of wished I had.

[boman]

The "best" was a VTR 250 from Amps. Would just do 100. Just. Used most of a tank of gas to do the round trip. They lost my future business because of it.

The BEST, was a Z750 from Mr Motorcycles. Hell what a fun bike that was. Awesome to throw around.

[Motu]

Norton Commando 750.....oh I do my own servicing does that count?

Same here - best use of a bike I didn't own was a Commando (metalflake blue) that some guy crashed...ran over a brick in shorts, singlet and jandals. Went to see him in hospital and he was worried about his bike, he hadn't paid the last few payments and the repo men were after it....told us to look after the bike and keep it away from the repos. What a shit load of fun it is riding a bike you don't give a damn about, we totally thrashed it. We gave it back a couple of months later in a bad state, and were a bit puzzled about all the histronics about the condition of it - fuck mate, you still got your bike haven't you?

A bike shop give me a loaner? - no, not even when I worked there.

[scracha]

GPX750..... I was stupid enough to buy it.

[yevjenko]

Nitrous enhanced scoot in the UK. That was FUN

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