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1/12/2013 5:16pm
I’m sick of looking for places to ride and dealing with crappy packed open practice tracks and jammed tracks. I'm going to buy a Supermoto and ride it on the street. I know that sounds shitty, but it’s just the reality of things in the great east coast. At least I can ride a "dirt bike" any time I want. I know the Supermoto bubble passed a few years ago, but I can't see myself on a Harley. I’ll keep close to motocross, but I’m giving it a rest. Husqvarna makes some sick looking rides and they aren't orange! (I refuse to ride an orange bike on the street). I'm jealous of you lucky bastards with all the places to ride. Any input is on the Supermoto transition is welcome.
You'll save yourself a bunch of tickets and insurance issues.
Good luck.
I encountered lots of speeding tickets, exhibition of speed tickets, reckless driving tickets (should really be reckless riding) and horrible asians drivers
PS i busted it all out for $1900 on a '95 XR600 hahaha. 1500 for the bike (bike already had good tires) and 400 on suspension. Pulling up next to a 600 streetbike was my favorite. smoke em off the line and would be @ 10 o'clock when they finally caught up. (cant feel that cool to pass a dude cruisin a wheelie down beach blvd one handed)
If you are riding for 80mi and less, SM is fine. Beyond that, wind exposure, hard seat gets old in a hurry (at least for me).
But for dirt bike handling, maneuverability they are great. Just make sure no cops around when yanking front wheel up or stoppies. Cops do not think much of that, I know. But SM is much less of a license risk than a crotch rocket.
SM excels at less than 75mph tight twisty road. I can eat superbike up on mountain road, they kill me on slightest straight though.
My nephew has 07 Husky 610. Nice, very sharp looks IMO. Not quite as edgy as mine, mine is slightly faster.
5XX series are closer to dirt bikes - very edgy, fast, lighter, much more maintenance.
Aprilia is fast fast possible grenade. Very sweet bikes but possible nightmare.
check out supermotojunkie dot com for much education.
SM may or may not satisfy your dirt needs, but for around town/back roads they are great. Watch out for cops!
Mine makes me smile every time I ride it. Good luck.
The Shop
I feel where you're coming from, I'm from nearby Hampden Massachusetts. There's a decent MX scene but like you said it's packed with a bunch of joey's who all believe they are going pro. Racing is now too expensive... I would start looking for some single track out in the berkshires and get as far away from society as possible.
You're not having enough fun lol jk
Only downside for u is that it's orange.
Between the close calls and the tickets, I use ut on the track only now. The tickets actually weren't that bad. You can't get going that fast on them, but like others have said, the bikes seem happier with one wheel in the air most of the time. Between the wheelies and stoppies it was only a matter of time before some cop threw the book at me.
They will make a sportbike look silly in the twistys, but on longer rides and highway riding of any sort will make you wish you had a bigger bike.
Pit Row
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