Currently have a Ninja 250 that I've been ripping around the city for the past year. I'm now at the point where I want to upgrade. I've gone on several demo rides including the Ducati Monster 696, Yamaha R6, Yamaha Fazer 800 & the FZ6R. All of them have their +'s and -'s and none of them perfect. I mostly commute around the city with very little highway (other then Deerfoot) driving.
I really liked the down low grunt & torque of the Duc, but really didn't like the naked feel of the bike. Wasn't a huge fan of the R6 or FZ6R due to the fact you have to really rev it get it moving. The Fazer was a nice bike, but again don't really want a naked bike.
After reading and watching MANY reviews on the web I believe I've narrowed my search to the following bikes:
1) SV650S
2) Kawi Ninja 650r
3) Honda VFR800
The problem is that no dealer will allow you to test ride new bikes and I find it hard to call up someone on Kijiji to take a test spin to see if it's the bike for me.
Here's the question, does anyone have one of these bikes that they can comment on and would someone like to go for a ride where we can trade rides for a bit to give me a feel for their bike (maybe there's a case of beer in it for you)?