Wanting a cheapish bike for winter as I don't have a car any more and I want to keep the Sprint nice. Have £1500 to play with but all I can see on ebay and biketrader are utter shit. As in complete steaming piles of poo. Would ideally like a CB500 but the only one on ebay is a disgusting orange and looks fit for the crusher. I could buy a newer Corsa for that money... Found a few reasonable GS500 but I don't like them and anyway they're miles away, London, Norwich. If you see anything half decent...
Thanks Frankie Didn't look at gumtree. 'very good condition for a seventeen year old bike' - was hoping for something a bit newer than that really. Maybe I'm being unreasonable in my expectations? H - hadn't thought of a 600. Good thinking
Lots of Kwak ER500's on bike trader, just pop in £1000 min £1500 max, engine cc min 500, max 600, loads!
I bought my r plate zx6r for £1400 6 years ago, now the same age bike is usually upwards of £2k.bike prices take the piss sometimes. How about a yzf750? I've seen some gsxr srad 600/750s going in your price range on ebay? Maybe a grey import 400?
2 options from my camp. 1 - get yourself a on road / off road traily type bike as it will improve your riding no end and damage will be minimal when you drop it when playing on the dirt. 2 -Google Honda Bros 650, this will probably be my next bike... great handling, loads of torque and not that common either
i had a diversion xj6 and it was an ideal winter workhorse, really comfy too, would still have it on standby if i had the spare $$
i'd go down the supermoto route :mrgreen: cracking fun whatever the weather i had a ktm 640 supermoto that i picked up for £1400, and i've just bought a CCM 644 supermoto after regretting selling the ktm but echoing the others bandit 1200 is good fun and will hold its value whatever the mileage!
Nothing you have to kick start, something with a fairing to get behind in rubbish weather, and in a perfect world heated grips and/or muffs. How about a Suzuki GSXF aka a Teapot? Btw if you want me to look at anything over this way just pm me Ed.
My Dad recently bought a 2002 Yamaha Diversion 900 for £800 from t'ebay taxed and MOT'd too. Comfy upright position, decent fairing, shaft drive, centre stand, heated grips, decent power for overtaking, air cooled. Decent bike for the money IMO.
I use my in laws 2000 plate triumph sprint in the winter months all panniers come in useful he said its mine when he is done with can't wait ( wants to hurry up haha)
I used to have '97 CBR600F. Paid just over £1000 for it and for the money, it was brilliant. Reasonably comfy, reliable, cheap to run.
I bought 2008 sv650 from copart.co.uk , 1460 all in, 8k miles only dent on the tank. Cat d but for commuter i dont care
I use a WR450F, with supermoto wheels.... put wets on it and it's perfect for winter commuting. But then I don't have too far to go, and all on good roads
