I just want something a bit quicker. I enjoy opening up on the highway with the guys and hitting the drag strip. Though the 796 flicks like nothing. I'll probably keep it for our trips down south when we hit up the real Twisties. Unfortunately upstate New York does not have any real nice roads.
[Daily Bike Thread] - /dbt/
Logan Barnes
Nathan Reed
depends on the sportbike, some have better ergos than others. But they're all more or less the same genre of hunched over.
Aiden Garcia
+for rides
Ryan Hughes
I do alot of highway so it's gotta go fast, not too sure about anything smaller desu.
Also how bad is a nekkid bike on the highway for some time?
Elijah Price
>skimming a riders forum tells you everything about the bikes reliability you need to know
I own a Triumph, I've never had a problem that me or the previous owner didn't cause, same for pretty much any Eurobike (besides the new hypermotards, they're fucking fucked)
Jaxson Sullivan
Depends on the bike and if you're fat, old, or both.
Eli Phillips
Only hoping at this point. Polaris' CEO and their President of Motorcycles have both been very vocal about their intentions to expand the Indian lineup into non-cruiser classes, they just hired Ola Stenegard (previous Head of Vehicle Design for BMW Motorrad for 15 years) as their new Director of Product Design and said specifically in their press release that his role will be to "expand Indian into new product categories", and they already have an extremely well proven purpose-built 750cc race engine, they just need to re-purpose it for street use. I'm pretty confident we'll see a street legal FTR750, but I have no idea if it'll come out at the same time as the FTR1200 or years later.
Jace Martinez
In both fatigue and hearing the wind it can suck. I ride a good hour and a half to Canada many times during the summer. Fun enough to ride up but it would be much more enjoyable with a windscreen.
Tyler Lopez
A 500 will sit at 100 mph happily for hours. It won't take ridiculously long to get there. It'll be way comfier than a supersport thanks to not being hunched over. I found wind to be a non-issue at any speed these bikes are capable of. You can always install a small aftermarket windshield and hunch down behind it at high speeds if you find it to be a problem.
I can't imagine riding 2+ hours on a supersport. I've done 12 hour days on my CB no problem.
Bentley Morris
wasn't this reviewed as one of the worst bikes ever made when it came out?