Ok, I’ve been biking for over 30 years but for the last decade or so I’ve solely been restoring and riding old shit, so I’m out of the loop on anything that doesn’t have a carburettor or wasn’t manufactured when the Soviet Union was still a thing...
Basically I’m going to need to start commuting again. It’s only a few days a week and 30 mins away in the car, but a bike would be quicker and easier as the parking situation is shit there.
So, I’m looking for a fairly new, used and sub £5k commuter bike, naked as I hate fairings, vaguely retro but reliable. Ideally I’d go for a Ducati Monster as it’s one of the few modern bikes I’ve always wanted, but y’know, I did say reliable.
I was looking at the Triumph 400s, but no idea what they’re like for reliability now as my Triumphs were all made by Coventry communists in the 1970s.
Any recommendations?