prob gsxr 600 unless I can find an older model grand. fuckin insurance.

Busa dreams will have to wait:dthumb:

rumor has it they wanted to make the new max a chain drive, but the faithfuls voted it down in yami's focus groups. also, its limited to 138mph. wtf? 200hp, cut off/electronically limited to under 140mph.

Nothing a tuner shouldnt be able to fix.

Zuk = Sexy

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...158286-800.jpg

true, but still seems kinda low.

cycleworld test says it came in at 137 thru the 1/4mi bone stock-so for the guy who would just lower and put a sticky tire on the back and go racing, now he has to spend some money for some black box shenanigans, or deal with hittin the limiter at 1000ft. unless its like the old skool gsxr1100's where there was that lil wire on the ignition u could snip to unleash its full power. but i doubt it.

I've heard that too. I get it...you gotta build the bike the customer wants to buy.

The damn drive line lashing is the killjoy. It may be fine on a touring bike, or if pushing it, a sport touring bike since that most Beemers are fairly sporty in the handling department. But for a true sport bike? It sucks. It's herky jerky, and heaven helps you if you don't blip the throttle right on the downshift. Talking about rear tire locking up. :panic:

That HP2 Sport is a hell of a bike considering that it runs on an aircooled twin AND funky shocks AND shaft drive. But if they were just to eliminate the shaft drive, I can deal with the funky shocks since that I've been riding these Telever/Paralever suspension for several years and get used to the vague feedbacks already. However, knowing BMW, they'd probably did this model as a statement - See what our engineers can do with a bike that is not a true sport bike design.

I've only rode one shaft drive bike....when I was first learning. I didn't know enough about bikes to tell any difference.

prolly an Rc51 then a Goldwing w/ an aribag just to tell people it has an airbag

lol

I know it's only been a month since the wreck, but after much deliberation, there probably wont be another bike. :sorry:

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:no:

Boooooooooooooooooooooo!

well that sucks... but I'd keep your mind open for a bit longer... but I can understand you've obviously got other people to think about... hope you stick around regardless... and hope to still see ya in Indy

OHHH what a pussy! :lol:


I had 2 bad ones this year...i was riding 4 weeks later WITH a cast on...Maybe you should get a job at Bed Bath and Beyond....Mary

Check and Check!

go track days only.....

Understand and think you have a ginormous gaping vagina... Given your history, I'm betting you'll be back on two... prolly in the dirt, but whatever... bikes is bikes... you can't live without them... I promise.

you can.


just not happily:dthumb:

no he was right... you can't LIVE with a bike... you can, however, survive.

life without a bike isnt living, its merely existing with no purpose. I could NOT live without a motorcycle, I just couldnt do it. I'd literally lose my mind and die.

you lost me.

korea's got you all fucked up lol ya typo havin mofo

rider-
seriously tho, track days, trail riding-way less chances of some outside source(cager, gravel, oil in the road, deer) of taking you out, and you still get your bike fix.

ive been at the point were you're at, and the best advice i can say is go thru with it and give it up. wait (if you can) 6months to a year and rent or demo a bike and see if you really do miss it. chances are, after the first 5 rusty minutes, you will notice that you miss it way more than you were aware of. then, the next day, after all the initial excitement has worn off, but the feeling remains, you can make a gd decision on whether you truly feel its best to give it up. maybe it is, maybe it isnt

like bikerbob said... you're not really LIVING when you don't have a bike... you're mearly existing.

you say that cuz you're a rider. i got friends that are hardcore rock climbers, to them, really living is hangin off the side off a mountain. know what i mean? me personally, im not a rider. i love it, and the only days i dont ride even alil are the days i dont bother coming out the house lol-but im a racer. thats when I feel im really living, at the track. i'd sell my streetbike if i for some reason could only have one bike.


and anyway, i ended with him being able to make the best decision. guessing he's a husband, a father, uncle, etc. maybe he's decided that he not ok with what the rest of his family would be put thru, and what he would be missing out on(kids growin up, grand kids, etc) if on the unlikely chance that something fatal happened. so he's sacrificing his own enjoyment for them. thats pretty fuckin noble. i'll never stop racing, aslong as i can afford it, but i'll probably scale back my street riding for a few years (2-4) once im married and the wife gets knocked up. i'd hate for my kid to grow up without atleast a memory of me because some dumb bitch took me out as she was textin her bff ya know?

:2cents:

but back to the topic question- 2002 busa :dthumb:

I agree 100%... but I was talking to Rider.... who by name is a rider...

Hey guys, it's not that I dont want to ride anymore or afraid to. I just have other priorities in my life. MY kids are getting older and want to spend more time with me. I feel selfish having $10K tied up in a bike that only I get to use. I'm taking that money from the insurance company and I am spending it on something for the entire family. Keeping a small amount to buy more hunting rifles and a bass guitar. The rest... Possibly a hot tube and finishing the wet bar in my basement. I'll eventually be back on 2 but probably just on dirt to ride with my son.

Bass for you or the kid? I played bass for 10 years before I started playing drums.

