... his accolades than the safey issues and then tells you his old man was ranked Number 2 in the World and that he used to race Kenny Roberts. Those bikes are tiny. And weird. Weird was the word of the day. It was all weird. Out on to the main circuit to try out the bikes. Did I mention they're weird? ...

Hope you speedway bikes are newer than this classic old beast I spotted down at my local village

Sportsbikes have come on leaps and bounds in the last few years. The electronics are simply astonishing, harnessing the sort of power that WSBK riders would've be experiencing not long ago and making it accessible to everyday ...

... want one on the internal portals. Blade the R nine T is a peach, smooth engine, bags of mods available..... Don't tempt me :). I'm looking at new bikes at the mo, I'm trying to downsize, not go more expensive! I'll bear it in mind as I really don't know what to buy tbh. Do keep an eye out for ...

Have you read the article Duke ? I know you said previously the R1 was not a clearer winner but from what I read it seems there wasn't a clear winner at all and all 3 bikes tested impressed the testers for different reasons. Seems there is not a bad bike in the sportsbike class of 2015

... (giggle) Not quite sure I'm ready to by one just yet, but it was a good fun ride. The dealer has also invited us back to try out some r other bikes (happy) well it would be rude to refuse..

She has the chains off when she has to wash the bikes.

... the resale value, buy it to thrash the nuts off it. Yep! Blade is more about what I have to spend than what I'll sell it for, as I tend to keep bikes for a long time. I had the Daytona for 7 years! Your an end user... There is no resale (rolf) I'm only going on the Daytona saga of course ;) ...

... the resale value, buy it to thrash the nuts off it. Yep! Blade is more about what I have to spend than what I'll sell it for, as I tend to keep bikes for a long time. I had the Daytona for 7 years! Your an end user... There is no resale (rolf) I'm only going on the Daytona saga of course ;)

Kwacky wrote:Sod buying bike for the resale value, buy it to thrash the nuts off it.

Yep!

Blade is more about what I have to spend than what I'll sell it for, as I tend to keep bikes for a long time. I had the Daytona for 7 years!

I love sports bikes but this would definitely be on my wish list as an addition to a sportsbike.

Norfolknchance wrote:I'd love to have the kind of money for a collection like that.

I'd love to have the money, but I'm not sure I'd want a collection like that. How many bikes are new or barely run in? What a waste.

The R1200RS looks far more interesting, Frankie (though i think its mechanically very similar) and more than a little reminiscent of the HP2, one of my fave bikes of all time.

Now that's nice.. Probably one of the two bikes that would interest me IF I could change the RSV.. But I do like the 848 Dark.

Get Nige out there to re-lay some of those decals... she'll be right - bikes always look faster with a few decals!!

I hope the calipers they nicked had seized pistons

Two new bikes in a couple of months will see me needing a new wife and house

Tell BMW to do a S600rr and I'll sign up.

... as per Motogp bars but no idea if that is right. Regardless the bike now turns much easier but still retains the trademark stability that the 916 bikes have and is less of a stretch to the bars, so I am really pleased with the money spent. The only thing i have noticed is that the bike now seems ...

Similar attitude to Blade, I remember seeing pics of a Ducati in MCN yrs back, it was one of the 916 R derivatives, the owner came back after the racing to find all his bodywork gone. Have to say though cutting calipers off is the lowest trick I've seen, I hope karma redresses the balance for them i...