Wild Pete
New Member
Hello all,
I currently have a BMW S1000RR. It's a great bike really, but I'm looking for an all around bike that I wouldn't mind riding in the rain, cold and getting dirty. Adding to that, I would like solo/two up comfort while mile crunching ::26::.
There are so many variables that will come in to play. I'm in the US military waiting on my orders to my next assignment. Wish I knew where I was going already instead of playing the waiting game. So I have been looking at all the bikes out there that I would like to add to my stable. The reason I haven't made up my mind yet is because I'm not sure what dealers would be near me when I move to my new location. I don't think I would be doing a lot of off road riding but who knows? I may get stationed some where that I could do that a lot. So mainly a street bike is what I would be going for.
I started out on a Harley '03 1200 Custom and then traded that vibey bike in for a '02 Fatboy. Nice ride but got tired of scrapping the exhaust and foot boards. Sold the Fatbooy because we were expecting our first child and got paranoid thinking something would happen to me while riding. Got back into motorcycles with an '07 FJR but didn't really get to stretch it's legs before I traded it in. Then went with a '07 FZ1, nice bike but really didn't like the long distance comfort. Moved to England and brought the FZ1 with me, they call it the Fazer 1000 here. Attended Ron Haslam race school at Donington and found sport bikes to be great fun. Sold the FZ-1 for a GSX-R 1000 K5, then sold it, then went and bought my current bike, BMW S1000RR. When I bought my BMW I flew down to Heidleberg, Germany to pick up my US spec BMW. Rode it back to England, 565 miles in one day, okay the bike had 2 miles on it when I picked it up O . Never ridden a sportbike more than 50 miles at a time so needless to say this was an experience for me. Back, butt and wrists were hurting and I didn't look at the bike for the next two days when I was home . That was the most miles I have ever put on a bike in one day. So I want somthing to make trips like that easier and more enjoyable when they do happen.
I'm just not sure if the Super T is to big for me, I'm at 5'8".
The bike list. If anyone has any expereince with my list of possible bikes please chime in:
-Super Tenere
-Triumph Explorer
-Triumph Tiger 800
-Triumph Tiger 1050 Special addition
-BMW F800GS
-BMW R1200R
-BMW F 800 ST
-Ducati Multistrada 1200 (the cheaper one)
-Suzuki V-Strom 1000 Adventure
-Kawi Versys 1000 (if it came to the states)
There is no particular order to the list. But if there was the Tiger 800 and the ST are at top followed by the Tiger 1050 SE.
I currently have a BMW S1000RR. It's a great bike really, but I'm looking for an all around bike that I wouldn't mind riding in the rain, cold and getting dirty. Adding to that, I would like solo/two up comfort while mile crunching ::26::.
There are so many variables that will come in to play. I'm in the US military waiting on my orders to my next assignment. Wish I knew where I was going already instead of playing the waiting game. So I have been looking at all the bikes out there that I would like to add to my stable. The reason I haven't made up my mind yet is because I'm not sure what dealers would be near me when I move to my new location. I don't think I would be doing a lot of off road riding but who knows? I may get stationed some where that I could do that a lot. So mainly a street bike is what I would be going for.
I started out on a Harley '03 1200 Custom and then traded that vibey bike in for a '02 Fatboy. Nice ride but got tired of scrapping the exhaust and foot boards. Sold the Fatbooy because we were expecting our first child and got paranoid thinking something would happen to me while riding. Got back into motorcycles with an '07 FJR but didn't really get to stretch it's legs before I traded it in. Then went with a '07 FZ1, nice bike but really didn't like the long distance comfort. Moved to England and brought the FZ1 with me, they call it the Fazer 1000 here. Attended Ron Haslam race school at Donington and found sport bikes to be great fun. Sold the FZ-1 for a GSX-R 1000 K5, then sold it, then went and bought my current bike, BMW S1000RR. When I bought my BMW I flew down to Heidleberg, Germany to pick up my US spec BMW. Rode it back to England, 565 miles in one day, okay the bike had 2 miles on it when I picked it up O . Never ridden a sportbike more than 50 miles at a time so needless to say this was an experience for me. Back, butt and wrists were hurting and I didn't look at the bike for the next two days when I was home . That was the most miles I have ever put on a bike in one day. So I want somthing to make trips like that easier and more enjoyable when they do happen.
I'm just not sure if the Super T is to big for me, I'm at 5'8".
The bike list. If anyone has any expereince with my list of possible bikes please chime in:
-Super Tenere
-Triumph Explorer
-Triumph Tiger 800
-Triumph Tiger 1050 Special addition
-BMW F800GS
-BMW R1200R
-BMW F 800 ST
-Ducati Multistrada 1200 (the cheaper one)
-Suzuki V-Strom 1000 Adventure
-Kawi Versys 1000 (if it came to the states)
There is no particular order to the list. But if there was the Tiger 800 and the ST are at top followed by the Tiger 1050 SE.