Post Mod-2 bike recommendation

John_V85 · 16 May 2014 at 14:50

I apologise for how often I suspect this topic comes up. Nonetheless, I thankfully passed my Mod 2 this morning, so having put it off until that was out the way it's all stations go on purchasing a bike in time for summer.

I'd like to go down the sports/sports-tourer route. I passed on an XJ6 and someone recommended a XJ6 F Diversion as I would ideally like a faired bike. I popped into Honda and they have a CBR 600 F coming in which I may well try. Aside from these what else should I be looking at, and do people feel there is really much of a difference at the c600cc level?

Lastly, are the any specifically recommended security chains? The bike will be parked on the road in a motorcycle bay next to my house which has chain anchors on the ground.Insurance quotes offer the option to choose from a vast selection, but it's not immediately apparent which ones are better than any other. I also recall from my experience of bicycle locks that you can often find significant price differences between locks/chains in the same security category, which presumably translate into the same insurance (not to mention peace of mind) benefit.

Thanks.

John_V85 · 16 May 2014 at 17:57

ttaskmaster said:
I'd guess you'll want something you can hoon around on a bit, but manage some serious distance, perhaps even a bit of commuting?

No commuting and likely to be 90% fair weather riding.

Thanks for the other info.

John_V85 · 16 May 2014 at 18:43

Second hand is fine and by far the most likely option unless there is a particularly good reason otherwise. Looking up to c5k, with a budget for insurance around 1k.

John_V85 · 17 May 2014 at 18:30

atpbx said:
Can't go far wrong with the CBR600f

It's better than everything else mentioned so far in the thread.

Even better if you get a proper 600f and not post 2011 one.

What changed around 2011? If it was the introduction of ABS I feel that it might not be a terrible thing to have. I had a ride on a 2013 CBR600F this afternoon. I think it's possible a good deal may be there to be had on a relatively recent second hand model with the 650F out in a couple months.