What is going to be your next bike?

fnfalman · 11-25-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

I've never even sat on a BMW so I have no frame of reference. I just know it looks bad ass.

I had a chance to help an acquaintance breaking his in. The HP2 Sport is well balanced unlike most of the other boxer twins and pretty low to the ground. I hate the hump-the-football riding position on sport bikes in general, but I can almost live with the HP2 Sport.

Would I buy one? No. Not while it still have the shaft drive. That flat twin in that state of tune may be down a hair on power, but it has so much torque that you can race on 3rd gear. The handling is superb and so is the fuel injection. But that shaft drive just took the fun out of this bike.

PhiSig1071 · 11-25-2008, 06:45 PM

Was there a lot of shaft torque effect on the bike?

rider76 · 11-25-2008, 06:50 PM

Gonna sell the 1000 in the spring... seriously considering a cruiser.. I have really gotten into the long distance riding...

Mr Lefty · 11-25-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rider76

Gonna sell the 1000 in the spring... seriously considering a cruiser.. I have really gotten into the long distance riding...

have you looked into a sport tourer? or you just done with the sport thing? what long distance stuff have ya done?

rider76 · 11-25-2008, 07:18 PM

I am still kicking around the sport tourer... Still like the sportbikes, love the raw power!!! Its just that all the aches and pains, surgeries and assorted other metal that body now has.... make the riding postion difficult to handle for more that 30 minutes. I love to ride but hate the pain, so looking for something more comfortable.

I rode to the UP of Michigan in October, with two guys I work with at the TSA.. Very nice unpopulated area.... logged about 1900 miles in 5 days.. It was on that trip that I decided the GSXR must go.

Ol' Man Rider · 12-10-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rider76

I am still kicking around the sport tourer... Still like the sportbikes, love the raw power!!! Its just that all the aches and pains, surgeries and assorted other metal that body now has.... make the riding postion difficult to handle for more that 30 minutes. I love to ride but hate the pain, so looking for something more comfortable.

I rode to the UP of Michigan in October, with two guys I work with at the TSA.. Very nice unpopulated area.... logged about 1900 miles in 5 days.. It was on that trip that I decided the GSXR must go.

Rent a Busa for a trip and see if that will fit the bill. More than enough raw power and still nimble enough to get through winding roads, but stable and comfortable enough for moderate touring.

Archren · 12-10-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ol' Man Rider

Rent a Busa for a trip and see if that will fit the bill. More than enough raw power and still nimble enough to get through winding roads, but stable and comfortable enough for moderate touring.

Quoted for truth. G-Rex has 50k miles on his Busa from touring on it.

5500 miles of which I was on the back.

11-25-2008, 06:45 PM	#2
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	Was there a lot of shaft torque effect on the bike? __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem

11-25-2008, 06:50 PM	#3
rider76 Canyon Carver Join Date: May 2008 Location: St Louis Moto: looking for the next ride Posts: 448	Gonna sell the 1000 in the spring... seriously considering a cruiser.. I have really gotten into the long distance riding...

11-25-2008, 07:18 PM	#5
rider76 Canyon Carver Join Date: May 2008 Location: St Louis Moto: looking for the next ride Posts: 448	I am still kicking around the sport tourer... Still like the sportbikes, love the raw power!!! Its just that all the aches and pains, surgeries and assorted other metal that body now has.... make the riding postion difficult to handle for more that 30 minutes. I love to ride but hate the pain, so looking for something more comfortable. I rode to the UP of Michigan in October, with two guys I work with at the TSA.. Very nice unpopulated area.... logged about 1900 miles in 5 days.. It was on that trip that I decided the GSXR must go.