Been looking for a light twin….

[Gorminrider]

The 400 and the 425 have kickstarts (and I am guessing, points too ) and that might be a plus for you.
Also, insurance.... where I live it takes a quantum leap at 401cc and that would make a 425 or a 450 a non-starter for me because a 650 or 750 costs the same insurance-wise.

[tkent02]

Kickstarters and points is good to know, I can go either way on them. I'll probably go with whichever one I find in decent condition first.

[dude99]

@Gorminrinder: also being at the mercy of ICBC I though I should share this with you. I'm not sure how it happened but my buddies GS425L is registered as only having 400cc, might be worth looking into how they register these things.... But our system of being displacment based is archaic anyways. A modern 400 sportsbike probably puts out the same or more than my GS750..... It should be based on stock acceleration figures.....

[dude99]

it's all about $25/year per bike, from the 200 to the 1100, size doesn't matter.

You have no idea how lucky you are.......

[dude99]

because that would be fair......

[gsgeezer]

two stroke?

[tkent02]

One of them is.

Love to find a two stroke street bike.

[dude99]

Two strokes are a hoot. I love my RD350LC

[gsgeezer]

a 500 two stroke twin is all u need!

[Gorminrider]

Why not base it on how many idiots crash each model?

I figure it's the idiots that HIT BIKES that determines the claims...and a bike that gets hit, gets replaced, a total loss, not fixed, and Harleys costalot.

[Gorminrider]

@Gorminrinder: also being at the mercy of ICBC I though I should share this with you. I'm not sure how it happened but my buddies GS425L is registered as only having 400cc, might be worth looking into how they register these things....

I've even seen bikes on CL that mention it as a "feature" and usually too, it is the 425's and 450 Suzukis that figure this way.
It's weird because on the other hand, I've looked at bikes where the seller really believed he had a 450 despite the square cam-covers and the "GSX40" stamped on the engine.

[tkent02]

Not an insurance thread. Size doesn' matter for that. Looking for info on the bikes themselves. 400, 425, 450, similar bikes.

Thanks!

[Gorminrider]

Some types of idiots on some types of bikes get hit a lot more often than others.

My guess is old farts on 30 year old motorcycles don't get hit much at all.

You'd be right. Old folks out for a 6 AM Sunday morning ramble on their Velocette with a side-car don't figure as a traffic statistic...But I bet they still keep keep their pacemakers tuned for the halfwit in a car that's bound to make a lunge for them.

[tkent02]

Lunges I see coming. Most of us do that have been riding for decades. Ain't worried about any lunges, and the lunges are similar on a 400, a 425 or a 450 anyway.

Now back to the 400 - 425- 450 thing please?

[BigD_83]

With your bike (fixing) skills, how could you wrong with any of the models?