Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:12 am
I know which I'd have.
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KenG wrote:BMbler wrote:Herb wrote:A very limited sample of opinion here and on Pelican, but us Brits seem to dislike it and our American cousins seem to love it. (Generally)
Perhaps it was designed with the help of US focus groups?
Focus shmockus, rather BM (if I was after such machine)- I'd get MT09 by Yamaha
have you rode the mt09,,,,,,,,,,,, i have.
it's a rev'y , twitchy throttled, wheelie in 3rd hooligan toy with no top end.
it's a commuter bike with a back pack, and the thoughts of it with 3 luggage and touring europe is a no-no.
there is no comparison between the two bikes.
conkerman wrote:You are allowed to disagree.
...... a nice light balance shaft equipped 8-900cc liquid cooled motor pushing about 100BHP with a nice balance of revving smoothly and good torque would be an interesting propostition.
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