Buying myself a bike. Help please!

[pyroguy55]

Hi there guys,

I have been off a bike for a couple of years and am going to be getting back into riding very soon!! yay!!!

I need a little help in picking out a few models though, I have looked over the approved LAMS list and I don't know half the models on there, I think I am after a cruiser or tourer style but the only models I know when I see the model name are sports bikes like the GSX, CBR etc etc.

Any help or recomendations would be awesome!

(I have been riding for about 10 years on and off road, kept riding off road for the last couple of years that I havent been on the road.)

Cheers,

Tim

[onearmedbandit]

How much do you want to spend?

[Grashopper]

Some awesome people in this forum (gnjackal and PeloNZ) made this list for people like us who don't know which style a bike is just by its name: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/wiki/LAMS/Approved_list

You can re-order it by type, cc, model or make. I assume the status of it is from 1 month ago http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/156624-LAMs-list-with-styles

It doesn't have pics yet or links, but hopefully that will come.

[Akzle]

TLR thou.




MODS can we have some kind of system where if the words "what bike should i get" appear anywhere in the thread or post, the user is PDd for a month. it's a bit fucking ridiculous.

DO A FUCKING SEARCH PYROGAY.

[BigAl]

TLR thou.




MODS can we have some kind of system where if the words "what bike should i get" appear anywhere in the thread or post, the user is PDd for a month. it's a bit fucking ridiculous.

DO A FUCKING SEARCH PYROGAY.

:lol: 10f'ingchars

[blackdog]

Smokeu will be along shortly suggesting you 'buy a 'busa'.

[Tigadee]

Don't forget this:
http://cycle-ergo.com/

Helps you get a good guesstimate of how you might fit on to a model/style of bike.

[pyroguy55]

How much do you want to spend?

Looking at spending up to 10k ish. can maybe go over that if I love it enough.

Quite like the idea of the more upright sports bikes like some of the naked ones.

Need to do some test rides though.

[307a]

Looking at spending up to 10k ish. can maybe go over that if I love it enough.

Quite like the idea of the more upright sports bikes like some of the naked ones.

Need to do some test rides though.

GSXR1000 Ichi Ban Des !!

[pyroguy55]

GSXR1000 Ichi Ban Des !!

haha yeah I would love to but my license doesnt allow.

I like the look of the new CB500F, pretty decent price as well. Anyone know about it? upsides? downsides?

[pete-blen]

it's on the list...& a good prise...
http://www.kawasaki.co.nz/catalog/streetbikes/sports/ER650CAF/overview

[sinfull]

I have a 97 ER 500 within your price range of 10 k ;)

[McFatty1000]

haha yeah I would love to but my license doesnt allow.

I like the look of the new CB500F, pretty decent price as well. Anyone know about it? upsides? downsides?

Please no, if only for the sake of the cbr name... :weep:

[onearmedbandit]

Please no, if only for the sake of the cbr name... :weep:

It's CB, not CBR. And CB was around long before the R came along.

[Banditbandit]

haha yeah I would love to but my license doesnt allow.

Eeeer .. um .. buying a bike has more to do w with money than the licence ...

Rding a bike ... now that's different ... that depends on whether you care about being legal or not ...


I like the look of the new CB500F, pretty decent price as well. Anyone know about it? upsides? downsides?

It's Pretty ... it's not a Bandit ...

[nerrrd]

haha yeah I would love to but my license doesnt allow.

I like the look of the new CB500F, pretty decent price as well. Anyone know about it? upsides? downsides?

Initial reports seem quite positive:

http://www.visordown.com/road-tests-first-rides/first-ride-2013-honda-cb500f-review/22346.html

[pyroguy55]

what the hell is CFMOTO... some guy trying to sell me a 650NK, looks pretty sweet but its rather cheap and I've never heard of it. Thoughts??

[nerrrd]

what the hell is CFMOTO... some guy trying to sell me a 650NK, looks pretty sweet but its rather cheap and I've never heard of it. Thoughts??

Basically it's a chinese clone of an er6. I've read a couple of articles about them, usually saying they're pleasantly surprised at how good they are. Hard to say how they'd hold up long term, though.

[pyroguy55]

Basically it's a chinese clone of an er6. I've read a couple of articles about them, usually saying they're pleasantly surprised at how good they are. Hard to say how they'd hold up long term, though.

just had a read of this, actually sounds pretty good....

http://cyclenews.coverleaf.com/cyclenews/20120522?pg=1&pm=2&fs=1#pg83

[shafty]

I have a 97 ER 500 within your price range of 10 k ;)

Really Bill? You d let it go for that little? Lol

Test ride a Honda NC700X......

[McFatty1000]

It's CB, not CBR. And CB was around long before the R came along.

My bad - thought the reference was to the cbr500 lams.

[Madness]

Smokeu will be along shortly suggesting you 'buy a 'busa'.

Bad advice. (http://www.angelfire.com/linux/ldrpg/)