[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
83 Honda Interceptor. It is a great bike but I am looking for something newer.
I just test rode a Triumph Speed Triple last week. Awesome bike.[/quote]
The Speed Triple is a sweet bike. My girlfriend was seriously lusting one recently.
I’m going to pipe in here…
Most of the women I know can’t stand those colorful “look at me” crotch rocket sport bikes. To us, they suggest the dude is trying to compensate for something else…However, show us a Norton, a Harley, hell, even an old-school Honda, and we’re all over that. We like the classic rugged, bad boys. I can’t think of anything SEXIER than a scruffy guy in good jeans and a tshirt rolling in on a REAL bike to pick me up.
No offense to those TMen who have the sport bikes, I just thought I would share what me and my ladies think, like, and LOVE.
[quote]Stig Wales wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Stig Wales wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chris Jayne wrote:
No yet, but when i get the cash i will be buying this beauty.
What is that?
KTM Duke 990
Can it beat this?
No. The Duke will get to about 140mph if you are lucky. Something as old as my Ninja would wank over that with ease, although the Duke is 120 bhp approx its no match for a decent sportsbike, its whats known as a streetfighter, spose its like a Monster with more HP.
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yup its the best bike performance wise, but ive always had a thing for KTM and i think it looks amazing.
[quote]Renn wrote:
I’m going to pipe in here…
Most of the women I know can’t stand those colorful “look at me” crotch rocket sport bikes. To us, they suggest the dude is trying to compensate for something else…However, show us a Norton, a Harley, hell, even an old-school Honda, and we’re all over that. We like the classic rugged, bad boys. I can’t think of anything SEXIER than a scruffy guy in good jeans and a tshirt rolling in on a REAL bike to pick me up.
No offense to those TMen who have the sport bikes, I just thought I would share what me and my ladies think, like, and LOVE.[/quote]
that settles it…we win
[quote]knewsom wrote:
thankee, tomfu and sig! I’m currently trying to assess the availability of parts for an old bike like that, and thus far, I’ve been told that about 30% of them are available from Yamaha. As for the rest, I think its going to be aftermarket and second hand.
I used to drive a VW, so I’m pretty good with my hands, I know how to work on vehicles, and it seems like working on a bike would not only be fun, but quite interesting as well. Granted, I don’t want to be stuck working on this thing every weekend, and I don’t want to have to hoof it to work every day either, but a little time and money to get it up and running where it needs to be is ok, as long as it can be reasonably well maintained.
hopefully it’ll turn out that there are LOTS of parts available, since from what I’ve found online, there’s a very large group of people who own and maintain XS11’s. Then again, I may have to keep looking.
Thanks again for all the advice, I’m definitely going to be getting and wearing leathers and a helmet, at ALL TIMES.
Tomfu, I truly appreciate the goodwill, but I think I can get the guy to toss a helmet into the deal along with an extra set of tires.
Cheers again,
-Kris[/quote]thats one nice thing about yam’s there parts are interchangable for several years,also depending on what kind of riding your doing,around town or highway,other decent cheap bikes are the yam 650 twin and kz750 twin Kaw. depending on where most of your riding will be.Good Luck !! a ton of parts available for 650 yam twin.
[quote]Renn wrote:
I’m going to pipe in here…
Most of the women I know can’t stand those colorful “look at me” crotch rocket sport bikes. To us, they suggest the dude is trying to compensate for something else…However, show us a Norton, a Harley, hell, even an old-school Honda, and we’re all over that. We like the classic rugged, bad boys. I can’t think of anything SEXIER than a scruffy guy in good jeans and a tshirt rolling in on a REAL bike to pick me up.
No offense to those TMen who have the sport bikes, I just thought I would share what me and my ladies think, like, and LOVE.[/quote]
Judging from women who ask to ride on the back of it, I would say there is about as much difference of opinion as there are women. I have never had a woman say the same and I would imagine it is all about what you are exposed to. Most women who grew up in the inner city probably wouldn’t be that into cruisers. Sportsbikes have pretty much taken over that scene along with a significant portion of the Hip Hop crowd.
Sport bikes are for kids who want to go real fast, show off, and die young. Cruisers are for adults who are secure in their manhood/womanhood and understand that speed kills (although some spend a lot of $$$ trying to soop-up their 800lb cruisers). Sport bikes have no character. All that colorful plastic and the euro-trash riding suits are super cheesie. I bought my fist bike in 2000, a Yamaha V-Star Classic 650. My non-riding friend took one look at it and said it looked like a piece of art. Sport bikers give bikers in general a bad reputation. I would love to see accident statistics that separate sport bikes from cruisers. I bet the SB’s crash about 10X’s more frequently than cruisers. Youth + speed + inexperience = organ donor.
I ride a Yamaha V-Star 1100 Custom. Big, fat and slow. What’s the hurry?
[quote]PGJ wrote:
Sport bikes are for kids who want to go real fast, show off, and die young. Cruisers are for adults who are secure in their manhood/womanhood and understand that speed kills (although some spend a lot of $$$ trying to soop-up their 800lb cruisers). Sport bikes have no character. All that colorful plastic and the euro-trash riding suits are super cheesie. I bought my fist bike in 2000, a Yamaha V-Star Classic 650. My non-riding friend took one look at it and said it looked like a piece of art. Sport bikers give bikers in general a bad reputation. I would love to see accident statistics that separate sport bikes from cruisers. I bet the SB’s crash about 10X’s more frequently than cruisers. Youth + speed + inexperience = organ donor.
I ride a Yamaha V-Star 1100 Custom. Big, fat and slow. What’s the hurry? [/quote]
That’s funny. Speed doesn’t kill. Stupidity kills. I ride a sportbike and am secure in my manhood. Should I pretend not to be so I can fit into your stereotype? None of the people I ride with act like what you just wrote out. If they race, they hit the track for it. Many of them are in their late 30’s. Perhaps it is a cultural and racial difference. Most of the black guys I know ride sportbikes and most are not “young and immature”. The guy I learned the most from is in his 40’s. If some of you really want to see how the culture has exploded, look up “ruff ryders motorcycles” in a search engine. I can’t access it here at work considering the scantily clad women that populate the pictures.
Yeah, they just HATE sportbikes.
They simply despise them!
This poor girl has clearly forgotten she HATES sportbikes.
She is obviously thinking, “damn I hate this bike”.
Simply more girls who HATE sportbikes.
“oooh, we just hate these things.”
“Wait a second, are we on a sportbike!? Ewwww, icky!!!”
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Yeah, they just HATE sportbikes.[/quote]
Paid models. I could get them to pose on my riding lawnmower for the right price. Do you really think they are in the picture because they just loooooove sport bikes? Every bike show has paid hotties who will sit on anything (including your lap) for a buck.
“Yuck, someone stuck this sportbike in front us and we hate it!”
Been riding for over 20 years! Current bike is an '02 HD Road King. I love it, and with gas prices lately, have been living on it now that the weather is breaking. Next to my daughter and wife, riding is tied with lifting as far as love’s in life go.
The one thing I have never done, and I’m making plans for next year, is hit Sturgis - I live in PA, so it should be quite a ride out there! 
5 seconds after discovering they were on a sportbike. Clearly, they are about to vomit.
[quote]PGJ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Yeah, they just HATE sportbikes.
Paid models. I could get them to pose on my riding lawnmower for the right price.
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Riiiight. Actually, most of these are girls on either their own bikes or the bikes of the dudes they rode with.