Macie_UK

They're not legs, they're stilts!

Hi and welcome to the forum

Hiya and welcome to the forum

Don't worry Dave, they are jabbering on about cartoons.

As fr499y said, it is all about personal choice and what pushes your buttons. As for the three you listed, I've not owned a binnedit as I'm just not a fan but I've had the other two. Didn't much like the TL, it just seemed like a lot of effort to ride what felt like like an unrefined bike. The RF900 (and 600 come to that) are very good value because they were pretty much overlooked and under rated, the 900 offer plenty of 'bang for the buck' but the problem is finding a decent one as they are getting long in the tooth now. Hmmm what else? I think the SV1000 was a let down after the 650, just didn't do it for me, but if a V-twin is your bag have a look at the later Firestorms (I think the post 2001 ones had a bigger tank so you could get more than 50 miles on a tank ) or for the quirky option maybe an Aprilia Falco (an ex had one from new but parts availability was dire). Inline fours? The lardy option is a Thunderace but the ZX9R is a far better all round bike and you should get an E model for your budget fairly easily. Something different? How about a Triumph Daytona? The older rounder pre 2001 models are actually liked better by the pipe and slipper brigade, but the 2002 onwards model (which actually came out in 2001) is a damn decent bike. Comfy, physically big, lots of torque from the triple engine, decent fairing They handle well enough to show up power rangers on more mainstream litre bikes and chuck out 147BHP. Small child has one (after lots of nagging to take a test ride on one) and loves it to bits after an inline 4, especially as his insurance on it was almost 20% cheaper than on his ZX6R. There is a few rough ones about, but laddo picked his up for a couple of hundred quid under your budget. Bear in mind that the second hand market is *very* slow at the moment - just have a look at all the unsold stuff on ebay or the repeated ads on MCN or biketrader, prepare to play the waiting game and you should get a good buy. Above all, remember that anyone's opinions are worth what you paid for them

Mind you, I just took at look at their (Hawkwind) website - and that looks like it is still in 1979 and designed by a teenager on acid. "Wow maaaan, cool animated words duuuude"

Heh, Hawkwind was the first concert that I ever attended, aged 10

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callipygous

Afternoon and welcome matey

Triumph Sprint ST 1050.

scutter

basket

Right now, that would be "winter Song" by Lindisfarne. The car currently has the new CD by these local-ish chaps: Mp3 player in the garage has shedloads from very heavy through to classic rock, blues, some classical, a load of bliix remixes, some acoustic stuff, some instrumentals, the odd 'dance' track, a few past and current chart tunes and even a little bit of opera and rap. What you're highly unlikely to find on there is jazz, stuff that is these days called R&B (probably), nothing 'rock n rolly' or owt by the beatles or elvis, unless it's a decent cover version. And *no* reggae. At all. Ever. Even after hell has frozen over. Twice.

rabbit

Seen it done a couple of times. Mind at least she was just an airhead, as opposed to those Audi and BMW drivers that see you coming and deliberately move over a couple of foot to stop you from filtering On the bright side, that's "the 3" out of the way, so you can enjoy the rest of the week

rocket

Damn good going in less than a year

green

Gig

Nah the old trick with a horse attached to each limb, but use bikes instead

The only way to build up your confidence is by getting back on. There is simply no substitute for hours on the bike [1], so it *will* come together. As for being moaned at, well a little bit of constructive criticism is fair enough, but if anyone is just constantly nagging your ass off, just don't ride with them. Keep smiling [1] Missus had passed test for a couple of years, but was still very wobbly. 2000 miles in 10 days around Scotland fixed that completely

There's been a few that have ran into tractors this year :-(

mill

Or bung them on ebay when it's a free listing day (like today and tomorrow) and just start them at the price you want