Okay, serious opinions on new bike?

[fizbin]

So It is almost time for me to upgrade. and i am dreamily looking at TM for ideas on bikes. I have to admit i am a bit superficial on how a bike looks (in my opinion of course!) but am also intersest in what htses bikes are like in greneral.

Not after rubbish just a serious opinion by people that have owned or ridden some/all of these bikes. info on reliability, ride-ability, etc would be appreciated.

Here are some examples of bikes that i have seen that catch my eye.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-206929715.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-209966209.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-210529882.htm

not so sure about this one? has been binned
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-210905361.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-210942982.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-208978310.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-210598346.htm

I will be going out once i have my full and testing a bunch of bikes but thought i would get the ball rolling so to speak.
Thanks
Steve

[Skyryder]

Good luck.


Skyryder

[mark247]

What are you stepping up from?

[fizbin]

your going to laugh but i am moving up from a hoybag

[EJK]

I know how you ride (I think....) so any of them above will do just fine, don't worry about people saying "Don't get a litre bike" etc

Good luck

[Squiggles]

buy my tl...stay away from the hondas .

[fizbin]

i did look at you TL bro but the high KM's put me off soz

[mark247]

I know how you ride (I think....) so any of them above will do just fine, don't worry about people saying "Don't get a litre bike" etc

Good luck

Stepping up to a 1000cc bike is absolutely fine if you are mature, its the idiots like me that would suffer. Test road a R1 and a gsxr1000 the other day, going from 60hp to 150hp, ummm, if i bought one today, id be dead tomorrow. I'm just too trigger happy lol. Power wheelies are just too much fun.

[Squiggles]

i did look at you TL bro but the high KM's put me off soz

Beware of the green one then, k's have bounced about a fair bit

[fizbin]

Stepping up to a 1000cc bike is absolutely fine if you are mature, its the idiots like me that would suffer. Test road a R1 and a gsxr1000 the other day, going from 60hp to 150hp, ummm, if i bought one today, id be dead tomorrow. I'm just too trigger happy lol. Power wheelies are just too much fun.

hahaha just looked at your profile i am nearly x2 you age!

[fizbin]

Beware of the green one then, k's have bounced about a fair bit

Thanks bro

[mark247]

hahaha just looked at your profile i am nearly x2 you age!

You mean me? Yeah well, you are probably mature then =P

[The Stranger:Me]

So It is almost time for me to upgrade. and i am dreamily looking at TM for ideas on bikes. I have to admit i am a bit superficial on how a bike looks

Yet you ride a hyobag and 5 out of your 6 look like shit.
Get the GSXR checked out, increase your life insurance and make it out to me then and go for that.

[fizbin]

You mean me? Yeah well, you are probably mature then =P

I wouldn't go that far hahahaha
there would be more than one KBer that would disagree with that!

[98tls]

Had a TL for many years which incidently may well be up for sale end of next week fwiw,great bike,the low km one looks sweet,few things to look out for with them,cracked damper mount (damper/shock are seperate).TLS over the years has had more than its share of bullshit thrown at it from all over,mine and many other peoples have never suffered from any of the supposed problems and as for the "widow maker" labelThe SV to has suffered a similar amount of shite but for a different reason "watered down TLS" etc etc,load of shite,dyno graphs show the reality,the TL just comes on in a rush at 6000 ish rpms which is still a bit of a rush but in reality little would seperate both if ridden by riders of equal ability.Could rave on for ever as ive lived/breathed etc TLs for years,if you decide thats what your after and want to know anything flick me a pm or visit TLZONE.NET my home away from home and a pack of TL owning clever buggers from all over the world.