What will your next bike be?

[Big Dave]

According to the poll on the KR site - over 30% will go dual sport or adventure bike next.

Poll is on the front page.
http://www.kiwirider.co.nz/index.html

Adv bike riders:
I'd appreciate some input on the blog page too - If KTM or BMW or other ADV owners would care to leave a summary of their ADV bikes as comments:
http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.com/2009/05/kr-poll-30-going-advds.html

or post on here and I'll paste 'em in.

[SARGE]

adv bike meh.. good for some but i;ll do my off roading in a big V8 pickup with 44" monster mudders thanks


my next bike will be something naked and Italian.. MV Brutale 910r or a Benelli TNT i think

[sAsLEX]

defiantly something that can handle the gravel and mud better than the RR. Had a ball on the 640 Adventure I rode in Europe and would be a little better suited to come of the goat tracks that pass as roads in this country.

[kiwifruit]

Trek Madone 5.5

[James Deuce]

I'll have to buy something fat and cruiserish to be different then.

Woe is me - not.

[AllanB]

Next bike ................ sooo way down the $ priority list that I can't even think of one.

Dual thingy - at the risk of being call 'gay' half the appeal of a bike to me is physical - if it does not look right I'll not purchase it (F-off you lot ready to bag my current ride :bleh:)

So as far as dual purpose goes the Triumph Scrambler 'looks' like a proper motorcycle to me - drop in some Thunderbike cams and pipes and I'd be happy.

Or a stripped down cruiser thingy.

Street/Speed triple......... yum

[slofox]

Daytona 675...as soon as the bank leaves out a decimal point for me...

[Big Dave]

Latest News:
'Alan does right thing for economy and buys five motorcycles!'

[Crisis management]

The things we do to keep Big Dave happy.......


You are happy, aren't you??

[AllanB]

Latest News:
'Alan does right thing for economy and buys five motorcycles!'

Ah you noticed that despite claiming to have no idea what I'd purchase I managed to list 5! :doh:

He he he if my Big Wednesday ticket comes in I'll just buy my own motorcycle shop!

[nallac]

one like your one with any luck...

[Big Dave]

The things we do to keep Big Dave happy.......


You are happy, aren't you??

It doesn't take much. A few million dollars and unlimited power and I'd be cool.

Yeah I'm happy. Co-pilot has been visiting the kids in Hobart and I've been livin' la vida sofa and doing that stuff that married men rarely get a chance to do in SMQ. Like tinned spaghetti on toast for 2 meals in the same day. Choice.

Edit: And thanks for the comments - just came through. You are the first person to comment on the Kiwi Rider blogsite. Chairs!

[AllanB]

I've been livin' la vida sofa

A picture is worth........

[Big Dave]

Go Al!

<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc4/life.jpg">

[Blackshear]

I can't choose between a few bikes, till I actually ride them.
Any of the 4-5 600cc IL4's, 1125c/r or if I'm really ballsy, a ZX14 cause they so sexy :love:

[gatch]

My next bike... fit a new motor to mine then throw it down the track.

Then I'll sell the wreckage, and a kidney. Then buy a nc30 and have some fun.

[FJRider]

NEXT bike ???? ... nothing wrong with the one I got. ...

[Big Dave]

There's 'good to have a plan' and 'to have a good plan' hey gatch.

[DMNTD]

We're looking towards a dirt bike each...WR's more than likely

[Owl]

I'll keep my eyes peeled for something coming out with 3 cylinders and go from there.
Actually I can see a Bonneville SE in the near future, but that will belong to the missus.:D

[Devil]

I'll have to buy something fat and cruiserish to be different then.

Woe is me - not.

So did I tell you that the 690 enduro's 21" front and 18" rear fit straight onto the SM? :msn-wink:

[Big Dave]

NEXT bike ???? ... nothing wrong with the one I got. ...

I reckon 4 bikes to properly satisfy all that itches.

[FJRider]

I reckon 4 bikes to properly satisfy all that itches.

Thats what friends are for ... to scratch those itches for you ...

