Any bikers here???
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Who're you insured with?
Some scroat tried to knick my bike in November, ended up with a cracked windscreen and a scratched piece of trim (GS Adv) - three screws and two wing nuts to swap the two new parts! I got my bike back from Bennetts today, who I'm insured with. It's taken them nearly 6 weeks to carry out the repair and for that my bike has been somewhere around Heathrow!
Not impressed, can you recommend an alternative?
Some scroat tried to knick my bike in November, ended up with a cracked windscreen and a scratched piece of trim (GS Adv) - three screws and two wing nuts to swap the two new parts! I got my bike back from Bennetts today, who I'm insured with. It's taken them nearly 6 weeks to carry out the repair and for that my bike has been somewhere around Heathrow!
Not impressed, can you recommend an alternative?
Carole Nash, not always the cheapest but customer service is second to none and I've never had an issue with them.
Fair comment, you road warrior, you
To be fair, the Hyabusa is all about speed, even the name referring to a hawk whose favourite prey was the Blackbird, with the Honda Blackbird previously holding the road-bike record for top speed. Who said the Japanese had no sense of humour! To be honest, I do not have the skill to make use of the Hyabusa's performance, and have no intention of riding any bike at 186mph! And that's ignoring the new rear tyre every 3000 miles, chain maintenance etc. I've ridden the Ducati 998, for example, and whilst it is a lovely bike above 90mph, its a real pig below that. As with the Hyabusa, I can appreciate the engineering excellence that has gone into making it, but can't see the point in buying a bike for the road that can only be fully exploited on the racetrack.
I remember an article in on of the biking mags a while ago, where they surreptitiously put a recorder on a number of Yamaha R1s. Between services, it turned out that - over 95% of the time - the riders were only using 40bhp of the 140-odd BHP available!
However, each to his own, and the world would be a boring place if everyone liked the same thing!
186mph?? Get a 2001 model like mine and unrestricted oomph is at hand... no such gentleman's agreement back then between the big 4 makers.
As for power, you might not use the top speed much but it's nice to have there if you need to overtake something without changing gear in a hurry (or putting a gsxr 750 in its place!).
Comfy too if you're going fast enough.
Nice bike the pannie... I nearly got one because they have an amazing tank range and are sofa-comfy.
I was trying to organise it with some mates, but they are all dropping out! plus work are asking me to travel the week before and after so its becoming a tad difficult to commit!
I am insured with Hastings, but have not had to claim (yet), so can't say how they are when it comes to that.
Blueprinted bored stroked hayabusa... A very entertaining purchasing error.
Currently bikeless but always window shopping and I still might get that st1300 yet.
iam a quad biker ,legal road quad, although I travel far into the woodlands on it . 300 cc I love it cheap to run and a lot of fun
I rode an 1150GS for years. Loved the bike. Gobbled up the miles two up on. The continent on rides through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and France. Commuted 75 miles each way to Glasgow for 10 months too.
Originally Posted by gowersponger
iam a quad biker ,legal road quad, although I travel far into the woodlands on it . 300 cc I love it cheap to run and a lot of fun
Ooh - you're for it from some of our more "extreme" environmentalists
Guess I shoulden't mention my Green laner Honda CRM250 then
My Fatbob. Now a 1690 (103"), exhaust valve and cat removed, cammed for about 25% more torque and hp.
Free flow cleaner and exhaust, remapped fuel.
Goes really rather well, but looks near stock.
Also I have a Suzuki Burgman 650. Love that thing. One amazing machine. More on board toys than Anne Summers.
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