This Makes Me Want To Cry (sportbikes)

[trevorjk]

Skip it and spend your money on a really expensive Persian cat. You'll live longer, and you can still say "She purrs like a kitten."
:)

pft, i dont want a purr.. i want a low growel... hence id sell my GF for a ducati 848 or 1098

[Bear_Claw]

Phenominal machines but not exactly the ideal street bike. AND FAR from a good starter bike. Still i absolutely love Duc's and would not mind getting the Sport Classic GT 1000 to add to my stable.

Iv ridden many bikes now from full blown sports machines (Fun but not so much at any speed you wont loose your license doing) to full dresser Harley's and near everything in-between.

My first bike was a Jap Cruiser and it was a fun little bike fast enuff if i wanted to go 0-loose my license in a few seconds and yet was a very easy machine to just ride along at the speed limits or a bit over. That being said it had some comfort problems with the bike and wanted a bike a bit more sport oriented but also be comfy traveling and taking down the offten overlooked dirt roads.

So i bought my current ride a Suzuki V-Strom 650 . IN my opinion its the perfect street bike. Its the jack of all trades master of none. Its a bike i can comfortably ride with out jepordizing my license but yet still take to a track open it up and have a blast. Its a bike i can ride a 800km day with fully luggage one day and then go trail riding the next. It a great machine that im very happy with.

Eventually id like to get a MUCH more dirt oriented Duel sport (Suzuki Dr 650se) to have along side my current do everything machine. But if i ever win the lotto a sport machine will also be included into that garage for track days (some kinda Ducati would be high on the list i prefer V-Twins).

[Motorhead]

I owned a Green 998 MATRIX Duc for about a year, sold it after coming to the reality short wheelbase sport bikes with stiff suspension while track worthy, just SUCK as a mountain canyon carver ....

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Ducati%20998%20Matrix%20%201.jpg

Now own a 2007 BMW K1200GT .... Handles FAR better, has a LOT more H.P. (@ 164) longer wheelbase and can be ridden all damn day without beating the snot out of you !!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/K1200gt.jpg/300px-K1200gt.jpg

But at @ 18K ... not for those without ample $$$$ resources