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Sold my 06' GSXR 1k earlier this year and had planned to buy a co-workers 02' gsxr because it fell into my lap, but I got burned on that purchase. I really had not been missing riding until I spent Labor day weekend in North Conway and saw a bunch bikes out. Then I started thinking this be the first winter in 6yrs I would not be able to ride in the snow.
So I made a list of "tamer" bikes that I might be interested in.
The bike would see a short commute, less than 20 miles round trip, some weekend riding and a trip or two throughout riding season. Pretty sure I need to look for a more upright riding position, I would prefer FI (kills quite a few of my choices), large CC's displacement, huge bonus would be if the bike came withhard saddlebags and my budget will be around $4k to leave some money for the previously mentioned trips and to update some riding gear (~85K plus miles should justify some new gear).
My biggest issue with the type of bikes I am looking @ is the "lack" of decent suspension coming stock on these bikes.
Any thoughts and or input?.....
So far on the list I have:
Ducati ST3/4
Kawasaki zrx
Kawasaki Z1000 (already owned 1)
Yamaha FZ1
Suzuki Bandit (can't believe I typed a bandit)
Suzuki SV1000
Honda Blackbird
Kawasaki ZX12
Suzuki Hayabusa ($4k budget may be a challenge)
Honda VFR 800 (seems to be my top choice so far)
Aprilia Tuono
Triumph Speedtriple
Pics for clicks
Updated 25APR14
Expanded my budget to $10K, looking currently at:
2009 FZ1 (seems like the most logical pick)
2010 MV Augusta Brutale 990R (worried maintenance and lack of dealers for service)
2014 FZ9 (front suspension maybe a deal breaker)
2010+ Z1000/ Ninja 1000 (would have to come with factory bags)
2014 Street triple R (not sure how the smaller bike will be for a few two up overnight trips?)
Thought, comments?