New bike / Next bike. Poor options.

[Tony Nitrous]

Still looking.

A few new models out but still no Jap, in-line 4 big bore brutes.

Big powerful and stupid ticks the box's, a bit of handling would be nice.
Needs to be a Jap. No Euro or Yank bikes.
(Although I briefly thought about a Rocket 111)

I even thought about a V-Max but it looks like they have been dropped too.

Not sure about Africa Twins. Not really my thing.

H2, H2-SX still look appealing.

The huge barge of the 1800 F6B still looks stupidly amusing but not sure I'd take long to get bored.


Sadly the days of GSX1400's, B-Kings, V-Max upright naked thug bikes seems to be over.

[grog]

Think youre right Tony. nothing in jap stable to choose. as im getting older/weaker my next will be smaller/lighter. not for a while yet. when i turn 70 will buy a 1200 bonneville to see me out.

[Tony Nitrous]

I could be bike hunting in 10 weeks time but there's nothing really that I'd be happy to put my money down on. Most of the bikes I like are 10 years old or older.

Funny, ever since I was a kid there's been something in the showroom to drool over, but not much since 2008.

[Tony Nitrous]

A local guy I know just posted up a pic of his ride out today....

[GSXKING]

Now that's a sports tourer with way way too much horsepower 

[Tony Nitrous]

Now that's a sports tourer with way way too much horsepower 

I've just been offered a go on one of those in the pic.
It's be remapped / deresricted / modded, and the owner is VERY impressed.

[Tony Nitrous]

Aparently, the ECU and air filters are the biggest restrictions.
Fixing both of these is said to make a huge difference.

One local bike was dyno'd at 234hp still with the OEM pipe.



I'd love to buy another Suzuki but they aren't in the same league at the moment.

[BJ]

It is euro but have you tried the BMW R1200GS Adventure (My warm weather bike)
I have a 2008 (+ a 2012 R1200RT - my cool weather ride)
The Good
- 33L tank gets about 5.?L per 100 kms.
- Range of approx 600+ kms.
- Great brakes, shaft drive, sit on it all day.
- Have put 91,000 kms on it and I have several rides.
- Can carry a shit load of stuff in the 3 panniers.
- Ride to the shop or the other side of the country.
The Not so Good
- Not what you'd call high performance.

[Tony Nitrous]

It is euro but have you tried the BMW R1200GS Adventure (My warm weather bike)
I have a 2008 (+ a 2012 R1200RT - my cool weather ride)
The Good
- 33L tank gets about 5.?L per 100 kms.
- Range of approx 600+ kms.
- Great brakes, shaft drive, sit on it all day.
- Have put 91,000 kms on it and I have several rides.
- Can carry a shit load of stuff in the 3 panniers.
- Ride to the shop or the other side of the country.
The Not so Good
- Not what you'd call high performance.

I have a few mates who love their BM's, but not really my thing.

Not an in-line 4 / not chain drive / lacks horsepower and top end.

As a more dedicated tourer maybe, not not for the drags and chasing mates on a Sunday as well as touring.

[grog]

Thats a great looking bike Tony. Looks so practical, centrestand , panniers, Superb colour. Jap 4 cyl reliability. Exocet missile power.Top of the tree brakes etc. A bike for every occasion. Ticks my imagination on a new bike. I really didnt need new ideas in my head but, never too old. A brilliant choice.

[Tony Nitrous]

Thats a great looking bike Tony. Looks so practical, centrestand , panniers, Superb colour. Jap 4 cyl reliability. Exocet missile power.Top of the tree brakes etc. A bike for every occasion. Ticks my imagination on a new bike. I really didnt need new ideas in my head but, never too old. A brilliant choice.

Just need to sort out some money or it's back to another Busa, but the more I read on the SX the more it seems what I'm after...

https://h2sxriders.net/derestricted-h2sx/

[grog]

Tony,roughly the price of Kawa

[Tony Nitrous]

Close to $35k is book price but I've seen them go for $33k.
There are two SX models but I think we only get the higher SE version in AU.

https://kawasaki.com.au/shop/motorcycles/supersport/2018-ninja-h2-sx-se/

[VladTepes]

That's about three times as much as I could justify on a bike. :(

Justify mind you, to the wife, but I would if I could....

[Sweaty]

If money is no object, then that looks like a great choice Tony