After a 15 year hiatus, I have been back to motorcycling for just over a year now and put 9k miles on the Versys. I thought I would get over it but now I wanna keep riding, but would like to go for something else.
But the mission and the heart are in two different places.
The mission is a commuter bike - I generally ride to the metro train station every morning (7 miles away) and back in the evening. Occasionally ride to work downtown but not too often. I commute to different places which can be 3 - 30 miles away on weekends for something I do on the side. I rarely have the time to ride long distances, but I occasionally take a day to just go ride somewhere 2 - 3 hours away just for the fun of it.
The versys served me well for this and it has been an excellent machine. But it doesn't come with ABS - which has become sort of a requirement for me.
The machine that would fit this bill would be the NC700X DCT. But I haven't test ridden it. Looks great on paper and got raving reviews too. The price on the DCT is also 9k. By the time it is farkled with side bags and other items (which I may or may not need) it will be closer to the bike below...
The heart is on the Concours C-14. I rode it once and couldn't believe how smooth and comfortable it was. I was going 70 MPH and it didn't feel like I was going that fast at all. But it is big, gas mileage is not great, and seems like an overkill for just a commute.
Anyone been in this situation? What is your take on it?
But the mission and the heart are in two different places.
The mission is a commuter bike - I generally ride to the metro train station every morning (7 miles away) and back in the evening. Occasionally ride to work downtown but not too often. I commute to different places which can be 3 - 30 miles away on weekends for something I do on the side. I rarely have the time to ride long distances, but I occasionally take a day to just go ride somewhere 2 - 3 hours away just for the fun of it.
The versys served me well for this and it has been an excellent machine. But it doesn't come with ABS - which has become sort of a requirement for me.
The machine that would fit this bill would be the NC700X DCT. But I haven't test ridden it. Looks great on paper and got raving reviews too. The price on the DCT is also 9k. By the time it is farkled with side bags and other items (which I may or may not need) it will be closer to the bike below...
The heart is on the Concours C-14. I rode it once and couldn't believe how smooth and comfortable it was. I was going 70 MPH and it didn't feel like I was going that fast at all. But it is big, gas mileage is not great, and seems like an overkill for just a commute.
Anyone been in this situation? What is your take on it?