Having owned and toured on a 82-650. I did a couple 1000 miles over 5 days. The last being a 590 mile day. I have to say the seat on the 650 was more comfortable than the Corbin on my 96/750 and equal to my Russell Day-Long on my ST1100. However, depending on how long your commute I'd say the 90's 750 is a better commuting bike. The extra power and higher is really nice - I'm 6'3" / 200lbs.
Having said that, if I had a long commute the ST would be a dream, so if you have more highway miles no question the PC800 would be the ticket. Nice and comfortable, plenty of power and lots of storage. I think the Honda NT700 is probably the dream commute bike. Lots of storage, good power but not too heavy (ST would be really heavy if I had to deal with bumper to bumper). I think the NT700 would be a great touring bike as well. A little underpowered for a long tour but for a weekend get away bike that you also use as a commuter ideal. Sean On Sunday, October 6, 2013 2:07:03 AM UTC-10, Allen wrote: > > Sweet, as far as I'm conserned the 83-85 650 is the perfect commuter. The > only bike I would rank higher would be th PC800 because of that massive > trunk. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: David R <mnda...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > Sender: nighthaw...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 23:59:38 > To: <nighthaw...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > Reply-To: nighthaw...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Parts? > > It's a 1983...the same model I had but red this time. I've been doing a > lot of reading online regarding maintenance of long term stored bikes, and > you echo the things I've read but I thank you for your response and > guidance. You know, I started out looking for a smaller, quieter commuter > bike. Not really this particular bike, but couldn't pass it up! I don't > go far, but I feel guilty starting up a rather noisy Harley at 0530. > Looked on Craigslist and found a few Nighthawks locally but they were > overpriced and had either mechanical or cosmetic deficiencies. Googling > brought me a FLAWLESS bike with less than 5000 actual miles. Price: 1500. > I'm no expert for sure, but I think I did ok. It's out-of-state so I need > transport door to door. A trusted friend on the east coast is taking it to > a Honda mechanic buddy to do the needed work prior to shipping. It gets to > me-it'll be ready to go! Still a little riding time before the snow flies! > Excited! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_love...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to > nighthaw...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
