Do you own/ride a street bike?

TerryB
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11/9/2010 8:02pm Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 3:34pm
Just curious. I have a '96 CBR600. I rode more pavement this Summer than I have in years.

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TerryK
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11/9/2010 8:06pm
Yes. I still love my 77' KZ1000. and I've had her for over 25 years. I've had others, but I will never sell this one.
disbanded
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11/9/2010 8:09pm
Does a KLR count?
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11/9/2010 8:10pm
dirt scooters only. I dont trust the deer around here. ive claimed three with my truck already
TerryB
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11/9/2010 8:11pm
disbanded wrote:
Does a KLR count?
Yes.

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jmar
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11/9/2010 8:13pm
I had a custom HD pro street for a few years. I spent more time polishing the dam thing than I did riding it. I sold it to a guy in Wisconsin.
mxbum
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11/9/2010 8:13pm
1984 Yamaha RZ-350, I don't ride it much but take it out when I get that nostalgic two stroke feeling.

bruce
iudi2006
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11/9/2010 8:15pm
2006 R1. Thing's a beast.
newmann
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11/9/2010 8:32pm
Always lusted for a 916 Ducati. Finally found me a low mile, lightly crashed 97 model back in 99. Repaired it and only put a few hundred miles on it. Had it almost two years and just never had a real skippy feeling out on the road with it. Too many blue haired people around here for my comfort zone. And for some reason, I always wanted to go fast....... Still, one of the most gorgeous motorcycles ever. The wife still has a miniature version pocket racer in the dining room!

hammertime
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11/9/2010 9:19pm
06 ktm 950 supermoto
08 cbr 1000
08 councours 14

live to ride em!!!!!


YZBooster
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11/9/2010 9:28pm
2006 R1 50th Anniversary Gold/White w Black Racing Stripes - Absolutely Love it!
11/9/2010 9:32pm
Own Gixxer 6 and 1k and I still have more fun on my dirty bike, k2 rm125.
Chili
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11/9/2010 9:34pm
2001 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1500.
powDIRT
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11/9/2010 9:46pm
2008 Ducati 848.... sat on it at the NYC motorcycle show... went home and ordered it.
TheWeapon
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11/9/2010 10:25pm
Nope - I'm too loose....and I just don't trust the amount of hopeless drivers there are around. My dad got cleaned up at a set of traffic lights, lined up behind cars. Some clown wasn't paying attention and BANG. Luckily for him he wasn't ready for it either and got thrown over the cars in front of him, landing on the bonnet of the next car. No real injuries. But yeah, one muppet in a car and you're dead.

I've ridden the Ducati 848 at a test day and loved it....the problem is they are so quick and so easy to ride - sliding them around in and out of corners. I just cant have fun unless I'm pushing the limits. Which is another reason I don't own one. I'd be a pile of bones on the side of the road or in jail.
Dropbear
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Adelaide AU
11/9/2010 10:30pm Edited Date/Time 11/9/2010 10:50pm
1997 VTR 1000 F.

I did road race an RZ350 a few time in the mid 80's. Went back to MX, couldn't afford the tyres after every ride at the time.
mrquick
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11/9/2010 10:33pm
I just sold my wideglide and my wifes 1200 sportster because of
all the near misses we had with people on cell phones.Don't text and drive.
yzthumpa
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11/9/2010 10:42pm
Used to do trackdays on an R6 with my kid on a Ninja 250. Gave it up a year ago, but it's the only thing I ever did that surpassed MX. Did it for a year and a half, and only rode once a month when trackday rolled around. Couldn't handle riding more than that anyway becauase of back trouble, then just got too bad to ride at all. Man, I miss that more than anything. Street riding never appealed to me though. At trackdays, I started out a TOTAL spode, getting in everyone's way in the C class, then my last ride actually got up to A group speed. My grandest achievement.
NV825
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11/9/2010 10:47pm
I have a '07 Suzuki Gladius, seriously the most comfortable sport bike out there. Sits exactly like a dirtbike and has more than enough power to get on it (especially with the yosh pipe).
swedishfishmx
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11/10/2010 12:06am Edited Date/Time 11/10/2010 12:08am
I got a 85 vfr500. Just a few hundred miles over 20k



It's about to be repainted with original colors. The tank has some messed up clear-coat from the previous owner not cleaning the tank off after re-fueling.



Preset
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11/10/2010 2:13am
I have one of these.Does that count?

Fleece192
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11/10/2010 3:23am
Just bought it in the spring, only a 250 but I love it. Mostly off road.


Q4 silencer
Jefro98
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11/10/2010 3:32am Edited Date/Time 11/10/2010 3:35am
iudi2006 wrote:
2006 R1. Thing's a beast.
Same here and agree on the beast thingi


Ewan
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11/10/2010 3:41am
I've got a Honda VTR1000 SP1 along with a 1999 Aprilia RS250.

Haven't ridden either much since my daughter was born 18 months ago, any spare time I have is for moto or mountain biking.

MX_Andrew83
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11/10/2010 3:59am
I have a 2009 KLX250sf, the bike is a blast to ride, but I am debating selling it, this past summer I ran over a dog, and squirrel, the dog made the worst noise I have ever heard in my life, thankfully I didn't go down.
Stoop
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11/10/2010 4:12am
ive always wanted to get one of these

Ewan
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11/10/2010 4:14am
Stoop wrote:
ive always wanted to get one of these [img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs265.snc4/39586_159697637383066_100000284922647_435281_1082210_n.jpg[/img]
ive always wanted to get one of these


Real chick magnet eh?
kxking
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11/10/2010 4:16am Edited Date/Time 11/10/2010 4:27am
2005 GSX-R1000 & 2008 Ducati 1098

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