cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/48386038

Reccommendations

I’ve been riding my 125 on a CBT for 3.5 years now just for fun (I have a car I use for work).

I’ve decided I want to ‘level up’ and have my full licence booked in for next week (second attempt).

So (assuming I pass this time) what recommendations do people have for a good quality commuter bike?

60 mile round trip including the m5 into Birmingham and I need space to carry at minimum a laptop plus bits and prices in case it chucks it down and I need spare clothes for work. Not fussed about top speed or name recognition etc etc, this is just a tool.

Gonna keep the 125 for town riding local to me and I have a 350 Norton from 1961 I’m gonna use for weekends and fun.

Suggestions please!

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Hard no on 2000+ BMWs, they are mortgages.

    NC700s last forever, have built in storage. It’s an automotive engine derived from a Honda Fit, valve clearance intervals of 50,000 miles.

    • Dingaling@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      NC7s a good pick.

      But don’t blur all 2k+ beemers into the same group. I had a 2004 GS for a good few year - my first proper bike. Not as solid as the CB or NCs that’s true, but that big solid boxer engine is lovely and a superb motorway cruiser. The 04’s were the last of the oilheads, widely considered the most reliable engines, But even then, BMW were over-complicating shit, and it’s much worse now.