I pay £90.00 a week for the use of a 2013 Honda NC 700 and to be honest it's a great work bike for round town. Tank storage is very handy, does 70mpg and reasonably nimble with enough of a lock to work your way through sitting traffic and tight spaces.
And also, I REEEEAAALLLY like the ABS, and believe me in London it gets used surprisingly often.
But it's still £90.00 per week. - which is a lot.
It also ties me exclusively to the firm, which i don't like as there are a few other opportunities out there which, were I not tied to the firm exclusively, may benefit me.
Most of the work I do is short traffic busting journeys - sub 10 miles.
It's volume as opposed to distance - again which I would aim to change to a degree.
So here's the rub.
I don't think a bike exists that would be the top candidate for distance work and also town work - So that accepted - which single bike simultaneously does the best in both catergories.
If I could, I would get the tourer for the distance and the 600cc for the city - but I can't - I need the best of both.
I have been riding for 25+ years on and off and I have been lucky enough to have owned many of the top sports bikes TL1000s, R1, FireBlade, Yamaha Exup, zzr1100's and a couple of hayabusa's - I aslo had a Suzuki BKing for a while - if any of you are familiar with that. Went to Paris for lunch one day on a whim. Superb.
But these bikers were all for SDP not for working.
When I worked as courier 10 years ago, I rented cb400, Kwaka 550, Honda (big red tank of bike cant remember the name - weighed a tonne.) and a Bros 650 (favourite) - they were all absolute bangers.
I am looking for bike with <20000 miles costing between 3700 - 5700.
Here's some links to ones I am looking at with the dealer I am going to deal with.
My favourites are the Diversion and the BMW R1150.
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-SUZUKI- ... ter-631066
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-BMW-K12 ... ter-614587
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-cars-ol ... ter-665378
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-cars-ol ... ter-683196
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-YAMAHA- ... ter-699206
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-SUZUKI- ... ter-660253
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-YAMAHA- ... ter-578899
http://www.somanybikes.com/used-BMW-R11 ... ter-654384
Ant thoughts or opinions would be welcomed.

