Aug 31, 2012 01:40 PM
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Which is the best bike?
First. Most answers you will get to a question like this will be based more on brand loyalty than actual facts. A person will almost always recommend the same brand that they ride. To recommend anything else would be somehow admitting that they made a poor choice when they bought their bike. Therefore, these answers are not very useful.
When it comes down to it, all of the name brands will be comparable in quality, performance and mileage. If brand X were really better than Y, everyone would buy brand X. Nobody would buy brand Y. Brand Y would be forced to stop making motorcycles that no one would buy. So if either of these choices are crap, the company would have been forced to stop making them long ago.
Don't be so lazy. Get up and walk away from the computer. Leave your home.
Stay with the name brands that are sold and serviced in your area. The ability to have your bike serviced later on is just as important as the features on the bike. It sucks to buy a bike and have some simple widget fail that has no replacement.
Go to the dealers that actually sell the models that interest you. Sit on them. Sit on them long enough to see is they are comfortable. See if you like the locations of all of the controls. Ask the sales person all of your questions. If they are a decent sales person, they should be very knowledgeable about the products they sell.
Now take the models that really interest you out for a test ride. The seat of your pants will tell you much more about the bike than any random stranger on the Internet can tell you.
Keep notes about your observations on each bike you ride. Dealer name, dealer telephone number, Make, model, salesman's name, engine size, price, comfort, opinions about the test ride.
After you have ridden at least a few bikes compare your notes and just pick one.
You will be the person riding this bike
You will be the person maintaining this bike
You will be the person paying for this bike
You are the only person who needs to like this bike
Why are you letting random strangers on the Internet choose your bike for you?
Pick the bike that YOU like best.