[YellowDog]

I'm not getting rid of my Tiger but I have already started to save for a Daytona 955. Doesn't compete with the GSXRs but I don't want it to. It is just a great looking/feeling/sounding bike and big enough to take my frame (don't like the new smaller ones).

[Devil]

I'm going the Adv route. :scooter:

[gatch]

There's 'good to have a plan' and 'to have a good plan' hey gatch.

Yeah for true that is, just I'm thinking more along the lines of 'whats likely to happen' as opposed to 'what I'd like to happen'..

[Swoop]

I'm thinking about a Hornet. They seem pretty rare, so should keep their price.

[James Deuce]

I'm going the Adv route. :scooter:

You hooking up with Millie Elder?

[chester]

speed triple 15th anniversary special edition

http://bikerholic.com/2008/11/20/2009-triumph-speed-triple-special-edition/

[LBD]

Ducati Streetfighter S

[rogson]

Where's the "not offered yet" option?

[Devil]

You hooking up with Millie Elder?

If I could find the bitch!

[Big Dave]

Where's the "not offered yet" option?


'Other', brother.

[=cJ=]

Dunno yet. Either an sv650 or a chook chaser, either/or depending on how much of a rush of blood to the head I get once I get out on the track :)

[Kelem]

A Busa or a VFR, but tommorow could be something completely different

[martybabe]

I want a cruiser an adventurer and a tourer, who knows, the only thing I know for certain is it won't be a sports bike. Nothing agin em just not for me. Everything else is a possible maybe.

[MisterD]

Trek Madone 5.5

Shame on you, there's so much better out there...wanna ride my CLX somtime?

[MisterD]

...and Dave, is a Thruxton really a crusier, 'cos that's what most dealers list them as on Tardme...

[Big Dave]

on Tardme...

That's yer problem right there.

I could have put standard, retro, motard, custom, 2nd hand, new, etc etc.

But where to stop - so I made the 'other' option for hard liners like you :-P

[vifferman]

Apparently (according to the vifferbabe) there won't be one.

Mind you, she said that about the last one.
And the one before that.
And the one before that too....

[SMOKEU]

:2guns: Y2k (if I was rich), that way if any cager tailgates me then I can turn their front bumper into a molten pool of plastic.

[Blackshear]

:2guns: Y2k (if I was rich), that way if any cager tailgates me then I can turn their front bumper into a molten pool of plastic.

I was gonna say no-one has mentioned this yet, but sat back knowing SOMEONE would! :headbang:

[sAsLEX]

We're looking towards a dirt bike each...WR's more than likely

DRZ400s, never go wrong with them....... though they aren't a Honda.....

[p.dath]

Probably 5 years away for me, but then I'd like to look at getting a Honda CBR1000RR, but who knows, things change a lot in 5 years.

[Motu]

I don't think about my next bike until someone's bike breaks down and I get to wonder whether I'd like one of those too.

But it appears I've gone off on another tack - a streettracker is more suited to the riding I do...gravel and back roads.I've made a different sort of dual purpose,and one I can convert from streettracker to tourer in 30mins with a wheel and seat change.

[kiwifruit]

Shame on you, there's so much better out there...wanna ride my CLX somtime?

Yes please!
I don't know alot about bikes yet. Whats wrong with the 5.5?

[sleeqe2000]

Looking at getting my first 600 when I (hopefully) pass my Full in July.

Really like the GSR600 - naked and looks good for touring and commuting.
Maybe ER6-N or SV650 - going to have lots of fun testing.....

[Headbanger]

Before I was recently thrown out of the family business (a great accomplishment I must admit) and became what is known as unemployed and getting desperate I was in the process of buying a second bike, I was looking at something that would be good for track days and uh....thrashing.

So I had whittled it down to either a TRX 850 or a slightly worked CBR600.

Now of course I'm surviving on recycled newspaper and chicken skin so no new bike of any sort for me.

[Indiana_Jones]

If I could have a 2nd bike, a Scrambler or Bonneville would rock :)

-Indy

[jim.cox]

Make mine a HyperRetard with knobblies please...

