Suggestions on a commuter

[Finn]

The MV is currently at the bike shop for sale which leaves me with the Night Rod which is kinda like using a combine harvester to pick flowers when using it as a commuter.

Now my ride to work is only 3.6k's but has 23 traffic lights which are always red. However, I want something to have fun on too especially after going for a ride 2 up last weekend on the harley with faster bikes. I felt like a special kid.

My thoughts are a SuperDuke R but perhaps it's a bit heavy to really chuck around in traffic. The MV was good but the throttle only has two positions - idle and explode.

Help a guy out here will yah.

[MSTRS]

A motard in the 600 range

[Devil]

You want my KTM 690 Supermoto, it's for sale.
Hilarious in traffic, and just about anywhere else.

[Her_C4]

.............which leaves me with the Night Rod which is kinda like using a combine harvester to pick flowers when using it as a commuter.
..

ha ha ha - good analogy :first: :lol:

[Burtha]

me sloppy old 250cc metroscoot would do it nicely! :D

[davebullet]

Lateral thinking..

Only 3.6kms with 23 sets of red lights? - run to work mate!

[Squiggles]

A Gn250 </10char>

[Grahameeboy]

The MV is currently at the bike shop for sale which leaves me with the Night Rod which is kinda like using a combine harvester to pick flowers when using it as a commuter.

Now my ride to work is only 3.6k's but has 23 traffic lights which are always red. However, I want something to have fun on too especially after going for a ride 2 up last weekend on the harley with faster bikes. I felt like a special kid.

My thoughts are a SuperDuke R but perhaps it's a bit heavy to really chuck around in traffic. The MV was good but the throttle only has two positions - idle and explode.

Help a guy out here will yah.

Walk.........................................

[Edbear]

Check my ride report on the DL650...

[Quasievil]

Go Go Motard, Going to work will be the best part of your day guaranteed.

Get Devils one its a nice example !!

[Swoop]

Street Majic.
Own the footpath!

[Stirts]

chuck around in traffic.

Get this and you could chuck the traffic around :Punk:

http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~kanpu/data/2004_07/0718.jpg

[Crisis management]

+10 for the KTM690, following Devil on the sealed bits of coromandel roads we did a while back was like watching an event in itself, wheelie, turn & gone.....looks ideal for annoying the comunters.

I got my revenge in the gravel but that thing is designed for terrorising city streets. :Punk:

[Goblin]

Just get a push bike and run those red lights.

You'd look hot in lycra! :blip:

[Finn]

Street Majic.
Own the footpath!

Got one of those already. Only use it on the land, far away from the public.

[PirateJafa]

RG150.

If you're man enough.

[jim.cox]

XL250 - does EVERYTHING

[madbikeboy]

2008 Hayabusa, 300 single sided swingarm, 8 inch overstock, candy apple paint, polished billet Performance Machine wheels, nitrous, twin turbo, and no bitch pad.

["D" FZ1]

We have got a Super Duke R for sale.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports//auction-205478847.htm

You should have a ride on it. Not heavy to throw around at all. Just like a big Motard.

[Scouse]

I've said it before and so i have to say it again Speed Triple or Street Triple

[Finn]

2008 Hayabusa, 300 single sided swingarm, 8 inch overstock, candy apple paint, polished billet Performance Machine wheels, nitrous, twin turbo, and no bitch pad.

Change the rear bearing and check the petrol please.


We have got a Super Duke R for sale.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports//auction-205478847.htm

You should have a ride on it. Not heavy to throw around at all. Just like a big Motard.

Yeah, seen that one.


I've said it before and so i have to say it again Speed Triple or Street Triple

When I was a wee lad, my brother's best friend used to beat the snot outta me. He was a black belt with dysfunctional parents. One time, the last thing I remember seeing as I was losing consciousness was his Triumph belt buckle.

So please don't take it personally.

[cowpoos]

which leaves me with the Night Rod which is kinda like using a combine harvester to pick flowers when using it as a commuter

Funny you say that Arron... we used the wee beasty below [nicknamed flow.] For harvesting Chamiomile and red clover flowers down south for export to make in to fancy Tea's [was good money too 75k FOB a ton of red clover dried!!] The head on it..isn't the actual flower head...the flower head we used was a one off...hard to set up...but sure as shit beats picking the shit by hand or using little slow flower harvesters you can get.


My pick on a bike...A sports quad...converted to be road legal!! :niceone:

[Fatjim]

Isn't this a repost?

