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Post subject: Riding street  Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:38 pm |
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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?
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:08 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:35 pm |
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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.
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:50 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:33 pm |
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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.
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:09 pm |
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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.
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:57 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:27 am |
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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.
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:36 am |
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Post subject: Re: Riding street Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:49 am |
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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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