[SARGE]

NEXT bike ???? ... nothing wrong with the one I got. ...

Yea bro .. no law says ya can only have one though ...

or 5 as BD suggested

[FJRider]

Yea bro .. no law says ya can only have one though ...

or 5 as BD suggested

For me one is enough ... if I go off road, its purely accidental ...

[Indiana_Jones]

After riding the street triple for about 5mins, that has shot right up to the top of my wanted/next bike :D

-Indy

[Rhubarb]

I'll probably go for a cruiser.

I've always had sports bikes and off road bikes but I hired a Harley in Queenstown a while ago and fell in love. I really liked the riding position and felt I could comfortably ride like that from one end of the country to the other and back. My wife also liked it and supports the pending purchase.

I don''t want a Harley. I'm going for a Boulevard. Minimum 800cc. It's already on my 12 month goal list.

[modboy]

I haven't got my first one yet (Thruxton - it's arriving late July) but, hmm, my second, maybe a speed triple !!!

[Maha]

Anything that suits me really, but it has to be brand new!
Ok, maybe a few ks on it....but im over jumping into an unmade bed.

[Big Dave]

Only a small % of the visitors to the site vote in the polls and it's not scientific - if you want to be arsed clearing cookies you can vote multi - still - 30% going ADV is interesting I reckon.

[Stirts]

And in real life it is farken yum :drool:

http://www.mazlan.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ducati-monster-696-white.jpg

But I would also need to get rid of those hidi-beast cans, heated hand grips, tail tidy, and get the new Tricolore leather suit.

OR (this would be an AND if I win BIG WEDNESDAY tomorrow)

Who would have thought that a pink bike could look so damn sexy!!! I am shocked and stunned I am!!!
http://www.suzukigsxr1000.com/gallery2/d/51-2/pink+gsxr+1000.jpg

But then when it comes to true sexyness......

http://www.motorcyclesreview.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/2009_aprilia_rsv4_factory.jpg

[Gremlin]

So whats my KTM 990SM categorised as?

Next bike, all going according to plan, is its replacement... damn, if you think the 990SM is good... :devil2:

[Indiana_Jones]

......

-Indy

[PirateJafa]

Looks even better in person.

Pure, unadulterated pornography.

[one fast tl1ooo]

Love my TL - but might take a Hyabusa for a ride one day

[NZsarge]

New KTM SM-T looks interesting but in all reality it'll be a Yamaha of some description or maybe an updated version of the ZX14 whenever that eventuates (just as long as they don't style them after the current ZX6/ZX10's).

[Big Dave]

So whats my KTM 990SM categorised as?

Next bike, all going according to plan, is its replacement... damn, if you think the 990SM is good... :devil2:

Other. AMPS just sold the demo too. Didn't get a spin. speeyewin.

[Brett]

I wold very much like a decent motard come adventure bike, something like that what Gremilin has, the KTM 990.
However, every time I get on a sportsbike, I feel at home. Took the K9 750 out for a spin and would consider that as the next bike, or the new R1.

[Gremlin]

Other. AMPS just sold the demo too. Didn't get a spin. speeyewin.
Damn, looks like I am in the elite... or minority... or speshul :yes: Seriously tho, I thought you had already taken an SM for a spin? If you want, have a go... just remember its not stock... but how they should be standard! :yes:

I wold very much like a decent motard come adventure bike, something like that what Gremilin has, the KTM 990.
Technically, the manual says not for off road use :whocares: Hasn't stopped me from trying beaches (hard packed ones... 200kg doesn't float across sand) gravel roads etc. Best bike for NZ roads in my opinion :woohoo:

[madbikeboy]

My next bike is going to be Carver's sister. Mmm. 17.

:wari:

[Big Dave]

D I thought you had already taken an SM for a spin?


All good thanks - tested the 950 and have riddeded the Adv 90.

[SPman]

One of these wot I saw at Montmatre last weekend.....complete with a parking ticket!

[imdying]

I keep going back to the 888 for sale thread for another look...

[LBD]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/album.php?albumid=2394

One or two street fighters in here....