[ManDownUnder]

Get a 50cc scooter. FA to buy, to run and it's not going to coke up from all the short runs ... Gees you can save on a carpark and put the thing in your office too

[vgcspares]

get a pedal bike then you can ignore all 23 red lights

[PirateJafa]

get a tank then you can ignore all 23 red lights

[Slyer]

+1 for push bike... or 50cc scooter.
3km ffs man.

[madbikeboy]

Get a particle beam transporter, and you can disappear all 23 lights.

[Goblin]

When I was a wee lad, my brother's best friend used to beat the snot outta me. He was a black belt with dysfunctional parents. One time, the last thing I remember seeing as I was losing consciousness was his Triumph belt buckle.

So please don't take it personally.Ewww! Did you wake up with a sore bum or a strange taste in your mouth?

[Finn]

I've taken a quick look back at the last few thousand posts I've made and I can't for the life of me see where some of you have come to the conclusion that I am;

1. A struggling stupid student
2. At all concerned about the environment
3. Need to get fit

Walking, running, public transport or a scooter are not options.

[Finn]

Isn't this a repost?

Yours or mine?

[Bonez]

Buell push rod twin something. Comes complete with a fan. A "Blast" may be more suitable for your humble commute though.

[vgcspares]

get a police paint job then you can ignore all 23 traffic lights

[MidnightMike]

I've taken a quick look back at the last few thousand posts I've made and I can't for the life of me see where some of you have come to the conclusion that I am;

1. A struggling stupid student
2. At all concerned about the environment
3. Need to get fit

Walking, running, public transport or a scooter are not options.

Fair enough, Id say go for a motard considering the distance and amount of red lights to wheelie from. :eek:

Some options (In order of price):

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Dual-purpose/auction-205046535.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Dual-purpose/auction-196066931.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Dual-purpose/auction-204241657.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports//auction-163803297.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Dual-purpose/auction-206010883.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Dual-purpose/auction-196158673.htm

That last one is shit hot. (118kg - nice)

[Skyryder]

No snitch in the street.

[cowpoos]

http://www.xtreme-sport.co.uk/onroad.htm

http://www.fasttoys.co.uk/RL500.htm <----how much fun could you have with that!!

[Goblin]

I've taken a quick look back at the last few thousand posts I've made and I can't for the life of me see where some of you have come to the conclusion that I am;

1. A struggling stupid student
2. At all concerned about the environment
3. Need to get fit

Walking, running, public transport or a scooter are not options.Riding a treadly doesn't necessarily mean you're a struggling stoopid student. You can spend a small fortune on a new fandangled push bike.
If the environment is of no concern, you can laugh at all the cars, trucks and buses making the air you breath all the more toxic.
Getting fit is just a by-product of commuting by treadly and your missus might be well impressed if you have more stamina in the sack.
Besides...those lycra/spandex outfits are so sexy!:niceone:

[Scouse]

Riding a treadly doesn't necessarily mean you're a struggling stoopid student. You can spend a small fortune on a new fandangled push bike.
If the environment is of no concern, you can laugh at all the cars, trucks and buses making the air you breath all the more toxic.
Getting fit is just a by-product of commuting by treadly and your missus might be well impressed if you have more stamina in the sack.
Besides...those lycra/spandex outfits are so sexy!:niceone:Not on a hunch backed miget

[madbikeboy]

Riding a treadly doesn't necessarily mean you're a struggling stoopid student. You can spend a small fortune on a new fandangled push bike.
If the environment is of no concern, you can laugh at all the cars, trucks and buses making the air you breath all the more toxic.
Getting fit is just a by-product of commuting by treadly and your missus might be well impressed if you have more stamina in the sack.
Besides...those lycra/spandex outfits are so sexy!:niceone:

Motorcycling seems so reasonable in comparison. Decent groupset, $5,000. Decent wheelset, $4000. Disc wheel, $3000. Frames start at about $5,000 for anything worth having...

[PirateJafa]

Nothing says "fuck the environment, fuck the red lights, fuck the greenies and fuck the psyclists quite like...

<img src="http://www.tatraworld.nl/T813trial.jpg">

[nallac]

this is what you need ,.......
you'll look and sound sooooo cool thru the 23 sts of lights, no need to worry about economy .

[DMNTD]

We have got a Super Duke R for sale.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports//auction-205478847.htm

You should have a ride on it. Not heavy to throw around at all. Just like a big Motard.

You HAD one for sale :shifty:

[crash harry]

SV650 naked with a big rear sprocket makes a good commuter. They're a bit gutless stock, but if you go up a few teeth on the rear they can really launch from the lights like there's no tomorrow. Put a big noisy exhaust on it so everyone knows there's a twin coming...

[Brett]

You want my KTM 690 Supermoto, it's for sale.
Hilarious in traffic, and just about anywhere else.

Having ridden one of these, it would get my vote. Plenty of power for some 2 up riding, very light and flickable, and they have their own 'cool' factor.

[R6_kid]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Tourers//auction-192673197.htm

Just buy it and quit fucking moaning.

[jrandom]

Odd how there haven't really been any really useful suggestions yet. Apart from maybe the KTM 690.

But I wouldn't buy a motard for the job. Still rather uncomfortable, high seat, no luggage carrying ability, etc.

I vote for my personal favourite, the Multistrada 1100S. With the factory hard luggage option. Carrying a backpack to work and/or jamming all one's stuff into a tankbag sucks arse.

And it's the most perfectly neutrally comfortable bike that I've ever ridden. I think it'd fit Finn well too.

[Morcs]

Im looking at a 1988 Yamaha SRX600 for a commuter, now thats a cool bike :devil2:

[jrandom]

Im looking at a 1988 Yamaha SRX600 for a commuter...

I suspect Finn wants something that's going to actually start every morning.

[Scouse]

I vote for my personal favourite, the Multistrada 1100S.Wot you mean the worlds uglyest bike

[jrandom]

Wot you mean the worlds uglyest bike

You don't look at the mantelpiece when you're stoking the fire.

[nallac]

Wot you mean the worlds uglyest bike

No thats the second, the first is the new KLR650

[Devil]

Odd how there haven't really been any really useful suggestions yet. Apart from maybe the KTM 690.

But I wouldn't buy a motard for the job. Still rather uncomfortable, high seat, no luggage carrying ability, etc.


The KTM has a decent seat, and a ventura pack rack and my one comes with the KTM tank bag :P I've even taken a tent on the thing!

Saw 185km/h on it too at the Taupo track with a little more to come.

[tigertim20]

600 motard.

[Brett]

Odd how there haven't really been any really useful suggestions yet. Apart from maybe the KTM 690.

But I wouldn't buy a motard for the job. Still rather uncomfortable, high seat, no luggage carrying ability, etc.

I vote for my personal favourite, the Multistrada 1100S. With the factory hard luggage option. Carrying a backpack to work and/or jamming all one's stuff into a tankbag sucks arse.

And it's the most perfectly neutrally comfortable bike that I've ever ridden. I think it'd fit Finn well too.

But considering all Finn has to do is ride himself to the office where he has the suit and tie etc waiting (assume he doesnt need to take any other gear with such as laptops etc either) something like a multistrada is a bit of an overkill for a commute of 2.whatever kms. If it was a 100km daily commute, multistrada might be a good option, or if he was say a roving IT guy...

[tri boy]

Without upsetting Finn, I thought he suffered from ducks disease, so a motard or bike with a high seat height would be a shit of a thing for him with traffic lights.
What you need is a helicopter to whisk you the 3km to work.
Rock stars and big noters swear by them.:shifty:

[testastretta]

I think motards are the perfect commuting bike.The offer a great view of the road and you can see over most vehicles,they are very maneuverable,you can jump curbs with ease and best of all they are alot of FUN!
Despite what some might say there are plenty of luggage options and can be quite capable tourers.

[Big Dave]

Street Triple SE.
CB1000R
Buell 1125CR

Multistrada with bags for commuting? Too wide. Top box maybe.

[Ocean1]

You don't look at the mantelpiece when you're stoking the fire.

P'raps. Still hurts when you've finished, though.

Bit of nip 'n tuck req'd...

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/showthread.php?t=38317

[MSTRS]

Without upsetting Finn, I thought he suffered from ducks disease, so a motard or bike with a high seat height would be a shit of a

I did wonder about that when I suggested a motard. What about - http://motoprofi.com/bikephoto/4393/ducati_monster_600_2001_2.jpg

[Morcs]

I suspect Finn wants something that's going to actually start every morning.

I just bought one.

Started first decent kick. 98k on the clock too.

[Bonez]

Without upsetting Finn, I thought he suffered from ducks diseaseHmmm. The mighty Ginny would be just the thing then ;)

[HungusMaximist]

Run or cycle bro. It's good for ya.

[want-a-harley]

bicycle, will take like 10min

[Ocean1]

Good choice for urban commuter assault: