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Everything now is just more modern looking. If you sat on some you might find that the seating/bar position is not all that aggressive. They just might look it.

If you think the er-6n, the gladius, the verasys, the fz6, or a ninja 650r are hunched or bent over, it's because you've never sat on one or seen it in person. Or you're very short. They're all really upright and don't have you leaning over - half of those have moto-cross bars on them for pete's sake.

And a lot of triumph's bikes are standards, in the most classic sense of the word - again go check them out.

Nalian wrote:If you think the er-6n, the gladius, the verasys, the fz6, or a ninja 650r are hunched or bent over, it's because you've never sat on one or seen it in person. Or you're very short. They're all really upright and don't have you leaning over - half of those have moto-cross bars on them for pete's sake.

And a lot of triumph's bikes are standards, in the most classic sense of the word - again go check them out.

I'll agree with that, there are tons of standard bikes available. Here is my ride... a 2007. You can see the upright seating position.

An old issue of TWO (now known as Visor Down) had articles on the old Kawasaki KZ900. From the article it sounded like those bikes were wicked fast and practical even to this day.

Then I looked at the brakes those things sported... dual solid discs with single pistons... top speed is 150+... slowing down must've been fun.

The Gladius is reported to get close to 60MPG and is pretty comfortable and decent with power.

As for the Versys, I felt comfortable on it and I wasn't hunched over much. THe V-Strom felt more upright and a bit more comfy but is larger in size (larger tank too). Do they even count? They both have a bit more plastic compared to other Standards or naked bikes. I'm 5'10" with 32in inseam for those who are wondering how I felt upright on those bikes.

Hmm... Triumph Scrambler is also a very good bike, decent off-roader too.

I only have enough money for one bike and they're all so good. Time to go for play and pray lotto!

JC Viper wrote: I only have enough money for one bike and they're all so good. Time to go for play and pray lotto!

I think this is the most aggonizing thing about getting into riding... unless you're Jay Leno.

desper wrote:

JC Viper wrote: I only have enough money for one bike and they're all so good. Time to go for play and pray lotto!

I think this is the most aggonizing thing about getting into riding... unless you're Jay Leno.

Unless bike shops have return policies as liberal as Macy's or Best Buy... as for Jay, he's got a jet powered bike which would beg the question Why? instead of our current topic of why oh why.

desper wrote:

Nalian wrote:If you think the er-6n, the gladius, the verasys, the fz6, or a ninja 650r are hunched or bent over, it's because you've never sat on one or seen it in person. Or you're very short. They're all really upright and don't have you leaning over - half of those have moto-cross bars on them for pete's sake.

And a lot of triumph's bikes are standards, in the most classic sense of the word - again go check them out.

I'll agree with that, there are tons of standard bikes available. Here is my ride... a 2007. You can see the upright seating position.

Mmmmm that's a yummy bike