So tempting...

Honda FMX650 Brand new, OTR £4,500 but the best bit is the insurance.

Eighty five quid!

There's no way I can really afford the bike but bloody hell, what a
quote!

 

Whinging Courier wrote

37bhp and 52feetpounds!!! you are joking right? And the seat is 4
inches too tall.

Where from?

 

It's a crappy cheapo underpowered cross between a street bike and a
trailie built (IIRC) in Spain and not to Honda's usual standards. You
can do a bloody sight better.

 

TOG@toil emerged from their own little world
to say

I had a new 1993 NX650 Dominator and that was a good bike back then. Apart
from the tyres nothing has been improved since then. I had only just passed
my full test and loved it.

The Dommies were Jap built. In late 90s they replaced it with the SLR650,
built in Honda's Italian scooter factory. This was a badly built, piss poor
bike. That FMX looks very similar, apart from the road bike wheels. A parts
bin abomination assembled in Italy (or maybe Spain now).

If you want a bike of that ilk then consider the V-twin Suzuki which is a
fairly modern design. You should be able to get one for the same price.
http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/model.asp?id=27

 

Not the most powerful bike at 37bhp. That may have something to do with
the low insurance.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, TOG@toil amazed us
all with this pearl of wisdom:

Care to give me a clue then?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

And the speedo only went up to 70mph

 

Yam XT660X ?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, simonk amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Something along those lines, certainly.

Now, if only there was a dealer that had a range of Motards...

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

That's what put me off.

Not for me it isn't

The quote or the bike?

Carole Nash = Quote
Slocombes = Bike

 

Heh.. that's all you need in the UK. Anything over is illegal anyway.

 

or there's this

http://auctions.motorcyclenews.com/item_details.asp?itemid=2226

If you rate the suzy V twin 800 engine but would like better forks brakes
etc

Personally I'd ditch the topbox.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, tallbloke amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Not really my style but thanks all the same.

While perusing the KTM website earlier, I did come across this:
http://www.ktm.co.uk/EN/models_8565.asp?id_seiten=8565 after I saw this:
http://www.ktm.co.uk/EN/models_7733.asp?id_seiten=7733

 

Hmmm. Wanna go.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, tallbloke amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Yes please

 

Here's an i-Bike card, just wave it over the i-gnition switch.