Bike before the MT09.....?

[TIM80]

Gixxer 600 K5

 

[Gruffalo]

FZ6


Still got the bike but nobody wants it with 144000km's on the clock

 

[El Bandito]

MT07 in the fastest Kenny Roberts colour.

 

[jp87]

MT09 2017 this is my first bike

 

[Morseman]

I started on an XVS650 Custom Dragstar trike last February, did the CBT and got a YRB125 which I let my lad have, but has now been stolen, then got an MT-07 Tracer in November 2016, did over 8,000 miles on that until a car pulled out across a junction right in front of me in March 2017 and I used the insurance money and traded up to the MT-09 Tracer.

 

[Cavetroll87]

the last bike I had before the MT09 was a zx6r, proper tricked out too, plus a winter hack of a cbf600

 

[Aden]

My first bike was a little Suzuki gn125h which I sold when I hit 10 000km as I felt ready for some more then I had a Honda cbr250r which I put about 13 000km on and unfortunately it got written off
My search began for another bike, rode a Honda cbr 600, then a triumph daytona 675 which I did not like. Bike less and my learners permit would soon be expired. A good friend lent me his bmw f800gs and I just fell in love with it! Got my license with it and put about 1000km on it. Then bought my own which I currently still have and have put about 20 000km on it. Spent lots on mods to make the bike up to what I wanted it to be. Still not there
But now I have a itch to sell it and get myself either a fz09/MT09 or fj09/MT09 tracer
I feel the fz calling me!

 

[Deleted member 1834]

cb1000r honda. brilliant bike

 

[MT-09-Amsterdam]

KTM 990 SM

KTM has much better brakes and suspension than the Yamaha, but safe some money for other things...

 

[kev]

Got it to replace my FZ6N, also had a MT-01

 

[Bookerman]

A year 2000 Fazer 600

 

[tony_d123]

2009 FZ1s.

The FZ1 took me all over Europe and has been a brilliant bike, which is why I hung on to it so long, but I took a test ride on a 2017 MT-09 and was hooked!

 

[clementdu]

Reading on another thread about people owning quite lively bikes before going onto the MT09....a friend of mine traded in a GSX 1000, I traded in my Suzuki GSR750, just wandering what other bikes came before the switch to the MT09...?

Ive got the honda nc 750 x. Not so lifely but a good commuter.

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[flying circus]

Traded in versys 650 grand tourer to help finance my Tracer. A brilliant bike but have never known a exiting parallel twin.
Also have a rv 200 vanvan, so happy to report both my Japanese bikes were built in Japan!

 

[Lozzo]

Had a huge variety of bikes over the past 38/39 years, from Fizzies and C90s to GSXR1000, Daytona 955i, Fireblade 929, ZZR1100s, RD400s etc. I race a CBR600F steelie and the roadbike directly before the MT-09 was a 2009 Kawasaki Versys ABS Tourer I bought new and did 40K miles on. I don't do the touring I used to do - racing took over from that - so I changed to a fun bike not a practical one. Having said that, I kept the Versys for 3 months after I bought the MT (and done 3000 miles) just in case I didn't like it and wanted to go back to a tourer.

 

[flying circus]

Lozzo love the c90 in the UK you really have at to have owned used a c50/70/90 before you can call yourself a biker, I passed my clipboard old style bike test on a c50 fitted with 70 head barrel and piston. Contrary to what some say the cub series are motorcycles not mopeds.
Versys 650 GT wins your respect but for me the parallel twin be it CD 175 / A65 / xtz1200 or any of the thousands of others simply cannot match a triple for awakening the sences.

 

[Littlebruv]

I p/x a Honda CBR600FAC for the 900 Tracer....The Honda was a nice bike with very little complaints but i'm more of a Yamaha person and the Tracer 900 was I wanted (even though with the rider seat and screen issues)
My first bike though was a Suzuki X7 which eventually was fully ported and tuned, just ran it in ready for a mad thrash before a "Sorry mate, didn't see you" smash completely wrecked it