Fungus
09-29-2015, 02:54 PM
Hi all
I joined on this site just over two years ago trying to get all the good info on this great looking Bike i had spotted (the F6B).
the bike i had at the time was a suzuki M109R a great bike but i felt it just didn't suit my needs thats when i started looking.
after looking, reading and test riding a few bikes i stumbled across a second hand BMW K1600GTL it had 11,000 km on the clock, 1 year of waranty and around $10,000 cheaper than new.
after a year and a half the crappy gear box that no matter how hard you tried just never shifted without a clunk or the lower speed clunk when going on and of the throttle in traffic was getting to me.
dont get me wrong on the open road and in the twisty's this bike kicked ass it had all the bells and whistles you could ever want but when it came down to the every day parts of bike riding it was a dissapointment.
3 weeks ago my wife had just brought a new Honda F6C Valkyrie and unfotunatly for my wife it was a very wet and heavy rain on the pick up day needless to say i wasnt comfortable with her taking a new to her bike home in these conditions as her last ride was a fairly small bike in comparison. so i had the pleasure of getting to ride it home WOW what a fantastic Bike all the basics were perfect gear change, low speed in traffic handleing and comfort it was just a plessure to ride home i actually felt jealous.
any way we went for a ride that weekend and riding my BMW i was even more pissed off that such an expensive bike could have all the basics so wrong.
when my wife had to drop her bike at the dealers for the 1,000km check there just happend to be a 2013 Black F6B sitting there with only 2,000km on the clock so needless to say i went for a test ride came back and did the deal this bike is a great allrounder plenty of power, all day comfy and it changes gears like a bike should.
My only regret is i did not buy one two years ago.
I joined on this site just over two years ago trying to get all the good info on this great looking Bike i had spotted (the F6B).
the bike i had at the time was a suzuki M109R a great bike but i felt it just didn't suit my needs thats when i started looking.
after looking, reading and test riding a few bikes i stumbled across a second hand BMW K1600GTL it had 11,000 km on the clock, 1 year of waranty and around $10,000 cheaper than new.
after a year and a half the crappy gear box that no matter how hard you tried just never shifted without a clunk or the lower speed clunk when going on and of the throttle in traffic was getting to me.
dont get me wrong on the open road and in the twisty's this bike kicked ass it had all the bells and whistles you could ever want but when it came down to the every day parts of bike riding it was a dissapointment.
3 weeks ago my wife had just brought a new Honda F6C Valkyrie and unfotunatly for my wife it was a very wet and heavy rain on the pick up day needless to say i wasnt comfortable with her taking a new to her bike home in these conditions as her last ride was a fairly small bike in comparison. so i had the pleasure of getting to ride it home WOW what a fantastic Bike all the basics were perfect gear change, low speed in traffic handleing and comfort it was just a plessure to ride home i actually felt jealous.
any way we went for a ride that weekend and riding my BMW i was even more pissed off that such an expensive bike could have all the basics so wrong.
when my wife had to drop her bike at the dealers for the 1,000km check there just happend to be a 2013 Black F6B sitting there with only 2,000km on the clock so needless to say i went for a test ride came back and did the deal this bike is a great allrounder plenty of power, all day comfy and it changes gears like a bike should.
My only regret is i did not buy one two years ago.