best all round bike

[romlin]

What would u say the best all round bike you can get to day for around £7000. Both new a second had?

 

[Neilio]

An FZ6 of course!

 

[nextfriday]

The bikes i have in mind are the honda interceptor, suzuki sv650, fz6, and fz1.
I'm sure there are others.

 

[fzme]

I almost don't believe this thread...

Would you walk into a mechanic's shop and ask, "Do you know where I could get my car fixed?" Just kiddin'. It's an easy answer, and I'm going to go ahead and answer for everyone:

Yamaha FZ6

Get one, gear up, and tell us about it...:thumbup:

Oh and I hear someone yelling something about a CBR F4i--nice bike also.

 

[Ridgeback]

If I had 7K burning a hole in my pocket,then I'd go for a used KTM 990 SM.
It can scratch,tour and mug sportsbikes :thumbup:

 

[rpereira]

+1 on the FZ6N

 

[Humperdinkel]

XJR :drool: XJR :drool: XJR :drool: :thumbup:

 

[rpereira]

Ah ok Hump I will give you +1 on the XJR (If you like your heavy cruiser style bikes

 

[grommit]

There are lots of new bikes around for this money; GSX1250F (Bandit), ex demo FZ1s, the Z750 Urban sports Edition is really nice I think @ £6999

Kawasaki Z750 Urban Sports Edition


Or perhaps an XJ6, perhaps not.

 

[Kazza]

Ah ok Hump I will give you +1 on the XJR (If you like your heavy cruiser style bikes

Don't call it a cruiser :spank: :spank:

Just a retro naked style

 

[sniff6]

Ah ok Hump I will give you +1 on the XJR (If you like your heavy cruiser style bikes

Nice

 

[jwmrks]

It depends on what you mean by 'all round'.

100% pavement, then I'd say the FZ6. I like the sporty but comfy class for the road, 500-600CC. Light enough to be nimble, heavy enough for comfortable highway rides. (GS, Ninja650r, Ninja500, FZ6, FZ6r, etc). In that class, they all seem to be fine bikes, but the FZ6 just had the best feel to me.

Mostly pavement, some gravel/crappy pavement, then look at the Versys. I almost got one instead of my FZ. A good jack of all trades bike, but not as much of a smile generator as the FZ. If I didn't have a KLR650, I probably would have got the Versys (almost got it anyway, but found a great deal on a used FZ6). Not near as sporty as the FZ, but a good solid do-everything bike. It is a taller bike, but I think that's what helps in on the gravel/off-road department. I'd have no issues running the Versys off-road, but I'm not sure I'd want to run a long stretch of gravel on the FZ. Maybe if I find some knobbies that will fit the FZ .

Lots of gravel/crappy pavement, some off-road not too much highway, I'd look at the KLRs. I've heard the new models have a few issues so I'd do some more research on them, but my '95 has done good for me and is still chugging along fine. Good class of bike, I just hope Kawi didn't screw it up. A great all around adventure bike, but pretty lame on the highway but great on backroads. Kind of a poor man's BMW GS.

 

[Humperdinkel]

Ah ok Hump I will give you +1 on the XJR (If you like your heavy cruiser style bikes

Don't call it a cruiser :spank: :spank:

Just a retro naked style

Thanks Kaz , i was clutching at my bestilled heart for a second....... I was insulted badly :thumbup:

 

[Humperdinkel]

Nice

Very Very nice , in fact its the things dreams are made of :BLAA: