The Allure

[AllanB]

The Allure of a new bike.

It starts with a itch in the back of the mind. Possibly in your soul first transferring to your mind.

A opportunity arises with unexpected funds......

The mental debate starts - mortgage reduction, family trip offshore ...... bike.

You risk a look.

Shit, a couple of desirable rides have been repriced and look achievable .........

An embarrassing number of hours are lodged on the laptop 'researching'

Talks are held with the shops - they are evasive about actual trade values....

One brand has a demo, the other piece of exotica does not.

Too busy at work - but you are determined to book a day/afternoon off to test ride the demo.

Work commitments say this week is out for a demo ride. Next looks shit weather wise. Is this a sign to play it safe?

Last weekend was fine - you changed the oil and went for a fang. The bike knows something as it was faultless and sung sweet music from the Yoshis and even manage to somehow avoid a police car (OK someone else was pulled over ...).

The unexpected money is taking longer than indicated - and a debate over the total value - possibly another sign? negative or possibly positive if it increases (good chance).

More internet hours - aftermarket pipes sorted already!



The Allure continues ...................


Lucky for me I don't purchase very often (last time in 2007 was much easier!).

[98tls]

Worse than a fucking women with a thing for a new handbag you.....get on with it.Pics to.....

[AllanB]

Look a handbag is not just something to carry your tampons in. It is also a statement of who you are and where you have been and are going in life.


There is also the Allure of lightweight wheels, upside down front end conversion and a unique exhaust system for the existing ride ...... you may understand that option :bleh::niceone:

[AllanB]

Plus both desirables are Italian......... after a lifetime of Jap bikes.

[98tls]

Look a handbag is not just something to carry your tampons in. It is also a statement of who you are and where you have been and are going in life.


There is also the Allure of lightweight wheels, upside down front end conversion and a unique exhaust system for the existing ride ...... you may understand that option :bleh::niceone:

I do indeed but facts are ive a rare day off tommorow and have decided to drink far to much Bourbon until such time as the old girl gets home from work and kicks me off the internet,your up to something i am just to pissed to work it out:laugh:spill......

[98tls]

Plus both desirables are Italian......... after a lifetime of Jap bikes.

Pics then ffs.Dont let it be a fucking 900SS of a certain era for gods sake.

[AllanB]

After eight years I am seriously considering trading the Hornet. It was not meant to be this way - she is full of sparkles and goodness has been totally faithful and does not deserve me cheating on her.

But I always desired one of those Italian ones .....

[Maha]

''You risk a look''. .. never a good thing to do.....or is it? :shifty:

[AllanB]

Dont let it be a fucking 900SS of a certain era for gods sake.

Younger cousin .......

One bike garage mine so it has to be a reliable one :-) no room for old exotica. Plus experience tells me that when you revisit the glory days most often it turns out the fond remembrance of them is clouded by time. Remember that girl from High school? She is probably 30 kg heavier with a vagina like a pair of barn doors flapping in a strong wind .....

[AllanB]

''You risk a look''. .. never a good thing to do.....or is it? :shifty:

Agree - risking a look is like having a peep at the sun or that office girls cleavage - a high degree of risk.

[Maha]

Agree - risking a look is like having a peep at the sun or that office girls cleavage - a high degree of risk.

Sunglasses for both = risk management.

[mossy1200]

Buy an MV Agusta or your dead to me. Ill disown you if your buying a Ducati.

[J.A.W.]

Agree - risking a look is like having a peep at the sun or that office girls cleavage - a high degree of risk.

Bullshit, she's laying 'em out on display for appraisal..

So, be respectful, & tell 'er to get 'em out.. ..if you reckon they warrant a hands on..

[AllanB]

Buy an MV Agusta or your dead to me. Ill disown you if your buying a Ducati.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mossy1200 again.


:banana:

[Ender EnZed]

You're looking at a Monster and a Brutale?

[mossy1200]

You're looking at a Brutale or a Brutale?

Don't try and influence the decision.

[The End]

After eight years I am seriously considering trading the Hornet. It was not meant to be this way - she is full of sparkles and goodness has been totally faithful and does not deserve me cheating on her.

