get down to westgate rd in Newcastle they have a new 400 and a 650 burgman in to sit on!

bikerdezzie wrote:get down to westgate rd in Newcastle they have a new 400 and a 650 burgman in to sit on!

Cheers will do, any Yamaha dealers nearby?

Miseryguts wrote:Thanks Halfabusa
Most of my riding will be A roads with a 260 mile trip to our Caravan in Scotland 2 or 3 times a year
Anyone have a view as to which is the better suited to long distance/ motorway type riding.
Can you fit a top box to both scoots.
Are the stock screens ok or is the advise to get a taller one.

The Burger is generally thought to be the best tourer.
Mr Givi will supply a topbox for almost anything!!
Screens are incredibly personal - you'll have to buy your scoot and see how the stock screen works for you.

cant speak about the Yamaha but having owned a burgman and a piaggio xevo id take the piaggio every time ... and you will get a much better bike for the same money ,,, jap stuff carries a hefty unjustified premium.

You should be able to find a decent X8 400 or Xevo 400 for under two grand.

Must admit I never considered Piaggio assumed being Italian they would not be as reliable as the Jap scoots
Certainly food for thought.

Another option would be a used Kymco Downtown, I've seen them for just over two grand.
Or if you want to get exotic there's a Malaguti Madison 400 been on sale for a while which is well within your budget.

nice piaggio X-EVO400 for £2,500 under three years old just over 2thou on clock

ridinhigh wrote:nice piaggio X-EVO400 for £2,500 under three years old just over 2thou on clock

No doubt an excellent buy mate, but 500 over my max.

Hi Miseryguts and welcome!

This is a great website to see how you might 'fit' on the most popular motorbikes and Scoots:
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I did a quick search on Biketrader and came up with these in your 'area':
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There is a £2,295 2008 400cc SUZUKI AN BURGMAN that's done 12900 miles pretty close to you that you might be able to haggle down to £2,000?
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There's also a £2,000 2009 HONDA FJS 600cc "PAMPERED & FULLY SERVICED" by none other than our ZZG but it's done 50,000 miles - though still capable of another 100,000+ if looked after well... http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Silverwing is generally a reliable, well made and comfortable touring Scoot but quick research suggests that it does around 10-20 MPG less than the 400 Burgman.

Both these bikes have fab reputations and ideally you gotta test ride both!

Happy hunting!

P.S. In MY experience on this forum Burgman riders appear less 'cranky' than Silverwing riders!