whats best???

[Pauly S]

I want a bike to do european tours on,i have sold my 1150 gsA, it wasnt at home on motorways, lovely bike,great for scratching and blasting about, motorways.... not really its cuppa tea, other than that a great bike.
But i find myself touring europe at bit, so its time to find a road muncher, needs to be good on fuel 40-50 mpg, as capable as the gs was for loading up,not too heavy say 230 kg,upright riding position, as good as the gs was for blasting and scratching, not an RT though ,been there done that,we didnt get on, it felt too,well, isolated, i guess
I was gonna try the Honda st1100, are they any good?
What are your opinions, money up about 5k.
cheers Paul

 

[MarkN]

If you can find another £2K you could get a very smart BMW K1200GT (new shape).

I love mine, use it loads to do my commute to London and now clocked up 35,000 since April 07. I've been all over Europe on it and it returns about 250 miles to about 20ltrs of fuel, so about 55 mpg?

Shop around and you'll find a two year old bike for that sort of money.

Cheers

Mark

 

[D6]

st1100, dogs danglies, but no character, will do all what you want thou, a mate has one, no probs exept its a bugger to clean

 

[Mutley]

st1100, dogs danglies, but no character, will do all what you want thou, a mate has one, no probs exept its a bugger to clean

Depends if you think the legendary speed wobble is character

Scary enough for police forces to take it off the road

 

[GS TRV]

FJ maybe?

 

[Mutley]

FJ maybe?

Motorways you say? Mondeo, Vektra, A4?

 

[Monsieur]

Honda Varadero should get a mention here

 

[Devon]

FJR is an impressive bike but eats rear tyres.

 

[Aidan1150]

ZZR1100

There's one for sale on the site. Here.

 

[Pauly S]

what about a Triumph Trophy

How about a 900 or 1200 triumph Trophy.?2001/2002?
which is the better 900 or 1200?

 

[richie]

How about a 900 or 1200 triumph Trophy.?2001/2002?
which is the better 900 or 1200?

I do like a tipple....























I mean triple...

 

[Rushy]

BLACKBIRD ?

Look on autotarder £4.5k will get you a nice 2004 silver, with 11k miles, a few nice extras and the 12k and 16k service prepaid at the Honda dealer

OR £4k gets you this fancy one

NOTHING TO DO WITH ME - just saw it on autotrader earlier

Only 6865 Genuine Miles, Full service, Blue Flame Exhausts, D.B.Screen, Custom Luxury Seat, Honda heat grips, Custom paint, 1 years MOT, SW Motech luggage system 2 large Givi luggage keyless system sides,Luggage system removes in seconds and leaves no ugly frames. Scott oiler, Smartwater, All original honda parts are with bike,Immaculate and must be seen. Secure-a-bike garage (original price £1650) available either £800 seperately or £700 with bike. Copy and paste this link to view garage manufacturer details: http://www.secure-a-bike.com/prijslijst.html. £4,000.

 

[richie]

Look on autotarder £4.5k will get you a nice 2004 silver, with 11k miles, a few nice extras and the 12k and 16k service prepaid at the Honda dealer

OR £4k gets you this fancy one

NOTHING TO DO WITH ME - just saw it on autotrader earlier

Only 6865 Genuine Miles, Full service, Blue Flame Exhausts, D.B.Screen, Custom Luxury Seat, Honda heat grips, Custom paint, 1 years MOT, SW Motech luggage system 2 large Givi luggage keyless system sides,Luggage system removes in seconds and leaves no ugly frames. Scott oiler, Smartwater, All original honda parts are with bike,Immaculate and must be seen. Secure-a-bike garage (original price £1650) available either £800 seperately or £700 with bike. Copy and paste this link to view garage manufacturer details: http://www.secure-a-bike.com/prijslijst.html. £4,000.

Proud to be a brit... You'd want to be to ride that. What an effing paint job...

 

[Nin]

ST 1100. You'll get a belter for 5k.

'twas the St1300 that wobbled.

 

[Pauly S]

what about the trophy 900

The 900 trophy seems to better on the fuel and still chucks out 98bhp,anyone had any experiences?Ta.

 

[GS TRV]

The 900 trophy seems to better on the fuel and still chucks out 98bhp,anyone had any experiences?Ta.

aren't they a bit long in the tooth?

remember reports of them being thirsty as well

 

[Pauly S]

and your point is.....

HI Trev, they be long in the tooth, but it looks like a lot of bike for your money, the reviews i can find so far,give you a bike that will tour, scratch, and come back for more, and return 50 mpg, what more do you want???
oh and i forgot , you stay dry...and you can cruise at a ton all day till the fuel runs out, or yer bum goes dead.
read this..
http://www.motorcycle.com:80/manufacturer/triumph/triumph-trophy-900-16123.html

see what i mean?regards Paul.

 

[Bub]

Early Triumph's eat their starter sprag clutch...and its an engine-out job to fix them...... later ones were okey.

Big, top heavy, but if youre a larger gentleman it'll be okay

Just my 2p worth

 

[Pauly S]

Early?

HI Bub, what do you define as early? any ideas exactly what years are involved?
thanks PAul

 

[Flipfly]

R1150RT matey

Same lovely simplicity of the boxer twin but with an ace fairing, great weather protection and very useful luggage space (more than an LT1200).

Handles better than a GS too