But I always desired one of those Italian ones .....

As someone with a Hornet 919 too...

NOOOOO Don't do it! Don't move to the evil side :shit::shit:

[Gremlin]

Well, you'll possibly appreciate the Hornet more after you've had something with average reliability. That said, life is short, why not ride lots of the bikes available? Mine just had it's 132k service last week. :lol:

For me, I keep going in circles and still end up loving my BMW: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/160492-Stupid-Temptation

And then I do it all over again? :wacko: Actually I haven't thought about it recently...

[R650R]

This reads like 50 Shades of a Tyrkicker, just get on and buy the thing.... And yes no dealer wants your old shitters no matter how much you think of them.
Better to sucker someone in on trademe then rock up with cash.
I've only ever test ridden half the bikes I've ended up buying, the rest have been bought on spec and rep alone including two brand new bikes and never disappointed.
Hell the GSXR the buggers didn't even have the colour I wanted but it grew on me....

[J.A.W.]

This reads like 50 Shades of a Tyrkicker, just get on and buy the thing.... And yes no dealer wants your old shitters no matter how much you think of them.
Better to sucker someone in on trademe then rock up with cash.
I've only ever test ridden half the bikes I've ended up buying, the rest have been bought on spec and rep alone including two brand new bikes and never disappointed.
Hell the GSXR the buggers didn't even have the colour I wanted but it grew on me....

Good on ya joker..
Guess your missus, ah, mistress, must be a happy ol' shelia then..

But, I'd def' prefer the 'try before you buy' deal..

[TheDemonLord]

Buy Bike
Ride Bike
Happy Biker
Ride Bike again

[neels]

The mental debate starts - mortgage reduction, family trip offshore ...... bike.
This, exactly.

At the moment, I'm doing this, exactly. I do have some leverage, given that I recently sold a bike because it was the sensible thing to do at the time, and I hate doing the sensible thing most of the time.....

You just have to try and satisfy enough of the above that the excitement of purchasing a new bike is not diminished by any lingering doubt that it's the right thing to do.

[Headbanger]

Always, and I mean always put your bike before mortgage and family commitments.

I have weakened in the past, and put that shit ahead of my love for motorcycles, and it was fucking bullshit.

8 days in Fiji for the family or a bike?


fuck Fiji.

[caspernz]

The allure of a new bike...just keep in mind delayed gratification is a concept thought up by a non-biking accountancy student.

KB is a harsh audience, we haveth but a short attention span :bleh::laugh:

[mossy1200]

8 days in Fiji for the family or a bike?




Wasn't into Fiji. Like bikes though.

[mossy1200]

I've only ever test ridden half the bikes I've ended up buying.

When your buying an MV Agusta this helps.:drool:

[AllanB]

When your buying an MV Agusta this helps.:drool:

Bastard - I keep telling them to wet up a demo ..............


That sounds rude.


Anyhow, Mrs B is fine with it. Should I be suspicious?


trade it will be most likely - I get too attached to the silly things - move it on. Plus doubt I'd tolerate random tyre kickers in the private market.

Will see how dealers fare tomorrow - maybe their offer will change my mind! Who called my rider a shitter above it's immaculate.

[mossy1200]

trade it will be most likely - I get too attached to the silly things - move it on. Plus doubt I'd tolerate random tyre kickers in the private market.



You should buy the 1090 in black from Motorad with free freight for under 20k.
Sell yours on tardme. I have sold a dozen bikes and not one person turned up to pre inspect any of them.
Hold onto yours for 2 months before selling it and catch the guys wanting a bike for the summer. There will be plenty of ex learner riders wanting a big affordable bike then.

[Headbanger]

Wasn't into Fiji. Like bikes though.

lm fucking with every cunt.

i upgraded the bike and took the family to fiji.

fuck money, just throw it at shit.

[mossy1200]

I upgraded the bike, sent the family to Fiji and went for a ride.



Sounds like heaven.

[Berries]

Shit. Bike went in for a new back tyre this week. Came out with that and a wash. That will be 18 months since it was washed, about the same since it had a decent matched pair of tyres. Feels and looks like new so saved me twenty grand and a giant argument.





