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adouglas · September 19th, 2018, 07:56 PM

If I could have only one bike it'd be a modern supersport, because I ride on the track.

But I have a track bike. So....

I'm a big believer in owning a vehicle that's ideally suited for most of what you do. This is why IMHO it's stupid to buy a ginormous SUV that can haul the whole football team across boulder fields, when 99 percent of the time what it gets used for is single-driver commuting. Yet I see that all the time around here.

This year I decided that I've had enough of putting along at 35 mph on a 750cc supersport, looking at the ass-end of Audi SUVs every bloody morning. It had become abundantly clear that the bike I ride on the street is not a good choice for street riding.

My riding: Since I ride on the track, I'm there several weekends a season. That means any recreational riding that lets me really enjoy the GSX-R has fallen way off. Most of my miles are commuting. So that argues for something that's happy at low speeds and in stop-and-go traffic... something more upright than a supersport, short enough to be easy to manage at a standstill (i.e. get a foot down easily), with enough power to keep me entertained but not so much that it's just a stupid waste. Having experienced really good suspension, that's important to me. And it has to have some character to it.

I just swapped my GSX-R750 (purchased new, before I got my track bike) for a Triumph Street Triple R with upgraded suspension. JUST started riding it today and I think it was a great choice; it ticks all the boxes, has a terrific motor that sounds awesome and is really nicely styled (with the possible exception of the bug-eye headlights...might do something about that). A lot of naked bikes don't do it for me, especially the more modern Japanese bikes that look like Transformers (I'm looking at you, FZ-10) or are just forgettable origami exercises (you too, modern Z900). This is different. Triumph got it right.

I'm also a fan of the XSR900 and XSR700. The classic Triumphs I can take or leave. Big, heavy, not great on power.

September 19th, 2018, 07:56 PM	#2
adouglas Cat herder Name: Gort Location: A secret lair which, being secret, has an undisclosed location Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Aprilia RS660 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 6 MOTM - Jul '18, Nov '16, Aug '14, May '13	If I could have only one bike it'd be a modern supersport, because I ride on the track. But I have a track bike. So.... I'm a big believer in owning a vehicle that's ideally suited for most of what you do. This is why IMHO it's stupid to buy a ginormous SUV that can haul the whole football team across boulder fields, when 99 percent of the time what it gets used for is single-driver commuting. Yet I see that all the time around here. This year I decided that I've had enough of putting along at 35 mph on a 750cc supersport, looking at the ass-end of Audi SUVs every bloody morning. It had become abundantly clear that the bike I ride on the street is not a good choice for street riding. My riding: Since I ride on the track, I'm there several weekends a season. That means any recreational riding that lets me really enjoy the GSX-R has fallen way off. Most of my miles are commuting. So that argues for something that's happy at low speeds and in stop-and-go traffic... something more upright than a supersport, short enough to be easy to manage at a standstill (i.e. get a foot down easily), with enough power to keep me entertained but not so much that it's just a stupid waste. Having experienced really good suspension, that's important to me. And it has to have some character to it. I just swapped my GSX-R750 (purchased new, before I got my track bike) for a Triumph Street Triple R with upgraded suspension. JUST started riding it today and I think it was a great choice; it ticks all the boxes, has a terrific motor that sounds awesome and is really nicely styled (with the possible exception of the bug-eye headlights...might do something about that). A lot of naked bikes don't do it for me, especially the more modern Japanese bikes that look like Transformers (I'm looking at you, FZ-10) or are just forgettable origami exercises (you too, modern Z900). This is different. Triumph got it right. I'm also a fan of the XSR900 and XSR700. The classic Triumphs I can take or leave. Big, heavy, not great on power. __________________________________________________ I am NOT an adrenaline junkie, I'm a skill junkie. - csmith12 Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. Heri historia. Cras mysterium. Hodie donum est. Carpe diem.
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