2nd Bike

Ever thought of an M600 Ducati ?

 

Mate of mine had one of them when I had my fazer 1000
Swapped bikes one day out in the Lake District....very nice bike it was.....when we swapped back my bike felt huge and heavy like my old 1200 Bandit
There's an idea...Bandit 600
Gotta be plenty cheap ones about

 

Have a look at a Yamaha MT-07 roadster. Cheap, fun, parallel twin, 75bhp and 180kgs.

 

I too have been he 955i as my sports choice and have a 2015 bonneville 865 for fun bimbling about. Both give the grin factor for different reasons. I also have an old Yamaha Diversion n for my winter hack. Feel i got all bases covered !

 

A good Ducati monster will do the trick and they've become appreciating assets too.

 

Looks like a seed has been planted!

 

Your budget would buy a very nice KTM 690 Supermoto. Bloomin ace round lanes, great acceleration to 85-90 and all round brilliant fun!

Mine is a great toy and keeps ahead of much larger machines due to light weight and great handling.

 

Never ridden a Duke so can't comment side by side.

 

Has it got to be quick?

Was talking to a guy a couple of weeks ago, I met him while having a bimble round the lanes of the Peak District on the Bonnie. He was in the cafe I stopped at for a cuppa and doing the same as me except he was riding a Royal Enfield Bullet 500.

It seems that he has Fireblade and a BMW 1200GS Adventure as well but uses the Enfield when he wants to remind himself why he loves bikes so much.

As he said, when anything over 60mph is a struggle you stop trying to go fast and start enjoying the ride.

Just a thought.

 

Prob not that useful a comment for you as it’s all Triumph but my two bikes suit me as I get different fun on both... I’ve a Bonneville Newchurch which I potter about on, 65mph tops and great on my country roads... just a flyscreen so keeps it mostly the way a Bonneville should be... and also a Tiger 800 XRX which I also potter about on but also have panniers /top box/ Madstad windscreen for longer distance and a bit of touring at higher motorway speeds... the Tiger is just the job for that whereas the Bonneville would struggle... I often take both bikes out the same afternoon and do the same route and enjoy both exactly the same amount for the differences they each offer... I guess to have 2 bikes you have to choose them for their very different characteristics in order to enjoy them both, I’m satisfied with my choices and pleased Triumph can keep me happy... hope this some use to someone on the forum

 

It's the same for but the solution is slightly different.

I have the Bonneville for bimbling about the country lanes and B roads on and I have a Honda NC750X DCT complete with luggage and touring screen for longer journeys.

My plan was to get a Tiger but then I found the Honda and having ridden the DCT, dual clutch flappy paddle gearbox, I was smitten and they are cheaper than the Tiger.