Originally Posted By: CT8
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
If you have not ridden in a while get something smaller and lighter rather than big and heavy.
I am too stupid /old at 62 to buy a new motorcycle
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Suzuki gsx-s 1000 about 469 lbs, Harley Sportster 562 lbs. 426 dry lbs. Kawasaki Ninja 300 385 wet. KTM 1290 416 lbs dry. All seem heavy.
I'd get something with ABS, I watched a guy go down in front of me just braking normally, but in the middle of the road on the greasy strip... I'm sure he knew better, and he must've panicked for a second and didn't let off the front brake, and down he went.
And get some good riding gear and good tires, you really want to make riding as idiot proof as possible.
Originally Posted By: CT8
The 1000 has close to triple the hp and everything else better but the 4 cyls are so steril. Smooth powerful and blah. Though it is priced right.
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Originally Posted By: CT8
The 1000 has close to triple the hp and everything else better but the 4 cyls are so steril. Smooth powerful and blah. Though it is priced right.
Originally Posted By: Studebaker
Originally Posted By: Robenstein
Originally Posted By: Studebaker
Get a Ural
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Well if money is not too limited then, just get one of the upright position travel enduro's (or Adv's sometimes called). Yamaha Super Tenere 1200, Kawasaki Versys 1000, Aprilia Caponard 1200, Triumph Explorer 1200, Triumph Tiger 800, BMW S1000XR, KTM Adv 1190, KTM Super Adv 1290, Ducati Multistrada 1200.
Of all the above, CT8, and based on your posts here I think the BMW S1000XR is the one for you... inline 4 but far from boring !!
You can have a lot of fun with any of the above.
Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Well if money is not too limited then, just get one of the upright position travel enduro's (or Adv's sometimes called). Yamaha Super Tenere 1200, Kawasaki Versys 1000, Aprilia Caponard 1200, Triumph Explorer 1200, Triumph Tiger 800, BMW S1000XR, KTM Adv 1190, KTM Super Adv 1290, Ducati Multistrada 1200.
Of all the above, CT8, and based on your posts here I think the BMW S1000XR is the one for you... inline 4 but far from boring !!
You can have a lot of fun with any of the above.
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Okay, one more try... BMW K1300S. Sport w/ low maintenance shaft drive. Bar risers and touring bars optionally available to get you off your wrists, along with available hard bags add up to tourability. 175hp inline four.
Just a touch off topic. I've ridden the Zero SR electric motorcycle with the big battery. That thing is FUN, FUN, FUN. It's fast and ultra responsive. It's everything a toy should be.
It's limited range is not so limited either. 150 miles is possible around town. Or exactly the same number of miles my SV1000s goes on a tank.
And, it's just as fast as my SV1000s is also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YIEVdFt0OE
CT8,
I've been riding for over 45 years(have five bikes in my garage) and I don't like to ride in the city(Sacramento,CA) but I do have fun on the back roads all over the west. If you havn't been on a bike for a few years, I'd go with smaller rather than bigger(more power). ABS is a must for a new rider, at our age we don't heal up like we did when we were twenty. A 300 to 650 cc(no 600cc bikes like a R6) bike will be enough to get you back into riding shape and let you know if you want more. You can get into trouble on a high powered bike in a lot less time than on a smaller bike(think less than 5 seconds from a dead stop). Life is short, but riding can shorten it by a lot even if YOU don't do anything wrong. Cages like to turn left(and other things) in front of you and make you a hood ornament. Lost more than one friend that way.
Good luck on your search,
ROD
Get one! You only live once.
I had a regular customer who was approaching 90 and frail. He looked longingly at my bike every time he came in. He always told me that he had wanted a bike but for one reason or another never got one.
Don't end up like that! I felt very bad for him since he really was not in the shape to ride at that point.
Get it but take course to refresh your skills. Good luck and Happy Trails
Originally Posted By: Cujet
Just a touch off topic. I've ridden the Zero SR electric motorcycle with the big battery. That thing is FUN, FUN, FUN. It's fast and ultra responsive. It's everything a toy should be.
It's limited range is not so limited either. 150 miles is possible around town. Or exactly the same number of miles my SV1000s goes on a tank.
And, it's just as fast as my SV1000s is also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YIEVdFt0OE
Originally Posted By: CT8
Seems like riding a 4 cyl inline M/S smooth powerful and no personality.
If you want something flat track like you might take a look at Ducati Flat Track Pro
62 is a perfect time to buy a motorcycle. You're old enough to have some common sense and young enough to enjoy the [censored] out it! Ted Simon (author of Jupiters Travels and Dreaming of Jupiter) rode around the world for the second time at the age of 70!
go for it. 
I read your original post, and it's hard to know exactly what feel will appeal to you, but the Ducati Scrambler someone posted seems like a good bet. As does the Yamaha FZ07. I'd guess there are a lot of bikes on the market now you'd enjoy.
There is a whole slew of retro Triumphs coming out. Maybe take a look at a Bonneville.
The Moto Guzzi's are rather interesting and good little Italian bikes if you are in for something different.
If cruisers are your thing, maybe the new Indian Scout
I read you didn't like the adventure bikes, but if you're open to riding one, the Tiger 800 is one great street bike. Also, I agree the Triumph classic line is a bunch of great looking bikes. They've just updated the line. The Thruxton R is one fantastic looking bike in my book. I've got a bunch of my spine fused (non-motorcycle related to all those who are afraid of motorcycles! ;-) ) and the position of the cafe racers and road racers just doesn't work for me anymore. 
Also, I agree the Triumph classic line is a bunch of great looking bikes. They've just updated the line. The Thruxton R is one fantastic looking bike in my book. I've got a bunch of my spine fused (non-motorcycle related to all those who are afraid of motorcycles! ;-) ) and the position of the cafe racers and road racers just doesn't work for me anymore.