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Purely hypothetical not-real question
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Let's imagine there's this bloke. He lives in London.
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Standard pipes are a bit metro.
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I quite like them.
Plus I've heard one example where the stock pipes have been modified to
flow more gas, and they sound spiffy.
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Wessons used to be good for Guzzis, but they don't seem to mention them any
more:
Maybe sweller would know more.
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Item 180039550802
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Well yes, but it'll go for a fair bit more than £4,000.
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True, but we're getting closer to what your friend would find acceptable.
Perhaps something along the lines of item 320036860348, with a few
additional bob spent on stuff like rear suspension?
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No.
9Rs belong to a different generation; fine bikes, no question, but too
far behind a sorted R1, gixer thou K5/6 or 10R to warrant attention.
BTW I'm very disappointed at the lack of off the wall suggestions thus
far; I was serious about suggesting something unusual to my friend.
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I've been assuming your friend wants something with performance, handling
and an edge of insanity: otherwise I'd have been trotting out my usual
compendium of bizarre sheds.
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Well yes, I think he does. But, at the same time, the lack of any
touring need should free your mind to suggest some very silly things.
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Ah. Rules out Z200s, then.
Item 200037266459
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I'm thinking about asking him to consider Ducati ownership, except I
think reasonable 998 bipostos are a bit more than £4,000.
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220037058341 or 250038173248. Or 130037889427.
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He has been using a lack of funds and a lack of parking place as a
perfectly reasonable reason to not buy another bike.
Now, just suppose, in the space of 3 days, he'd had his contract
extended for another 3 months, and has met and been befriended by a
series of local villains who have offered him space in a garage that,
shall we say, is both amazingly easy to break into, and yet and at the
same time /will never be broken into/, by dint of whose garage it is.
100% safe, you might say.
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heh. You have no idea.
I'm actually tempted to try TPO insurance :)
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CAVEAT EMPTOR. :-)
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Oh bad form yadah-yadah. You seem to be in the process of talking
yourself ito something. This is a *good* thing. Give into it.
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Nothing to do with me. I'm merely going to offer him suggestions.
What he does is up to him.
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If they're so heinously villainous as you say, why are you spending
money at all? Simply put your order in and and spend the four large on
a long holiday when you get pulled over and stitch them up to save your
own neck, Riiiickkkkky!
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My question is, given a budget of £4,000 ... what would you buy?
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Some cast-iron life insurance?
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An 02 plate Gixxer thou, and some lucky pants.
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Gixer thous don't float his boat, unless it's K5/K6 models.
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He apparently likes the idea of something a bit silly, for the winter,
like. Something he wouldn't normally buy. Doesn't have to do big miles,
just be a total grin. Comfort can go hang, apparently. He's feeling
*saucy*
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Aprillia Tuono?
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Only the R is worth having, and don't they go for a fair bit more than
£4,000?
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You might find a desperate 996 owner prepared to sell for £4k but a 998
more like 6-8.
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I'll pass on any replies to him.
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Well, if as you seem to be implying these friends of your friend are in
fact hardened criminals, possibly capable of violence, then I would
recommend that he have as little to do with them as possible. Not on
grounds of security of person and property, but of morals and good
citizenship. Unless, of course, he was just gathering intelligence in
order to see that they get such punishment as their crimes deserve.
Still; I bet they love their mums.
On the subject of bikes, then supermotos and unfaired sports bikes seem
the obvious candidates.
A Z1000 could be had for that money, and I can confirm that it's a lot of
fun. Aprilia Tuono and Speed Triple are also in the price range.
Although you might reasonably feel that newer models are better, that will
always be the case; since they're not in your price range you should
ignore their existence and simply consider whether the "lesser" models
would be fun. In both cases, I think the answer would be "yes!"
A slightly different option might be the original Speed Triple. OK, it's
not going to hae quite the performance of the newer bikes but they were
still fun by all accounts, and it would be a bit unusual.
How about a moderately tricked-up 600? Might be pushing the price range
to get something decent, I guess.
GPz900
GSX-R1100
Triumph Bonneville? (New one, not old one.)
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Hmm, you^h^h^hhe has pooh-poohed most suggestions, so here's another
one for you to dismiss :o)
How about a Cagival Raptor? Or better, a V-Raptor.
A 650 is £4k new.
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and make a matching hole in the other leg
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Ooh now there's one for the shortlist ... the 1,000cc Raptor I mean.
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Saw this, bloke is looking for around £4k, could be up your mate's
street:
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I was tempted by one of those, especially as I already know the TL
motor.
Unfortunately the write-ups gave the impression that the handling was
only average.
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I don't whether you or your friend have tried this but I just went to
the Biketrader site and did a search for every thing priced at £4,000.
1995 DKW W2000
2004 ZX6R
2003 ZX9R
2002 FJR13
2004 R6
2006 KTM 650 LC4
1998 Ducati 996SPS
2002 Blade
2003 TDM 900
2003 VFR800 (yes, I know!)
2002 GSX-R1000K2
2002 R1
2004 Speed Triple
2005 R6
2003 CB1300
2000 VTR1000
2003 CCM R30
1995 VT1100 Shadow
2001 GSX-R750
2005 Falco
2002 Daytona 955i
1997 V-Max
2006 Z750S
1981 CBX1000
and what looks like TOG's old Trophy[1]
Take your pick.
[1] Same colour, 51-reg with a dealer in Merton.
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