It's only fun in perfect conditions, as I'll need to wear my full leathers, so that alone limits my chances during the year - meaning my window of use for it is May-Oct at best - so already half the year gone. Then I have to be in the mood for taking a bike that requires much more effort to ride properly on a day out, to make it worth my while. Assuming those criteria are met I'm then immediately worried about my licence as riding these at normal traffic pace is just torture and rather pointless (if I wanted to cruise about I'd take one of the other bikes) so I end up covering ground rather quickly and getting annoyed at ALL the other traffic for getting in my way (inc most other bikes - not often you find bikers going quickly these days I find).JLv3.0 wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:09 pm Well congrats and commiserations in equal measures mate. As I've decided I've invented - the best bike is the one you use the most. Have to ask - why didn't the Gix get used more?
It could be argued the Tracer should cover the "fun triple" angle already but it's not really up to the task of hooning about in the same way, it'll do it but you're aware its running at the peak of its comfort zone when you do. The STR will be a hoot to blast about on without me crashing through 120mph everywhere, I hope. It'll still make me misbehave but wheelies and riding a bit aggressively are harder to spot on speed camera/radar.
And at the end of the day, I've had the Suzuki 4yrs, and I fancied a change. I knew the Streets were great little bikes and the Z900RS can't quite convince me at the moment, build quality and components aren't in the same league as the Triumph. Fun trumps style too.
