yeah double bubble is nice. 600rr is a very uncomfortable bike, prolly the most uncomfortable sport bike I've ever sat on. But they are good bikes.

1/24/2007 1:23:07 PM

anythign better for comfort, im 6 foot about 205# but i do want somethign fun.

1/24/2007 1:24:28 PM

buy my R6

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/mcy/267440810.html

1/24/2007 1:29:14 PM

I think the fun factor on the rr's makes up, if not surpass, the un-comfortability (if that's really a word) of the seat.

^that r6 is clean, and is fi.

[Edited on January 24, 2007 at 1:30 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2007 1:29:55 PM

i can be on mine for quite a while before i get uncomfortable but at first it was very uncomfortable.


jeff, u may be kidding, but im gonna kill you f00l

1/24/2007 1:41:09 PM

After 20 mins of riding, my ass starts to hurt, but I guess you have more fat on you. I'm all skin and bones. But I when I wear full leathers, it makes it a lot more comfortable. So I wear the pants.

plz. I'm asian, I could kill you with an ion cannon half way across the world.

1/24/2007 1:45:25 PM

yeah i have a little more fat i reckon.

all sport bikes are uncomfy when i had my gsxr my joints would but after a while i got used to it.

^ill send the polish mafia on ur ass.

1/24/2007 2:02:01 PM

your not even polish you motherfucker. I actually have a long ass polish last name fool. I'll send them and the triad.

1/24/2007 2:08:16 PM

Quote :

"want somethign that if i want to i can drive to greenville or the mountains."

you definitely want to take a hard look at an f4/f4i then. it wasn't the lap of luxery, but mine was very tolerable on longer rides. much better than other sport bikes i've ridden.

fwiw, i'm roughly the same size as you. 6'1" 185lbs. for someone in the 6 ft. range, the lower peg height of the honda really pays off for extended cruising. you start feeling like your knees are crammed into your chin after a while on gixxers, rr's, etc.

1/24/2007 4:03:28 PM

no i am polish. my mom's maiden name was mikawitz but it is spelled much longer. my dad is also part polish.

so that makes me ~75% polish you half br33d

yeah i would look into a gsxr600 they are comfy.


im 6 1 and 170-5 and my knees dont start to ache on the rr. what does ache are my wrists after about an hour, my throttle wrist will hurt, and no i dont put all my weight on them.

try a 01+ gixxer they seem comfy and big.



or look into a sv650, no doubt faster than the katana, can be had for cheap and plenty of fun. i miss mine at times. VERY COMFY.

[Edited on January 24, 2007 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2007 4:26:37 PM

^yeah, the sv's are a very comfortable cruising position, yet you can still crouch into it for curves. same thing with the suzuki bandit. imo, your gixxer was pretty damn uncomfortable. the seat was nice and wide, but i didn't really like the peg position. are the 01+ different? haven't been on one.

1/24/2007 5:20:37 PM

yea 01+ is different.. oh forgot about the wide seat other than that it wasnt bad. well compared to the rr!


for overal comfort and corner carving sv650. now if you like going faster than 115-120, dont get an sv.

1/24/2007 5:24:06 PM

I going to take a look at some this weekend talk witht he bank then try to get rid of my kat..possibly

1/24/2007 7:41:37 PM

you know what's worse than wrecking a bike?

wrecking a bike that you owe money on .

I think it's a bad idea to finance on bikes. if you get hurt in an accident and cant work you'll get owned.

try to buy something out right. if you cant right now just ride the kat around a little longer, it's not going to kill yah! only make you a better rider.

1/24/2007 9:08:31 PM

^thats what insurance is for though

1/24/2007 9:47:20 PM

^there are a few idiots out there that don't have full coverage on new bikes.

1/24/2007 10:11:00 PM

yeah, you are required to carry full coverage on anything financed, bike or car...

1/24/2007 10:11:50 PM

not always. I know people who have financing and don't have full coverage. Depends on which service you go through.

1/24/2007 10:28:28 PM

ill definatly go full coverage, and i have a job where even if im injutred iw oudl probably be okay (fed employee)

1/24/2007 10:31:00 PM

^^ yeah, i wasn't required to keep comp and collision on my GSX-R through suzuki financing. i did, though.

