Ducati have announced...

[hondated]

Tough choice, as bike design is generally getting as ugly and as flabby as car design, with similar awkward "nods to the past" pastiches. One I want "off the shelf" doesn't spring to mind, loads of old ones do though. Maybe a Yamaha SCR950 scrambler?

Oh dear another one on my list of wanted bikes.

 

[hondated]

[QUOTE 4526262, member: 45"]If I had to choose one, I'd pick what I have now as it's perfect for me (CB500X). That's because it's an all-rounder though. Motorbikes are like bicycles -you can't have one but have to have a selection. So if I were to pick a selection from what's currently available:

For fun:

For touring:

For fun:

For style (the back of the saddle alone):

[/QUOTE]
Paul you are so so right.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Another bike I always lusted after but never got -

Moto Guzzi V11 Sport

 

[hondated]

Not my style, but I know of a group of lads in Macclesfield who rode theirs to the Monaco Grand Prix. Bullet proof Japanese engineering.

Trying to buy one of these cheaply now is an impossible task.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Trying to buy one of these cheaply now is an impossible task.

Yet in their heyday anyone under fifty seen riding one would have had the P taken mercilessly.

 

[hondated]

True, but you always had a smile when you arrived. That bike was pure unadulterated fun I recently had a go on a Aprillia RSV Mille, that was a bit too hardcore and serious for me, but I did nail the throttle in the first 3 gears, bloody hell. I guess I've mellowed a bit with age

Great sounding bike and I should know as I followed one for miles when I rode down to Italy in a group.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

GG good luck on that one. Apparently I am on my last bike which is a GS1200, well that's what my wife says. Like you I see a bike and get smitten with it but finances dictate otherwise. As you probably know Triumph this week announced their new Bobber and to me it looks really cool.
But after watching BSB I felt determined to get a Fireblade as I do after I have been to the TT. At 65 I should really grow up but the funny thing is when I go out on my GS I just love it. Not the fastest bike but great in cornering, engine brakings , brilliant and a great field of vision. Seat could be better though. So perhaps my other half is right this really could be my last bike.

Have already been chastised simply for looking on the Ducati website!

 

[hondated]

You are right, but..........120mph on a CBR1000 felt well slower than 70mph on the Dominator that's for sure.

Your right. I have owned 5 Honda Blackbirds and I loved everyone of them but my GS is just as enjoyable but not at lunatic speeds.

 

[hondated]

Wouldn't be seen dead on one, or the Ducati Diavel or the Guzzi California......................yuk. I saw this bike near Shipley today, it looked an sounded coolio!

Yet another one to go on my wanted list. I bet there aren't many of them either.

 

[SteCenturion]

If it were an every day bike that still made my heart go boom *discounting Italian exotica* then these would do it ...

2006 Suzuki GSXR 750

Or

90's Yamaha YZF 750 SP

 

[Drago]

I'm with you on the YZF. Form and function coming together beautifully, apart from those horrible headlamps.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The Guzzi V7 is on the short list.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

The Guzzi V7 is on the short list.

That is a work of art. Guzzi's are gorgeous.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

That is a work of art. Guzzi's are gorgeous.

I'm not much of a fan of the current big blocks tbh.

 

[CharlesF]

http://www.midual.com/midual-type-1/?lang=en
What do the experts think of the Midual? To my eye, it is gorgeous , a work of art that should never get dirty.