Given these choices of next bike, what would you choose?

[sotomoto]

 ---Hei madjak30, have you ever heard about the honda nt650v deauville?
It's not in your list but maybe this is the bike you need... A used 650 is economical and very good quality too. Better ergos than gs for you, i suppose---better wind protection, it's a tourer...side cases and one more---no chain and sprockets...

I think it's a very nice bike-with very good support etc. If you like it and buy it, you will not regret it. And maybe, you can keep your gs,too.

[SAFE-T]

The Deauville was never sold in Canada, nevermind North America. But if you could get a Euro bike here, it would have to be the Yamaha TRX850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_TRX850

[tt_four]

I don't know if you've seen this bike yet, but I think you can get them up there in Canada. Don't know much about them but they look pretty cool.

[mister]

If the Bandit is on the list, why not the XJR 1300 ? (Comes in other than blue) Basically a naked (and cheaper) version of the FJR1300



Michael

[makenzie71]

My wishlist bike is a Wakan 1640.

The actual bike I'll get will likely be a 1979 GS1000...or a GSXR750 engine for my GS750.

[madjak30]

I don't know if you've seen this bike yet, but I think you can get them up there in Canada. Don't know much about them but they look pretty cool.

I'll have to take that one into consideration...see if I can locate one and get some pricing...

Later. 

[pantablo]

I ride with lots of guys that ride bandits. great bikes. Same motor as the gsxr. They ride the rails off them. Couple guys run their 1200's on the track in the race group...you can just imagine the talks they get after a session of spanking guys on big sportbikes, lol.
They're very undervalued. you can get a slightly used one for a fraction of a new one. I know of people who've bought NEW old stock several year old ones for nearly nothing. maximum-suzuki.com is a big site for them.

The m90 is a nice cruiser. not much else.

the vstroms are great bikes too. not really very good on the dirt beyond simple dirt roads though. Several bandit guys have gotten them and are very happy with them.

[madjak30]

This is a cool bike...






KTM Super Duke...999cc V-Twin 118Hp 71lbs/ft TQ
Price is a little high for me though...$16,995cdn MSRP

Very similar to the MT-01 except it looks more like a Suzuki Gladius mated with a Kawasaki Z1000....but I like it...

I think I am starting to understand why women like shopping so much...so many toys to look at, but I don't really care if they make my ass look fat...

Later.

[ohgood]

This is a cool bike...






KTM Super Duke...999cc V-Twin 118Hp 71lbs/ft TQ
Price is a little high for me though...$16,995cdn MSRP

Very similar to the MT-01 except it looks more like a Suzuki Gladius mated with a Kawasaki Z1000....but I like it...

I think I am starting to understand why women like shopping so much...so many toys to look at, but I don't really care if they make my ass look fat...

Later.

i've seen a couple, but only heard and seen one in person. it sounds like trouble - LOOK AT ME OFFICER I"M ABOUT TO COMMIT TWO VIOLATIONS AT ONCE - kinda troulbe, and i like it. i'm not into fast stuff so much now, and dual sport is where i am. hop a curb, hop a creek, hop to work, hop a 100 mile jaunt to the mountains.... just fits.

are you stuck on a liter bike for size ? speed ?

why v twins ?

sorry if you explained already, just clarifying.

[mister]

This is a cool bike...

If you have issues with leg room on the GS, this bike won't solve your problem.

Michael

[makenzie71]

The Duke does to leg room what hammers do to nails.

[madjak30]

No, I'm not considering a Super Duke...I just thought it was a cool bike...over priced, but cool...the reviews I read said it had legroom...anyway, it doesn't really matter...realistically I am heading for a Bandit 1200...sorry tt_four...I can pick one up pretty cheap, and it has the extra leg room that I need...or a Honda 919 if I can find one cheap enough...if I look at bikes under or around $4000cdn, I shouldn't have to worry about the money part...sell my GS for around $2700cdn...difference isn't much...

are you stuck on a liter bike for size ? speed ?

why v twins ?

sorry if you explained already, just clarifying.

I wouldn't say I'm stuck on liter size, but I want something that has ample torque and Hp...more for the torque to move my fat ass...twins just naturally provide this...I'm also pretty shallow, otherwise I would just buy a V-Strom and be done with it... ...I want something that looks nice ass well...doesn't have to be the latest and greatest (actually don't care what others think of the bike, but I have to like the looks of it)

Later.

[Clancy]

What about this bad boy?
Kwaka ZRX1200 - drool

[makenzie71]

liter twin in the $4k area...go get a TL.

[mister]

Interesting about the Bandit 1200 v the 1250... I've ridden the 1250 Sport. Didn't lean as readily as the GS or 919, but a few minutes you got used to it and it was fine. However, the small front screen sent all the wind to my helmet - I'm 6"2 - and the seat felt too low down in the front and gave me the impression I was sliding into the tank. BUT, if you look at photos of the 1200 you'll see the older ones have a single piece seat like the GS, and the newer two-piece jobs are more flat right across instead of sloping down near the tank than the seats on the 1250.

2005 - 1200


2007 - 1200


2009 -1250


In my neck of the woods, the 1200s are roughly the same as the 919s in price. Though you can find more newer 919s with fewer clicks on them and thus slightly higher priced. But for all intents and purposes, within a grand of each other - sevens to eights for the same age/distance (2005 - 2007 with 10K to 20k on the clock). Go older on the 1200 Bandit and you get into the 60k on the odo and the price comes down. But still relatively close to a 60k 919 in price.

Michael

[tt_four]

I'll still approve either way, I like bandits for an all around bike. They don't have the same appeal as the mt01, but I'd still be fine to ride one.

Have you looked into any of the first generation Z1000s? I see some in pretty nice condition selling for around $3000-35000usd. I'm not sure what that translates into in canadian. I love TLs, too.

[madjak30]

liter twin in the $4k area...go get a TL.

Too much weight on the wrists...and insuring one might be a little more costly (man am I cheap... )...I haven't sat on a TL, but would it have more leg room than the GS?  Not that I have been looking, but I haven't noticed any on Kijiji...anyway, I prefer the looks of the standard bikes.  I'm still kicking tires...

Later.

[SAFE-T]

http://alberta.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-motorcycles-sport-bikes-2004-Honda-CB919-Hornet-W0QQAdIdZ239000163

$3400 in Airdrie

The 919 will be considerably sportier than the Bandit.

[Janx101]

What about this bad boy?
Kwaka ZRX1200 - drool

eh clancy, you got a passion thing goin on for cowies bike? 

[SAFE-T]

This is a cool bike...



KTM Super Duke...999cc V-Twin 118Hp 71lbs/ft TQ
Price is a little high for me though...$16,995cdn MSRP

I watched a couple of them at Race City in the Superbike Nationals a couple years back ~ they were dog slow