1/24/2007 10:32:18 PM

interesting. imo, you'd be pretty stupid not to though.

1/24/2007 10:35:47 PM

^^i financed mine through suzuki (just refinanced again through credit union) and they required full coverage....weird...

Go with a 600....i went from a yzf600 to a gsxr6 and its a huge difference, and moving up from a katana will be an even bigger difference....i wanted to go 750, but couldnt justify almost double the insurance cost for it in my case...

[Edited on January 24, 2007 at 10:37 PM. Reason : not enough ^s]

1/24/2007 10:36:57 PM

i wanna go 7fiddy

1/24/2007 11:18:44 PM

i dont know about insureance, i got quted 54 a month for a new ducati 800 cc, this kat is only costing 27 a month FC.

1/25/2007 6:07:53 AM

the 800 monster?

1/25/2007 8:58:08 AM

ducks will kill u on maintenance tho

1/25/2007 9:20:48 AM

but they are so nice! Their sports cruiser lines aren't that bad, but I'd rather get one of those FJR1300's if your looking for sports touring.

If your thinking of a naked vtwin sport bike, go with a jap bike, hard to compete with their reliability and price.

1/25/2007 9:25:19 AM

1/25/2007 9:47:21 AM

^ Ahahahaha, I'm waiting for some handicapped person in a wheelchair to knock your shit over in disgust, lol

I know you can qualify for handicapped and ride a motorcycle, but come on man

1/25/2007 9:57:14 AM

I parked and took a pic at the Physical Therapy place I go to. My Doctor and PT got a kick out of it. I had to do it. And just to make it even funnier. I wore my leg brace while on it.

1/25/2007 10:52:24 AM

Just always lean to the other side when stop I guess, lol...and hope you remember and don't fuck it up, hahah.

1/25/2007 10:53:41 AM

if I can find a way to put the crutches on the back of the bike, i would. Make it even funnier.

1/25/2007 11:22:08 AM

I just cant see myself on a sv650, and im wondering what jap vtwins are out there, but the rc51 is too much bike and the insurance would kill me

1/25/2007 11:25:09 AM

Try a SV 1000.

I'm 6' 3" and pretty hefty, and that bike fits me very well. It'll also make your asshole chew a hole right through the seat.

1/25/2007 11:34:31 AM

if you want to become really good at riding, stick with a slower bike that will MAKE YOU get faster in the turns and find your limits. i find i could ride the sv650 a lot faster than the 600rr a lot more easily. Granted my sv had aftermarket springs and a bunch of aftermarket go-fast bits since it was once a track bike. man i miss it.

although this is coming from me, the guy who wants to get a 1000 i4.

^is that your new bike? what happened to ur dual sport?

you could get a super hawk. i almost picked up an awesome one for 2800 but i got the rr instead..




man that woulda been a fun bike.

the 'ol sv i had:




it was a very fun bike. i WOULD own another.

maybe pick one up as a track bike so jbaz and i can kick ass on the track.

[Edited on January 25, 2007 at 12:30 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2007 12:26:22 PM

fj....did that superhawk have gsxr forks? I'd like to do that swap in the near future.

1/25/2007 12:46:54 PM

Quote :

"Just always lean to the other side when stop I guess"

haha, yeah, i rode around on my old YZF-600 some after I broke an ankle.

Quote :

"f you want to become really good at riding, stick with a slower bike that will MAKE YOU get faster in the turns and find your limits"

exactly

1/25/2007 1:18:26 PM

Quote :

"f you want to become really good at riding, stick with a slower bike that will MAKE YOU get faster in the turns and find your limits"

I used to hear Duke say this a lot and i was like whatever. well i would consider 600's fast and the previous twins i had relatively slow. i learned much more on the twins! you have to be good in the turns on the twins bc they really cant keep up in the straights if your jack ass friends decide to open the 600's, 750's, 1000's up

1/25/2007 1:31:23 PM

^3

yeah that super hawk had gsxr forks with floating rotors i think, heli bars, wood craft clip ons jet kit etc etc. it was a sweet bike i shoulda picked it up but didnt want to deal with carbs any longer.

do you have the super hawk on campus with dual yoshi's? if so i saw u park at nelson today. i park my rr there, u wouldnt tell though bc all the posers fucking bought the 600rr's this year.

my is the 03 with the 06 front end, front end meaningp lastics not susp.

