Hello

[Snev]

It's a rollercoaster, I have no shares but I do watch some prices and also I view the Bullion by post website daily... it shows the live Gold and Silver prices, I then play a little game of hunt the Silver on EBay, last night I found a bundle of 10x1oz Silver coins for £220, individually they are @ £44 to buy at current prices. A couple of friends have Crypto but that's all a mystery to me, one mate kept telling everyone he had @£300.000 worth when it was up at @ £50000 per Coin but rather than cash-in, he was waiting for it to hit £100.000 per coin but it then crashed back to £14.000..... It's all a Gamble though.. What Bike have you in mind ?

[Ninjachica]

It's probably 18 months away, but at the moment I'm considering a v-strom or a tiger.

Funny thing is, for sbout 10 years there was nothing i fancied. I only got the fazer because the price was right, but i haven't regretted it for a second.

[Snev]

V-Strom sounds good, a lot of bike for the money and plenty to choose from and it's a do it all bike so probably a worthy long term companion.... not convinced about Triumphs in general, keep hearing about problems !!!! Have you considered a R1200GS ?.. I'm saving for my next bike too as a replacement for the Z900, It's either a Hayabusa (not the latest one) or possibly the Suzuki GT1000, depending on what's available at the time.

[Ninjachica]

I'm not convinced that BMWs are worth the money (for me)

I can get everything i need in a cheaper bike. Days out, week touring. Don't need to be able to cross the steppes

Although i do quite fancy the Atlas mountains

[Snev]

That's what has put me off, Bike prices are going crazyI was looking at the Kawasaki SX.... £26000 !!! only paid £9000 for my MT09..... you could get 3 of them for that money... BMW's are basic equipped as standard and you can soon add many thousands.... That's why I won't be buying a BMW... the Suzuki V-Strom is a bargain new and even better second hand and just as capable whatever roads you ride.

[CantCorner]

With the shaft driven tourer market being limited and dreaming of an upgrade to the FJR , I looked at the BMW K1600GT until I saw the price .
I'll keep dreaming .

[Snev]

Hello again.... Those K1600's do depreciate quite a bit though, or so I've noticed !