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jtemple 03-15-2011 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 456822)
I prefer the forward riding position........The wind props you up. So you're not slouching like so many guys do on standards & cruisers. Especially the retards with ape-hanger customs. From a side view it's like their body is curved in a "C" shape, because both their arms and their legs have to reach far forward. Looks like all their weight is on their tailbone. Retarded.

A sport riding position takes the impact forces off your back & tailbone, and onto your abs & thighs where it belongs.

I found the sportbike riding position to be very comfortable and controlled, as long as the pace was good. Tooling around town sucked, though.

azoomm 03-15-2011 09:13 AM

Josh, come on down here with it sometime. :wink:

goof2 03-15-2011 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Avatard (Post 456831)
4 pages in, and no one else has said it...odd.

What bike? I see no bike.

No pic, no bike.

http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?t=18533

tommymac 03-15-2011 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by CasterTroy (Post 456631)
To be fair..those aren't even in the same category as a supersport bike. And having owned both of those I can say with authority, NEITHER are anything CLOSE to the performance of a supersport 600.

My BIL owned an F4i while I had my TLR, and we rode them at the track...that's him in the background while I chased down a duck

http://www.troybaker.com/tlr/caster2.jpg

The F4i "FELT" 200 pounds lighter than the TLR. Was slimmer and had a MUCH better feel on the track.

On the ROAD the TLR and busa rode better because of their weight, but that 600 was a KNIFE on the track. Even after spending all the money I DID on my TLR, I had to work 3 times as hard to get that TLR around the track at the same pace I could that F4i
And having owned an R1 & GSXR 750 I now realize what a totally different world a TRUE sportbike is.
And like Trip said…..the same surprise overwhelmed me when I rode a TRUE supermoto bike!


OH...BTW...GREAT buy man!

I hope you passed that ducati :lol:

CasterTroy 03-15-2011 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac (Post 456877)
I hope you passed that ducati :lol:

After he motioned me by (control rider I was getting a lift from) :rockwoot:

He also had an MV agusta in his diamond plate trailer pulled by a range rover softop african special.

That guy was loaded!

He dropped the MV in the first turn on the first lap of the first session (CMP is REAL bad for that) and cracked the cover spilling oil everywhere :tremble:

z06boy 03-15-2011 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by CasterTroy (Post 456879)
After he motioned me by (control rider I was getting a lift from) :rockwoot:

He also had an MV agusta in his diamond plate trailer pulled by a range rover softop african special.

That guy was loaded!

He dropped the MV in the first turn on the first lap of the first session (CMP is REAL bad for that) and cracked the cover spilling oil everywhere :tremble:

Well I was going to say "hate him" out of sheer jealousy :lol: until I read the last part...ouch !!

To the OP...nice pick up...especially for that little bit of coin. :rockwoot:

I had an F3 and an F4 but not the "i" version.

CasterTroy 03-15-2011 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by z06boy (Post 456881)
Well I was going to say "hate him" out of sheer jealousy

Yeah if memory serves, that was either a 998S or a 998R

It had Carbon fiber fairings

Kaneman 03-15-2011 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Avatard (Post 456831)
4 pages in, and no one else has said it...odd.

What bike? I see no bike.

No pic, no bike.

My bad, my bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSQ62EwLL1I

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8...c/DSC_3753.jpg

Archren 03-15-2011 04:00 PM

This thread makes me miss my little CBR. So did riding Sean's 675.. those bikes handle like they're on rails.

But I do like the option of triple digits in third gear... :D

Particle Man 03-15-2011 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Archren (Post 456974)
This thread makes me miss my little CBR. So did riding Sean's 675.. those bikes handle like they're on rails.

But I do like the option of triple digits in third gear... :D

What? I couldn't hear you over your clutch...


:nee:


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