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Alright so let me start off by talking a bit about myself. I have done an MSF riding course, bought my gear (boots, pants, jacket, gloves, back protector, and helmet.... Worth about 1600 altogether) I also have 3 years of driving experience. Now if you've read my other thread, you'll know that I totally threw my money in the fire and I gotta be real careful from now on. I used to think that anything low powered was good, as long as the price was right, and the insurance is right. Well, I thought wrong, I bought a YSR50 thinking it was a good bike but I ended up forking about 900+ dollars getting it fixed and a month of sitting out because the shop bloody sucks, they took a month to fix my bike, and they overcharged me...See other thread for details. If you want to know what shop I went to PM me. So anyway, the bike is still screwy (throttle sticking, no power) and I totally regret not listening to the little voice in my head telling me not to buy it.

Anyway, after a few weeks I decided I would need another bike instead of fixing this junky one. I'm having a hard time finding a bike that I like, and I don't know too much about the bikes out there for me. So here's the criteria

The types of bikes I really like are naked sports, fully faired/ bikini faired sports, motards, and those vintage racers (kind of like a cafe racer thing).

-Must be able to go on the freeway with ease
-Must be reliable (less time in the shop, more time on the road)
-Must be good on insurance
-Preferably a twin, but not really important
-My budget is 3000-4000 Depending on what it is. (Canadian dollars of course )
-Must be at least decent on gas
-Must be able to take a passenger
-Must be easily able to source parts
-I'm a short rider, about 5'8"
-Must be able to ride semi long distances, yes I know it depends on the rider, but I mean in general (about 150 -200 kms a day)
-Must be durable (hence the reason for the motard)
-Unattractive to theives (compared to a gixxer or ninja or whatever)

I know these guidelines are pretty hard to get by, but I'm not a rich guy and I hate getting screwed over. I'm really not digging too much of these new sportbikes, they're fun to ride but they almost all look the same, plus I got no money to buy them, neither do I have the credit history to lease/finance them.

Well now, I'm open to suggestions...

Passenger on a motard? Good luck with that one.

With your preferences I would actually say disregard the motard altogether.

If you're Canadian and looking to buy used:


http://www.autotrader.ca

or

http://www.buysell.com

I say a used SV650 make sure theres no S on that. The none s doesnt have a front fairing (nakes look) and is a little more upright for that standard look. You should be able to find some around that price range and it matches your list.

Myself002 wrote:I say a used SV650 make sure theres no S on that. The none s doesnt have a front fairing (nakes look) and is a little more upright for that standard look. You should be able to find some around that price range and it matches your list.

+1

look for a used SV650. I think you will love this bike

another one just cause its modded to all hell and back and looks so sweet!

A used sv650 is good, but unfortunately there aren't that many naked svs around, even if I can find one, it's probably way out of my budget? The only reason for the motard is because it is durable, and apparently according to many bikers, VERY easy to ride. I won't be taking passengers too often, because I have a car but if by chance I need to take a buddy or GF somewhere and I DO have the bike...

However, I did find a honda hawk nt650 for 4000. Don't know too much about those bikes though.

But I will try to keep my eyes peeled for naked SVs under 4000. Anyway this is good, keep'em coming!

Myself002 wrote:

another one just cause its modded to all hell and back and looks so sweet!

As much as I love the look of these bikes, I can't stop but question harley's reliability history... But I heard the new Buells are bulletproof.