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Marxalot posted:They're supposed to be pretty good bikes, but he was saying he's considering sportbikes/sport touring bikes and mentioned the FZ6r right alongside a list of things that make twice the power that it does. That fz6 video seemed fast then I remembered that I shift at like 12k and the thing has at least a 10% error. That long rear end struggle to get 150 was really 135.
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VERTiG0 posted:Right, I didn't consider these things. If I asked my insurance agent to check further into it for me, I'm sure she'd come through the phone and tear my head off (I've asked her for like 40 quotes in the past month). This is the (one of the) worst thing about the North American insurance industry. God I miss confused.com / go compare / those annoying Russian meerkats, etc. Just fill in the online form with your details, get all the quotes you can stomach from every insurance company, pick the one you want, online checkout, done. Insured.
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I saw a nice SV650 for sale (faired, ABS) with only 1100 miles in Loveland, CO and after looking around in Google Earth I think that where I buy my next bike may well play an important part as well. If I can find a nice Tuono 1000R Factory (or a V4) in Steamboat Springs, baby, I've got a stew going.
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captainOrbital posted:I saw a nice SV650 for sale (faired, ABS) with only 1100 miles in Loveland, CO and after looking around in Google Earth I think that where I buy my next bike may well play an important part as well. If I can find a nice Tuono 1000R Factory (or a V4) in Steamboat Springs, baby, I've got a stew going.
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Fifty Three posted:searchtempest is your friend and enemy. Fffuuuuuck I didn't know that was a thing.  Edit: nor did I need to.
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Fifty Three posted:searchtempest is your friend and enemy. http://morgantown.craigslist.org/mcy/4856178866.html Great, thanks. 
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Fifty Three posted:searchtempest is your friend and enemy. mother of god. what have you done. e: so many tw200s and drz125s beckoning, everywhere around me 
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Feb 5, 2015 01:58
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Just removed a bunch of good bikes from the market, apparently. 
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Should I buy a sv650 or a klr650? Riding in NYC mostly, but if I had the klr I like to think I'd ride it in dirt too sometimes and given the state of our roads, "city" driving is a generous term.
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builds character posted:Should I buy a sv650 or a klr650? Riding in NYC mostly, but if I had the klr I like to think I'd ride it in dirt too sometimes and given the state of our roads, "city" driving is a generous term. Honestly sounds like you need a v-strom. Does what an SV and a KLR do but in one bike. If you absolutely have to get one or the other get the SV, the KLR is dirt capable but the crippling deficiencies in every other area make it a no-brainer.
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Slavvy posted:Honestly sounds like you need a v-strom. Does what an SV and a KLR do but in one bike. So here was my thinking, all per super important Internet research and talking to folks: klr is indestructible and good off-road. Seems like the big criticism of it is that it desperately needs 6th gear but other folks say it gets to 80 just fine. The other problem for some folks is that it's too tall. What are the other deficiencies? SV seems to be pretty universally beloved but doesn't go off-road at all and frankly the off-road capability/suspension really is, I think, a positive on the roads of The other thing both have going are price/availability. There are like three v-stroms within 120 miles vs 10 of each of the others and I think I can get a SV or a klr for $2500-3000 vs 5-6k for a v-strom. Budget is more like 4k so I could probably be patient and get a v-strom but it's not a certainty. So, basically I don't have to get one or the other and I appreciate that I didn't exactly give a ton of information when asking the question. I don't want to be that guy who's all "how do I get out of this well? I should keep digging? Ok, I'll keep digging!" So if the best answer really is save/wait a bit then that's ok, just wanted to provide the information I should have when asking the question initially. Edit: searches for Klr http://www.searchtempest.com/search...Ask=&subcat=mcy SV http://www.searchtempest.com/search...Ask=&subcat=mcy V-strom http://www.searchtempest.com/search...Ask=&subcat=mcy builds character fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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NYC pavement is crap and I would personally rather have a klr to navigate the city if I lived there and had no plans to go on the highway. On the other hand, the SV would be way more fun on onramps. Overall winner: SV.
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builds character posted:SV seems to be pretty universally beloved but doesn't go off-road at all and frankly the off-road capability/suspension really is, I think, a positive on the roads of um, excuse me, this guy would like to have a word       but anyway, get a drz. Which borough? I can come help check some out next time I'm up there.
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builds character posted:So here was my thinking, all per super important Internet research and talking to folks: KLR's are heavy, slow, boring and desperately agricultural. I'd also say that regardless of how crap the roads may or may not be, it's better to get a bike that's good to learn on. Your first bike isn't your last bike and I'd tend toward something reasonably light and easy to ride. Once you've ridden for a bit you can decide if boring and terrible is the way you want to go. Like M42 said, get a DRZ. Does what a KLR does without being lovely, good bike to learn on, good compromise. Or just hold out and get a strom.
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builds character posted:SV seems to be pretty universally beloved but doesn't go off-road at all and frankly the off-road capability/suspension really is, I think, a positive on the roads of I'm sure it's probably just a case of the dude being a batshit MX rider or something, but someone linked a video here of a dude on an SV offroading with a few motards and even jumping it a few times. IIRC he racked himself pretty badly though, so there's that.
