What are you doing today ??

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I'm not sure why you think that's uncomfortable. Upright position, bars not too far forward or low, big thick seat, pegs not high or back.
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Low seat height with semi-high pegs means cramped knees then there's a long reach to the bars. That's what I see anyway. I've not ridden one so I don't know for certain
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duke63 wrote:This makes a great bonus. :D

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That looks amazing 8)

Is it heavily customised or stock ?
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Cav wrote:Low seat height with semi-high pegs means cramped knees then there's a long reach to the bars. That's what I see anyway. I've not ridden one so I don't know for certain
Fair analysis looking at the pics (y) wonder how it fairs where it counts in the seat :?
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Blade wrote:
Fair analysis looking at the pics (y) wonder how it fairs where it counts in the seat :?
Get a room, you two


Unless they've drastically changes the ergonomics from the earlier models it's all day comfortable. The pegs aren't high and there's loads of leg room. The long seat means you can move around from an upright touring position to a more crouched racing posture.
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Like I say I haven't ridden one. That sounds ideal though especially as it's a bike you want to be able to just bob along on
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Blade wrote:
duke63 wrote:This makes a great bonus. :D

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That looks amazing 8)

Is it heavily customised or stock ?
The owner says mildy customised. Removing the number plate always makes a bike look so much better. I think the suspension and engine is prety much stock.

carbon side panels looks really good, IMHO.

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It has a number plate, BTW.
Which is fine, because you see it here as you'd see it on the street.

Beautiful bike. Surprised how heavy they feel....not sure if that's pure weight, or the big wheels.
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Wondering how the hell I got sunburn on my head yesterday, it was cloudy almost every time I stopped.
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Cav wrote:That looks cool but uncomfortable to me.

Kiwi, how about a hypermotard? If you've got a bunch of twisties near you that would be ideal. Comfortable position and great flickability. It isn't a bike you need to ride fast.
without trying to hi jack this thread and make it "why is Kiwi buying a Thruxton", I like the cafe idea and I enjoy the GB until I hit my hill and it runs out of legs, I've satisfied a boyhood dream buy owning it and as much as I said I like to tool around at legal speeds, it would be nice to have something similar with a bit more ommph. The Thruxton 900 is still less than half of what my Multi puts out. Ive sat on a 900 and it felt really comfy and roomy while still being low and not overly big, but yet to ride one. Its also a bike I've always thought I'd like to own. I'm looking at the older 900's as they are a third the price of the new 1200's but still a capable bike. Lots of them go with low Km's here because old farts own them.

I have ridden a motard (Wr450F with road tyres/rims) and while it is a packet of fun, I'd have no licence in a month. The riding style takes me back to my offroad riding days and my brain just switches into nutter mode.

If you want to clean this thread up Kwacky, happy for you to bung the Thruxton talk into a new thread
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Looks great to me, enjoy :)
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Frankie wrote:Looks great to me, enjoy :)
Still along way off, I rang about the one in the link i posted earlier and he has 4 people coming on the weekend, so i doubt it will still be there in 2.5 weeks when i finally get home. But I've been casually looking for a while and good ones come up semi regularly
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I can't be arsed moving and deleting posts. How about starting a new thread?
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Kwacky wrote:I can't be arsed moving and deleting posts. How about starting a new thread?
I can’t be arsed :D

I will once I get home and start having a good look but really don’t have much else to say on the subject till I get looking proper.
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I've been running errands today.

I've been giving Wickes a hard time recently but credit where credits due, they are very good at returns. I didn't need to enter the shop, instead I gave the my click & collect order number and they refunded it while I waited out the front. Probably took 3 minutes!
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I've bleached and toner'd my wife's hair
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Cav wrote:I've bleached and toner'd my wife's hair
Yey! It's the'80s again!!! :D (emo) :D (rock) (rock)
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Cav wrote:I've bleached and toner'd my wife's hair
Success or,,,,,,, :^
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Yeah big success... unfortunately that means I've got to do it again next time! I didn't think this through but the Engineer in me wanted to do a proper job
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