After nearly three years of this cb300f I finally bought a new motorcycle. I’ve been test riding so many different bikes to get a feel for what I want and like. I checked out the Africa Twin, crf250 rally, CB1100, Indian Scout, Indian Dark Horse, Harley 48, Ducati Scrambler, Scrambler Cafe, and the Monster 797. I’m not a big sports bike fan, was never comfortable in that racing position.
I always preferred the standard seating position and naked bikes. The cruisers were too boring for me and I do like canyon carving so I ruled those out. Not a big Yamaha fan and the FZ’s are a dime a dozen in my area. So that ruled out the XSR. The cafe racer was really cool but after 10 minutes with those clipons my back was done.
The Africa twin was the nicest motorcycle I tested but being 5’6” I would never feel comfortable riding that thing around like I do my 300. Before I bought my 300 I wanted a Ducati Monster. I was a huuuuuge Monster fan but the newer models have lost the classic styling I think. They look too modern for me now. I fell in love with the Ducati Scramblers when they were released but I kind of just put them in the back of my mind and forgot they existed.
So I was looking at local Ducati listings on Craigslist and found an amazing deal on a new old stock 2016 flat track pro at a Ducati dealer 2 hours from me on Saturday and went for it. 🙂
I’m keeping my cb300f for now. So I’ll stick around for sure, but it feels good to finally move on to a real motorcycle.
I always preferred the standard seating position and naked bikes. The cruisers were too boring for me and I do like canyon carving so I ruled those out. Not a big Yamaha fan and the FZ’s are a dime a dozen in my area. So that ruled out the XSR. The cafe racer was really cool but after 10 minutes with those clipons my back was done.
The Africa twin was the nicest motorcycle I tested but being 5’6” I would never feel comfortable riding that thing around like I do my 300. Before I bought my 300 I wanted a Ducati Monster. I was a huuuuuge Monster fan but the newer models have lost the classic styling I think. They look too modern for me now. I fell in love with the Ducati Scramblers when they were released but I kind of just put them in the back of my mind and forgot they existed.
So I was looking at local Ducati listings on Craigslist and found an amazing deal on a new old stock 2016 flat track pro at a Ducati dealer 2 hours from me on Saturday and went for it. 🙂
I’m keeping my cb300f for now. So I’ll stick around for sure, but it feels good to finally move on to a real motorcycle.