[Edited on January 25, 2007 at 1:37 PM. Reason : d]

1/25/2007 1:34:53 PM

^^ yep...it will take much longer to learn to ride well on a faster bike...but if you learn on something with more moderate capability, then get on something really hot, you'll be FAST in no time.

1/25/2007 1:38:53 PM

oh yay looking at the chicken strips on the other crotch rockets around campus i have to say jeff and i are doing quite well!

1/25/2007 2:48:03 PM

yeah, there's more to riding fast than getting crazy lean angles...but you can be pretty certain that he's slow if he's scared to lean it over.

1/25/2007 2:55:31 PM

^So true Duke. Heh, I still have about 1mm of untouched rubber on my bike's tires on each side, but I know guys that get their knee down all the time that I can still leave in the dust simply because they don't know how to take the proper line through a turn. Leaning helps up to a point, but eventually it's just like stunting...cool but doesn't really help speed that much.

And yes, I've had a knee down, it just doesn't happen on a regular basis yet

1/25/2007 4:24:41 PM

1mm cmon man

1/25/2007 4:27:37 PM

if you're leaning it that far, the reason you're not getting a knee down isn't lack of lean angle. it's that you're not hanging off as far. i used to have the same "problem"...i'm only about 5'8", so my knee doesn't reach out as far, and my leathers were about a size too small, so I was restricted a little in how far i could hang a knee out there. I was dragging GSX-R pegs on a regular basis.

and that brings up another thing...you ride that hard on the street on a regular basis, and you're probably gonna end up trashing motorcycles (and maybe yourself). it took 4 wrecks for me, but I finally learned to dial it back just a click or so. i'll still haul ass on a bike, but at like 8/10 instead of 9-9.5/10.

oh, and in addition to running the proper line, running fast into the corner and braking late, accelerating all of the way through the corner (unlike a car), and getting WOT applied as soon as possible past the apex makes a huge difference in how fast you cover real estate. you can have massive lean angles and not be very fast...it's just that if you won't lean it over, you will most certainly be slow.

1/25/2007 4:30:41 PM

yeah i got the superhawk. i have to say i have some pussy strips on my bike right now.....to much city riding. hopefully they'll be gone this weekend if the weather holds out.

1/25/2007 4:54:44 PM

i an scrape the footpegs on the cat, not alwasy im still pretty wary about cars and corners, that bike is heavy, but its been better with the new tires.

i honeslty thoguth about looking at one of the aprillia but i dont thik they are in my price range.

[Edited on January 25, 2007 at 5:40 PM. Reason : dd]

1/25/2007 5:34:12 PM

Ryan there isn't going to be much of a difference in insurance between an SV1000s and an RC51... they are both in the 1000cc category. I've been really impressed with my SV650s and it's not that heavy for what it is. If you wanted fuel injection, you'd have to get an '03 or newer, although I don't find carbureted bikes annoying at all. The seat is 31.7" on my '01 and the second generation are 31.5," but you're welcome to sit on it and see how it feels if you like. I'll probably be out and about most of Saturday if you wanted to meet up

1/26/2007 5:38:40 AM

Quote :

"do you have the super hawk on campus with dual yoshi's? if so i saw u park at nelson today. i park my rr there, u wouldnt tell though bc all the posers fucking bought the 600rr's this year. "

That other red rr was mine..and yes I guess moving up after a year and a half on a gs500 makes me a poser...whatever man

1/26/2007 9:26:30 AM

yeah i was looking something more in line of a superhawk or a tl1000 myself. or buell xb12. but oh well maybe ill trade later

[Edited on January 26, 2007 at 1:04 PM. Reason : or rc51 ]

1/26/2007 1:01:00 PM