"Choose your bike for this trip" thread in "Motorbike Chat"
Where's the Desmosedici option?...

Where's the Desmosedici option?

GSXR1000 K3/K4 you can get 150 miles to a tank if you 100 MPH on the motorway i know as my mate mick(1doohan) does calias to the nurburgring on a 1 stopper.

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5000 since march , but miles away, there's a bloke on the benelli forum with 50k kms on a tornado

that was my vote as well, suprisingly comfy, and not as cramped as a lot of the litre fare.

2004 (k4) GSXR - I've done 16hr days on these and not been too discomforted...can't imagine many are still quicker or more amusing around the ring either.

Nice to see PB including the K3 1000 in the bikes to try before you die. Proper soul.

Hmmm toss up for me between the Gsxr and the 848.... Have done heaps of touring on my Gsxr 600 so the 1000 would be perfect for me. Although having had a little play on an 848 the other day, I would love to take one round the 'Ring....

which size/model did you use as I'm looking to order one of them to save my arse next weekend, it didn't like the race seat and compacted foam all the way to and from N Wales last time



I'd take the MV as if it made it, it would be nice to rag round the ring and Spa trackday
but I'd expect all of the bikes to make it, hardly the long way round is it

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848

What are you on? It's ace.

It'll be fine round Spa, just not as quick on the straights as a sportsbike.

Cruiser Plastic in medium

Airhawk Neoprene Cruiser Lge S/Pad

They do them in neoprene, but tbh the plastic is fine.

Foxy had one on his Moto Guizzi and was similarly impressed

Of those listed I'd take the VFR800, comfy, fast, good with luggage, better handling than I ride and a big enough tank not to worry about petrol stops.

In reality I'd take my FZS 1,000, with the basic mods it's got I can keep with most stuff, as I don't do track days I doubt I'd be quick enough on the track to upset the bike.

Plus I know it so have more confidence on it.

Boring option, but I know me well enough to know what I'd do, even with a lot more cash...

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Nice list, what a Nice problem to have.

848 for me, although I don't know what the tank range is

Grib - should've kept your multi

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With big capacity and BHP sportbikes I've always found it very hard to stretch an IL4 legs on the roads (around here anyway). If heading for the ring I'd imagine thast the one place where you fully enjoy wringing an IL4s neck. So I guess I'd go for a ZX10r or a GIX1000. I prefer the zx10 out of the two for no real reason, so that would be my weopan of choice.

Thinking about it sensibly I'd say all have capabilities beyond mine and any would probably do the job admirably. But a road trip to the Ring is not a time for sensibility is it.

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I've done exactly that trip on a Honda Hornet 600. On the way home it had to carry 2 people's luggage as someone had had an incident at the 'Ring. The bike coped perfectly

Yeah, I know. It was booked when I had the Multi, but I think the 848 is going to feel nicer on the track. It won't be nearly as comfy though.

Tank range is around 100 miles to reserve, then you need a petrol station fairly quickly, unless you've been taking it very steady. I did have 140 miles to empty when it was running in, on the motorway, but I wouldn't try it again at 'normal' revs

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Be very careful on the way back if you do the last boring bit through Belgium and France on the motorways as the petrol stations are few and far between!! On our last trip back we did the 'Ring to Calais in 3 hours. Fuel light on my gsxr 600 came on at 78 miles..... 3 miles were spent limping in the hard shoulder shaking the bikes side to side to get any dregs out of the tank!!!

We did work out the best way of doing it based on a 100 mile tank range, if I remember it I'll bounce it across to you!!