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    Quote Originally Posted by limbimtimwim
    Hornet, nice but BORING.
    Not as boring as sitting next to a tow truck driver in Te Awamutu.
    "If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression

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    Get a R1...............
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    Quote Originally Posted by skelstar
    Not as boring as sitting next to a tow truck driver in Te Awamutu.
    When your bike is 12/13 years old it will be worth less than the rvf

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    get a gsxr 600 or 750.... then you might be alowded to appliy to join the wairarapa hardcore...
    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Given the short comings of my riding style, it doesn't matter what I'm riding till I've got my shit in one sock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    Hitcher is right - Hornet is good.
    A new Bonneville is a beautiful motorcycle in that price range too.
    I agonised over the choice of a new Bonnie at $13k and the Hornet at $11k.

    What got me to buy the Hornet was the weight, power and torque figures. I see a Bonnie as a starting point, something you'd need to spend some money on to make it go like it should, whereas the Hornet is "Turn key" and as fast as I want to go. Very comfy two up too, Im told.

    I didnt win Big Wednesday, so am not ordering a Scrambler today.

    Its the May Cycle World cover, if you havent seen it. Tested by Egan. Sooooo cool. (but 47hp? whats up with THAT!)
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    Buy 2 old Moto Guzzis and join the ranks of the oily fingered and seriously cool...

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase
    Its the May Cycle World cover, if you havent seen it. Tested by Egan. Sooooo cool. (but 47hp? whats up with THAT!)
    Bloody irresponsible allowing people out on bikes with that much HP I reckon.

    I doubt my genuine 'C' would hit 42bhp....

    Ah hem...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
    Bloody irresponsible allowing people out on bikes with that much HP I reckon.

    I doubt my genuine 'C' would hit 42bhp....

    Ah hem...
    but your "C" would be 100 pounds lighter than the Scrambler. so pwr to weight would be better. Get the May CW when it comes out (or I can photocopy the test for ya if you dont mind B & W).. PM me if you want it.
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    The hornet has to be about the best value new bike around at the mo. SV thou's are nice too, having ridden one of them they are comfy and a lot of fun. The SP1's I was completely under impressed with, there was just no spark with it. Look cool tho (except that fugly dash).

    Take a few bikes out for a ride. You havent really said what your preference is style wise, but I reckon that if I was looking around in that budget for the travel you're talking about, I'd be lining up to take the hornet for a test ride for sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WRT
    The hornet has to be about the best value new bike around at the mo. SV thou's are nice too, having ridden one of them they are comfy and a lot of fun. The SP1's I was completely under impressed with, there was just no spark with it. Look cool tho (except that fugly dash).

    Take a few bikes out for a ride. You havent really said what your preference is style wise, but I reckon that if I was looking around in that budget for the travel you're talking about, I'd be lining up to take the hornet for a test ride for sure.
    Well I like the naked bikes and from what i have read up and heard on here will take the big Hornet for a spin and the SV

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    Keep what you've got and put the 15k in a secured investment. This country is about to implode.

    You can thank me later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn
    Keep what you've got and put the 15k in a secured investment. This country is about to implode.

    You can thank me later.
    True, but we all need something to ride outta here on - don't want to be trapped in the cities in conjested highways like on those Armageddon movies now do we!!
    "Resort to the law so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart, that there is not one honourable lawyer who would not give the warning "Suffer any wrong rather than come here".

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    that SP1 gets my vote.
    gone.

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    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by Finn
    Keep what you've got and put the 15k in a secured investment. This country is about to implode.

    You can thank me later.
    I have a few investments so am going to splash out...now i am looking I keep looking at the bikes in the 20k mark wonder if i can get an extra 5k. That might be my home work for tonight
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