What did you do to your bike today ??

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I love sports bikes but this would definitely be on my wish list as an addition to a sportsbike.

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My mate's just bought this, it's an old R80
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C00kiemonster wrote:I wish I'd bought a HP2 years ago. Low milers are now over £20k :(
Saw one for about 13k with 3,800 miles on it. Can keep my eye open if you want one on the internal portals.


Blade the R nine T is a peach, smooth engine, bags of mods available.....
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Hp2 is special but I read some where it needs a fully rebuild at 30k.

@frankie. I reckon when my lads are a little bigger and of a suitable age to ride pillion you could sell me an R nine T. Awesome motorcycle IMO.
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Frankie wrote:
C00kiemonster wrote:I wish I'd bought a HP2 years ago. Low milers are now over £20k :(
Saw one for about 13k with 3,800 miles on it. Can keep my eye open if you want one on the internal portals.


Blade the R nine T is a peach, smooth engine, bags of mods available.....
Don't tempt me :). I'm looking at new bikes at the mo, I'm trying to downsize, not go more expensive! I'll bear it in mind as I really don't know what to buy tbh.

Do keep an eye out for a good one ;) especially in BMW Motorsport colours...
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What is on your short list Cookie ?

You fancy doing Team Green (nod)
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Picked the blade up from JHS Racing and tucked it up in the garage, just ready for a track day now !!
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JHS Racing have a very good reputation.

What have you had done Mick ?
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Blade wrote:What is on your short list Cookie ?

You fancy doing Team Green (nod)
I like to be different :)

Lightweight and Naked I think. Street triple, mt07 that sort of ilk. Though when I test them I might end up with another sportsbike :). I need something for the roads round by me that has smooth fueling and likes B roads tbh.

Suggestions for the list welcome :)
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Zx10r or an s1000rr thing :)
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For hooning on lanes Frankie's s1000r would be a good test ride.
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KTM 690 smc 8)

Back lanes will never be the same again. Just think wheelies, drifting and powering out of every corner with the biggest grin ever painted on your boat race :)

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I tried a 690 Duke last year on some twisty lanes and found it a little lacking in the power department.
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D6Nutz wrote:I tried a 690 Duke last year on some twisty lanes and found it a little lacking in the power department.
Was it the hardcore smc Nutz ?

Not enough power is easily fixed, just find tighter twister lanes (giggle) 70 bhp in a near works spec supermotard chassis should be a giggle (giggle)
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Lack of power is my fear as I loved the duke when I tested it but it may struggle out of the twisties. The lightweight nature and loading up the front into corners was great, difficulty is the more powerful bikes tend to lose that fearless cornering feel.

Smc is a great bike, maybe too motard? Not sure. Z800 should be tested I think. If it felt light enough the s1000r would be mega but french power limits might blunt it somewhat, though those limits are being removed sometime soon I think.

Only test rides will confirm. I need to make some time to do so.
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Ducati monster would be pretty cool
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Not heard a bad thing said about the latest MT-09. Doesn't look that great on paper especially the suspension, but I know of about 5 people that have either bought one or tested one and they absolutely rave about them.
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821 Hypermotard. The engine is awesome for blasting out of turns.
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Blade wrote:JHS Racing have a very good reputation.

What have you had done Mick ?
Having done as much work as I can myself, I left these two mods to the professionals, a full Bazzaz ZF TCi kit, KTech fork cartridges, he also fettled a few electrical gremlins whilst he had it.
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