I've got this bad boy. It's a killer bass. ESP F-204 with active EMG pickups.

http://b3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/0...96299473_l.jpg

For me. I'm giving my guitar to my son.

I've seen your bass before. The F series basses are sweet.

For live stuff they are awesome. Play nice, have nice punch. For recording I'd always wanted a nice passive bass....but never had one. Still dont.

thats what i was trying to get at ebbs, i think u missed the point cuz i explained it all fucked up

never even thought about it like that-gd for u man

ahh yeah... I didn't get that from your explination :lol:

I love all the 6R Talk in this thread.

I just got my Kawi so A new bike isnt in the picture Yet...But Maybe when I get tired fo this one Ill get the New 10...It's SEXY

Are you high?

Nope./..Just one fo the FEW who can see past the initial Shock of the Design.

I Like the Ugly Duckling look.

Plus it performs Wonderfully.

Ill give you that. Beyond that, I still think its hideous.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder :idk:

Who cares how it looks...Its a Monster of a Bike. And Its Honestly Not that bad...At least in my Eyes.

Fair enough. Unless the new models look better in person, Im not a huge fan of any of the liter bikes. I dont like the front of the zx10, the rear of the r1, the side fairings and colors of the gsxr or the front of the cbr1k. Good thing Im not shopping for an 09 liter.

Your telling me...You should buy each one and make your own Liter bike with your Favorite Parts!!

Wrong. I saw one the other day...ugly as all hell.

When/If I get another bike, it'll be a Speed Triple in white please :drool:

White bikes are so fucking hot!

Now we're on to something.

BEER HOLDER....

Beauty is in the eye of the BEER holder


and the ZX10R is like 4 kegs ugly

Those triples are badass. Here's one of my previous bikes (If you like white)

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/100_0711.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/100_0715.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/100_0707.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/100_0710.jpg

I wish the timing would have been a little different, cuz if it was, that bike would be in my driveway right now.

I still know where to find it

Now if I can figure out where to find some money, Im set.

I seem to have a problem with my money keeping up with my wants.:idk:

I know that feeling. Im not broke, but dont have anywhere near what I need to get all the things I want.

And I don't even have extravagant wants :lol:

I'm not find of faired bikes, but damn, that's one sexy bike! :drool:

And yes, I love white bikes with a black frame! ;)

Gixxer 750 most likely...........I've always liked the 04/05 the best, but I'm getting sick of used bikes so I'll probably just get a new one.

Actually I wish Kawi would make a new 750, but I doubt it'll ever happen.

848 FTW. :D

Edit: Forgot about the all caps post thing.

his was a bad ass white pearl too... :drool:

I agree. The white Triple is awesome. I know a guy with one. Killer machine.



So are these:

http://www.buell.com/_media/images/b...y_1125R_19.jpg

http://www.buell.com/_media/images/b...er_XB12R_7.jpg

It does grow on you after a while, I've been staring at them every day since June. The real kicker is when you ride one though. After taking one to lunch the other day and taking the long cut back :drool: The perfomance is there, that's for sure!! I haven't gotten to ride a new (08) R1 yet though, that's a beautiful bike I think! Haven't seen the 09 R1 in person yet, the jury's still out on the looks from what I've seen online. Can't tell if I like the lines yet.

i love the way it looks, specially with an M4 race can.

Some are. White R1s do it for me.

http://i8.tinypic.com/6jn1xra.jpg

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.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...S125photo1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...S125Photo2.jpg

:drool: Very nice. No excuse is right.. at least no GOOD excuse. :lol:

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).

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.

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.:idk:

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

:lol: 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 :D

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 ;)

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.

The Aprillias are more temperamental. At least they take a different sort of finagling than do the Yamis and Hondas. They also seem to have higher potential rewards, from what I've seen on the track. They all take someone who is willing to put in the work, on a daily basis.

What the hell. 2-strokes tuning is all black magic anyway.

Black magic... seriously...

it's like you need to pull the piston, it needs to be a medium mocha with a hint of caramel color, cloverleaf shaped burn marks, two shiny spots at 10 and 2, etc....

and what's funny is that what I just described is true :lol:

Unless you're running decaff, and then reading the plugs/piston seems to be a whole different deal :lol:

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. :dthumb: 5500 miles of which I was on the back. :D

I have the bike I want....the M109 is just awesome....but....I would love to have a big, nasty, naked streetfighter....no reason to have it other than hooligan-ism...but...I want it anyway...not as a replacement...but as an addition to the garage.

The new Ducati would be PERFECT.... *drool*

Dooooo eeeeeet... you know you wanna. :D

<----Bad Influence. :whistle:

That you are.... :lmao:

Kind of a dodgy economy to splurge.....I'll wait and see what the Spring brings.

It's not big, but it's definitely nasty and naked. Try out the Aprilia 5.5 SXV. If that mutha doesn't blow your mind, then I don't know what is.

If I get a chance to get a new bike anytime soon it will be the Street Triple :drool:

But that chance is slim, so I am hoping there will be more options when that time rolls around.

My next bike :drool:


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