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Well im finaly moving out in 2 months!

down side is i dont want the extra costs of running a car (living on a shoe string and all that). So recon im going to go back to all year round riding!

I've been thinking about a VFR800 (98 odd moddel) GPZ's ect. I want somthing that i can tour for 1000 miles a day and not feel in pain or stoppin every 80 miles for petrol! Also needs to be able to cruise at good speeds (120+ odd) and handel fairly well, yes i know i wont get sports bike handling but id like somthing that can be sort of fun!

got about £1500-£2000 to spend

You won't get a VFR800 for that money! You might get a 750, though...

Basically I'd say anything with over 90hp and a fairing. I don't know what it is with people choosing bikes as 'winter hacks' or 'commuters' that have an upright position and no fairing?!?!

If there's any time you REALLY need that kind of weather protection, it's on a -ing winter or commuter bike!!!

Only problem is VFR's are a bit on the heavy side - and ideally for Winter you'll be after somthing nice and light and easy to pick up! Well, hopefully not - but trying to push a 200kg bike up your drive in the snow can be a bugger.

How about a CBR600F?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=004

also been looking at the FJ1200's but like you say that is a VERY heavy bike and f'in huge!! i droped my 750 the other week (210kg odd) and it was a rite giraffe pick up! the SV1000's and 650's also stand out but again as you say lack of fairing would be a problem i think!

also need's to be fairly slim line for filtering

just looking at the CBR600f and had no idea you could pick them up for £500 odd! at that price i could afford the 916 i've been looking at as well

what about a diversion? or faired bandit?

i can see myself getting cold without the lowers! (come one a cage wimp now-a-days!)

Has anyone riden the 600 commuter things? i've only ever riden 600 sports and find the complet lack of 'grunt' really anoying! I know commuters are going to be tunned more for bottom end power but do you then lose all power over 90?

I've ridden a 600 Divi. It was kinda fun in a big bouncy way. Feels about 2 foot higher than the zxr. Handled alright if you got your elbows out and monstered it - they are fecking heavy (it was my brother in laws bike and I almost dropped it doing a u turn at the top of his road).

I think you are looking more towards 2.5k for a vfr800. as jamz says (and he should know) there's plenty of 750's out there cheap. I'm thinking about buying one in the spring.

theres loads of VFR's around for 1.5-2k there all higher milage and most have been droped (none of that bothers me because as jamz said its likly i'll drop it anyway!)

another-
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... x_mileage=

i just did a quote on a VFR800 for a lark came out at £280 for a 19 year old i think my mind is made up

for a tourer i'd go for a blackbird you can pick them up in your price range or a zzr or even a zx10 old style!

the blackbirds are abit to expensive on the old insrance as its classed the same as the busa

http://www.interceptors-lair.com/htmldo ... p_zx10.htm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-Kawasaki-ZX1 ... dZViewItem

My VFR750 is still up for sale (thanks to non-paying Ebay pricks) and I'll take £500 for it just so I don't have to list it on Ebay again.

Just needs tax and MOT, new exhaust manifold gasket and the finger-printing stuff washed off it!

failing that why dont you just use your ZX7 an spend the 2k on somet else......cant be bad.

as for 600s dont knock em :smt013 lol. mine is pretty good all round to be fair.

i've done sports bikes commuting and the amount of up keep they take you might as well own a car...Plus i've completly gone off sports bikes there just NOT FUN the only time i really enjoy them is on track so now that im going to have my own garage without gay pairents wanting to put cars in there i'll get a track bike i think. SuperMoto has completly killed my love for road sports bike's just makes everything seem sooo boring.

I've always enjoyed riding long distance as well, somthing that the ZXR is crap at (90 mile petrol stops, revin the tits off it to get anywere and always at licence loseing speeds). As somthing like the VFR looks like it will be comfitable but also handel quite well when you want to have some fun. And at 112 BHP its not going to be silly slow.

cheers for the offer jamz and im sure someone who hasent read about your love affair with cable tie's, riding it though 9ft of water and brakes binded on will take your arm off!