Bike recommendation required.

Not for me. Mate @ work.

Got pinged of his R30 by a bus recently. [1]

Needs new wheels.

Requirements:

Shaft drive - he's more of a liability with chains than Dnc.
Narrow. to get down side of house. Big beemers not considered.
Comfortable from M1 J5 to City.

I can't think of anything, to be honest.

[1] Broke the # plate off the back - insurance estimate just in £2200.

New: tank, seat unit, wheel, exhaust, etc.

He's thinking of taking the cash, and fixing the plate bracket
himself. Assuming this is possible.
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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Salad Dodger amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

GT550

 

Salad Dodger fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

NTV650 base or Deauville version?

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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

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Salad Dodger wrote

A Virago wiv clip-ons.

 

Steady on, Steve, he's a mate, ffs.

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Salad Dodger fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

soz ... it's the only model I could think of that fitted the criteria

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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Buell - Its not a shaft but its not a chain and you didn't specify reliable.

Oh, you said comfortable. Best ask Petel that. I suspect it'll depend on
the bloke's size but ......

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Nidge
ZX6R J2 Stunning in zit yellow. KX 125 MX 'I'm snot green -fly ME'. A few
bits of CB500S in Norwegian Parrot blue. BOTAFOT#63 BOMB#5

'Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand'.
Homer (Simpson).

 

Whinging Courier emerged from their own little world to say

Dullsville
Revere
XJ900
Divvie 900 & FJR maybe too wide
CX500
Guzzi

Alternative to shaft: belt drive BMW CS 650 single. I had one as a loan
bike. Excellent around town. Very narrow profile. Low gearing for
traffic light GP. Expensive new though, £5k.

 

Introduce him to the joys of a Scottoiler with touring reservoir. He'll
only have to fill it a couple of times a year then forget about it, & a
quality chain & sprockets should last 30k miles. Then he can get the
bike he really wants, rather than one of the few that meet that rather
restrictive & stupid (imo) requirement.

 

Not many narrow shafties around. The last I can think of was the old
VT500, in the 1980s.

 

BMW K75 is a quite narrow, esp the RS version.

 

Well, yeah, but that's another 1980s relic and the OP says big Beemers
aren't an option, YTC.

 

On 13 May 2005 02:20:15 -0700, "TOG@toil

Yebbut maybe big beemers were out 'cos of the width?

 

Bear says...

I'm too predictable

 

On 13 May 2005 02:20:15 -0700, "TOG@toil

He was thinking 1150GS, but it's not exactly narrow for filtering, and
he's no man-mountain; more of a skinny Ginge.

The thing we can't figure is: as the bike didn't go over[1], why does
it need a new tank? I think the estimate is *way* off the mark, tbh.
The assessor's having a look on Monday.

There's a new sidestand on the list, too. FK why.

I think he's just hoping it's binned, so he doesn't have to go through
the hassle of getting rid.

[1]The bendy-bus hit the back of it, breaking the number plate bracket
off. The bumper jammed onto the swing-arm (undamaged, apparently), and
Ali just got off it, and left it there. The bike was then pulled
clear.

I reckon it's "fixable" for under £50, myself.

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|_\_____/_| ..75113../..18561.../..3184./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

Salad Dodger says...

So let them write it off, and you buy it of him then fix for less than
50 quid.

 

Good plan.

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_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75113../..18561.../..3184./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

Guzzi?

 

I s'pose, but transverse vees aren't *that* narrow....

 

I was assuming the chap was trying to get it down a normal entry and not
through the fucking letterbox.

T3 width is given as 0.78m; Le Mans II 0.610m and Spada as 0.75m - I
can't see a modern one being much different.

What's the approximate width of, say, a GT550?