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a succesfull successor for my beloved FZ1 GenII

DenArnold

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No, the title does not suggest my GENII is gone or lost... I'm scouting the market and will run several testruns this year to get me a new bike as my main ride in early 2014. (if my finances hold on)

Looking to support the european financial situation, I'm looking to opt on a European bike, where as said my mind is not setup yet..
Also not yet sure whether I go for a streetbike or a allroadbike

Streetbike my favourite top3
1. MV Agusta Brutale Italia (my favourite :wow: )

Alle MV Agusta modellen op een rij - MV Agusta Motor

2. Triumph Street Triple 675 R

Street Triple R | Triumph Motorcycles

3. KTM 990 SM R

KTM 990 Supermoto R 2013 - Highlights


Allroad bike

1. Triumph XC800
Tiger 800XC | Triumph Motorcycles
2. KTM 990 SMT
990 Adventure R - Highlights
 
I see, I want to ride all the way there and back.

You know that Transfagarasean road may be closed in May....

Also take care in Bucharest, cagers are crazy and traffic is worse then in Paris and I swear taxi drivers tried to kill me dozen times.
You can get more info here
 
Where is the Aprilia Tuono V4R? That bike beat the Brutale in all the challenges. The Brutale is sexy as hell, but the Tuono looks pretty good and you can get one in the states here for $2000 off MSRP for a 2012 right now.
 
I like the MV a lot! I looked at the Brutale 1090 when I was looking for my FZ1. In the end, the lack of a decent dealer/parts network in Canada scared me away from it, but it is a spectacular bike. Maybe next time...
 
Well I am partial to the KTM.

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Here's my 2010 I picked up new almost a year ago. Close to 8,500 miles on it now. A very FUN ride. I like the 5 gallon fuel tank, rack plus side bags for an over night ride. The stock KTM suspension is awesome and quite adjustable. Great for riding the bumpy back roads of Northern California.
Can't beat the beautiful v twin sound from a nice of aftermarket pipes.
 
Today I was given the opportunity to test two Triumph bikes

Triumph Tiger 800










This 800 street version (I prefer the XC version) rides very comfortable. It only had 500km on the clock and the clutch was a bit stiff still. The brakes are fine but could be a bit harder. The UPSD front works well and the balance of the bike in fast sweepers is good...The display includes a gear indicator and is very clear.. the bars fall naturally in position and it can perform short U-turns. The engine, being a triple cilinder, has in every gear enough power to not be embarrased...Overall a very good allround bike with even a limited offroad capacity...

And now another model, Street Triple 675 R










This is the R version. Suspension setting is hard standard. Radial Brembo front brake stops you just by looking at the brake lever :-) As can seen by the tire marks, I've been riding this beauty hard..and it ride like train on a rails in fast sweepers. It's a real fun bike with enough power to give you that grin from ear to ear; yet smooth engine to have power in every gear. At one point I missed to gear down to 2nd and turned into a 100° turn on clutch in 4th only realizing I was in 4th coming out the turn.
But honestly, to ride this bike year in year out, personally not my favourite.

So my current favourite list

1. Triumph 800 XC
2. KTM 990 SMR / T
3. MV Agusta Brutale
 
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It seems you are leaning more toward a good sport-touring bike, with some adventure qualities.

1. KTM 990 Adventure or SMT - the only problem I've heard about KTM is they have maintenance/reliability issues. When I was having my headlight wiring done they were working on a 990SMT. I asked the mechanic if that bike was fun and if he would ever get one. He said it was definitely fun but he would never get a KTM. He works on KTM's all day long and says they have some issues like the cooling system failing and water pumps going out for no reason, electrical gremlins and some other stuff. I think they even had a brand new ?690 EXC? they just sold someone that didn't even make it 20 miles when the cooling system failed and blew an engine. Maybe OneSizeFitsAll can share his experience with his KTM in regard to mileage and any issues.

2. Ducati Mulistrada or Ducati Hyperstrada - comparable to the KTM 990's and same concern for maintanance.

3. Triumph Tiger 800XC - haven't heard anything bad about it

4. BMW R1200 GS or BMW F 800 GS - The BMW guys I ride with love their BMW's but they all talk about high maintenance tags for even general service.

5. Aprilia Mana GT 850 ABS - I just found this today and found it to be interesting. It's like an italian version of a cross between an NC700X and F800GS. The bike has a sport shift system similar to what they are putting on cars now.
Aprilia
 
Ssky0078 said:
He said he want's to support the European market. I was thinking the same thing. I had a demo ride on the Super Tenere and found it to be very competent on the street and the same option to head off-road
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I found the vibrations on this Super10 quite disturbing, even being it a two cylinder. I don't have experienced that on eg the BMW 1200GS.
 
I agree. While on the plane today saw an add for it in Motorcyclist magazine. I appears to be well specd right out of the box.

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Everybody I know who own`s the BMW 1200GS love`s them and boy can they fly in the twisty sections, not many road bike`s can keep up.A friend of mine say`s if you are looking at the 800cc offroad bikes do`nt ride the BMW1200GS or you will be forced to find the extra cash to buy it.
 
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