For Sanity sake.... Need a street bike

Discussion in 'General' started by BigBird, Sep 26, 2012.

  1. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    So its gone from selling a bike to wanting a street Bike... What is a good street Bike, cheap to insure and not that expensive (>6k)? No Harleys...

    I just need something that I ride and can blow some steam off.
     
  2. mattf

    mattf Banned-a-lama-ding-dong.

    DRZ400SM.

    -cheap to buy
    -cheap to insure
    -cheap to modify
    -impossible to blow up

    Get a second set of wheels (21/18's) to ride dirt and all winter long
     
  3. panthercity

    panthercity Thread Killa

  4. RedReplicant

    RedReplicant Well-Known Member

    I'm about to buy a GSXR1k as a street bike, see you in the next life. :D First liter bike for me.
     
  5. 50Joe

    50Joe Registered User

    Awesome second gen Aprilia Tuono's can be had all day long for under $6k.
     
  6. some guy #2

    some guy #2 Well-Known Member

  7. kman0066

    kman0066 Well-Known Member

    I had a lot of fun on a Ducati Monster S2R 800 for awhile. Not much power, but fun as all hell. Only problem for me was that it's not a good 2-up bike. It was fun burning through the gears though, not something I can do on the ZX-10 on the streets (and not go to jail).

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  8. rd400racer

    rd400racer Well-Known Member

  9. Tunersricebowl

    Tunersricebowl Fog, onward through.

  10. Metalhead

    Metalhead Dong pilot

    Any type of motard. Ain't nothing like a little 'hooliganism' to let off some steam.:up:
     
  11. Razr

    Razr Well-Known Member

    RC51
     
  12. karrotx

    karrotx Well-Known Member


    Ferrari 458 Italia > $6k

    DRZ 400sm < $6k

    Know your signs :).
     
  13. triplestack3

    triplestack3 Early Retirement

    DRZ400SM is a nice bike, but only worth it if you pick up one that already has FCR+exhaust+3x3, otherwise it's a turd.

    You can pick up a literbike that is a couple years old for about the same prices as a 600 that is as old.
     
  14. SLLaffoon

    SLLaffoon Well-Known Member

    The best street purchase I made was an old Hawk for $1500. Those can be hard to find though. I really enjoyed my Z1000, but then bought the Hawk and realized I didn't like it $700 more per year for insurance. A DRZ could be fun. I have an old R6 that I really like, but I don't know if I'd like it as a street bike. I prefer naked street bikes with handlebars.
     
  15. JohnS

    JohnS Well-Known Member

    If I sold my 03 R6 with 14K I would ask 3500. For Liability only I pay $147.00 a year.
     
  16. Steak Travis

    Steak Travis Well-Known Member

    i have a triumph scrambler and it's perfect for blowing off steam. It's fast enough to get that little thrill but it's also nice to just ride some back roads. A bonnie would be the exact same too.
     
  17. Vitamin-E

    Vitamin-E cornerin lo in the 3-1-fo

  18. eurobiketrash

    eurobiketrash Well-Known Member

    Have a customer wants to sell his 800 Hypermotard for 7k. Pretty good deal actually.
     
  19. panthercity

    panthercity Thread Killa

    Yep. They are fun little scoots!
     
  20. panthercity

    panthercity Thread Killa

    No Suh!
     

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