New toy.......soooo fast!!
#7
Congrats on the litre bike. I loved my GSXR 1000 untill it was stolen.
I then replaced it with a Duc, never buy a Ducati. Biggest pile of **** on two wheels I ever owned. It was worse than my Triumph I had. Never stayed running for more than 2 months at a time, and I bought it new. Ended up selling it back to the dealership 8 months later and got a Kawi ZX11R.
I then replaced it with a Duc, never buy a Ducati. Biggest pile of **** on two wheels I ever owned. It was worse than my Triumph I had. Never stayed running for more than 2 months at a time, and I bought it new. Ended up selling it back to the dealership 8 months later and got a Kawi ZX11R.
#13
I put 25k miles on my Falco in 3 years. I paid $500 for a full service at 16k miles, and that was the only money other than aftermarket parts and oil changes that I spent on it.
Ducati's are still luck-o-the-draw when it comes to service. Aprilia engines are made by Rotax... my mechanic said that he'd seen 100k mile Futuras roll through his shop with the valves all still within spec.
I had several groups that I rode with in SoCal and I never got left behind in the canyons. I couldn't have led the groups, and 50 extra horsepower would only mean I had that much more throttle I couldn't explore because the bike was already 300% more capable than my skill level. One of the guys I rode with had an old beat-*** Kawi 650 standard. He could use all of the bike, and all of it's power, and would ride circles around me constantly. It was humbling.
I guess the bottom line is that if you've got the cash AND a small *****, maybe a brand new jap litrebike is for you... but if you're me, and hung like Shetland pony, you can manage to get away with less.
Ducati's are still luck-o-the-draw when it comes to service. Aprilia engines are made by Rotax... my mechanic said that he'd seen 100k mile Futuras roll through his shop with the valves all still within spec.
I had several groups that I rode with in SoCal and I never got left behind in the canyons. I couldn't have led the groups, and 50 extra horsepower would only mean I had that much more throttle I couldn't explore because the bike was already 300% more capable than my skill level. One of the guys I rode with had an old beat-*** Kawi 650 standard. He could use all of the bike, and all of it's power, and would ride circles around me constantly. It was humbling.
I guess the bottom line is that if you've got the cash AND a small *****, maybe a brand new jap litrebike is for you... but if you're me, and hung like Shetland pony, you can manage to get away with less.
#15
I had several groups that I rode with in SoCal and I never got left behind in the canyons. I couldn't have led the groups, and 50 extra horsepower would only mean I had that much more throttle I couldn't explore because the bike was already 300% more capable than my skill level. One of the guys I rode with had an old beat-*** Kawi 650 standard. He could use all of the bike, and all of it's power, and would ride circles around me constantly. It was humbling.
I guess the bottom line is that if you've got the cash AND a small *****, maybe a brand new jap litrebike is for you... but if you're me, and hung like Shetland pony, you can manage to get away with less.
I'm in the start small and work your way up club.
I started on a Honda CM400, then a Yamaha XS650, both standards.
My first real sport bike was a Kawasaki EX500, which was a BLAST for a few years.
Even after all that, the Daytona was downright wicked when I started riding it. I never felt I could use it anywhere near it's true potential like the Kawi.
I had the opportunity of riding a friend's CM400T. I could now ride that bike to it's full potential after a decade on other bikes. Kind of enlightening.
Displacement does not dictate riding skill.
Either way, nice bike OP.
#17
People generally put down the Japanese bikes,but what they don't care to realize is,alot more people buy them and they are far more reliable and cheap to fix(when they do break down)than their Italian counterparts.
When the time comes for me to get a bike,I will be staying far away from anything Italian & British and head to the nearest Kawi dealership.I would much rather be out riding than fixing the bike or selling parts off the car just to pay for parts to have it fixed.
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