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Why do you ask? |
Cause Iam interested in purchasing a twin. With a budget of up to £8k, I have considered everything. The 996, 998, 749, 999. I was so anti 749 & 999 to begin with, but Iam starting to turn to the dark side. The 749, 999 look has started grow on me. Yeah, I have listened, and read the pros&cons of old and new, and also taken on board all the advice, (mostly from owners, mostly conflicting), but its hard enough to get a test ride on any of the said bikes, with 9 points on board, its virtually impossible, so anything I buy is gonna be a gamble. I may hate it (only ever ridden CBR600, R6, R1 & SP1 (loved).
I stumbled across the 996s Monster Mob one and it certainly does it for me. I think it looks the dogs in these colours. The asking price is £5499, which seems about right, with a bit knocked off, it’s a contender.
Moto-Rapido also have a 2005 749S, with a full termi 57mm system, that I really fancy, looks mint. Asking price is £8399. Yeah it is £3k more than the 996s, but if it falls within my budget I don’t care, I just want to enjoy what ever I buy.
One thing for sure, I keep being drawn to the 749, but not the 999? Prob because the R1 is good for that. The 749 just seems to scream ‘fun,fun,fun’ (even if I did slate it after my brief test ride)…..
Anyway, what is the worst thing that could happen? I buy the 749, I decide I don’t like, I sell it next month and lose 50%
What the heck, it’s only money…
[Edited on 13-2-2006 by RCA]