Falco v vfr800vtech v Fazer Thou Advice please

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sfoley1 · #91 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:04 pm

what's the Fazer like on MPG TwinNut?

D-Rider · #92 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:05 pm

sfoley1 wrote:
So, Saturday comes and hopefully I will have made a choice or at least dismissed the two and end up with a highly unsuitable Ducati!!

..... then why not a Falco ?!

sfoley1 · #93 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:20 pm

ha ha, good point.

TwinNut · #94 Post by **TwinNut** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:39 pm

sfoley1 · #95 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:40 pm

very droll sir

sfoley1 · #96 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:04 pm

40.41mpg. Not bad. But 15k miles will cost me about £1600 a year in fuel at current prices (98p litre), 19 ltrs and 200 miles on a CBF 47mpg and £1400 so, not much difference really. I wish Saturday would hurry up now so I can make my cocking mind up, will probably make it more of a dilemma though

D-Rider · #97 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:10 pm

sfoley1 wrote:
So, Saturday comes and hopefully I will have made a choice or at least dismissed the two and end up with a highly unsuitable Ducati!!

..... then why not a Falco ?!

sfoley1 · #98 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:45 pm

scared of going used again, fingers burnt too often. I can afford to go new now

D-Rider · #99 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:57 pm

Pete - Where's that Brand New Falco you said you knew about?

The answer to this could defeat the final protest!

MartDude · #100 Post by **MartDude** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:08 pm

If you hadn't just mentioned you can afford to buy new, I'd have said : Futura! Handles better , probably faster, looks better, more comfortable than a VFR and far classier than anything from Japan.

But I've said it anyway - just slipped out

sfoley1 · #101 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:14 pm

the test rides may have a say in it. Remember I have ridden a Falco, round a cash and carry car park. Surely that counts as a comprehensive test ride

TwinNut · #102 Post by **TwinNut** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:22 pm

HisNibbs · #103 Post by **HisNibbs** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:49 pm

Sfoley1 Just to add to your confusion....

Given what you've said so far I think you should consider a Guzzi.

Thet are realy well put together these days , shaft drive and a good all round machine. If I hadn't got the Falco I'd be tempted and ultimately, I may get one for touring to complement the Falco.

Aladinsaneuk · #104 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:42 pm

try an aprilia dealer, or former dealer in either preston or derby

sfoley1 · #105 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:24 pm

My uncle had a Moro guzzi a couple of years ago, loads of problems. Shaft drive is attractive though.
TwinNut- mpg calculator on interweb, I'm not an accountant, honest guv!

I'm also now going to book a test ride on a busa, gxr750 and a blackbird. The 750 is probably unsuitable but I've always fancied one