Pedro Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 If you were to have a bike meant for mostly cruise control style of riding, covering some distance on motorways and what you brits call A roads, and felt like having proper comfort, would you be tempted for a cruiser? I sort of feel like test riding a Harley sort of thing with a fairing. Rode a BMW 1600B once, on loan for a day, and found it amazing on the motorway. Don't want to have that as it's too delicate mechanically, but ... what you go for? I tend to not be too impressed by Indian, they always look naff when I look at them in real life. Asking for a friend. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Not my style of riding but if it were I would probably go for a Super Tenere, you then have the option of gravel as well 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Pan European, good enough for Millyard good enough for me. I like the look of Cruisers and if you are going that route it would have to be a Harley, I do like Harleys just can't see myself ever riding one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 3 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Not my style of riding but if it were I would probably go for a Super Tenere, you then have the option of gravel as well I'm thinking of buying a new Tenere as mine has a lot of miles on it. But for what Pedro describes, I'd buy a Japanese cruiser of some sort. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Six30 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 1 hour ago, Saul said: Pan European, good enough for Millyard good enough for me. I like the look of Cruisers and if you are going that route it would have to be a Harley, I do like Harleys just can't see myself ever riding one. Pan European ... ugly heavy bikes , my dad had one ..he loved it .. the twat 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 1200 Scrambler ... be a man ..buy a Triumph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 1 minute ago, Six30 said: 1200 Scrambler ... be a man ..buy a Triumph Fuck that nearest dealer is 90 miles away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 5 minutes ago, Saul said: Fuck that nearest dealer is 90 miles away. hours ride man ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 5 Author Share Posted December 5 10 minutes ago, Six30 said: 1200 Scrambler ... be a man ..buy a Triumph I probably won't. Having a Triumph here is not a very nice experience, dealers are twats, their parts service and mechanics are a joke, parts are way more expensive since brexit, etc. Having said that, my mechanic does like Triumphs. A Scrambler with those high pipes is not a bike I would enjoy in Portuguese summer, Steve McQueen didn't need them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 5 minutes ago, Six30 said: hours ride man ..... Like Pedro says Dealers are Twat's or that has been my experience with Triumph. I would still buy an older one, not a new one. I quite fancy an older Transalp at the moment but that could change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Just now, Saul said: Like Pedro says Dealers are Twat's or that has been my experience with Triumph. I would still buy an older one, not a new one. I quite fancy an older Transalp at the moment but that could change. not like Triumphs back in your day ..when you got a baking tray as part of the deal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 5 Author Share Posted December 5 35 minutes ago, Saul said: Like Pedro says Dealers are Twat's or that has been my experience with Triumph. I would still buy an older one, not a new one. I quite fancy an older Transalp at the moment but that could change. I visited Triumph West London when I was there and they were great guys. I wouldn't mind buying a bike from them at all. Sofia got her two Triumphs from there, and still orders parts sometimes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Just now, Six30 said: not like Triumphs back in your day ..when you got a baking tray as part of the deal. Fuck off you aint that much younger than me, I've seen the pictures. I mean 10 to 15 years old not 50 years old. I had one of those never again (1977 T140 Silver Jubilee). POS. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 9 minutes ago, Pedro said: I visited Triumph West London when I was there and they were great guys. I wouldn't mind to buy a bike from them at all. Sofia got her two Triumphs from there, and still orders parts sometimes Plymouth Triump were cunts, now gone. Bridge, Exeter were better but still doing me a favour in their attitude. I am funny like that, I like people to at least be polite when I am buying a new bike, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Harley, only if there was nothing else available, at all. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 1 minute ago, Catteeclan said: Harley, only if there was nothing else available, at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 5 Author Share Posted December 5 3 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: Harley, only if there was nothing else available, at all. I like the idea of going down the road at 80mph doing half the rpms that my bike does. Thing is I struggle to find a proper trip to enjoy that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Just now, Pedro said: I like the idea of going down the road at 80mph doing half the rpms that my bike does. Thing is I struggle to find a proper trip to enjoy that. You've mentioned Harleys a few times, think you've gonna have to scratch the itch. I'd say my area of narrow twisty roads wouldn't suit but there's plenty around here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 5 Author Share Posted December 5 2 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: You've mentioned Harleys a few times, think you've gonna have to scratch the itch. I'd say my area of narrow twisty roads wouldn't suit but there's plenty around here. I do like them, on principle. That's it, I'll see about going on a test ride. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Never really had my attention other than one I spotted at the Brighton run several years ago. Very low, just gloss black and chrome, owner said it was crippling to ride. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 My enduring memory of a Harley was my mates brothers Sportster. About 1982 when me and my school mates were on Fizzys one older lad had a 1000cc Sportster, To us it took off like a rocket and seemed to be firing every lamp post. Cool as Fuck back then. I have liked them since. Sometimes put off by some of the monumental biker cosplay Arseholes that can be found riding them but they are not all like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 38 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: Harley, only if there was nothing else available, at all. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 14 minutes ago, Earache said: To be fair I think I would have pulled over and let matey bollocks past as well. I would rather have him in front of me than behind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 1 hour ago, Saul said: Plymouth Triump were cunts, now gone. Bridge, Exeter were better but still doing me a favour in their attitude. I am funny like that, I like people to at least be polite when I am buying a new bike, yes it goes a long way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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