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[Gianna Edgcumbe]

What is the best mx bike

[Stretched@Birth]

39 minutes ago, Gianna Edgcumbe said:

What is the best mx bike

1st post on a cycling forum to ask What is the best mx bike...  Ok, I'll bite.  You are going to get a number of responses, based on each persons' opinion and personal experience.  

Based on results in the SA MX racing scene, it would be tough to argue that KTM is not the best, with championship wins in most of the contended classes for the past few years.

[Gianna Edgcumbe]

Oh ok

 

[Spokey]

On 11/10/2024 at 5:50 PM, Hairy said:

Did some sand training today ..... the normal and medium depth sand was "ok" ... the deeper sand kicked my ass!!!!

I really like the look of these bikes.

[Spokey]

I have several bikes that I am keen to add to my perhaps less than modest collection. I would welcome comments from you guys as to what you may think. I am totally out of the market for things like Honda CB 1100 RC/D etc and Aprilia RS250. 
I delayed on a Yamaha RD350 recently and now it is gone…….perhaps my moment has past.

Currently enquiries are in for a Ducati 748 in the striking yellow paint job to sit alongside the 749 Dark and gorgeous red 1098. 
Beyond that I am after a small Ducati Monster, 600 perhaps, perfectly formed and pretty.  A KTM 950/990 as not small and still perfectly formed. 
A Yamaha XT from 500 to 600 and even better a 750 twin.
An Aprilia RSV 1000 twin as not small, still perfectly formed and a gorgeous addition alongside the 1098 Ducati for modest cost.

Anyways, here is a pic of what may well be the Christmas present to my long suffering wife……..after all…….she did say the next bike must be a yellow Ducati…..this is the best I can do.

[Gianna Edgcumbe]

5 minutes ago, Spokey said:

I have several bikes that I am keen to add to my perhaps less than modest collection. I would welcome comments from you guys as to what you may think. I am totally out of the market for things like Honda CB 1100 RC/D etc and Aprilia RS250. 
I delayed on a Yamaha RD350 recently and now it is gone…….perhaps my moment has past.

Currently enquiries are in for a Ducati 748 in the striking yellow paint job to sit alongside the 749 Dark and gorgeous red 1098. 
Beyond that I am after a small Ducati Monster, 600 perhaps, perfectly formed and pretty.  A KTM 950/990 as not small and still perfectly formed. 
A Yamaha XT from 500 to 600 and even better a 750 twin.
An Aprilia RSV 1000 twin as not small, still perfectly formed and a gorgeous addition alongside the 1098 Ducati for modest cost.

Anyways, here is a pic of what may well be the Christmas present to my long suffering wife……..after all…….she did say the next bike must be a yellow Ducati…..this is the best I can do.

Is it a offrode bike

[Spokey]

11 minutes ago, Gianna Edgcumbe said:

Is it a offrode bike

Only if you run off the tar………

[Gianna Edgcumbe]

1 minute ago, Spokey said:

Only if you run off the tar………

Oh ok

[IceCreamMan]

1 hour ago, Spokey said:

I have several bikes that I am keen to add to my perhaps less than modest collection. I would welcome comments from you guys as to what you may think. I am totally out of the market for things like Honda CB 1100 RC/D etc and Aprilia RS250. 
I delayed on a Yamaha RD350 recently and now it is gone…….perhaps my moment has past.

Currently enquiries are in for a Ducati 748 in the striking yellow paint job to sit alongside the 749 Dark and gorgeous red 1098. 
Beyond that I am after a small Ducati Monster, 600 perhaps, perfectly formed and pretty.  A KTM 950/990 as not small and still perfectly formed. 
A Yamaha XT from 500 to 600 and even better a 750 twin.
An Aprilia RSV 1000 twin as not small, still perfectly formed and a gorgeous addition alongside the 1098 Ducati for modest cost.

Anyways, here is a pic of what may well be the Christmas present to my long suffering wife……..after all…….she did say the next bike must be a yellow Ducati…..this is the best I can do.

