Something very weird happened yesterday!!!

[vivek67]

Hi rob, thanks for that. What make is a SV650? I can't find a Kawasaki SV650?

[Wattie]

Ninja 650, z750

[robracer]

Non Kwak there... Suzuki

[Disco]

Non Kwak there... Suzuki

MOD's quick ban him

[robracer]

Too Late, Ive had dirty thoughts for a long time ..... ohhhh whats that in my avatar

[vivek67]

Rob! just looked at SV650. What a sweet ride. Oh my lord, this is awkward. WHy is it a Suzuki ?

[robracer]

. Oh my lord, this is awkward

not really ......not all the 40 odd bikes I have owned are Kawasaki
But never a hardley

This is a bloody Hijack now

Oh Bee stings ..... only had one down the back of the jacket..... painful as all hell but you cant stop it happening cept in winter when you are rugged up.

[zx6rider]

Slow, I understand, its a different style of riding. I am not breaking any lap records on a sports bike either

Unreliable - That I did not know about. I thought these were a very stable, true and tried technology over the years. My impression was that they might not have all the electronics as a space shuttle but they do the basics right? Apparently not hey?

Digging deep down what I'd want from my next bike (whenever that eventuates):

1. Must be ride-able everyday. So not a dirt bike or a hayabusa or a Moped!!!
2. Awesome sounding exhaust - (Akrapovic on a 250 sounds pretty ordinary)
3. A bit more power than my 250 but not super sport 600cc power. I find there isn't a middle ground between a 250 and 600cc super sport.

I thought, the harley ticked all the boxes except the handling bit.

The other thing that made me not so excited about Harleys is that I could never ride in the hills on one of them.

Thoughts?

HD's use quite old technology, the sportster engines vibrate like an electric massager on steroids, so much so that one of my friends 883 sportster broke the earth lug that earths the frame to the engine (note - the lug not the cable )
Suspension is very old tech and on the sportster not much travel, doesnt stop super quick, heavy bike with a single disc front end (sportster).
Gutless, wont pull up some of the hills in top gear on the calder freeway between Bendigo and Melbourne (883 sportster, carby model, fuel injected versions are better)
You pay through the nose for old technology!
As I mentioned in a previous post, most of the jap cruisers, have better handling, better technology, more comfortable riding position, better reliability.
As an example of a cruiser that may suit you would be a Kawasaki VN900 Custom, handles better, not super powerful but enough get up and go for what you want, still sounds great with the right exhaust, and you could get a really nice example with low kms for less than $10k

Hope this answers some of your questions about HD sportsters

[zx6rider]

Rob! just looked at SV650. What a sweet ride. Oh my lord, this is awkward. WHy is it a Suzuki ?

And dont knock Suzukis

[vivek67]

Harley Davidson = Epic fail. Not for me. Thanks guys. I am enlightened.

[Strika]

The worst is bug guts in your mouth. You know the deal, 40 degree day, visor cracked half an inch, big fat juicy bug explodes on chin piece, guts get sucked straight into your mouth. Pull up rapidly and throw up.

[robracer]

guts get sucked straight into your mouth. Pull up rapidly and throw up.

if you are quick enough

[vivek67]

Marty that is the disgusting enough to make me throw up now!

[seiko1]

Ohh look...Harley Shocks

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Both sides at once and the off!

[Possum]

I hear a certain someone who I wont name (Possum) got bee stung on the butt on the way back to vic

Is it magpie season?
Yes true, Yes allergic, So not good last night or today.. not as bad as the boob or the eye before that.. must have been all that kevlar

Stupid lazy arse male worker bee! FFS ..

Wasn't it her tit?

Previously yes and yes i have pics... and NO IM NOT

vivek67 - I always wear a neck sock now and always stop just in case its a wasp. I also carry Antihistamines under the seat, but i must get an epi pen.. The stupid thing is up until the past few years they never worried me

Marty that is the disgusting enough to make me throw up now!

Lets us know when you get your first one..