09-30-2008, 06:13 PM | #81 | |
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09-30-2008, 06:38 PM | #82 | |
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I've ridden a lot of bikes. Some of them were miserable after 15 minutes- like the SV650S. It positively killed my back over a 20-25 minute demo, and the gauge positioning sucks. The R6 wasn't quite as bad on my back, but worse on the neck- the engine was fun though. The RSV1000R is one of the sexiest bikes ever, but was a bitch to turn into a parking lot. The B-King is a complete hooligan bike, but is ridiculously wide, and hideous.
Point is, there are things I can live with in a bike, and things I can't. UGLY is not something I can live with. Neither is looking at the front tire to see my tach/speedo, or shooting pain in my back/neck, or having my knees three feet apart, or having something jab into my thigh every time I move, or not being able to make a tight low speed turn.
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09-30-2008, 07:19 PM | #84 | |
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09-30-2008, 10:58 PM | #85 | |
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10-01-2008, 12:14 AM | #86 |
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The tester owned his 1098 and had ridden it at that track many times. So we can assume he had set up the suspension correctly. But going the same speed as the Duc with only half the effort on the CBR would make me buy an RR if I was going racing. The magazine said the RR was soft below 4K, but that's where I do a lot of riding.
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10-01-2008, 12:49 AM | #87 |
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The 1000RR is the bike to beat now.
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10-01-2008, 01:16 AM | #88 | |
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10-02-2008, 08:19 PM | #89 |
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Big Zuk fan here. Ill wait on some real changes and improvements before I buy another one.
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