Without a doubt a challenging but an enjoyable process.
I kept an open mind considering many bikes, manufacturers, models, even the same models produced during different years taking into account reliability, fuel economy, seating positions, protection from the elements, luggage, engine size etc.etc.
The most important factor for me was offering reliability to my clients which was my main objective throughout setting up this business. There's not much point having a motorcycle that looks nice and sounds nice but can't deliver reliability day after day in all weathers. I needed to source a bike which had a proven track record.
It quickly became apparent that one bike was perfect for using as a medium to long distance courier motorcycle and ticked every box i required it to. Its a motorcycle i had always considered an 'old mans bike' but how wrong i was and i wished i had tried one years ago. The handling/power delivery is fantastic.
The bike i chose was a Honda Pan European ST1100 and came fitted with Abs and traction control as standard.
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Its comfortable, has full fairing, gives great fuel economy but most importantly offers legendary reliability. Perhaps the reason why most police forces and emergency services have used this exact model and some are still continuing to use them to this day. I can honestly say i have never failed as a motorcycle courier to deliver on time (touch wood) using this bike which i think is testament to Hondas awesome engineering. This motorcycle allows me to offer the most reliable motorcycle courier service available to my clients. Thank you Honda !
Take Care, Chris http://www.northamptonmotorcyclecouriers.co.uk/
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Chris,
ReplyDeletecouldn't agree more with you here. Everything you said about the bike is true and there is plenty of space on the bike for carrying clients packages in a secure and waterproof manner.
It's high time that Honda were petitioned to start producing the ST110 again instead of the new model I have read about of late.
The St1100 just keeps on going, my last one had 90K miles on when it got wrote off, but if you look after them 150K to 200K miles is not uncommon.
Cheers
Dave