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Can't make up my mind

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  • 04-10-2022 10:22pm
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    molarspark
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭


    Decided to return to motorbiking after 40 years. I'm 60 now. Completed my IBT last weekend on a hornet 600. Smile on face ear to ear. So now trying to decide honda shadow 1100 or yamaha tdm 850.

    Any thoughts / advice


    Dave



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    Skill Magill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Skill Magill


    Id go for the shadow, as you are entering the twilight years you wont have as high of a fall off the shadow. The TDM is quite tall, so might be difficult for you to get your leg over.

    The shadow is shaft too I think, you wouldn't have to kneel down to adjust the chain on it. Might find it difficult getting back up what with the back and knees going.

    Easy decision grandad

    :)



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    #3
    molarspark
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭molarspark


    Tried the 2 of them and have to say they are both comfortable. A fall is a fall regardless of ht of machine lol



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    Skill Magill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Skill Magill


    TDM is very difficult to pick back up though, high center of gravity, you'd need to be in the prime of your life to pick it up after driving off with the disk lock on. Memory will also be failing



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    Bluefoam
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    Have a look at a Moto Guzzi V7...



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    galwaytt
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    very much potato/potatoe, and depends which you feel most comfortable on.

    I have 2 heavy bikes, and whilst not unskilled I'm under no illusion that if I drop either (and I have) - I ain't picking it up on my own anyway, so ability to pick it up, for me, isn't a factor.

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


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119702316#Comment_119702316

    ah heeyor: 60 is the 'twilight years' ? 🤣

    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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    Skill Magill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Skill Magill


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119703862#Comment_119703862

    And difficult to get your leg over :)



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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,911 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Ye lads need to learn some new pickup techniques. It shouldn't be difficult. You're just doing it wrong. Back to the bike. Not front on.



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    goblin59
    Registered Users Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭goblin59


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119706604#Comment_119706604

    how i do it, squat the bike back up.



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    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119703854#Comment_119703854

    There is a knack to picking up bikes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd3AwK4l64A



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    Fabio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭Fabio


    Interesting write-up on them here: https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/classic-bikesocial/buying-advice/used-bike-guide-yamaha-tdm-850-900-buyers-advice

    Go for as late a model as you can. And enjoy it!



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


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119708953#Comment_119708953


    Oh there definately is, and even my SO practiced laying down and picking up her NC750S this year (on grass), so it's doable.

    My thinking is that after an off on my GW or H-D (has happened), there's usually enough stunned bystanders who'll help :) That's assuming you aren't hurt in the first place....

    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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