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I rode a Suzuki GSXR-600 crotch rocket today....
My son's buddy Kenny came over on his bike tonight and offered to let me try it. So I took it for a ride around some farm country roads for about fifteen-twenty minutes. Nice looking bike, very quick, very smooth...but uncomfortable as HELL. I couldn't imagine riding one for very long. Will stick to my 1988 Sportster. 
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Yup
  'Nuff said.
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Nice Softail, Sprefix!!!
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Sorry, I'm a sport bike guy and will take the GSXR. 
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07-16-2011, 12:41 PM
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G-Mac, I think the philosophy of the sport bike is that you get where you are going so quickly that you don't have time to get sore. 
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A good example of why ''tiered" licensing doesn't work. Any of todays 600cc four cylinder sportbikes is actually faster than a 1000cc four banger of 20 years ago. Any way faster than any 1200-1500cc Harley.
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07-16-2011, 01:05 PM
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My Sportster is still in need of yet more parts again... And it's leaking yet again... And I'm due for a new belt... And she runs too rich from a bad jet kit install... No idea how to reverse that... Uck.
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Quote:
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And she runs too rich from a bad jet kit install... No idea how to reverse that... Uck.
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What carb?
Carb tuning/jetting is fairly easy. If yer running too rich at idle , turn idle mix screw in till it starts to die , quickly turn out , counting turns till it starts to die. Turn back in half the number ya turned out.
Jetting changes for mid-range and upper rev range is fairly easy too.
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Never threw a leg over a crotch-rocket. If my '74 BMW ever wears out I'll think about it.
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My son's buddy Kenny came over on his bike tonight and offered to let me try it. So I took it for a ride around some farm country roads for about fifteen-twenty minutes. Nice looking bike, very quick, very smooth...but uncomfortable as HELL. I couldn't imagine riding one for very long. Will stick to my 1988 Sportster. |
Yeah. Gixxers are kinda the torture rack of sportbikes.
..but they look cool. 
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Why not a mix of both worlds?
My "03 Deuce has never broken down, does not leak, and is all day comfortable. Fit and finish are amazing.
The '07 Honda ST1300 is fast, smooth, fast, handles like a dream and the hardbags pop off for the short walk into the hotel or B&B.
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