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View Poll Results: What brand of bike do you ride?
Kawasaki 17 25.37%
Honda 19 28.36%
Suzuki 22 32.84%
Yamaha 13 19.40%
Ducati 4 5.97%
BMW 3 4.48%
Triumph 1 1.49%
Aprilia, Moto Guzzi or MV Agusta 2 2.99%
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:40 PM   #11
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i might change my mind when i get the mods done this year thati have planned
Why dont you like it?
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:45 PM   #12
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raw torque is great, but HP is lacking compared to the other liters, for the gas milage i get it should be alot more peppy, the stock rc is very bogged down by emissions and epa placed valves and soft rev limiters, just cant get good performance, so you must do a bunch of free mods just to get what shoulda been stock performance and ridability in the first place

and its very heavy

and no, i am no where near the bikes potential, its all just arm chair racing

one thing ill never get tired of is that v twin sound
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:47 PM   #13
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raw torque is great, but HP is lacking compared to the other liters, for the gas milage i get it should be alot more peppy, the stock rc is very bogged down by emissions and epa placed valves and soft rev limiters, just cant get good performance, so you must do a bunch of free mods just to get what shoulda been stock performance and ridability in the first place

and its very heavy

and no, i am no where near the bikes potential, its all just arm chair racing

one thing ill never get tired of is that v twin sound

Interesting. I've never rode one....I've rode a TLR...and they are pretty damn heavy too.
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:49 PM   #14
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one thing i will say, its build like a rock, honda reliability, im hoping for 00k miles

edit: i hate you trip.... one hundred thousand plus miles
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:50 PM   #15
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one thing i will say, its build like a rock, honda reliability, im hoping for 00k miles
The RC is on my short list.
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:52 PM   #16
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Triumph FTW!!
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:55 PM   #17
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once you get past the gas milage, its a fucking great ride, more then 99% of the riders can handle, fun factor is a 10, i have always had a thing for fpx's 10, prolly one of the only bikes i would consider trading it in for
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:58 PM   #18
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I've always loved the RC-51. It's an awseome sounding bike. I almost came close to buying one instead of my R1. I've heard of people getting 50,000 miles or more easily on the RC. It's supposed to be a very reliable bike.
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i need that with 12-20k miles a year that i put on it
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Old 02-25-2008, 02:43 PM   #20
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Drewps...what kind of HP does the RC put down and what about torque?
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