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Return to two wheels

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  • 04-01-2022 3:19pm
    #1
    adunis
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭


    Call it a mid life crisis if you will but I'm contemplating a return after a near 20:year absence.

    My question is what to buy.

    I don't want anything small,don't want a rice rocket prefer naked bikes don't especially like cruisers and would really like to avoid inline tours this time round.

    Also aint spending much

    I'm thinking.

    Sv650/1000

    Firestorm.

    Monster(wetclutch one)

    The evergreen all capable vfr750/800

    BMW R1100S

    Speed triple

    All of the above the BMW floats my boat most.

    Thoughts/ other contenders ?

    P.s.mechanic by trade if that adds any bias



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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    All decent choices. I'd include an MT07/09 too.

    Best of luck with your return to biking.



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    adunis
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭adunis


    Thanks Henry,any BMW gurus about I wonder ?

    You can see where I'm going with this......



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    adunis
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭adunis





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    D3V!L
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118416550#Comment_118416550

    The maintenance on the R1100S would be expensive compared to the rest.



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    adunis
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭adunis


    Luckily I'm a mechanic,but how good are they ?, Versus the vfr where I might have to change the occasional bulb for instance........



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    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118416750#Comment_118416750

    Are you a motorcycle mechanic ? I know the clutch on the R1100S is a pig to replace.



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    adunis
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭adunis


    HGV ,but it's all the same sh1te BMW clutch same as a car just split entire bike in two 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣



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    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118417460#Comment_118417460

    Once you know what you're getting into ;)



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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058225836/return-to-two-wheels

    I'd go: SV, Speed Triple, VFR, in that order.

    R1100S is nice, but as a returner bike the above would be more comfortable imho. The issue with the VFR might be if the exhaust is on the way out: not cheap being a V4, and a pita to fit. The SV otoh is simplicity and bulletproof as well. I'd be going with the 650 to start.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    Alkers
    Registered Users Posts: 6,837 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Might be shifting my SV650S as I'm not using it in the pandemic. Haven't advertised it or anything yet but keep me in mind if you make a choice.



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    dubal2008
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭dubal2008


    I did this two years ago, not been on a bike in 30 years and my first bike back was an MT07, still love it two years later



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    adunis
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭adunis


    Update.

    Bought a nice old 1100gs for cheap.

    I love it,things a goddamn armchair.



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    Sir Galahad
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Sir Galahad


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118917434#Comment_118917434

    Now go to www.ukgser.com/forums where there’s a great Irish section full of helpful folk.



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