What is going to be your next bike?

[Archren]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

This one is mine. There are many like it, but this one is mine. And I guess I will have no excuse not to go to the track in 2009.

Very nice. No excuse is right.. at least no GOOD excuse.

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by Archren

Very nice. No excuse is right.. at least no GOOD excuse.

Unfortunately I will have to wait until after January for delivery. AF1 Racing is waiting for some performance goodies from Europe (a better exhaust system than the Arrow and different wiring harnesses for lights to make it street legal).

[Homeslice]

Street legal? I could see doing that if you lived only a few miles from Palomar.......If not, the ride TO Palomar would suck on a 125.

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Street legal? I could see doing that if you lived only a few miles from Palomar.......If not, the ride TO Palomar would suck on a 125.

It'll go close to 100. No worse than the Ninjette, except handles a lot better.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

This one is mine. There are many like it, but this one is mine. And I guess I will have no excuse not to go to the track in 2009

If you wanted a 125 2-stroke track bike you just wasted a big chunk of money, pal.

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

If you wanted a 125 2-stroke track bike you just wasted a big chunk of money, pal.

I've been wasting money since I began making money.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

If you wanted a 125 2-stroke track bike you just wasted a big chunk of money, pal.

And I'm sure you've ridden the Aprilia to know that, right?

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

I've been wasting money since I began making money.

that's fine, I would just suggest wasting it on something else for those purposes.

Originally Posted by marko138

And I'm sure you've ridden the Aprilia to know that, right?

I don't need to ride it. That aprilia is based off their euro street bike version. It's nothing to be interested in for track riding.

And I also don't need to ride it to know that:

Aprilia RS125: 28hp, 260lb

Honda RS125: 40hp, 160lb

That's a no-brainer.

My buddy just picked up one of the Hondas with a ton of spares, including cylinder heads and a bottom end, for 3k. I can't wait to ride it

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

that's fine, I would just suggest wasting it on something else for those purposes.

I don't need to ride it. That aprilia is based off their euro street bike version. It's nothing to be interested in for track riding.

And I also don't need to ride it to know that:

Aprilia RS125: 28hp, 260lb

Honda RS125: 40hp, 160lb

That's a no-brainer.

My buddy just picked up one of the Hondas with a ton of spares, including cylinder heads and a bottom end, for 3k. I can't wait to ride it

I've got a friend just outside Ottawa who has something like 8 RS125s and TZ125s that range from the early to mid 1990s in manufacture. He used to run a racing school up here.

The track only version of the Aprillia is a darned sight lighter and makes better horsepower

[ceo012384]

I still recall even the track-only aprilias needing a decent amount of work, both engine and weightsavings, to be competitive with the hondas and yamis, no?

And trying to get that street version ape competitive, well, you can just forget about it.