Motorcycle Suggestions

[Sashan]

Sashan,Manoj, which city are you guys in, if I may ask?

I am in Stamford, CT. How about you?

 

[Sashan]

His list excluded Japanese names so I assumed he would prefer a European or US make. But you are right, the VStrom is a good bike to consider. There are other choices too like the Honda VFR800.

VFR800 looks more sexier than other bikes above.

 

[nastikan]

I am in Stamford, CT. How about you?

Sunnyvale,CA

 

[Argus Panoptes]

VFR800 looks more sexier than other bikes above.

The Honda V4s are great engines, there is also the VFR1200, and the ST1300, but those are bigger bikes.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

@Sashan is out for a ride it seems:

 

[Argus Panoptes]

I have ridden an Enfield 250 CC in India. Going to use that experience to switch to 800 cc ones instead of getting a 300 CC ninja or a 500 CC bike. I am going for used bikes and not new ones. You can't get a Motorcycle license without doing MSF course and I am on the verge of completing it.

@Sashan What a loyal motorbike!



Indian Villagers Build Shrine to Mystical Royal Enfield » Motorcycle.com News

Indian Villagers Build Shrine To Mystical Royal Enfield

If you ever find yourself traveling through India, consider a detour through Pali, an industrial city in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. About 15 miles out of town along National Highway 65, you’ll come across a curious shrine built around a Royal Enfield Bullet 350.

The shrine was erected at the site of an accident that took place on Dec. 2, 1988. Om Singh Rathore, the son of the leader of a local village, was riding his beloved Bullet home from Pali when he slid and ran into a tree, instantly killing him.

As legend has it, local police recovered the 24-year-old’s body and brought the Royal Enfield to a nearby police station for investigation. The next morning, the Bullet had reportedly disappeared from the police station and later found back at the scene of the accident.

As the story goes, police seized the motorcycle and returned it to the station only to have it disappear and return once again. The legend has it police made numerous attempts to keep the motorcycle in the station, going so far as to empty the fuel tank and chain it in place, but the Bullet inevitably returned to where its owner lost his life. Police finally gave up and returned the motorcycle to Rathore’s family.

Following these mysterious events, locals erected a shrine at the accident shrine, for the motorcycle and its dead owner, also known by the nicknames Om Banna or Bullet Baba. The Bullet stands on a concrete platform, draped in garlands and bits of red string. Even the tree Bullet Baba crashed into is decorated with colorful bangles and scarves.

Hundreds of villagers as well as travelers often stop at the shrine to add more offerings to decorate the shrine and pray for a safe journey, There’s even a full time priest who takes care of the shrine.

Are there mystical forces are at work here? Or is this just an elaborately planned tourist attraction? There are some discrepancies. Some tellings have the accident taking place in 1991 instead of 1988. Some say the mysterious return to the site of the accident took place over several days while others say it was over several months. Whether you believe it or not, it’s a neat story.

[Source: Rushlane, Daily Mail]

 

[Sashan]

@Sashan is out for a ride it seems:

- bro - not riding but was travelling for the past 15 days.

 

[RescueRanger]

Getting my Motorcycle license finally after years of contemplating. Used to ride a 1957 Enfield - a 250 cc Motorcycle.

My criteria -

1. sports touring type motorcycle - plan to do long distance trips
2. Need to accomodate a passenger as well
3. About $10,000 budget - can be 1 or 2 grand more
4. Looking for used motorcycle mostly


What I have in mind now in no particular order -

1. Ducati Multistrada
2. Ducati Monster
3. Harley Dyna
4. BMW F800


Looking for more suggestions from motorcycle aficionados

BMW R1100 GS?

 

[Alpha1]

Buy a car @op !!!

 

[Sashan]

Buy a car @op !!!

Mate - Already I have two cars as is the norm for working couples in US.

 

[pakistanitarzan]

Getting my Motorcycle license finally after years of contemplating. Used to ride a 1957 Enfield - a 250 cc Motorcycle.

My criteria -

1. sports touring type motorcycle - plan to do long distance trips
2. Need to accomodate a passenger as well
3. About $10,000 budget - can be 1 or 2 grand more
4. Looking for used motorcycle mostly


What I have in mind now in no particular order -

1. Ducati Multistrada
2. Ducati Monster
3. Harley Dyna
4. BMW F800


Looking for more suggestions from motorcycle aficionados

All garbage for a first real motorcycle. Do yourself a favor and get a Katana 600 or a CBR F2 or CBR F3

 

[RescueRanger]

All garbage for a first real motorcycle. Do yourself a favor and get a Katana 600 or a CBR F2 or CBR F3

F2 is a good solid bike, nice recommendation.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

- bro - not riding but was travelling for the past 15 days.

Welcome back! It is slightly worrying when one of the few relatively sane ones left in this asylum disappear without any information. So where are the photos from your trip and where is your motorbike?

 

[doppelganger]

Getting my Motorcycle license finally after years of contemplating. Used to ride a 1957 Enfield - a 250 cc Motorcycle.

My criteria -

1. sports touring type motorcycle - plan to do long distance trips
2. Need to accomodate a passenger as well
3. About $10,000 budget - can be 1 or 2 grand more
4. Looking for used motorcycle mostly


What I have in mind now in no particular order -

1. Ducati Multistrada
2. Ducati Monster
3. Harley Dyna
4. BMW F800


Looking for more suggestions from motorcycle aficionados

Ducati Multistrada. Please also look at the Hypermotard.

Serious riders do not look at Harleys.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Ducati Multistrada. Please also look at the Hypermotard.

Serious riders do not look at Harleys.

The Multistrada violates the budget mentioned by a fair bit.