Opinions Please...

Wonda-Boy

Which of these would YOU buy and why lads.....

http://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/honda-blackbird/5076587

http://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/2010-triumph-sprint-st-1050/5049007

http://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/2008-honda-vfr-800/5108666

All do exactly what I need, practical and comfortable with a bit of twist if I need it...all have luggage (must) the Sprint will cost me €6000 with the VRT but is a 2010 bike with low miles and is mint.

The Bird is very clean but is a tad pricey for the year, but is more or less bulletproof.

And the viffer is nice with full luggage.

Let me know what you think.....throw up any other viable options. Insurance all all 3 are roughly the same give or take.....

Mr Sheen!

Get the one with the biggest luggage . . . So you can carry my luggage aswell !!:eek::eek:

All three are great bikes that will serve you well. Never drove a VFR so cant comment on that one.

Out of the other too the blackbird is probably smoother and better reliability.

However I have a soft spot for the looks of the sprint, the under seat exhaust is sweet. You also wont meet to many sprints around apart from that Mick fella.:D

All lovely bikes Wonda, there is none there that you wont be happy with.

galwaytt

Tbh, I think if it were me I'd plump for ST. I like the colour, it is very new, as well.

I just can't warm to that generation of VFR at all - so it's down to the Blackbird or ST - and I reckon the ST is nicer.

Pique

I would definitely be going for the VFR. I love that model. Single sided swingarm, underseat pipes, twin headlight and V4 with Vtec..all that and luggage too? What's not to like?

bladespin

Blackbird, lovely bike to ride, can be sporty or comfy depending on your mood, great value with lots of luggage potential.

Wossack

out of those, it'd be sprint for me - fantastic engine, and great styling imo. Not mad on the red though, but just me - think it looks better in the grey or black

blackbird is too big and heavy, and not a big fan of the vtec viffers. Servicing would worry me, as would the stop/start of the vtec. Bit boring too - just my perception though

Bikerguy

Gl with your choice and i hope u gonna get something that will suit u best. VFR is nice big touring bike, i say the coolest looking.. I woudlnt mind having one, but said that Bbird with luggage and low milleage - u can go around the world on her. I cant say anything about triumph tho.

All the best.

Mr.Fred

VFR all the way it's the only decent looking bike with all the panniers attached. The black bird is showing it's age and if i were getting a triumph it'd have to be a striple serious grin factor in one of those

nerrad1983

Out of them 3 id go with the Triumph

Really like the looks of that one and the red is lovely!

Wonda-Boy

Thanx for the taughts lads.

Its a head wrecker TBH, only other viable option is a Triumph Tiger 1050SE which are like chickens teeth and pricey. I can only fond good ones in the UK with the luggage so thats more expense on top of the bike.

paddy147

VFR would do it for me.Serious amount of luggage can be strapped onto them....dont forget tank bag aswell.

Would be the comfiest too...for those long journeys.I had 1 for a weeks use back in 2007,and it was a joy to ride.

I rekon that 6000 euro cash waving in front of the owner would get you the bike.

Then put the other 500 euro towards panniers.

nigs

Let me know what you think.....throw up any other viable options. Insurance all all 3 are roughly the same give or take.....[/QUOTE]


i could get you a deal on 1 of these.. vintage insurance would cost feck all





but seriously i got a good look at micks on sunday, and that thing can move. and it looks the part aswell.......

Wonda-Boy

Looking at 2 together tomorrow (sprint/Bird) as I know how the VFR is, servicing on the Viffer is meant to be a nightmare with the VTEC. Valve clearances every 20,000 miles or so and that costs so I read.

Richard tea

Going on looks the Triumph wins it for me:)

Wonda-Boy

Looks would not be the top of the agenda tbh, but they are all nice to look at. I see how we go, you get a feeling for a bike when you see it and ride it.

Tomohawk

Being a scooterist (who likes a bargain bike mind you), I'd also go with the Triumph Sprint 'cos it's up the years and low in mileage. And you should get it a bit cheaper if you bargain hard. And Triumph have an outlet in Dublin too. The Blackbird is too heavy for traffic realistically unless you are a maniac filterer...

Best of luck anyway with whichever bike you get...

galwaytt

Servicing on the VFR would the most expensive of the 3 I'd have thought. And, if, you ever need to do the exhaust on it, that would be the most expensive too. Nothing wrong with it as a bike, mind, but I think the oomph of the Triumph would be better suited to touring etc than the VFR.

LookBehindYou

Gary, tell them about the lovely bike you got last night.

blu3r0ri0n

LookBehindYou wrote: »

Gary, tell them about the lovely bike you got last night.

He's probably out on it since lol

Mr Sheen!

blu3r0ri0n wrote: »

He's probably out on it since lol

His new hobby is washing his bike :D

Wonda-Boy

Ahh picked up a owl' run around last night.....will get a few pics of it later if it doesnt crack the lens.

What a spin home last night at 12am, FOOK ME it was like a dream!

Thanx to my mobile mechanic Lookbehindyou for the hospitality and recording my 1st voyage on the Red Rocket!

Mr Sheen!

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Ahh picked up a owl' run around last night.....will get a few pics of it later if it doesnt crack the lens.

What a spin home last night at 12am, FOOK ME it was like a dream!

Thanx to my mobile mechanic Lookbehindyou for the hospitality and recording my 1st voyage on the Red Rocket!

Best of luck with her Gary!
Fair play too mick always willing too help out a biker!!

dorannoel

Best I look with it Gary!!!!

Bikerguy

Gl Gary hope to see u out there soon.

Hornswoggle

class machine best of luck with her Gary

Wossack

great stuff - many happy miles

Wonda-Boy

Thanx for all the well wishes lads....the amount of people who have got a new bike in the last 2mths is mental and thats just from the boards circle.

Sean CB600F - VFR 800
Wonda FZ6 - Sprint ST
Leppla SV650 - CBR600
Hornswoggle SV650 - CBR600
Dave CB600F - Pan European
Noel got a new Bandit 600

And Blu3 currently has his FZ6 up for sale....so exciting times all round. Have a nice road trip to cork tomorrow morning at have to be in Kildare @ 6am so it will be an early start and a nice test for the bike.

The Don

Well wear Gary!

paddy147

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Thanx for all the well wishes lads....the amount of people who have got a new bike in the last 2mths is mental and thats just from the boards circle.

Sean CB600F - VFR 800
Wonda FZ6 - Sprint ST
Leppla SV650 - CBR600
Hornswoggle SV650 - CBR600
Dave CB600F - Pan European
Noel got a new Bandit 600

And Blu3 currently has his FZ6 up for sale....so exciting times all round. Have a nice road trip to cork tomorrow morning at have to be in Kildare @ 6am so it will be an early start and a nice test for the bike.

The roads are as greasy as hell out there today with the rain.Road surfaces are very slick indeed.




I just saw the mother of all near misses up at Artane Roundabout between a 06 blade and a yellow Mini Cooper.

Chap on the blade lost the front end of his bike,got it back,then his back end went on him,he went through the roundabout,and somehow he managed to avoid the Mini by centimeters.


I walked over to see if he was allright,and he was white as a ghost and shaking like mad.


The lady in the Mini thought she had hit him and was shouting out loud...Oh my god Oh my God Ive hit him.

Myself and another wittness had to explain to her that she hadnt hit him at all,that he pulled over and got off the bike himself.


Both parties were badly shaken up and both hugged and consoled each other.:)



Be carefull out there folks.

Roads are wet,slick and dangerous too.

LookBehindYou

Paddy, that Artane roundabout is always lethal, wet or dry.
Coming from malahide direction towards city, there is a curve on the approach to the roundabout, so you only see the roundabout when you are leaned over. There is always oil/diesel on that section.

Fr Dougal

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Thanx for all the well wishes lads....


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Wonda FZ6 - Sprint ST
...

You definitely won't go wrong with th Sprint. To be honest, all three are good solid bikes with plenty of poke so it's really a personal choice. I had a VFR 800 and recently changed to a Sprint ST1050 and love both of them. I have ridden mates blackbirds on the twisties and while there is nothing wrong with them, I just couldn't get comfortable.

You will love the Sprint, especially the trademark bubbling noise as you roll off the throttle...

