Went to Peterborough BMW to scrub in the new tyres and drink their free coffee and look at bikes.
Whilst there, I somehow got talked into a test ride of a S1000XR as I was impressed with the fancy curved radiator.
The salesman said TDM's were well out of date, Sir needed something more modern to be "on trend" and at the pinnacle of motorcycle development.
Ok I thought let's see what it's all about.
I was going to give the F900 a go, but it was booked out, so the nice gentleman suggested the big one
Handed over credit card for the security deposit and had it for up to an hour. It looked very well put together, felt slightly heavy to me, but it had the low seat option fitted.
166hp , it definitely goes very well, but I found it hard to get my head round all the menu's, modes and settings.
We spent 10 mins going through it all. He advised against sport mode in damp conditions.
I am not a fan of digital dash but it was bright and clear. Rain mode was set as it was slightly damp. On a dry bit of road I switched to standard mode and it picked up very fast, scarily fast. God knows what sport mode is like, I wasn't brave enough to go there.
Brakes are very good and it felt very planted. Hasty switch back to rain mode to tame the beast to get it back to the dealer in one piece.
Sensible head on, it's definitely far too much bike for me and with all the fancy options eSA etc the costs approached £17k.
They always say "only" before the large painful number.
Riding home on my Niner got me thinking how good it is for it's design age and how easy and forgiving it is to ride.
I'm obviously "off trend" but I think I'll stay a Luddite with old tried and tested.
Lesson learned, no more free dealer coffee.
Whilst there, I somehow got talked into a test ride of a S1000XR as I was impressed with the fancy curved radiator.
The salesman said TDM's were well out of date, Sir needed something more modern to be "on trend" and at the pinnacle of motorcycle development.
Ok I thought let's see what it's all about.
I was going to give the F900 a go, but it was booked out, so the nice gentleman suggested the big one
Handed over credit card for the security deposit and had it for up to an hour. It looked very well put together, felt slightly heavy to me, but it had the low seat option fitted.
166hp , it definitely goes very well, but I found it hard to get my head round all the menu's, modes and settings.
We spent 10 mins going through it all. He advised against sport mode in damp conditions.
I am not a fan of digital dash but it was bright and clear. Rain mode was set as it was slightly damp. On a dry bit of road I switched to standard mode and it picked up very fast, scarily fast. God knows what sport mode is like, I wasn't brave enough to go there.
Brakes are very good and it felt very planted. Hasty switch back to rain mode to tame the beast to get it back to the dealer in one piece.
Sensible head on, it's definitely far too much bike for me and with all the fancy options eSA etc the costs approached £17k.
They always say "only" before the large painful number.
Riding home on my Niner got me thinking how good it is for it's design age and how easy and forgiving it is to ride.
I'm obviously "off trend" but I think I'll stay a Luddite with old tried and tested.
Lesson learned, no more free dealer coffee.