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(05-17-2023, 05:45 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Yap, space is the issue, cannot have my third so my white CB has to go to make some room for Z650RS
Ferret is more lucky, had plenty of bikes, has lots of room and only two bikes 
Would like to know what our Defender of the Realm feels when he switches from his DLX to NC and vice versa, please.
The CB is my fav by far. If you said I could only keep one motorcycle, the NC would be gone.
The CB is just a joy on every ride. Smooth, love the engine and power and brakes and handling and transmission and looks. It's got it all.
The NC has it's advantages.. it's light, gets great gas mileage, it also handles well. The DCT makes it so easy to ride. It's main advantage though is that it keeps miles off my CB .... 28,313 of them so far.
Brakes are not as good as the CB's, and the motor is kind of anemic power wise, plus I am absolutely NOT a fan of the 270-degree throb which supposedly gives it "character". I wish it had a 360 motor with dual counter balancers instead like my 2003 Triumph T-100 Bonneville had. That was a great P Twin motor.
Every time I ride the CB I think man, I wish the NC had THIS motor.
Unfortunately for me, that 270 motor is the "in thing" right now and everybody is building them, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Triumph. May as well be a V Twin Harley or Ducati or Guzzi or an opposed twin BMW
Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your P-Twin, shake your P-Twin lol
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(05-17-2023, 05:58 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:50 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:47 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 04:13 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Sat + fit + like it = buy it
(05-17-2023, 01:26 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-16-2023, 10:56 PM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Found a rental 2017 Z650 near me.....awaiting response
Very similar bike if not identical engine
(05-16-2023, 06:14 PM)Tev62_imp Wrote: I think you would grow to appreciate that "little less chrome" when it comes to taking the bike out in inclement weather. I always cringe on the CB if I am caught in the rain.
What you mean caught in the rain, can bike get wet?...me no ride when is wet outside 
Riding in the rain is a part of the "freedom" (not ideal though).
[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB - tell readers more about this 2017 Z650 "rental" thing?
(05-17-2023, 01:26 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-16-2023, 10:56 PM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Found a rental 2017 Z650 near me.....awaiting response
Very similar bike if not identical engine
(05-16-2023, 06:14 PM)Tev62_imp Wrote: I think you would grow to appreciate that "little less chrome" when it comes to taking the bike out in inclement weather. I always cringe on the CB if I am caught in the rain.
What you mean caught in the rain, can bike get wet?...me no ride when is wet outside
Riding in the rain is a part of the "freedom" (not ideal though).
[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB - tell readers more about this 2017 Z650 "rental" thing?
Cannot tell now, but I will when mission completed. Stay tuned.
No info yet from Kawi dealer about approximate trade value...they work slow or no need a CB1100 
Cannot tell now, but I will when mission completed. Stay tuned.
No info yet from Kawi dealer about approximate trade value...they work slow or no need a CB1100
I don't understand the "rental" response [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB, but okay. Sounds almost like you are planning to make an offer.
Cannot tell now, but I will when mission completed. Stay tuned.
No info yet from Kawi dealer about approximate trade value...they work slow or no need a CB1100
I don't understand the "rental" response [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB, but okay. Sounds almost like you are planning to make an offer.
No.
I need a ride test prior buying.
There is a guy who rents his 2017 Z650, similar bike.... and upon liking it, I will buy the Z650RS from a dealer without testing.
(05-17-2023, 06:18 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:45 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Yap, space is the issue, cannot have my third so my white CB has to go to make some room for Z650RS
Ferret is more lucky, had plenty of bikes, has lots of room and only two bikes
Would like to know what our Defender of the Realm feels when he switches from his DLX to NC and vice versa, please.
The CB is my fav by far. If you said I could only keep one motorcycle, the NC would be gone.
The CB is just a joy on every ride. Smooth, love the engine and power and brakes and handling and transmission and looks. It's got it all.
The NC has it's advantages.. it's light, gets great gas mileage, it also handles well. The DCT makes it so easy to ride. It's main advantage though is that it keeps miles off my CB .... 28,313 of them so far.
Brakes are not as good as the CB's, and the motor is kind of anemic power wise, plus I am absolutely NOT a fan of the 270-degree throb which supposedly gives it "character". I wish it had a 360 motor with dual counter balancers instead like my 2003 Triumph T-100 Bonneville had. That was a great P Twin motor.
Every time I ride the CB I think man, I wish the NC had THIS motor.
Unfortunately for me, that 270 motor is the "in thing" right now and everybody is building them, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Triumph. May as well be a V Twin Harley or Ducati or Guzzi or an opposed twin BMW
Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your P-Twin, shake your P-Twin lol
The CB is my fav by far. If you said I could only keep one motorcycle, the NC would be gone.
The CB is just a joy on every ride. Smooth, love the engine and power and brakes and handling and transmission and looks. It's got it all.
The NC has it's advantages.. it's light, gets great gas mileage, it also handles well. The DCT makes it so easy to ride. It's main advantage though is that it keeps miles off my CB .... 28,313 of them so far.
Brakes are not as good as the CB's, and the motor is kind of anemic power wise, plus I am absolutely NOT a fan of the 270-degree throb which supposedly gives it "character". I wish it had a 360 motor with dual counter balancers instead like my 2003 Triumph T-100 Bonneville had. That was a great P Twin motor.
Every time I ride the CB I think man, I wish the NC had THIS motor.
Unfortunately for me, that 270 motor is the "in thing" right now and everybody is building them, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Triumph. May as well be a V Twin Harley or Ducati or Guzzi or an opposed twin BMW
Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your P-Twin, shake your P-Twin lol
Thanks, I'm afraid of what you've already experienced ....but not much choice when downsizing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YAY, just got the confirmation for a 2017 Z650, 24hr bike rental<<<<<<<<<
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270 P-Twins and chain drives, cheap to manufacture and the bane of my existance lol. Not a fan.