Gets my vote. I was seriously lusting after one a while ago and that subsided a bit but now it’s growing again. Grrrrrr. And it has to be yellow. Kind of told myself to hold off motorcycle purchases u til the new v2 street fighter is launched. We wait n see. 
 

there is an XT500 ,1979 model here on eBay. 11 grand and it’s done a total of 196 miles in its life . A short while ago there was a pristine silver 1979 model for 12 grand. Expensive bikes. 
 

nice present….jealous. 

Edited November 24 by IceCreamMan

[Spokey]

7 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said:

Gets my vote. I was seriously lusting after one a while ago and that subsided a bit but now it’s growing again. Grrrrrr. And it has to be yellow. Kind of told myself to hold off motorcycle purchases u til the new v2 street fighter is launched. We wait n see. 
 

there is an XT500 ,1979 model here on eBay. 11 grand and it’s done a total of 196 miles in its life . A short while ago there was a pristine silver 1979 model for 12 grand. Expensive bikes. 
 

nice present….jealous. 

Don’t be jealous, I just bought her a Giant Trance as she struggles with the little Titan hard tail. I am trying to get her into this MTB malarkey with some comfort, my old Titan was an interesting buy. I had a Soma steel hard tail  frame and bought a complete Titan with Shimano XT so I could remove that to my Soma and swapped out marginally lessor components to the Titan frame. The Giant full susser will be her  Christmas pressie……………the Ducati will be for me ha ha! 

[Spokey]

Yeah, that yellow 748 would look lekker in this short line up.

[Hairy]

Did any of you riff raff do the Toy Run today?

Went out for quick 400km loop to the Overberg Toy Run this morning.

What a great ride out vs the 10min blast in CT to the Killarney option.

 

 

[Spokey]

2 hours ago, Gianna Edgcumbe said:

Oh ok

Funny guy hey

[Gianna Edgcumbe]

9 hours ago, Spokey said:

Funny guy hey

No, very not 

[Andymann]

14 hours ago, Spokey said:

I have several bikes that I am keen to add to my perhaps less than modest collection. I would welcome comments from you guys as to what you may think. I am totally out of the market for things like Honda CB 1100 RC/D etc and Aprilia RS250. 
I delayed on a Yamaha RD350 recently and now it is gone…….perhaps my moment has past.

Currently enquiries are in for a Ducati 748 in the striking yellow paint job to sit alongside the 749 Dark and gorgeous red 1098. 
Beyond that I am after a small Ducati Monster, 600 perhaps, perfectly formed and pretty.  A KTM 950/990 as not small and still perfectly formed. 
A Yamaha XT from 500 to 600 and even better a 750 twin.
An Aprilia RSV 1000 twin as not small, still perfectly formed and a gorgeous addition alongside the 1098 Ducati for modest cost.

Anyways, here is a pic of what may well be the Christmas present to my long suffering wife……..after all…….she did say the next bike must be a yellow Ducati…..this is the best I can do.

My Brother in CT is selling his 748R and his 999R but both red unfortunately.....

And I recently started putting feelers out to sell my XTZ - After the recent Fairest Cape I just don't see myself doing another Rally and I really only bought it to ride with my Dad.  It's not the most desirable Tenere of the bunch but the XT/Thumper FB page where I put the ad had quite a few hits, just nothing concrete.  Time of the year I guess.....

 

[Hairy]

31 minutes ago, Andymann said:

My Brother in CT is selling his 748R and his 999R but both red unfortunately.....

And I recently started putting feelers out to sell my XTZ - After the recent Fairest Cape I just don't see myself doing another Rally and I really only bought it to ride with my Dad.  It's not the most desirable Tenere of the bunch but the XT/Thumper FB page where I put the ad had quite a few hits, just nothing concrete.  Time of the year I guess.....

 

Hang tough ... December bonus are coming up for a lot of people too