Fiji joke - Four bananas.

You're welcome

[AllanB]

So you think I go wrong by keeping mine nice and clean all the time? It is a interesting theory with a degree of merit.... I wonder if the same applies to super model girlfriends - would the loveliness just become your normal and after awhile your eye strays?


Salesman was off ill today. Possible a sign. Unsure which way that sign would go - his or mine. I'm going with mine, he will be eager for a sale after sick days off.

Or he runs the risk of me looking at that other one .......


It also occurs to me I could keep what I have and buy a used Bonnie as a project bike .......

[J.A.W.]

Oh no, not a Thailand built retro-porker Bonneville..

Get an Aprilia RS 250, & learn how to really ride, instead..

[AllanB]

Oh no, not a Thailand built retro-porker Bonneville..

Get an Aprilia RS 250, & learn how to really ride, instead..

Haha - the W650 is more Bonnie than the Bonnie?

250 ........ those days are decades gone. No torque = no interest at my end. And No I'm not ready for a Harley, oddly the dealer had a very nice kitted Sporter in they traded a while back. Maybe the next bike in the next decade.

When you buy them infrequently you want a keeper you'll live with for some years.

[J.A.W.]

"No torque"?

L.O.L... is that why you're tired of the Honda 4?

Better buy a 'busa then..

A fat ol' Bonnie sure won't power lift the front wheel like an RS 250 will.. via its torque hit..

( Any decent Cagiva Raptors about, - another Italian V-twin - with a Suzuki mill.. worth considerin' - mayhaps?).

[Berries]

I wonder if the same applies to super model girlfriends - would the loveliness just become your normal and after awhile your eye strays?
My old man made a comment about super models once - "No matter how pretty they are and how you might long to be with them just remember this. Someone, somewhere, will be sick of putting up with their shit".


Or was it an Aprilia he was talking about?

[nzspokes]

Get an Aprilia RS 250, & learn how to really ride, instead..

Because waiting 3 years for parts gets boring.

[nzspokes]

When you buy them infrequently you want a keeper you'll live with for some years.

You are thinking about this the wrong way. Keep the Hornet and buy another bike.

Then have one on hold for 3 months while the other has rego. Next 3 months swap back. Will be like getting a new bike every 3 months.:woohoo:

[AllanB]

"No torque"?

L.O.L... is that why you're tired of the Honda 4?

Better buy a 'busa then..

A fat ol' Bonnie sure won't power lift the front wheel like an RS 250 will.. via its torque hit..

( Any decent Cagiva Raptors about, - another Italian V-twin - with a Suzuki mill.. worth considerin' - mayhaps?).


Nah -the Hornet has a great mid range - it is interesting when checking out specs and dyno curves how grunty it still is. There is a illusion a IL4 is top end only - bull. Busa - nah not my thing way to fat for my interest.

Cagiva ....... hell no I'm looking new not some old tart cross-bread of years back.

[AllanB]

You are thinking about this the wrong way. Keep the Hornet and buy another bike.

Then have one on hold for 3 months while the other has rego. Next 3 months swap back. Will be like getting a new bike every 3 months.:woohoo:

It has occurred to me ...... and is not a bad plan.

[J.A.W.]

How's a "used Bonnie" fit into that scenario, then?

Def' ride it 1st.. they are lumps..

[AllanB]

How's a "used Bonnie" fit into that scenario, then?

Def' ride it 1st.. they are lumps..

I have couple years back. Weight more than my Hornet 900! Fair to say somewhat less power!

I do like the way they are a starting point for something interesting - not a chance in hell one would stay remotely stock with me. Which is also a reason I've kept away from them - shell out of a mint one then take half of it apart and drop $ on goodness......... then there is a the power (or lack).

I thought when the thruxton came out years back - look out they are hot rodding one finally. Alas no.

So in my heart I know the bonnie will not accompany the keeper (unless some sucker really really needs cash quick).


Back to the two Italians in question. A test ride will decide no doubt.

[mossy1200]

Back to the two Italians in question. A test ride will decide no doubt.

