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WERA White Plate
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Renton, WA
Moto: Ninja 650R
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Tractor Driver
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Franklin, TN
Moto: Buell XB12X Ulysses
Posts: 1,007
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My bike's no slouch in the turns, but a bike with less than half the horsepower and half the weight is better suited for the turns. Your trade off is that the straights SUCK. I can hit the turn perfectly, holding the perfect line, at the maximum of tire grip, bike lean, and suspension tolerance and still not out corner a motard. The motard rider isn't even breathing hard. Put a motard only rider on a bike that is less nimble than theirs, and the skills we have had to develop to get our bikes around the turn aren't as polished because they haven't had to work as hard to get their rig from point A to point B around the turn. What I REALLY want is this: ![]() ![]() ![]() I think this is where the motard fad is going. I can't wait to get a chance to ride the RC4: ![]() All the flickability of a motard without having to rebuild the top end every 2500 miles.
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Canyon Carver
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 429
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Real fun on Kart tracks. I have a crf150r and a DRZ400sm and goto Kart tracks all the time its way cheaper than full sized tracks and just as fun. Also the tards have studed ice tires on them right now.
Oh and show me a sportbike that you can crash several times in a day(My friend Teddy is a clown) and not even need a single spare part. No really my CRF150R hit the ground 3 times in one day and was fine every time. Never even scratched the bodywork, just the sliders. Never broke a lever nothing. The most fun you'll ever have at deals gap is riding a tard through the dragon. Its the only time I have ever gotten to the end of the road and turned around and rode it again with out a break. I must say the first time I put the bike in forth gear on the dragon felt strange though. Its just not right after riding the road in 2nd gear for years and years. A tard on a curvy dirt road around lakes and in the mountains is a blast. We even found some 2 track bear trails near the dragon that were fun as hell. |
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BOOBS!!
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Saratoga, NY
Moto: 06 CBR 600RR
Posts: 1,188
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never rode one but i love the way they look
i want one so bad but i will keep the sport bike for riding 2 up and for long highway rides |
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Pompous Prick
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: MA
Moto: 06 R6 (race), 04 CRF Tard (race)
Posts: 3,040
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Ornery, scandalous & evil
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1
Posts: 5,962
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Canyon Carver
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pensacola, FL
Moto: The v-twin trifecta
Posts: 437
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As most have said I wouldn't want one as a daily driver. But if I had the extra cash around for one it would be fun.
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too much time on my hands
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: the northern district of god damn
Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now.
Posts: 1,802
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I"d LOVE a tard for a second bike just to play hooligan on. I'd have to have the DRZ though, no doubt, the 400SM is just the shit for me. i'm sure I could work a way around the fuel tank issue and find a larger tank, the seat height is just a minor adjustment, and I"m good. just gimme gimme gimme.
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el diablo de verde
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Howell, MI
Moto: VTR, CBR, DRZSM
Posts: 1,046
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I heart my motard.
Yeah, my DRZ does about 110 indicated top speed, 80 on the freeway is no problem, but after 20 miles your ass hurts. Its not made for highway cruising, thats why I have the Superhawk too. |
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Let go of my ears.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC
Posts: 1,394
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![]() ![]() I'm fairly accomplished on either bike, GSXR or Motard. I also love pushing other bikes hard through the twisties, I have scraped pegs two-up on a Concours and ground the ends off of the pegs on a meanstreak. I love the MonoGP bikes, but to me they lose a lot of the advantages of a 'tard, you lose the long-travel suspension, ground clearance, and especially important the leverage of the wide bars. They're a great alternative to a 125 or 250 two-stroke road racer, and they might be the best "starter" sportbike in existence, but to me they're not an alternative to a tard. They have no advantages over a tard and on a tight twisty technical track a tard would win, more cornering clearance and more leverage in the bars means better handling. Oh and BTW, the RC4 has the same basic motor as the SMC, so neither bike needs a rebuild that often.
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