Bike choice...

OK then, one fore the FOAK,

Later in the year circs may dictate a different bike. Will need to be
OK at motorway speeds (one-up) and be OK to do decent miles on without
being too uncomfortable.

Must also be light weight and not more than 6 feet stem to stern. I
was thinking of something like an XT350. What does the team think?

 

Simon Atkinson says...

Transalp.

 

XT350 at motorway speeds? rather you than me.

I'm guessing you want something cheap and functional? Half faired SV650
maybe, cheap as chips, yet usable and not extrememly sporty.

 

CB500

 

Simon Atkinson emerged from their own little world to say

NT650/Dullsville

BMW F650

GPZ500

 

Fecking good fuel economy on these.

 

Don't - you'll hate it.

 

Must be able to take being loaded on and off the front of a narrowboat
- so up a narrow ramp and then down into the cratch. SV is too
breakable.

 

Too big and heavy.

 

A possible, but the ability to be ridden across the odd field and/or
towpath could be essential...

 

I have a series Land-Rover you know...

 

FZR250RR

 

<sigh> On this occasion the rules can be relaxed so you don't have to
recommend what you are selling/riding.

 

Knobbly tyres? and couriers use them....

 

Spooky - I had a IIA & XT350 at the same time! OK you'll still hate it,
but at least you'll understand it...

A DRZ400S would be a better bet if funds allow though, maybe a DR350 if
they don't (but definitely not a DR400).

 

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Plenty of choice for Sir there.

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Ahh I see. DRz 400 then, I reckon, few more horses than the 350, for
the distance work.

 

Nigel Eaton emerged from their own little world to say

I suppose something contemporary with a narrowboat would be apposite.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie

With the added bonus that if you accidentally drop it in the canal, you
can think "Thank **** for that!", and leave it there.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Those have wider seats.