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GSARider
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Hi all, I'm a keen biker, with two main bikes in the garage at present...

an R1200GSA

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And a K1200R Sport

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Welcome! You don't want to keep the GS, do you? :love:

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Thanks for the welcome...I'm afraid i'll be keeping the GS...that's my all rounder, touring, off roading, etc :D

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Its one of my top 3 along with the V-max and the XJR1300 (in yellow and black of course!)

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Nice GS, my mate used to have one. Loved it only thing i didnt like was the seat was rock solid.
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Yep, I changed the seat to a Sargent Seat...much better.

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:welcome: :clap: :clap: :clap: :drink:

Nice bikes mate, my mate has the 1100 raid-bike with air-suspension - utterly sublime.
I've just come back to bikes after nearly quarter of a century and am finding my feet on a little Yam DragStar, but my heart is set on one of these:-

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Or one of these:-

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Have you considered the new rocket touring...it's been getting great reviews


http://www.triumph.co.uk/uk/RocketIIITouring_8422.aspx



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Lovely looking bike, but a bit mahoosive for a short-arse like me! I've sat on a Rocket III and it felt far more balanced than a Harley, but still like pulling a small car upright. The Yams and Kwackers seem to have got the C of G about right for us vertically-challenged types!

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And one for me:-

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I just love the cruiser riding position that Yamaha seem to have got so right. Sixy's V-Max looks the dog's, but I just imagine the amount of Ibuleve/Preparation H I would have to apply after riding it!

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Any of you ladies & gents able to make it along to our charity ride out for spinal research in June...? We're now up to 65 or so bikes coming, everything from GSX's to Bonnevilles to Piaggio X9 Scooters...!


http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17664

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Aquila wrote:
Lovely looking bike, but a bit mahoosive for a short-arse like me! I've sat on a Rocket III and it felt far more balanced than a Harley, but still like pulling a small car upright. The Yams and Kwackers seem to have got the C of G about right for us vertically-challenged types!

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I just love the cruiser riding position that Yamaha seem to have got so right. Sixy's V-Max looks the dog's, but I just imagine the amount of Ibuleve/Preparation H I would have to apply after riding it!


MMmmmmmmm :D

I know what you mean about being vertially challenged, but I did have a rather nice surpise when I hopped on a Bandit 12 yesterday... I think I might be a convert!

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Not another Bandit rider... :(
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mpaton2004 wrote:
Not another Bandit rider... :(


No, I couldn't afford it!

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Thank god!

The one I had was the most gutless piece of crap I've ever ridden. I bought it new and got rid of it 6 months later, rusted to pieces in Winter.

My pre-VTEC VFR is quite the opposite :)
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You found the 12 gutless???

My other half normally rides a CBR1000 and he thought the bandit was a monster!

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Yep - hated it. Had flat spots everywhere. I know you can get them sorted with a new exhaust, etc - but by the time you've spent everything you need to get it sorted you're into money that will get you a mint condition Honda CB1300.
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Fair point. Maybe this one's already had the work - it's a 2001 model...

Don't worry, I'm sticking firmly with the semi-tuned xs650 for now! :D

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