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Post by cam7777 on Jul 18, 2020 19:23:27 GMT
Just bought my sixth D9    Did this belong to anyone on here? |
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Post by Doom on Jul 18, 2020 19:56:07 GMT
Nope. Mine was one of the fast red ones.
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Post by cam7777 on Jul 19, 2020 9:44:18 GMT
Nope. Mine was one of the fast red ones. Lol |
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Post by spike240 on Jul 27, 2020 7:42:10 GMT
Looks in nice nick. How many owners has it had? Does the joke fuel gauge work? How come you have had six?
Nosy sod aint I?
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Post by cam7777 on Jul 27, 2020 9:58:31 GMT
Looks in nice nick. How many owners has it had? Does the joke fuel gauge work? How come you have had six? Nosy sod aint I? It's in great condition, 1 previous keeper. Fuel gauge works fine. I have owned around 70 bikes since 1975, from an FS1-E to fireblades, but the diversion 900 has a special place as in, it's super comfortable, plenty of fuel range, very basic old school design, so simple to maintain, and the all important maintenance free(ish) shaft drive. Yes, they do have their faults, very heavy, and basic suspension, poor brakes, but a super long distance mile machine. As it had only covered 400 miles in the last 8 years, I had to rebuild the carbs, so now it runs sweet. |
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Post by bobh on Jul 27, 2020 21:06:13 GMT
If only they weren't so heavy to push around the back garden, I'd have another one tomorrow.
But the Fazer8 isn't too bad a substitute - 50+ Kg lighter, more power, ABS, similar economy. If only it didn't have a chain (though to be fair, that has allowed me to drop the gearing by a tooth at the front, so it's much more flexible now). I keep wondering if the time has come to part with it, but it's probably not worth much more than a D9, so I guess it will stay on for a while.
The question is - where are the new bikes of this type? You've got the bolt upright adventure bikes, which to me are only really suitable for six-footers and above, the bum-in-the air sportsbikes, the bells-and-whistles tourers (with a price tag to match) and a plethora of nakeds. Since Yamaha dropped the Fazers and the XJ6's, they just have the Tracers, with a very upright riding position, and not much in the way of real weather protection if you've ever tried one. Oh, and I suppose there's Honda's overweight offering with half a Jazz engine.
As I may have mentioned a while ago, I was looking for a basic runabout with some weather protection, and ended up with a Ninja 650 (a re-branded ER6F). It's a really sweet little bike, and come the autumn it will actually be mine (these £99 down and 0% over 3 years deals are very persuasive!) I'd be happy to tour on it (solo), and at 75 m.p.g (according to the onboard readout) and a range of over 200 miles, what's not to like? But nowadays it's pretty much one of a kind.
I help with a bike control course that we run at RAF Odiham airfield (when permitted - not this year!) We regularly get riders along with big adventure bikes, who can't comfortably turn the handlebars to full lock, because their arms aren't long enough - seriously, sir (not usually madam), have you bought the right bike, or were you swayed by fashion?
I'm wondering if some canny Chinese marketing chap might spot this gaping hole in the market and fill it with something really useful at a sensible price.
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