Crotchrockety
2012-03-04 03:36:00 UTC
But, what a fantastic bike. The first time I touched the front brake, it nearly launched me over the windscreen. need another bike.
Lowrance
2012-03-04 04:27:00 UTC
kenscottphoto
2012-03-04 12:01:00 UTC
Cause with rearsets you can control the neck bend.
I can't ride a kawi or a honda sport bike. But my RC8 Does not hurt.
I love my RC8 so much I have been thinking of selling everything and getting a new RC8R and trick it out.
I'll see on track day how it rides.I have been doing rides that burn a tank of gas plus and I feel no pain
I wonder if the new beemer is as comfy.Hope you can give me some input on my RC8 at chucky.
Since your riding B group you can do some laps I am doing C group.I'll have my Duke too
That BMW is a amazing bike.
Good luck finding an ape dealer that has any bikes.I love the RSV4 but have never seen one at any ape dealer.
SDNerd
2012-03-05 17:15:00 UTC
Crotchrockety
2012-03-05 17:37:00 UTC
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SDNerd
2012-03-05 18:06:00 UTC
Though its been a while, from what I remember of my first ride compared to the 2012, there was a huge difference in steering. The difference is akin to the difference I found when I upgraded my stock GSXR suspenders to the state of the art Ohlins bits.
I'll be interested to see if you have the same impression after your ride. If I were you, and I was contemplating buying the shop's '11 red white and blue demo, I'd definitely try the '12 before you buy.
oafboy182
2012-03-05 20:17:00 UTC
And yeah, only real change from the get-go (until 2012) was the move to a heavier crank. Which made it more street rideable IMO. I've read of the suspension improvements of the 2012, and anticipate (hope) that will be significant.
It really comes down to whether I want to feed the beast. And the beasts need feeding: How much more am I going to have to spend on suspension setup and protection bits; and it will no doubt have an impressive appetite for the sticky buns ... current track whore (with a Hamamatsu accent) is bad enough. Tougher to justify a $20K bit of hardware that gets used only 10 - 12 times a year ... perversely though, with Yen where it is, it seems a good value. SDNerd shakes fist angrily at moto gods for taunting him!
Exitman
2012-03-16 16:24:00 UTC
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2012-03-16 20:51:00 UTC
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2012-03-19 13:53:00 UTC
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2012-03-19 18:26:00 UTC
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2012-03-19 22:39:00 UTC
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2012-03-19 22:52:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 01:17:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 01:20:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 01:51:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 08:23:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 08:47:00 UTC
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2012-03-20 12:33:00 UTC
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