Best motorway winter commuter for 3k

I'm going to start a new job soon which will involve a 65mile each way
commute on the jolly old M23, M25, M3. And Winter is coming. Dont think I
can face that on my gixxer 600 srad.

I want a bike that's fairly comfortable, has some decent weather protection
and is of reasonable size for the endless filtering along that dreaded M25
section.

Decent bike options for around 3 grand?

 

Late VFR750, Non-VTEC VFR800, Diversion 900 or ZZR1100 all spring to mind.

 

Divvy 900 ?

 

DL 650 with heated gear and aftermarket larger screen ?

 

http://groups.msn.com/YamahaDiversions/

Divvy 900 and pocket £1200.

Get one that already has an aftermarket exhaust 'cos the collector
boxes rust away.

 

You'd need to register(free), but ther are several different models, of
which this is one

http://www.bmwmcc.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4180

 

"It won't actually make 100K, it'll just seem like it."

You might want to try something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-K1100LT-B...oryZ9915QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Way too expensive.

Try this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-BMW-K100...oryZ9915QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-BMW-K100...oryZ9915QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

My K100's just clicked over the 100,000 mile mark. I've had it for 2.5
years and have done about 50k of that. In that time I've replaced the
normal things- brake pads, disks, battery and had one breakdown (broken
wire) and had the starter clutch fail.

My commute is a similar distance, 60 miles each way mostly motorway.
Fairing is fucking wonderful and keeps me dry even in moderately heavy
rain.

They're pretty solid motors.

 

I decent bandit 600 for about 1,500. Use the money that's left over to do
track days in Spain on your GSXR.

 

I have a bandit 12 for sale, that'd be ideal.

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Bandit 600s virtually dissolve in winter, though.

 

Mine didn't. Used and abused in all conditions, with a minimum of
maintenance. Must have just been lucky. Of course, it kind of
crumpled a bit when it hit the B-pillar of that Peugeot, 2 years ago
this Saturday...

 

Adrienne M Bonwick scribbled:

I have an Africa Twin for sale. Ideal SO commuting B.