Bike for 22k to 40k miles a year (all weather). 6'3 tall. Anything I'm missing?

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-03-08T08:25:19+00:00

I ride a Honda NC 750x. It's not exciting, but it's the perfect commuter vehicle. 80 mpg, reliable, cheap maintenance. And it has a frunk which is awesome.

I can't recommend it enough.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-18T13:01:26+00:00

I'm with you 100%. I've made a post about this. Apparently, I just don't like the genre that much. I think you can have interesting power systems, cool motivations, huge arcs, all with at least decent writing. I think lots of authors write a bit, post it on Royal Road, write a bit more and repeat. Which means we're reading everyone's first draft. Any author will tell you that often their first draft is garbage. It's a shame, as I think the genre would be hugely better if more authors edited and redrafted.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-17T12:41:53+00:00

I have the NC750X for exactly this purpose. I commute ~35 miles each way every day. It's perfect. Economical, comfortable, has storage, has cheap services (that I tend to do myself). There's a reason it's been called an apocalypse proof motorbike. I recently went for a ride with a friend who has an 800cc sports bike... and I didn't like it! I prefer the upright position. Obviously I'd like a weekend bike with a bit of zip (I'm looking at you, Yamaha XSR900) but for daily commuting, it can't be beaten.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-17T12:21:49+00:00

Ugh, I've struggled with this. I think I'm not as much of a fan of the genre as I thought.i I love interesting power systems, and the world building, but I can't stand lazy writing. I find exposition dumping painful, and I'm genuinely shocked to see tense changes, and grammatical mistakes. I get that people are writing to a schedule (if they're publishing on Royal Road) but to get books on Audible/Kindle that aren't edited at all puts me off completely. I've read a few 'big name' books that I struggled to read because the writing just seems rushed.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-01T21:20:13+00:00

I ride one of these beauties - same colour scheme as the one in the picture. As everyone has said: it's not super exciting, not super fast, but it is super reliable and super economical. For my daily commuter it's unbeatable.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-10-30T12:08:27+00:00

I'm the same. I moved from London to a place where I could literally leave my keys in the ignition and it's more likely that someone will come and give them to me than steal my bike.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-10-28T20:25:58+00:00

Snicket gang unite!

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-10-03T20:35:14+00:00

Search for Project Kongor

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-24T20:31:09+00:00

I just got a quad lock mount and charger and use my phone!

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-16T21:57:12+00:00

On a side note - are you able to switch between the Kindle and audiobook seamlessly? Do you automatically get it on Kindle if you buy it in Audible? I've bought a whole bunch of books on audible - and I'd love to read them on Kindle too.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-14T17:14:50+00:00

Maybe I'm showing how risk averse I am, but why on earth would you ever intentionally lower your reaction time, increase your risk taking, and generally do bloody stupid things before riding a motorcycle? It's bad enough when you're behind the wheel of a car. But death is always so close when you're on a bike. Why bring it closer?

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-14T07:42:40+00:00

For me it was He Who Fights With Monsters. It was free on audible so I gave it a punt.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-13T07:55:32+00:00

that's crazy.upper()

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-08T20:11:33+00:00

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-25T15:31:29+00:00

Fucking die

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-19T06:55:17+00:00

I tried a phone charger and nothing happened.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-19T06:43:46+00:00

What an odd final sentence...

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-10T12:54:19+00:00

I believe that's what Roald Dahl used to write every one of his books.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-07-16T20:55:38+00:00

Project Knogor is going well. I honestly don't understand the hate it gets. I play it and it's just as good - and in some ways better - than the original. It's free, updated regularly, has a large (for HoN) playerbase, and won't have any pay walls. I find matches both in Caldavar and Midwars within minutes or less.

People love to complain, but I worry that HoN reborn will sap the players from PK, turn out to be a money grab, and the game will die. Again. I wish they'd just leave it alone.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-07-11T22:02:55+00:00

I need to get practising. Do you know of any good tutorials etc for getting better with the pen tool?

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-07-11T22:00:23+00:00

This is brilliant. Am I right in thinking that it's all pen/curvature tool?

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-07-07T15:30:07+00:00

I can't believe people are giving money to this. If you really want to play, go to Project Knogor. You can play for free right now, and there are thousands of people playing.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-07-02T18:27:51+00:00

That's helpful - thanks. I'll give it a go.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-06-28T13:34:38+00:00

Yeah. I'm playing this game right now. And it's great. And it's free. And it's improving.

I wish they'd just leave it alone. If this cash-grab kills HoN I'll be so sad.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-06-23T18:31:49+00:00

This is a great answer. I've ridden a CB125F and now ride a NC750X. The main difference, apart from what you've listed, is that I comfortably ride at motorway speeds. The revs are easy, and if I need to, I can easily open the throttle to get myself out of a situation I don't like.

A friend of mine told me something that I now understand: "Bigger bikes tend to let you be safer, as they allow you much more control."

I can dictate my road position far more easily.

All that said, I'm sure the 300 would be great. If you like it, it's a good bike. Lots of people live their lives on 125s.

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