motorcycle

[RollSonnenRoll]

There is a 3rd option, which when I have time to ride again, I think I'm going to get. It's an adventure bike. It will give me versatility, so I can zip around on city streets and have fun, and when I get sick of that, I can zip around in the dirt too, but it's also comfortable enough to commute. Like this:

That's what I want. I love my Harley but I'm kind of bored. I love cruising along feeling like T2 but I'm looking for something a little easier to zip around on but a GSXR just aint me. I'm not interested in going 70 mph head first.

 

[Ruprecht]

Adventure bikes are the new sports-tourers, although for most of them any off-road capability is pure pretension.
A bit like how Urban 4WDs replaced family station wagons.

Bikes like the Kawasaki Versys 650 or Yamaha's new MT-09 Tracer do make great, comfortable, do everything bikes though.

 

[RerouteToRemain]

Also the HD sportster series.

 

[Metusalemi]

 

[ShadBo]

If this is your first bike and you have only a little bit of experience, I would suggest picking up a used 650 Yamaha V-star. That is the perfect cruiser to learn on. It has plenty of power and has that cruiser style. After you get used to that, sell it for roughly what you bought it for because they hardly depreciate, and then get something a little bigger.

 

[philth]

Ducati Scrambler. You can pretty much customize this thing as much as you want from the factory...

http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/first-ride-the-ducati-scrambler-is-an-amazingly-fun-bi-1669889005

At some point the motorcycle industry forgot that bikes are supposed to be fun. They don't have to be overpowered enablers of natural selection or obscenely styled, over-priced midlife crisis machines or vapidly retro fashion trinkets. They just need to be fun. And the new Ducati Scrambler is exactly that.

 

[neverwas]

Ducati Scrambler. You can pretty much customize this thing as much as you want from the factory...

http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/first-ride-the-ducati-scrambler-is-an-amazingly-fun-bi-1669889005

he said he wanted to ride,not be sat at the side of the road looking at something that has 2 wheels and doesn't work.

 

[Scary Uncle ODB]

he said he wanted to ride,not be sat at the side of the road looking at something that has 2 wheels and doesn't work.

yes, because Ducattis are shit.

 

[Fedorgasm]

If this is your first bike and you have only a little bit of experience, I would suggest picking up a used 650 Yamaha V-star. That is the perfect cruiser to learn on. It has plenty of power and has that cruiser style. After you get used to that, sell it for roughly what you bought it for because they hardly depreciate, and then get something a little bigger.

If you're dead-set on a cruiser then this is excellent advice. The V-star 650 was my first bike (aside from some dirt bikes when I was a kid).

After a while I gave the V-star to my wife and bought myself a bigger bike. But when we aren't riding together, I always take her V-star because it's much more fun to ride than my 1500cc vulcan. It taught me an important lesson in bikes.

 

[Ruprecht]

At some point the motorcycle industry forgot that bikes are supposed to be fun. They don't have to be overpowered enablers of natural selection or obscenely styled, over-priced midlife crisis machines or vapidly retro fashion trinkets. They just need to be fun. And the new Ducati Scrambler is exactly that.

The "vapidly retro fashion trinkets" a bit rich considering the whole (re)popularisation of the scrambler category is a byproduct of the custom/hipster scene and it's obsession with vintage style, fashion and icons.
Especially when the bike comes with such an extensive catalogue of "showroom custom" accessories and a dedicated apparel collection. Maybe they just mean they didn't licence a Steve McQueen T-Shirt...

I'm sure it's a fun bike though.

 

[philth]

he said he wanted to ride,not be sat at the side of the road looking at something that has 2 wheels and doesn't work.

yes, because Ducattis are shit.

Personal experiences? How many have you owned, for how long, and what went wrong?

blah blah blah

I didn't write the article. Glad that's all you took away from it. *thumbs up*

 

[Ruprecht]

I didn't write the article. Glad that's all you took away from it. *thumbs up*

It's what you quoted after praising the Scrambler for it's "factory custom" options...
The actual article bags the marketing.

 

[philth]

It's what you quoted after praising the Scrambler for it's "factory custom" options...
The actual article bags the marketing.

I wrote;

You can pretty much customize this thing as much as you want from the factory...

I wasn't aware that just mentioning the fact that you have the ability to customize it however way you see fit is 'praising'. *shrug*

 

[neverwas]

I'm sure it's a fun bike though.

wheres the roadside assistance membership?

 

[Ruprecht]

I wrote;

I wasn't aware that just mentioning the fact that you have the ability to customize it however way you see fit is 'praising'. *shrug*

Well, now you know.

Personally, if I was after minimalist fun at a similar price point and with comfortable ergos, I'd skip the youth fashion statement and look at less weight, higher spec components and better handling.
Probably a supermoto like the KTM 690 SMC R.

 

[philth]

Probably a supermoto like the KTM 690 SMC R.

That's all well and good if the TS wanted something like a supermoto...

Hey guys, so I it's almost summer, and I'm looking to get a motorcycle. Any good suggestions from the riders on sherdog? My knowledge of bikes is limited, and I am looking for a cruiser. I am looking to spend up to 15k.

If it wasn't a cruiser, I was thinking GSXR, but not too sure

I tired to cater a good answer with a bike that might fit what the TS is after (between a cruiser and a sport bike + being a new rider)...

I'm sorry that my answer offended your delicate sensibilities.

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then there's the other guy dissing ducati when he's most likely never owned or even ridden one - but he heard it from a friend of a friend. (never answered my simple direct question to him)

ridiculous amount of hatred amongst two wheel drivers. it's quite sad actually.

 

[Scary Uncle ODB]

Personal experiences? How many have you owned, for how long, and what went wrong?

I was being facetious. One of the guys i rented a house with had one and worked for them. seemed fine to me.

 

[philth]

I was being facetious. One of the guys i rented a house with had one and worked for them. seemed fine to me.

I kind of figured, but couldn't be sure - my mistake though - carry on good sir.

 

[Ruprecht]

That's all well and good if the TS wanted something like a supermoto...

I tired to cater a good answer with a bike that might fit what the TS is after (between a cruiser and a sport bike + being a new rider)...

I'm sorry that my answer offended your delicate sensibilities.

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then there's the other guy dissing ducati when he's most likely never owned or even ridden one - but he heard it from a friend of a friend. (never answered my simple direct question to him)

ridiculous amount of hatred amongst two wheel drivers. it's quite sad actually.

I'm not even remotely close to offended, it's you that has your panties in a twist. :icon_lol:

I'm sure the Scrambler would make a good entry level machine for the fashion concious rider with a preference for retro minimalism. I'll stop short of calling it a vapidly retro fashion trinket...
Considering it's relatively low state of tune, simplicity and the improvements Ducati has made to their service intervals (especially cam belt changes), it's probably even quite reliable and reasonable to maintain.

 

[TSO]

There are bike that both go fast and are comfortable for longer rides. Sport standard bikes are by far my favorite style, like the Kawasaki Z1000, and my last bike the ZRX1200r. You can keep up with the supersports and wont have a sore back and ass after a long ride.

Just my 2 cents.