Just sold the R6

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Where do you plan on riding with it? Big trips I guess?

Hopefully not everyday commuting. I rode some KTM's on the street (SMC and SMR) and got tired of the brake dive in stop and go traffic. Big difference from a sportbike.

I don't live in the city, I take back curvy roads 30 mins to work everyday usually without another car in sight. I don't think I'll ever be back to sport bikes unless I buy one strictly for the track

[Porkchop]

Sucks about the R6 man. The Duke and Duc don't seem like they have much in the way of travel hookups other than a pilion bag. Nothing in the way of hard stuff.

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Nah....the 600rr is like a couch and my 09ZX6r is right in the middle. I like the ZX6r and Gixxer the best..giving the slight nod to the Gixxer.

The ZX6r has VG midrange power for a 600, like night and day from the R6. Though with a pipe, gearing a remap, the R6 is a another animal.

Everybody says the 600rr is comfortable. I thought it was a f'n ball buster to the max. Idk, it just has never has fit me correctly. My friend"s 05 R6 wasn't half bad, but the newer gens suck. It seems the zx has gotten progressively more aggressive as the models move on. My friend's 06 636 is very comfortable, my other friends 08 seems a tad more agressive but I still like the position. The reach on the 09+ seems so much farther (but I havnt ridden this gen, so I cant say much about it). I think the Gixx takes the cake. The 06 and 08 I have ridden just seem like you sit "in" the bike versus "ontop" of the bike with the others.

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Sucks about the R6 man. The Duke and Duc don't seem like they have much in the way of travel hookups other than a pilion bag. Nothing in the way of hard stuff.

Mine doesn't have many hard bag options, either. But a Giant Loop will fit just about anything:

[tallywacker]

Well sat on a bunch of bikes today and still not certain. The Ducati hypermotard seating position made me feel like I was back on the R6. Maybe a different set of handlebars can fix it. I got offered out the door for one with Arrow pipes for 10,500.

Also sat on the the 990 KTM Adventure. This bike is to most comfortable I've sat on. Too bad the lowest I could get the price was 14,500 out the door. BTW the invoice price for them is 12,500, he showed be on the ordering system. $2000 more in bullshit was more than I can afford. Talking about labor and shit like he pays shit for that.

There is a demo day for the Ducati's in Harrisburg tomorrow, but I'm headed to Pittsburgh. Lame

The search goes on.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by jtemple

Mine doesn't have many hard bag options, either. But a Giant Loop will fit just about anything:

You like that Sonanta?

Just buy a DL650 or DL1000. Prolly get one for 8000 OTD. Bulletproof motor and transmission.

[tallywacker]

Well after reading more about the hypermotard, it's just a sportbike styled to look like a motard. No one uses them offroad, they have sportbike suspension and tire sizes which no one makes dirt oriented tires for. Plus nothing is protected, so rocks and anything picked up by the tires would tear up the bike.

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

You like that Sonanta?

I like it, but I don't drive it. Power is pretty decent, for a 4 cylinder. It's the wife's car. I have a 2006 Santa Fe. She gets new cars, I get new bikes. That's part of our agreement.

[tallywacker]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP, talked shit on it for a bit but after a demo ride and getting a good deal at the Duc Pond in Winchester VA, I bought it.

Here is a teaser pic with more to come tomorrow.

[jtemple]

Multistrada?

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by jtemple

Multistrada?

Yeah I fucking wish, Hypermotard 796