So make with the pics.... and enjoy the racing in Cork today

prunudo

Best of luck with the new bike, she looks great.

paddy147

LookBehindYou wrote: »

Paddy, that Artane roundabout is always lethal, wet or dry.
Coming from malahide direction towards city, there is a curve on the approach to the roundabout, so you only see the roundabout when you are leaned over. There is always oil/diesel on that section.

It was a much better and more free flowing roundabout and intersection in the old days when it was 1 very large roundabout and not the fcuk up of a little thing they created now.:(:rolleyes:

Oh and the biker on the blade was comming up the Malahide road heading towards Coolock.

I heard the bike comming,happened to look around and then saw him all over the place and watched the mother of all near misses happen right beside me,as I had just crossed the road at the traffic lights.


Both the rider and the car driver were badly shaken up by what happened.


But thankfully no impact and no injuries for either party.:)

paddy147

@ Wonda-Boy.


Best of luck with the Sprint ST.

Many happy years of riding it/enjoying too.

bladespin

Well wear!

Wonda-Boy

Thanx again lads.....had an epic blast down to cork in the pissing rain. But bike was faultless and planted superbly on the wet road with the new PR3's.

Green_Martian

Congrats on the new bike Gary, what did ya get??

Bikerguy

Green_Martian wrote: »

Congrats on the new bike Gary, what did ya get??

hint: check the post #34

Wonda-Boy

Green_Martian wrote: »

Congrats on the new bike Gary, what did ya get??

I got a Triumph Sprint 1050ST Graham, none of them HOOOLIGAN boikes for me mate. Them GSXRs are so 2012!!!!!

:pac::pac::pac::pac:

When you out for a spin GRANDAD, leave some demon drink for the rest of the crew over the northside will ya and get up outta bed and ride that bike.

Green_Martian

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I got a Triumph Sprint 1050ST Graham, none of them HOOOLIGAN boikes for me mate. Them GSXRs are so 2012!!!!!

:pac::pac::pac::pac:

When you out for a spin GRANDAD, leave some demon drink for the rest of the crew over the northside will ya and get up outta bed and ride that bike.

Just seen the pics, lovely bike mate

Im off Thursday and Friday if ya fancy an aul spin??

Wonda-Boy

Green_Martian wrote: »

Just seen the pics, lovely bike mate

Im off Thursday and Friday if ya fancy an aul spin??

Yeah, if a lad does not get back to me for a service on Thurs I deffo go for a blaast. Cant do friday unfortunately.....

Green_Martian

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Yeah, if a lad does not get back to me for a service on Thurs I deffo go for a blaast. Cant do friday unfortunately.....

sounds like a plan, let me know anyway

Wonda-Boy

Anyway lads as you know ended up with the Sprint ST.

galwaytt

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Anyway lads as you know ended up with the Sprint ST.

Gorgeous, well wear.

nigs

lovely bike. . . . where is every1 getting the readies for these new bikes........... id love a shiny new bike. im just a jealous fecker though. well wear wonda, cant wait to see her out and about.

kaimera

well wear. nice looking bus.

Wonda-Boy

Thanx lads....

nerrad1983

The red looks great on that bike!

How are you finding it so far Gary???

Wonda-Boy

Well I had a quick blast on some serious twisties yesterday with Leppla and Dorannoel and its a different beast altogether. Gonna have to take it handy for a bit to get used to the weight and bars feeling so low down even if they are not. It just turns in alot different with the lenght and the weight thats all. Obviously I cant hit the throttle as hard as the FZ6 either or my eyebrows will slide with the power.

Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey as they say....

You must be finding it totally different on the GSXR aswell, how you getting on?

nerrad1983

Looking forward to seeing her in the flesh it looks spotless

Im getting on good on the gsxr as you said just taking my time on her until im used to it, feeling more comfortable on her every time i go out which is a good thing:D

Got a new set of Battlax Bt 016's on her last week in Cotters and the difference they make is unbelievable, the old tyre was in bits

Having a small charging problem at the min think it could be the rectifier on the way out, seems to be a common fault with that particular model

Wonda-Boy

Nothing worse so early on a new bike puts a dampner on it....but once its sorted you be flying.