You need go for a ride to the Cold Kiwi. Stop at bike shop on way home and test ride some. Buy new bike and have it shipped home. Wait 2 months and sell your bike privately in summer if you no longer require it.

BUT- Idd suggest you keep your Hornet because when you want to ride and the weather isn't good or you want to take a passenger you will wish you still had it. I find myself treating the MV Agusta like a special treat to ride and use the bandit to do the dirty work. You may find you understand this more once you own the Agusta. Its like a naughty mistress that does things to you your wife wouldn't understand. Disclosure-- I don't condone out of relationship affairs.

[J.A.W.]

Or, if you're hell-bent on a newie, get a ride on one of these.. Yamaha triple..

www.cycleworld.com/2015/07/27/best-standard-motorcycle-yamaha-fz-09-cycle-world-ten-best-bikes-2015/

[AllanB]

Or, if you're hell-bent on a newie, get a ride on one of these.. Yamaha triple..

www.cycleworld.com/2015/07/27/best-standard-motorcycle-yamaha-fz-09-cycle-world-ten-best-bikes-2015/

Looked at them. A hoot and a fine engine.

BUT - I'd be better off keeping the Hornet. Woooooo I hear you say. The Yammy is a good price but I'd drop 3K on Ohlins on it plus a pipe bringing it near the two bikes I'm looking at. I have already Ohlined my Hornet and won't accept the stock Yamaha suspenders now .......

Plus. A personal thing - the Yammy does not physically appeal to me in the looks department. I'm a visual arty person and it does not work for me. Just one of those things to add to my list - some people don't get it.

On a side note I picked up a magazine last week with a supercharged version of the Yammy in it ....... 150 odd hp!

A shitty grey day in Christchurch - must get in the shed and make room for a car (moved house recently ....) instead of theory shopping for goodies on ebay!

[Gremlin]

BUT - I'd be better off keeping the Hornet. Woooooo I hear you say. The Yammy is a good price but I'd drop 3K on Ohlins on it plus a pipe bringing it near the two bikes I'm looking at. I have already Ohlined my Hornet and won't accept the stock Yamaha suspenders now .......
Take it from me... that's going to ruin you for most bikes now :msn-wink:

[J.A.W.]

That's OK, I can't stand the annoyingly buzzy feel that 180` 4T cranks ( most Nip twins & inline 4's) have, either..

[AllanB]

That's OK, I can't stand the annoyingly buzzy feel that 180` 4T cranks ( most Nip twins & inline 4's) have, either..

Oddly enough that buzz appears to always co-inside with the bloody speed limit!

[mossy1200]

Have sent you PM for 1090r and 1090rr

Short stock in country but one of each left. Very nice prices especially on rr

[Ender EnZed]

Looks like it's time for an update. And pics.

[AllanB]

Looks like it's time for an update. And pics.

Picked it up late Friday. Been pissing down here since! Typical.. New bike, shit weather. Thus the chicken strips you bastards. Bring on the sun. Yes - I have changed the mirrors already ....

[mulletman]

Nice ! Ya gonna tie that puppy down or she'll be right ?

[Banditbandit]

Nice ... spring is here and the fine weather is not far away!

[AllanB]

Nice ! Ya gonna tie that puppy down or she'll be right ?

Don't jinx it!! New house does not have exposed framing/rafters like my old garage - that was easy to throw over a couple straps. I may bold in a couple brackets ...... If mother nature shits on us again I'm outta here haha.

[neels]

pretty pictures of pretty bike
V nice.

The v-twin riding experience, for some reason, is a thing, particularly (and for reasons unknown to science) the Italian v-twin. I've had mine for a few years now and it still makes me smile every time I start it up.

[AllanB]

V nice.

The v-twin riding experience, for some reason, is a thing, particularly (and for reasons unknown to science) the Italian v-twin. I've had mine for a few years now and it still makes me smile every time I start it up.

Good to hear. I was after a change from the IL4. Great bike the Hornet but I'd owned it 8 years and the stars aligned to permit a replacement. Looked at a MV 1090 as well, fantastic bike but another 4. Now if they made a 1090 triple version of their 800 .........

Looking forward to the new relationship with the red one. I may need some louder noise makers .......