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Re: Must be getting old

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StMarks wrote:
duke63 wrote:So a list of bikes I would like to try is forming.

I want to keep my Multi but add something that is very different - light, agile, pokey engine, not expensive

Yamaha MT07
KTM 790 Superduke
Monster 797 and 821
Street Triple
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V4s
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duke63 wrote:Its easier to ride, from memory faster and better balanced....

You could commute on it, tour on it, track it. It would do everything. .

‘Could’ and ‘Would’ are two very different things.

Any additional bike needs to be light, cheap, very agile and fun.
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Get this

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... s&make=KTM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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That is a proper piece of kit. Not cheap for a single though.
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There aren't many of them about. I've found a 2012 model for £6,250 so I guess they hold their prices.
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What about a DUKE for Duke (happy)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-17-KTM- ... =R40&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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"It's an animal!!" (raaar)


So is a hamster.
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Street fighters are obviously like rocking horse poo. I have tentatively enquired about two in the last couple of weeks only to be told they sold within hours of being advertised.
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Quite a few on eBay Duke.

This seems the pick of the bunch (y)

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2645775228" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Cheers, Blade. I want to try one first though. Its one bike i have never ridden but it means a dealership to at least try one.

I really enjoyed the ride on Nutz KTM last year and its a very similar set up.
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