Upgrade time soon

[skelstar]

I went from a 250 good for 140km/h to my Hornet with no troubles at all. Still dont use at full-throttle and dont have too (although should on the track )..

[WickedOne]

I went from a 250 good for 140km/h to my Hornet with no troubles at all. Still dont use at full-throttle and dont have too (although should on the track )..

Yeah, I went from a GN250 to my Hornet without a problem.

[XP@]

Up to you, and depends where you are riding, but i find the adventure tourers pretty damn good in NZ because there is nowhere they can't go.
Happy on a commute, fire in the twisties, gravel & nz's crap roads are soaked up in the awsome suspention and decent riding position. The only thing they don't do to well is 200+kph.

[Devil]

FZ6n: Rode one of these while test riding. i'd give it 4/5. Good engine (not much bottom end though). Well set up suspension (despite its limited adjustability) not bad to ride. What held it back for me was the vibes. Top gear at 100km/h made my hands go numb. That and any bike with a digital tacho gets points off. Cant read the thing when you've got a bright sun behind you!

GSR600: Had one of these as a loaner yesterday. Great for carving up traffic. Next best thing to a motard around town. Engine was ok. Gearbox very smooth.
The seat was crap, forced you towards the tank. The mirrors shook like mohammed ali. Couldnt see shite in them.
Nifty having a gear position indicator. Speedo was a little small for my liking.
Those indicators look expensive.

I've got the Vstrom650 as a loaner again. Cant re-iterate enough what a great bike this is.

[skelstar]

mate, how come youve got several bikes on loan...troubles with the 4 still?

[Devil]

3 Warranty jobs (single day jobs), two services, one chain and sprockets (took the last two days as they ordered the wrong sprockets on day one).
Plus I'm a cheeky bastard when it comes to loaners. Dont ask dont get!

...a few of the recent bikes have been me tyre kicking and also talking about when I was test riding before buying the Triumph (in the case of the FZ6)

Thanks Holeshot for putting up with me and loaning me nice bikes

[TerminalAddict]

2 months on:
still no upgrade, still can't decide .. fuck this hard but enjoyable :P

short list:
hornet
hornet 600 (not sure about this .. haven't seen one)
bandit (either 600 or 1200)
sv1000 (the 650 doesn't do it for me)
vtr1000

unfortunately my $$$ have dropped tho'

I've now got $4000 difference with my trade

the GSR600 does it for me in looks .. but i can't quite stretch to $13K
I guess I could wait a year or 2 until second hand ones turn up on the market

["D" FZ1]

The FZ1-N obviously is my personal favourite but we also have both the FZ6-N & FZ6-S in stock. Plus a couple of late model FZ1 Fazers or a new XJR1300. Spoilt for choice

[TerminalAddict]

yeah spoke to some there already (can't remember name .. grey hair )

the used fz1's should've been on my list .. I like those .. but every thing is slightly out of my price range at your place ....
unless you can work some magic
$4000 + 2005 xv250