Been thinking about a less sporty bike and have kinda narrowed it down to a triumph Speedmaster and a Scrambler... Any opinions on either one before I come out to ride? Any other options for a newer bike @ around 6K?
I'd choose the Scrambler because I'm a scrambler kind of guy. It looks good in black.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/Misc/Scrambler_Accessorised_Location.jpg?t=1256847858)
The Guzzi V7 Classic should be in that price/class of bikes too.
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c6/robustus0007/08guzzi7-2.jpg)
(i like the triumph scrambler too)
Quote from: Travman on October 29, 2009, 12:30:59 PM
I'd choose the Scrambler because I'm a scrambler kind of guy. It looks good in black.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/Misc/Scrambler_Accessorised_Location.jpg?t=1256847858)
I found an 09 demo with 2K on the clock for 6K... The Speedy is an 08 with about the same mileage. I'm a Scrambler guy too, but I'm not sure if it's the bike or watching the Great Escape with my dad when I was a kid...
Quote from: JEFF_H on October 29, 2009, 12:37:47 PM
The Guzzi V7 Classic should be in that price/class of bikes too.
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c6/robustus0007/08guzzi7-2.jpg)
(i like the triumph scrambler too)
don't have a guzzi dealer in town, and I'm already building a cafe off an 79CB600, bt I'll travel and get a second cafe if she comes with teh bike.
Scrambler, rode one for a couple of days a while back and it gave me almost the same ;D as the Monster.
QuoteI'm a Scrambler guy too, but I'm not sure if it's the bike or watching the Great Escape with my dad when I was a kid...
The new ones are scramblers in name only. I think they are probably close to 100 lbs heavier than the originals. Almost like a cruiser with knobby tires IMHO. But to each his own and I think there are a lot of happy Scrambler owners out there.
there is an enormous thread on the Scrambler over at advrider.com, lotsa good info on the bike, was considering one myself
The Scrambler is the best looking of the new Triumphs, IMO. May have to get one of those one of these days LOL.
I bet that Guzzi would look good in silver.
I like the looks of the Triumph Scrambler, but when I rode one I was thinking "why not just buy a KLR650?" Other than looking good, there wasn't much else that I liked about it. However, I also test rode a Thruxton and really liked that bike.
I bought an XR650L to be my "slower bike", but other than not having the acceleration of my Ducatis, I ride it just as fast, even with the dual sport tires on it.
Dude I used to ride the race with that Sunday morning crowd in Marin and a couple of those guys had those things. I couldn't even keep up on the Superhawk. So ever since then its been in the back of my mind that I don't really need all this stuff to go fast.
A friend of mine has a Scrambler, the first thing i noticed when I sat on it was how heavy it felt. I expected it to be a lot lighter than it was.
Quote from: Mike Qube on November 06, 2009, 01:46:33 AM
A friend of mine has a Scrambler, the first thing i noticed when I sat on it was how heavy it felt. I expected it to be a lot lighter than it was.
yea.. i noticed that about the thruxton... expected it to be a bit lighter...
they call it METAL i think...
The 6K demo Scrambler is gone, but I figured out that I'll have about 9K for a new bike so rather than blowing it on a new Scram or spending 6K on a Speedmaster, I think I'll shop around for a leftover '08 Hypermotard. I'm keeping my '96 Monster, but I need something more reliable.
Gonna demo a 675 tomorrow. Hope I dont like it more than my Monster.