Sub 1 litre everyday bike?

[Zadkiel]

I'm going to set out some really vague guidelines but some recommendations would be good! I'm looking for a bike I can ride every day but not to mundane, riding a bike is meant to be fun after all. IL4s are all good because I don't mind revving the hell of it!

So the criteria are:

Must be less than 1L but bigger than 250cc, I don't need a bike that big just this yet. 600cc looks like the sweet spot to me
Sports or naked are my preferred types, no motards or anything like that
$6.5k is the maximum, would prefer to spend less obviously

So far I have been eyeing up the CBR600F, Speed Four, Daytona 600 and the Hornet 600/900. I like the naked style but I appreciate fairings are nice on the open road.

[sil3nt]

Going to sound like a massive wanker but an NC30 or NC35 ticks the boxes!

CBR600F would be my next choice (if you were after comfort which i might need after this NC30 kills my back )

[Stylo]

Had a loaner Bike while mine was getting serviced last week, a Suzuki Gladius...SVF 650 ?

Never liked them much to look at but ...only did around 100km's on it and ...never stopped smiling ...great fun 9 points

[Hitcher]

Gladii are superb bikes. So too are the Kawasaki ER6s and the MkI Aprilia Shiver.

[schrodingers cat]

No fun! If I were going to buy a smaller bike it would be a KTM Motard. I'd ride it like a total dick and likely toast my licence.

If you want to have a pile of fun and rev the nuts out of it go 400cc
If a more sedate approach is the go go 600cc plus

CBR 600 or for excellent Kermit Style go Ninja

[Icemaestro]

Can I interest you in a VFR? i've got my eyes on an rvf..

[CRF119]

I no you said no Motard but for a fun rating for going to work its what im going to buy next. I have a CBR900RR great bike it would actually fit into what you want great and tick all boxes. But i find going to work takes only 15 min at the most and its rush hour town traffic so you can't do much on thou but on a motard you can go up foot paths across grass, Slow wheelies, slow slides the list goes on and on. All of those will get you in trouble at some point but fun things are trouble.

Just a thought. If your doing any open road stuff forget the motard again

[jaffaonajappa]

GSXR 1100's.

That is all folks.

[steve_t]

GSXR 1100's.

That is all folks.

[hayd3n]

cb600 hornet :P

[jaffaonajappa]

Ahhh ok. Tell me what an 11 cannot do. Noting the price constraint.

Arghhh. Edit. ok, its outside the capacity limits - strictly (stupidly) speaking.

[theseekerfinds]

all oldies but goodies:

Hornet 600

IL Monstro

Bandit 600

Kwaka Zephyr 750

Yammy Fazer

In my opinion all of them tick all the boxes and are available in your budget

[jaffaonajappa]

RF900 - for around half of your maximum budget.

[Sable]

Just about damn near anything will do so long as it can hold motorway speeds without vibrating bits off. The fun comes down to how you ride it.

[Gremlin]

Hornet 900, every single time.

I may or may not be biased, however.