Hypothetically, what?

**Two Smoker** · 13th June 2006, 14:29

Tough choice... In the end its about what YOU want from your riding experience...

If you want to do some slightly more "spirited" riding i would go for the Bandit or the FZ-1...

If you want to do touring like your last bike (which you talked very highly of...) Then look at another STeed or FJR1300

I would rule out the M109 as its impractical from pillioning, and i dont see it being comfortable on longer rides...

I wouldn't rule out the CBR1100XX, more "go", surprisingly comfortable, and considered one of the best pillion bikes... Failing that a K1200S

But then there is the Buell... Opening a huge new array of touring...

Decisions, decisions, decisions... Its a tough one Mr. H...

**WRT** · 13th June 2006, 14:43

Originally Posted by Hitcher

The SK6 is lighter, shorter and taller than the previous model . . .

There you have it, folks. It's both shorter and taller.

Based on specs and pics . . . and ignoring the price, I'd be looking at the BMW K1200S first. Then checking out the FJR1300. The VFR could be a go as well, but it seems a little . . . underwhelming.

**MikeyG** · 13th June 2006, 16:02

What you really want is a GN250. Long live the GN.

Being serious now as you are taller than most there will be some bikes that are just not comfortable for you. Get out there and try them.

**Big Dave** · 13th June 2006, 22:56

Originally Posted by WRT

There you have it, folks. It's both shorter and taller.
.

The schrodinger's cat of motorcycles.

**Hitcher** · 23rd June 2006, 18:49

I have been tempted by something not on my poll list. I shall test ride and report back...

**James Deuce** · 23rd June 2006, 18:53

I'll bet it has headlights of doom.

**Madness** · 23rd June 2006, 18:58

And a word starting with the letter K on the tank?

**Colapop** · 23rd June 2006, 19:03

Well you make sure you do young man...

**Hitcher** · 23rd June 2006, 19:53

Here's hoping for a nice riding day tomorrow...

**FROSTY:Me** · 23rd June 2006, 20:22

HITCH --take a FJR 1300 for a ride.Thats a real sports tourer.--I think someone on the sitte has one for sale

**sels1** · 23rd June 2006, 20:30

So you want a touring bike with some protection, no spokes, and luggage? Very comfortable? Built for the bigger-than-average-bloke? a bike the is easy to ride around town, great on twisties, laughs at rough road surfaces and gravel? Happily gets along at double the speed limit? Long range tank? The Triumph Tiger fits those requirements.
From the Triumph website:
"The Tiger is the great all-rounder. A bike Triumph have developed so that you can depend on it to get you, a pillion and enough luggage to stock a small department store wherever you want to go. An enduro-style bike with a gutsy, dependable 955cc triple in a quick-steering frame, the motor sits under a cavernous tank with a range of 200 plus miles. It’s as happy commuting as it is two up touring - custom-fit panniers stuffed to the gills. It’ll scratch down back lanes or hack hundreds of miles along roads that time forgot. Tiger. It’s earned its stripes."

Not that I am biased or anything

**Hitcher** · 23rd June 2006, 21:23

Originally Posted by sels1

Not that I am biased or anything

Hmmm. Are you sure those things that look like spokes aren't spokes?

**James Deuce** · 23rd June 2006, 21:32

http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/790.aspx

The earlier models had spokes. The latest gets cast wheels - with as many bloody spokes as they could manage to cast with out ending up with a die that looks like a Hardanger lace pattern.