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I've been looking around Motorcycle.com for a while and would love to get back on a motorcycle. When i was younger i rode a early 70s Honda 50 CL and a couple years later early 70's 100 CL on back woods trails. Unfortunately both are... well, long dead. I haven't ridden anything in 8 or 9 years.
I was looking around a bikes to get started with and found a couple bikes that I really like and was wondering if there were any opinions on them as starting bikes. Also, my other half is interested in learning how to ride so i would like to buy something she could start on as well.
The two bikes I've really been looking at were the Triumph Scrambler and the BMW F650 CS. I'm honestly not sure why the F650CS appeals to me so much, i do like the idea of buying the stereo tank bag for it at some point. I really do like the Scramblers Retro street Scrambler looks and all that jazz and I'm used to the ironing board seat after all those years with the old CLs.
I did notice something quite odd, the Scrambler with its 900cc twin makes less HP AND less torque than the 650 single? I honestly thought the Scrambler was going to be too much until i saw that. Honestly, did I miss something here?
Any other opinions would be great, just to give you an idea, we're both rather tall, I'm just over 6'1 and shes around 5'8 or 5'9 so seat height is not a huge problem.
I was looking around a bikes to get started with and found a couple bikes that I really like and was wondering if there were any opinions on them as starting bikes. Also, my other half is interested in learning how to ride so i would like to buy something she could start on as well.
The two bikes I've really been looking at were the Triumph Scrambler and the BMW F650 CS. I'm honestly not sure why the F650CS appeals to me so much, i do like the idea of buying the stereo tank bag for it at some point. I really do like the Scramblers Retro street Scrambler looks and all that jazz and I'm used to the ironing board seat after all those years with the old CLs.
I did notice something quite odd, the Scrambler with its 900cc twin makes less HP AND less torque than the 650 single? I honestly thought the Scrambler was going to be too much until i saw that. Honestly, did I miss something here?
Any other opinions would be great, just to give you an idea, we're both rather tall, I'm just over 6'1 and shes around 5'8 or 5'9 so seat height is not a huge problem.