Which "new" bike?

[pdxjim]

I had a 675 Daytona for a few years, and the triple power delivery is on of reasons I'm leaning toward the Yamaha triples as well

FJ is a little too big and fairing-y for my taste, but I know there are times I would really appreciate it.

MT10 and Tuono are likely out of budget.

I would be budgeting for a new shock and fork Revalve on the MT for sure.

Local yam dealer is doing demo rides today, so ima try to motivate over there in a bit.

[ajb]

Check out a Tuono. They're stupid fun.

Oh yeah, forgot about those.  Both the V2 and V4s are superb fun.  The V2 is quite reasonably priced.

Not sure what the parts availability is like in your area though, worth checking.

[Clem710]

Lots of good suggestions above, modernish triples def have their own good feel to them. I'll throw into the hat an old cheap ass ZX-6 or the always popular Vstrom, not sure if u can put SV suspension on an Strom but if so, thats well developed.  Pretty sure ppl were racing those FZ07s as well but havent been on the scene in a while.

I realize you mentioned "modern" but considering some older stuff, old Connies go real cheap here and go well and my ST1300 hauls the mail but are both pretty big, heavy and old at this point.  Hard bags FTW though, if you've never had em, well, you dont understand:)  Lots of vintage gold wings seem to be going for little money if want to go full size, younger guys have been bringing them around and they really are good bikes, def more touring tho.

[Nkreig]

XSR900 inline 3.  Should sound sweet with that 3, looks dope and #425 for a 900 should be flickable in the turns and smooth on the highway. A bit above your budget you listed tho.

[pdxjim]

XSR900 inline 3.  Should sound sweet with that 3, looks dope and #425 for a 900 should be flickable in the turns and smooth on the highway. A bit above your budget you listed tho.

Yup. They claim 414# and 117hp/69tq for the MT09.  Those are pretty rowdy numbers, and almost every review I've read mentions "wheelies".

[dugsgms]

May not be your cup of tea but I picked up a 20 Triumph Speed Twin a few months ago and am really enjoying it. A ton of torque, great handling, nice brakes and a seat/ergos good enough for all day rides. Really a great balance between sport and comfort with great styling to boot. Geared a bit low for long freeway rides but a absolute riot on twisty 2 lanes. I paid 9k for mine with 2500 miles on it, not the easiest bike to find used but they are out there.

[m in sc]

XSR900 inline 3.  Should sound sweet with that 3, looks dope and #425 for a 900 should be flickable in the turns and smooth on the highway. A bit above your budget you listed tho.

having have ridden both an xsr and a tracer, i can tell you the tracer is better in almost every way to live with. better power delivery, def more comfortable, etc. However, the xsr is a snotty hooligan bike that you -could- do longer rides on but .. well. and yes, they wheelie very, very easily. 

[pdxjim]

XSR900 inline 3.  Should sound sweet with that 3, looks dope and #425 for a 900 should be flickable in the turns and smooth on the highway. A bit above your budget you listed tho.

having have ridden both an xsr and a tracer, i can tell you the tracer is better in almost every way to live with. better power delivery, def more comfortable, etc. However, the xsr is a snotty hooligan bike that you -could- do longer rides on but .. well. and yes, they wheelie very, very easily.

XSR styling, especially the Daytona Special livery, is great, with the exception of that taillight.  XSR taillight looks like something  off my 75 RD350B I would have binned 30 years ago. 2016 speedblocks are ok too, but kinda played out in my mind.

Just popped a positive C19 test, so I skipped the demo rides yesterday. 

Gotta focus on capital acquisition before I worry about how to spend it anyway.

EDIT:
Actually, the taillight on the 21-22 models liiks WAY better, and just like what I would've replaced the the RD350B taillight with.  Also, the blue/yellow livery is sweet, and looks a lot like the 1989 RZ350F2

[busa1300]

If you like Yamaha, maybe you could dig up one of these....

[85RZwade]

I'm not seeing any bad choices here...I don't envy your decision, even if they are diesels. 

[rodneya]

Im not really a huge fan of electric bikes, but the Damon looks like it could be major fun with 200hp

https://damon.com/hypersport

[Djg8493]

All seem like great options.  I will say, I have had fun on the HyperStrada that I picked up last year for similar reasons.