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I had an 1150 for a while (was stolen in Mayfair). That was unnecessarily fast and heavy for in town. My biggest problem is the shlep to get out of London for a ride.
I like the analog nature of the R80, not sure if I should just have something completely different and maybe a decent size electric will come along. That might be what I'm holding out for. I've had a lot of bikes alongside the R80 but nothing has ever been a better fit overall.
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My biggest problem is the shlep to get out of London for a ride.
Yeah that was the biggest arse without a van, and then company.
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The schlep is a pain. I pretty much gave up regular riding outside London and just found little circuits around town to twat around on. A proper motard would be perfect really, you just need to be suitably judicious in between.
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Seems like a dirt bike supermoto will get nicked just as fast. Such a shame you can't own nice bikes in London.
Id suggest a tmax, but that will be well attractive. I'd love a tmax for London on reflection, now seeing them everywhere.
lynx
Jung
skinny
If for the road, I'd get a bigger engine, and not something with short service intervals, no doubt when you want to ride it it'll need servicing. My tuned drz400 is fun on the road just. Much less and itd be boring. But I do come from far faster bikes.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KTM-690SM-Prestige-LC4-690CC-2007-Supermoto-low-miles-/353808889992?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0