What feature do you rate most in choosing a motorbike?

**caspernz** · 22nd May 2013, 11:57

Meh, biking is all about whatever gives me the biggest horn...and you guys should be ashamed for not stating the damn truth as well!!

Practicality is down in about 47th place really ain't it?

Soooo, Busa or ZX14?

**Banditbandit** · 22nd May 2013, 12:06

Originally Posted by MIXONE

The number one priority for me is $ as I don't have a lot of them.Even then it has to "push my buttons".

As for ill handling bikes I would love to own a Harley or similar because you can have a ball at legal speed limits.The average cbr/gsx etc must be a yawnfest at 100kph.

Yeah .. Naa bro ... if you sit on 100 licks and never slow down .. that's fucking fun ... and I mean seriously .. try the 'Takas at 100 klicks wthout slowing down ... I'll be you shit bricks .. no yawning there ..

**Banditbandit** · 22nd May 2013, 12:08

Originally Posted by Mom

Being able to touch the ground when I sit on it

Sorry .. . I'm the opposite ... "Excuse me while I kiss the sky ..."

**Drew** · 22nd May 2013, 12:40

How does it compare to either a K1/2, or a K5/6 GSX-R1000?

That usually thins the prospects down to two choices...A K1/2, or K5/6 Gixxer thou.

**wysper** · 22nd May 2013, 13:51

Originally Posted by Mom

Being able to touch the ground when I sit on it

You can sit on the ground without touching it? That is mean skillzzzz Mom.

**Paul in NZ** · 22nd May 2013, 14:28

I rode a 675 Daytona - I thought it handled like a turd on a rollerskate because I'd just hopped of a Buell std bike and I thought that was dangerously unstable because I'd just hopped off my 1970 Triumph twin...

Each of those bikes are in fact great handling bikes but each one requires a different approach and riding style to get the best out of it.

Fact is - the 675 terrified me and it wasn't until I got my leathers on and started committing to it and weight shifting that it all clicked - the Buell is a torque monster of a bucking bronco of a bike that is just begging to be backed in and having the trigger pulled while the old 650 is perfectly balanced light handling old beast that picks a 'classic' line and swoops through with delicate inputs. All of them hugely capable but needing a different input. All this on exactly the same road...

One mans bad handling is often that mans inability to adapt to the vehicle and read it needs.

**Geeen** · 22nd May 2013, 14:46

As has been said by a few grin/giggle factor, when I roll off the throttle on mine and it pops and burbles I giggle like a school girl every time. Second is TORQUE, comfort and handling. The ability to set of car alarms is also worth having..........

**Banditbandit** · 22nd May 2013, 14:58

Originally Posted by Drew

How does it compare to either a K1/2, or a K5/6 GSX-R1000?

That usually thins the prospects down to two choices...A K1/2, or K5/6 Gixxer thou.

And the head liner says you have an RF900 ... so how does it compare??

**Maha** · 22nd May 2013, 15:05

Something a little different (generally) that will suit my needs for at least two years and is brand new. At the now, I have ended up with something that will do everything I require for the next while, it's a more 'run of the mill' Suzuki but it looks a little different than others in it's class. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise.

**nodrog:Me** · 22nd May 2013, 15:08

cup holders

**Paul in NZ** · 22nd May 2013, 15:11

Its actually a good question...

The NUMBER ONE reason I buy a motorcycle is - when I stand in the shed and pull off the dust cover and it just sits there - does it put a swell in me trousers? If not NUMBER TWO - is it useful? If no to either of those then its gorn....

**crazy man** · 22nd May 2013, 16:21

its got to stand out from the rest , small and racey and sound cool , no more than 250cc

**bluninja** · 22nd May 2013, 17:06

The smell of the seat on a demonstrator bike :-

If it smells of sweat and adrenaline....you don't even need to ride it to know it's gonna be fun.
If it smells of poo....you know it's a shit bike.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 22nd May 2013, 17:08

how much chrome, how deep the metalflake paint, and how many tassels. Will my large gut cause a dent in the top of the fuel tank? will my short bandy legs touch the ground. Will I be able to pay it off within my lifetime? Will my brony bro's think its cool? thats key for me. what others think. yup.