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24-03-2011, 09:55 AM | #1 |
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Help me buy my dream bike?!
Hi all,
I finally have the opportunity to buy my dream bike! I'm on the hunt for a m600. Have any of you any advice on things I should look out for as I am buying used and the wife will kill me if I buy a duffer. I'm 28 and reasonably new to biking and would really appreciate any help. This site is amazing and everyone seems Awesome. "My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are." |
24-03-2011, 10:30 AM | #2 |
No more Monster...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
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Hello and a big welcome to the club.
Lots of help and advice around and the club really has picked up a bunch of new members this year. Good luck on the hunt for a bike and check the for sale section as most members try selling through the UKMOC first. Otherwise the usual MCN, dealerships and small ads for a bike.
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24-03-2011, 11:11 AM | #3 |
Taking life easy........
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Welcome to a great Club, as J.P says, you will find all the info you need here and we have a great social life as well.
There are a few 600's on E-Bay at present that may be of interest. |
24-03-2011, 08:26 PM | #4 |
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hello, and welcome. As said, this is a good place to pick up a bike, as club members tend to be a caring bunch,, and you can read some of the bikes history if they are regular posters!
There's a nice orange 750 for sale on here at the moment. Might be worth considering... |
24-03-2011, 08:55 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Welcome to the club, the M600 is a great bike and ridden properly can perform very well.
I started with a M600, and over time it evolved into a 900ish. The only drama wil a Monster is the constant fettling to make it yours. Yorkie
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24-03-2011, 07:39 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Hello and don't discount the 750's bit like a 600 but with more power !
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24-03-2011, 08:18 PM | #7 |
I still have the s4r!
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hi and welcome.
i started off with a m750, great bike to start with as is the m600 but whatever u get it will give u a big grin!!
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24-03-2011, 09:22 PM | #8 |
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Thanks for all the replies! Is there a lot of performance difference with the 750?
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24-03-2011, 09:55 PM | #9 |
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Hi,
New here too, I saw this bike up close and it looked really nice, maybe a bit more power than you were looking for but hey.... http://www.ducatiaylesbury.co.uk/use...MONSTER&id=644 |
24-03-2011, 11:43 PM | #10 |
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M600 has around 53bhp and the M750 produces 64bhp
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25-03-2011, 06:04 AM | #11 |
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That S2R looks nice! As for too much power, lots on here have had an S2R 800 for a first big bike (or at least early on in their biking careers). It's not unmanageable, especially if you've had an SV650 before, and might give you some room to "grow into it".
Think the S2R 800 is about 80bhp while an SV650 is about 70ish? |
25-03-2011, 06:42 AM | #12 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Mine was originally a dark, i got it resprayed, some of them came with red or yellow frames and wheels. If you started off with a SV650 then go bigger, S2R would probably be fine, just because it goes faster doesnt mean you have to. (Oh that felt so wrong typing that!!) Yorkie
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24-03-2011, 11:35 PM | #13 |
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That is stunning! Probably a little too powerful for my first bike though. My neighbour owns a 996 and says I should start with a low powered model. I have previously ridden a Suzuki sv650 and had no bother with that though.
This is possibly a silly question but what is the difference with the standard m600 and the m600 dark? |
25-03-2011, 02:43 PM | #14 | |
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The thing is, if you follow a similar path with your first bike after 6 months, and year, or what ever, you're just sort of wasting money on one bike, then paying all those costs again to get another one. I'd always recommend buying what you can stretch to comfortably, and save money by not swapping bikes further down the road.
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25-03-2011, 02:32 PM | #15 |
another year another bike
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: London
Bike: S2r 1000
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s2r 800 was my first big bike and its very easy to ride and with plenty of grunt to keep you smiling. if you were happy on an SV650 an s2r 800 should not pose a problem
clutch is very light on the 800 compared the clutch on older 600's can be as heavy as the dry clutch bikes s2r800 super good looking bike too what with single sided swing arm and shotgun stacked exhausts dont discount the M620ie, its a great bike too and can be bought for very reasonable money |
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