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M42 posted:um, excuse me, this guy would like to have a word Where did you get those pictures of me? DRZ sounds good but seems like the trade-off is a slightly smaller gas tank, need to get an aftermarket seat and not as good at highway speeds. It also has the disadvantage of me not having driven one before but I suppose that's easily remedied. Queens. Slavvy posted:KLR's are heavy, slow, boring and desperately agricultural. I'd also say that regardless of how crap the roads may or may not be, it's better to get a bike that's good to learn on. Your first bike isn't your last bike and I'd tend toward something reasonably light and easy to ride. Once you've ridden for a bit you can decide if boring and terrible is the way you want to go. KLR 4 lyfe. It'll be my second bike, but the first was a 1980 yamaha xs400 so I don't know how much it taught me about what I was really looking for. I certainly still have a great deal of learning to do though! And boring and terrible will always be the way I want to go. It's no good denying who you are. So, what do folks think of these? http://newjersey.craigslist.org/mcy/4851332702.html and http://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/mcy/4876368758.html (why no pictures? sheesh) and http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/mcy/4876420741.html (pictures but little other information and they're tiny)
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M42 posted:um, excuse me, this guy would like to have a word That's Dan Sewell - AFM fast dude, and generally awesome guy.
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Is being a versys homer and throwing that name into the ring out of the question, I mean you would have to get off-road tires to do that, but riding mine around LA is fun as poo poo. I did the same with a friends v-strom and did not have as much fun.
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Gillingham posted:Is being a versys homer and throwing that name into the ring out of the question, I mean you would have to get off-road tires to do that, but riding mine around LA is fun as poo poo. I did the same with a friends v-strom and did not have as much fun. Not at all, but the versys suffers from the same problems as the v-strom. It's ~twice as expensive and there aren't that many for sale. Why did you like the versys more than the v-strom?
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builds character posted:Not at all, but the versys suffers from the same problems as the v-strom. It's ~twice as expensive and there aren't that many for sale. Why did you like the versys more than the v-strom?
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Anyone have any thoughts on this?  Seems like a lot of miles and it's clearly been ridden in the dirt but the other options are all '02/'03s for the same price. edit: for example, 
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builds character posted:Anyone have any thoughts on this? There isn't much difference between years which is why prices tend to stay pretty comparable over the range. My DRZ has way more than 10k miles and it's fine, that isnt really a major concern for these motors. I would just pick the one that has the best mainteance/owner history. The FCR carb on the second one is really supposed to wake up the DRZ.
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builds character posted:So here was my thinking, all per super important Internet research and talking to folks: KLRs are "good" off road, compared to other too-heavy-to-be-good-offroad sort of offroad bikes. Getting to 80mph is different than enjoyable riding at 80mph. And it being tall is hardly a deficiency. Just for shits and giggles, look at a Honda CRF250L. They're actually kind of decent on and off road and BRAND NEW ones are $5000. Here's a '13 inside your budget, close to the city http://newjersey.craigslist.org/mcy/4864784110.html On the other hand, I suspect what you mean by "off road" isn't so much  as it is  .In which case, I wouldn't worry about it. An SV will be fine. Just don't hit a pot hole big enough to eat your bike.
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This seems like a pretty good deal on a sport touring bike: http://wenatchee.craigslist.org/mcy/4879486380.html
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n8r posted:This seems like a pretty good deal on a sport touring bike: Someone once told me these have an engine based on/derived from/co-developed with some big bore Japanese touring bike. Don't know how true that is?
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builds character posted:Why did you like the versys more than the v-strom? WAY better suspension plus 17's on both ends. Engine's lamer than the Strom's V-twin, but not substantially lamer.
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I really want an R6. Is there a good reason I shouldn't get one?
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Previous owners. Otherwise they're a foine, foine boike.
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Thanks to everyone in this thread. I ended up going with the drz. I'll edit this post with a picture after I go take one
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Zahi posted:I really want an R6. Is there a good reason I shouldn't get one?
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:One of the more uncomfortable bikes you can find. Someone just bought a DRZ on this page, man, have some tact.
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Chichevache posted:Someone just bought a DRZ on this page, man, have some tact. People just think it's uncomfortable because the ergonomics are designed for wheelies. It feels great when your front wheel is up.
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builds character posted:People just think it's uncomfortable because the ergonomics are designed for wheelies. It feels great when your front wheel is up. I spent all Friday riding a Triumph Tiger. When I got back on my DRZ yesterday I had to get off and make sure I wasn't sitting on the plastics somehow. That seat is some kind of non-euchlidean torture device.
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Zahi posted:I really want an R6. Is there a good reason I shouldn't get one? Only douchebags buy r6's
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builds character posted:People just think it's uncomfortable because the ergonomics are designed for wheelies. It feels great when your front wheel is up. Except the rear brake lever is way too loving high to cover comfortably while still having your foot on the peg. GriszledMelkaba posted:Only douchebags buy r6's Odd way to spell "~Gixxer~"
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Marxalot posted:Except the rear brake lever is way too loving high to cover comfortably while still having your foot on the peg. The lever can be easily adjusted in a few minutes, just remember to adjust your brake light sensor so it isn't "on" all the time.
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tjones posted:The lever can be easily adjusted in a few minutes, just remember to adjust your brake light sensor so it isn't "on" all the time. The only thing I've managed to do is move the zone that it engages at down so it can be covered without dragging it. The only other thing I think I can do with it is take a couple things apart and go at the adjustment bolt with a dremel. I'd post a pic but it's 9pm here.
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High Protein posted:The 690 duke has the insanely high brake lever thing too, you need to turn the footpeg bracket upside down or something to correct it :S I tested a duke last year, and the clutch lever was so high I had to flex my foot upwards and then lift my whole leg to upshift. I guess I have longer legs than they're designing their bikes for? At 5'10" I'm not some freakshow either...
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epalm posted:I tested a duke last year, and the clutch lever was so high I had to flex my foot upwards and then lift my whole leg to upshift. I guess I have longer legs than they're designing their bikes for? At 5'10" I'm not some freakshow either... I adjusted the shift lever down a bit on mine, but the rear brake lever is fine from the factory with boots on.
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