I have only seen one cb650r on the road so far, even when it received quite a bit of hype.
its true. the brand name seems more important than a good bike. Esp with Ducatis and their old desmo tech, people are still buying them.

which model did you buy? I've been contemplating on getting the bosch battery tender.

Not out yet so hard to say. Generally its harder to get aftermarket parts vs japs.

my aprilia rims are taking their own sweet time to arrive. Month 7 now....
Parts depends on the community. Shiver has a good community, but any warranty, factory parts, will take quite a while. Even Europe buyers had to wait a few weeks to months to claim for defects.

I think most service shops are in Klang Valley only. 3S center is only in PJ, but there are local workshops that knows how to deal with aprilias. MGS Venture is in Penang that promoted servicing in the shiver group.

I have a 2011 Shiver 750. I hit a deep pothole and both rims were gone. Claiming insurance for it and original parts coming from Italy is only arriving this week. Sent into workshop in early October.
It is a good bike if you're considering it, plus price vs other bikes in the class is 4-5k cheaper.
Second hand parts availability is still okay (someone posted rims for sale a week or two after my incident), but original ones really do take a while.

They actually might. Mines just dented but I could still ride to the shoulder.
Some 2013s are going for 17-19k as well, all around. Minor oil leak would be a the rubber head gasket, just needs a change. Not normal haha!
That's fair, I will be steering clear of Aprilia next round too, mainly for the parts lead time. Not too sure how truimphs fare, might be better with their thai plant.

Odd, not too sure if there's a hole.
Ride to the emergency lane and stop to assess the dmg. The kapcai behind me that hit the pot hole unfortunately skidded and fell into the drain.

Yea, poor dude. Caused a mass gathering on the side as usual.

Ahh okay, I just saw it. Not too sure if the one on my bike is plugged, will check when i get it back. hmmmm.

you have until Oct so try again next week. JPJ one, try all three diff counters. Usually only counter 1 is full.

I need to renew my road tax too, aih.

I tried to do via mysikap, but it said that my insurance is expired... but I already renewed my insurance. Not sure if this will be an issue. I got a slot with the post office to renew next week.

If you are riding to PG, using NSE, then yes, ride a bigger bike will have less fatigue etc, because it is mainly a long mostly straight road, nothing technical, and you will be riding a fast bike fast.

But say if you are on track or you are doing twisties, you won't be using close to the max potential of a big bike if you don't have the experiece/scared of crashing an expensive bike/too overpowered for that purpose.
So it feels nicer riding a slow bike fast (pushing it to it's limits) vs riding a fast bike slow (maybe you don't even use anything above 3rd gear)

Normal one. I kena a few times already. If you enquire they expect you to take it that night itself. If not and it’s a high demand price and good price, it’ll be gone.

Once he couldn’t even wait from Wednesday to Saturday. 2 days only, gone

Where can we get front paddock stands? Can’t find one for less than 200

Anyone riding a ktm390 duke? Thinking to get one as it’s light and agile enough. Rode a shiver previously. Not sure if parts are hard to get here for ktm since the liquidation news is out.

Alternatives welcomed, budget 15-20k used. Out of the loop with bike news for a while.

Minor crash and got written off for the shiver. Just fork and radiator damage but parts were expensive, they didn’t wanna fix it. I can get another shiver but parts are ex and rare so I’ll skip getting another unit.

Reason why just a smaller bike is because I may want to allocate some funds for a sports bike for proper track riding and keep a lightweight but zippy bike for commutes (even maxi scooters is being considered at the moment).

Z650 will look into it. Ridden one before but it’s been ages since then.
MT07 holding its value too well, I don’t feel it’s worth the price tbh.
China options also in view, but I’ve lost touch so thanks for the reccs, will look into it.

Z800 too heavy, tried and tested. 650f is okay too, smth to explore. Xj6 price point is a bit high for the bike.

Any new launches on cafe racers/cruisers from the past 3 years worth looking at?
Was interested in the trident but seems like it’s rare on the used market.

Used would do. Saw them both, maybe not commute friendly after all haha

Duplicated

This post has been edited by jacktay94: Apr 17 2025, 08:21 PM

The old one. 2nd version.

Okay, if parts are fine then might go with it. How's reliability?