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Author:  madski [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Riding street
The more I ride street the less I want to ride street... Between all the obvious dangers, the inability to really ride and the fucking cops I'm seriously thinking about giving it up.

I know a bunch of you have hung it up. How much does it bug you not to be out there outside of track days and racing?
Author:  GixxrSixxr [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
madski wrote:
The more I ride street the less I want to ride street... Between all the obvious dangers, the inability to really ride and the fucking cops I'm seriously thinking about giving it up.

I know a bunch of you have hung it up. How much does it bug you not to be out there outside of track days and racing?


honestly doesnt bother me at all. i cant ride the way i want to on the street so its no fun. i only have fun when im going as fast i can go, and i can only get that on the track. i have no desire to pay for insurance on a bike again either. if you do enough trackdays then i think you will be ok
Author:  stevedave [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
This is my first year w/o a street bike. I thought I would go through withdrawal, but really I have only missed it a little. If I didn't wreck and could do more trackdays, I wouldn't miss it at all.

I will eventually ride on the road again, but when I do it won't be on a full blown sportbike. I'll get some kind of naked streetfighter like the triumph triple.
Author:  GixxrSixxr [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:50 pm ]
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stevedave wrote:
This is my first year w/o a street bike. I thought I would go through withdrawal, but really I have only missed it a little. If I didn't wreck and could do more trackdays, I wouldn't miss it at all.

I will eventually ride on the road again, but when I do it won't be on a full blown sportbike. I'll get some kind of naked streetfighter like the triumph triple.


thats still to much bike to get me into trouble. same with a motard
Author:  madski [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
i'm pretty sure if i stick with having a street bike the next one will be sport tourer of some sort and not another SS.

tiptoeing around on the street on a sport bike is starting to lose it's luster.
Author:  twotyres [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
I don't miss the street. last year i rode 3 times on the street and once at the start of this year to bring the bike out of storage. In 07 when i got the bike i did almost 9k miles.

I would like a motard to tool around on, there are some sweet tight twisties in this area.

A sport tourer would be cool to go on long rides like Gary does. just cant afford too many bikes though.
Author:  madski [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:57 pm ]
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i'd probably get myself into more trouble on a 'tard than on a sport bike :fact
Author:  milo [ Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
i've had similar thoughts mike. i considered saving the R1 to turn into a trackwhore, and getting a raider or something for the street. mainly just for the fact that pushing the fun meter on the street is just too risky sometimes. but i couldn't give up the street altogether. i enjoy riding to work and little errand runs & stuff, and even just plain joy rides. i would imagine that the more you progress on the track the less fun the street becomes on a sportbike. if you are to the point of where it's really not that enjoyable anymore, then you are probably on the right track with giving it up. otherwise you're bound to get yourself into trouble of one sort or another trying to get your speed fix on the street.
Author:  silvr6 [ Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
GixxrSixxr wrote:

honestly doesnt bother me at all. i cant ride the way i want to on the street so its no fun. i only have fun when im going as fast i can go, and i can only get that on the track. i have no desire to pay for insurance on a bike again either. if you do enough trackdays then i think you will be ok



what jr said i like keeping the extra cash from insurance, plus if you do enough track days you don't really miss it at all. As long as we do one every 4 weeks or so im good.

The only time it really made me think about street riding is early in the spring when it gets warm out and you see everyone riding. I took the sv out once and that was enough, i knew i had no desire to ride street anymore.
Author:  Tib [ Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Riding street
that's where I am at too...

I used to do about 10K a summer on streetbikes but once I started doing 1-2 trackdays a year I dropped that to about 5K. It just gets too risky and isn't as much fun as opening up on the track.

Now this winter i'm about 95% sure i'm going to be converting mine to a trackbike only and then buying something more oriented for the street...since a speed triple or something along those lines.

I do enjoy riding anytime I get a chance but the thrill of a streetbike on the street is definilty going down.
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