You are right, if you want to downsize, there aren't many options.
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Ha, PB, that was my experience with the Interceptor 650. Rented one for a day to either eliminate it from my conciousness or decide that I like it enough to seriously start shopping.
A, Ferret, cheap, 270 P-Twin with chain drive.
The rental sold me.
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Some guys are twin fans, some triple fans, some 4s, some like air cooled, some liquid cooled, some like chain, some belt and some shaft. I've had them all and my favorite bikes since my first one in 1977 have been air cooled liter class I-4s....and if I had a preference they'd have shaft drives.
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(05-17-2023, 08:15 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Ha, PB, that was my experience with the Interceptor 650. Rented one for a day to either eliminate it from my conciousness or decide that I like it enough to seriously start shopping.
A, Ferret, cheap, 270 P-Twin with chain drive.
The rental sold me.
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(05-17-2023, 07:08 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:58 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:50 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:47 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 04:13 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Sat + fit + like it = buy it
(05-17-2023, 01:26 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-16-2023, 10:56 PM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Found a rental 2017 Z650 near me.....awaiting response
Very similar bike if not identical engine
(05-16-2023, 06:14 PM)Tev62_imp Wrote: I think you would grow to appreciate that "little less chrome" when it comes to taking the bike out in inclement weather. I always cringe on the CB if I am caught in the rain.
What you mean caught in the rain, can bike get wet?...me no ride when is wet outside
Riding in the rain is a part of the "freedom" (not ideal though).
[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB - tell readers more about this 2017 Z650 "rental" thing?
(05-17-2023, 01:26 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (05-16-2023, 10:56 PM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Found a rental 2017 Z650 near me.....awaiting response
Very similar bike if not identical engine
(05-16-2023, 06:14 PM)Tev62_imp Wrote: I think you would grow to appreciate that "little less chrome" when it comes to taking the bike out in inclement weather. I always cringe on the CB if I am caught in the rain.
What you mean caught in the rain, can bike get wet?...me no ride when is wet outside
Riding in the rain is a part of the "freedom" (not ideal though).
[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB - tell readers more about this 2017 Z650 "rental" thing?
Cannot tell now, but I will when mission completed. Stay tuned.
No info yet from Kawi dealer about approximate trade value...they work slow or no need a CB1100
Cannot tell now, but I will when mission completed. Stay tuned.
No info yet from Kawi dealer about approximate trade value...they work slow or no need a CB1100
I don't understand the "rental" response [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB, but okay. Sounds almost like you are planning to make an offer.
Cannot tell now, but I will when mission completed. Stay tuned.
No info yet from Kawi dealer about approximate trade value...they work slow or no need a CB1100
I don't understand the "rental" response [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB, but okay. Sounds almost like you are planning to make an offer.
No.
I need a ride test prior buying.
There is a guy who rents his 2017 Z650, similar bike.... and upon liking it, I will buy the Z650RS from a dealer without testing.
(05-17-2023, 06:18 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: (05-17-2023, 05:45 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Yap, space is the issue, cannot have my third so my white CB has to go to make some room for Z650RS
Ferret is more lucky, had plenty of bikes, has lots of room and only two bikes
Would like to know what our Defender of the Realm feels when he switches from his DLX to NC and vice versa, please.
The CB is my fav by far. If you said I could only keep one motorcycle, the NC would be gone.
The CB is just a joy on every ride. Smooth, love the engine and power and brakes and handling and transmission and looks. It's got it all.
The NC has it's advantages.. it's light, gets great gas mileage, it also handles well. The DCT makes it so easy to ride. It's main advantage though is that it keeps miles off my CB .... 28,313 of them so far.
Brakes are not as good as the CB's, and the motor is kind of anemic power wise, plus I am absolutely NOT a fan of the 270-degree throb which supposedly gives it "character". I wish it had a 360 motor with dual counter balancers instead like my 2003 Triumph T-100 Bonneville had. That was a great P Twin motor.
Every time I ride the CB I think man, I wish the NC had THIS motor.
Unfortunately for me, that 270 motor is the "in thing" right now and everybody is building them, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Triumph. May as well be a V Twin Harley or Ducati or Guzzi or an opposed twin BMW
Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your P-Twin, shake your P-Twin lol
The CB is my fav by far. If you said I could only keep one motorcycle, the NC would be gone.
The CB is just a joy on every ride. Smooth, love the engine and power and brakes and handling and transmission and looks. It's got it all.
The NC has it's advantages.. it's light, gets great gas mileage, it also handles well. The DCT makes it so easy to ride. It's main advantage though is that it keeps miles off my CB .... 28,313 of them so far.
Brakes are not as good as the CB's, and the motor is kind of anemic power wise, plus I am absolutely NOT a fan of the 270-degree throb which supposedly gives it "character". I wish it had a 360 motor with dual counter balancers instead like my 2003 Triumph T-100 Bonneville had. That was a great P Twin motor.
Every time I ride the CB I think man, I wish the NC had THIS motor.
Unfortunately for me, that 270 motor is the "in thing" right now and everybody is building them, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Triumph. May as well be a V Twin Harley or Ducati or Guzzi or an opposed twin BMW
Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your P-Twin, shake your P-Twin lol
Thanks, I'm afraid of what you've already experienced ....but not much choice when downsizing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YAY, just got the confirmation for a 2017 Z650, 24hr bike rental<<<<<<<<<
How much was the rental [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB?
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(05-17-2023, 10:47 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Have fun, ride safe
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