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If you want to stay with a naked bike and upgrade, I'd say you should look for a V-twin Tuono. Some of those are creeping down into the low-$4k range, and the Rotax V60 is bulletproof.
I went and test rode this bike 2 weeks ago. It's in a little rougher shape than it looks like in the photos, but it's mechanically solid. I had thoughts of trading my Monster in if it was really good, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. It's geared like the superbike it's based on, and it needs to really wind up through the long gears to give you a good sensation that you're in the steep part of the powerband, but by that point you're doing 90 in 2nd gear. It didn't give the same savage-feeling shove that my 2-valve Monster has right at 5k RPM. If I'd gotten it, I'd immediately do -1/+2 on the sprockets, and replace the aggravating shorty levers, and then just ride the **** out of it. Price is dropped to $5k now; whoever buys it will get a lot of bike for the money.
Had a pretty good ride up highway 89 and 89A outside of Phoenix today through Prescott to Jerome and back. There was some event in Jerome, but I managed to dodge the majority of the traffic, and only got held up on 3 or 4 miles of the good stuff.
My neighbor just pulled a 1963 Honda CB160 out of this storage shed and declared he wanted to sell it. Said he last had it cranked about 3 years ago.
Asking 1k
My neighbor just pulled a 1963 Honda CB160 out of this storage shed and declared he wanted to sell it. Said he last had it cranked about 3 years ago.
Asking 1k
Gosh I had it's twin... Wished it was the 305 Scrambler [at the time].
2007 SV650, 36k miles. Has been dropped like 2 dozen times, but otherwise in decent shape. Put a new tire on it. Going to kill myself by riding it to nebraska in october.
SV650s are kind of like stock Miatas: you can flog the **** out of them and feel like you're getting everything they've got to give. And they're just fun.
I swapped the fork springs out for something that wouldn't bottom out under braking and just rode the **** out of mine. Even took it on a couple of road trips... but mine didn't have clip-ons...
Sv was perfect. I prefer 4 wheels, and the Miata is still faster but this thing is fun to cruise around on and my gf loves it. Something about vibrations?
best to swap to a GSXR front end and a zx10r rear shock. i did this about 6 years ago to my SV and still love the handling.
stock suspension is a soft wobbly mess.
That would be best. But not happening on this $1000 bike. I'll toss $100 of spring at it to make it not bottom out over pebbles in the road, but nothing more.
That would be best. But not happening on this $1000 bike. I'll toss $100 of spring at it to make it not bottom out over pebbles in the road, but nothing more.
Quality shock oil makes a world of difference, more than you'd think.
I am interested in the Ducati Monster 1200 R. Any other postings of these?
Missed this post.
I've ridden the S and it was absolutely completely epic. Can't go wrong with that bike. Amazing.
On the "city" map it felt like a big friendly toy. Smooth, still fast, fun. On the sport map it was just more everywhere, with a bit of a hit in the middle. On the highest map... race? It just wants to wheelie anytime you crack open the throttle, absolutely brutal and so much fun.
If I had stayed in Portland I would've bought one this spring.
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