What Bike Next? (Ep 10) - Tim wants a £4k sports tourer

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Our YouTube series, What Bike Next? continues, with BikeSocial’s resident used bike enthusiasts Simon Hargreaves and Michael Mann on the hunt for three used #motorcycle options to fit a #bikesocial member's criteria that they can then test ride. And we have a certain special someone in the shape of John McGuinness MBE to help us! This is the 10th episodes overall and the second in series two, but can we help Kiwi/Scot, Tim, a sports tourer within his £4k budget?

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction and sponsor thanks
00:50 - Meeting our candidate
04:28 - Shopping and test route details
06:37 - Bike number 1 unveil and test
10:28 - Bike number 2 unveil and test
14:15 - Mystery Bike unveil and test
18:43 - Verdict and decision
30:06 - Conclusion, outtakes and outro

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[FREE_PUREBLOOD]

Yamaha FJR 1300 . Awesome bikes.. I've done over a 120, 000 miles on them. Reliable, good service intervals, over 50 mpg. 25 litre tank. Bags of torque. Solo, loaded, two up plus loaded.. awesome bikes.

[roballen]

Hi guys, still going strong, I loved my day doing this and it was really helpful, but most of all it was a fun day so thanks.

[jmileshc]

Superbike Factory don't give test rides from my interaction with them. No ride no sale. Entertaining content.

[gingerelvis]

Nice to see someone wanting to go touring on a sports tourer! Everybody goes for adventure bikes now days and overlooks the sports tourer. They do everything most people want touring, you can whip the luggage off for a weekend blast all without riding something that looks like a mechano suspension bridge.

[StratfordWingRider]

Fellow Kiwi!
I’d like to put a plug in for a Honda Blackbird - which I own and is utterly awesome.
(Mine came with hard bags and heated grips)

[johnharvey]

Never mind the GTR, if he wants more sports, then go for the ZZR 1400, would fit the bill and he can keep the 600.

[silverfoxracing]

What a lovely guy! Really enjoy this series 👍🏼

[RideSafeNSmart]

You know you are gettin old when you get excited by a VFR like that 🙃😁

[jeroencornelisse]

Tim could be co-presenter also, very entertaining!

[paulgarritty]

25:35 in Green Suzuki Z1000 SX ??? Simon… you‘ll be getting emails 😂😂😂😂

[peterkoning]

I'm on my 3rd Triumph 1050ST and of course swear by them. Being a bit smaller of stature it suits me perfectly. A frine of mine(a big lad) had a GTR1400 and professes it is the best big he has ever had. The VFR is also Lucky Tim !!!

[teneretraveller]

Top stuff.
Great chat info and banter.
A favourite watch.
More, por favor.
Ride safe 👍

[Raptorace]

This is a great series, guys. Ironically, the first bike that Simon looked at is the bike I still own after 13 1/2 years and 70, 000 miles because I refuse to part with it! That being the GXS1250FA. Granted, she's a big girl and in its stock form it's a little raw, but since I got my Trophy SE in 2017, I have ripped all of the bags etc. off of her, had the brakes completely redone including installing braided steel lines, had the front forks rebuilt and added a custom rear shock built to my spec, and the bike was transformed. Now it's a road missile. And a comfy one at that. There is nothing quite like it! For clarity, you guys are confined to picking something out from whatever showroom you are in, correct? I ask because there are a lot of bikes that were missed, but they most likely were not in the showroom at the time.

At some point, will you guys do a recap show and let us know what bikes the guests ended up getting? That would give us proper closure. Keep up the great work!

[kevindarkstar]

How do you guys get superbike factory to let you test ride anything!! They certainly don't seem to be friendly to the average customer on hearing the bike let alone test rides 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Uriel-Septim.]

I really enjoy this kind of videos, just briliant, please more of those.

[sussexbikerpillion]

Horses for courses every bike suits different needs expectations. He kinda wanted touring bike comfort with superbike performance for under 5k 😂 great series guys look forward to it 👍

[MadChalet]

Nice to have Sir John McGuinness in the mix ... I would have been tempted to go with the VFR just so I could say "recommended by John McGuinness!" I wonder if some of the criticisms of handling and braking can be blamed on old tires and pads?

[luishcoreia]

29k miles for a GTR.. it’s still on the initial rotation ..:) these bikes can go forever

[stikmannn]

Mate John McGuiness tells you to get a bike you get it! 🏍️

[jackmccourt]

If you were gonna go in over budget on the honda anyway then surely one of those z1000sx's would have been a good option. There is a reason they are the most sold sports tourer in the uk. He even expressed that he would consider just making a supersport more comfy... which is basically what the z1000sx is