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This might not be popular, but I’d say more important questions to answer that would allow people to make more of a concrete idea at what you prefer in a bike would be, to a degree
How tall are you?
Where do you want to ride? Type of road or terrain.
How flexible are you?
How long do you want to ride for in a single day?
How do you feel about wind noise?
Do you like the power hit or to ride the revs?I surmise from your past/current car ownership and seeing your engine project come along that you tend to reside on the torque front. Use that to make decisions.
I’d hazard a guess and say you’re old and versed enough to disregard lust for logic. Then again, I’ve read your whole fucking MTB thread, so what do I know.
Also, black bikes are faster.
Chak-
100% wrong, black bikes are shit. Rare to see one that looks half-decent and it seems to encourage a lot of unpainted plastics.
The louder the paint, the better the bike. -
The cars which are (to me) utilitarian in nature I tend to favour lots of torque- 720Nm in the E63 from, basically, idle onwards.
But cars which are for fun? Put it this way- the 911 engine is being built with ITB’s, very lumpy cams, and the entire valve train has been re-engineered for an 8,500rpm redline. 1,300 higher than the stock unit.
Which of course poses the question of what would a motorcycle be for?
And the answer to that is that it would be for fun.
In terms of size and shape, I’m very flexible, 187cm and 79kg. I have been told (although the teller was not of unimpeachable authority) that I’d be too tall for a Ducati. I’d be happy for them to be wrong.
And the over riding motivation here is to try a powered bike out and have some fun, without losing a leg.
Some context- owning the E63 for a year cost me around £12,000, which surprised me when I added it up, but it was a thirsty beast. Ideally I’d like my foray into motorcycling to cost less than that.
Dramatic_Hammer
Dammit
So a bike like that would be good