The darkside?

[eisme]

If sportbikes were the Force....the SV may be the light and the I4 the Dark. Then Yoda was right...the darkside is quicker, easier, and more seductive. Well, "easier" may not apply so much, but quick and seductive? Yeeeesssss!!

My friend let me try out his 06' R1 on Superbowl Sunday. Oh what a ride! I can't stop thinking about how that bike felt. The SV feels crippled and rough now. I was surprised at how easy it was to ride, it had much smoother throttle response than either SV (carbed or EFI). I think I'm hooked. I did take one turn a little hot, so I can see how these bikes get away from guys quite easily. I'm convinced I need to step to an I4 now, a GSXR of course, even though it took a Yamaha to make up my mind!

[smokescreen]

be warry!! once you eperience the dark side, forever will it dominate your destiny!!



yeah... I want an R1

[morbidelli17]

Had the same experience when I rode a friend's GSX-R1000. Then I realized the last thing in the world I need is to be on Angeles Crest looking for thrills on a GSX-R1000 ...

[smokescreen]

and a brutale.... and a few others....



I WANT THEM ALL!!!

[Darth Lefty]

Shouldn't that be the high side and the low side of the Force?



(Duct tape is like the Force, it has a light side and a dark side and it binds the galaxy together...)

[bckwerd]

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”



...even Yoda likes SV's :D

[harbiho]

Zoran = Yoda!!!

[Buellba Fett]

So where would the Triumph 675 in-line 3-cyl figure into this duct tape universe?!?

[eisme]

Originally posted by Buellba Fett
So where would the Triumph 675 in-line 3-cyl figure into this duct tape universe?!?

It's obviously a Bounty Hunter!

Originally posted by smokescreen
be warry!! once you eperience the dark side, forever will it dominate your destiny!!


Funny, that's what I kept thinking the whole time I was riding the R1.

[Buellba Fett]

Touché eisme!

[centerline]

At the sticker price for the R1, it better be nice! It also needs to make me dinner, wash my clothes and .... well, lets stop there.

[Suprachrgd82]

Originally posted by Buellba Fett
So where would the Triumph 675 in-line 3-cyl figure into this duct tape universe?!?



And the V-4 VFR? what's that?


......anyway, I'm stickin to the light-side......there's nuthin like the sound of a twin....

[Stinky]

Originally posted by morbidelli17
Had the same experience when I rode a friend's GSX-R1000. Then I realized the last thing in the world I need is to be on Angeles Crest looking for thrills on a GSX-R1000 ...
Exactly how I felt when I rode my friends CBR 900. It was fun feeling that power, but immediately realized how much trouble I can be put in with the flick of the wrist.
I'll stick to my "lowly" SV650.

[rb643]

I experienced the dark side, and I like it!!

[smokescreen]

I believe in this universe light and dark, and duck tape... The Brutale, is a Sith Lord.... And I have been seduced!

[summitsix]

Saw the R1 race ready limited edition last weekend around woodside where 9 and 35 intersect. Now, that is nice, I was staring at that bike a long time.

Saw some R6's, A very nice red duc 745, some older CBR's, and of course the H-D guys. Missing were any gixxers and I had the lone SV.

Felt good when some of the guys came by to take a look and spread a few compliments :)

I like my SV though. Other bikes had more bling, but the SV is sweet.

I did get owned going back down the hill though :( But that was clearly skill passing by the unskilled (me), but hey at least I moved over and let him through.

Hey, at least it wasn't Kurt, who probably would have flipped the bird while flying by :) LOL

[smokescreen]

then after that he would've stopped you and told you, you were going too fast, and then flame you on the board untill someone posted a pic of him draggin knee on public road!!

[Knightshade]

Originally posted by smokescreen
then after that he would've stopped you and told you, you were going too fast, and then flame you on the board untill someone posted a pic of him draggin knee on public road!!

he'd have to somework work into that rant that he races in order for it to be 100% complete.

;)

[o4trix]

Originally posted by Knightshade
he'd have to somework work into that rant that he races in order for it to be 100% complete.

;)

LOL

[rwalterk]

Well if I4's are the seductive dark side then I'm a slut. :p

And I'm with Smokescreen on the Brutale. Good freakin' gracious. I hate Pro Italia for doing those damn demo days - I should've never ridden one!

[NukleoN]

My friend let me try out his 06' R1 on Superbowl Sunday. Oh what a ride! I can't stop thinking about how that bike felt

Yessss....yesss......*heeeeee hooooooo sheeee hoooo*...I have gone to the daahhhkkk syddddee.......*heeee shoooooo*...it issss mooah powaahhful than the light....the force is STRONG with the R1....*sheeeeeee*......give in to your hate....you will become more powahhhfuuull than you could evahhhhh imag-gine.....*sheeee*...

Darth NukleoN

[smokescreen]

i was told by a friend, not to test ride the Brutale untill i've got 15k laying around, b/c it's a hard bike not to buy. mostly the new 910

[SDGIXXER750]

Hmm. I take it my bike would then be the closest to a redneck that they have in Star Wars. Maybe Hans Solo?
those bikes look sweet. Right now I wish I was able to ridde any sprtbike.

[Darth Lefty]

I think the rednecks are the moisture farmers. Solo was a big city shyster.

[illustr8dman]

Originally posted by Darth Lefty
I think the rednecks are the moisture farmers. Solo was a big city shyster.
I thought he was a renegade pilot/smugler ....and that the VFR more closely resembles the Milian Falcon.

Originally posted by Suprachrgd82
And the V-4 VFR? what's that?


......anyway, I'm stickin to the light-side......there's nuthin like the sound of a twin....

So What's an Aprilla Touno?! Cuz that's what reaaly gets my pants in a wad!

And there's something about Jabba the Huts ZX14R that I like....

[eisme]

Originally posted by illustr8dman
I thought he was a renegade pilot/smugler ....and that the VFR more closely resembles the Milian Falcon.



So What's an Aprilla Touno?! Cuz that's what gets my pants in a wad!

And there's something about ZX14R....

Tuono = A-wing

ZX-14R = Blockade Runner

I see the Falcon as some sort of Street fighter

[Darth Lefty]

Well the Imps' speeder bikes were definitely Beemers and the thing Darth Maul was riding was definitely a KTM, even if it wasn't orange.

Anakin rides a speeder bike in Ep 2 but I can't recall anything about it. The only thing I ever noticed from that shot is the way his cape barely moves and his hair not at all from the phony soundstage wind.

There's a cruiser speeder in the newer editions of Star Wars, when they enter Mos Eisley.

The current sport bikes don't look Star Warsish at all to me. Too slick and self-consciously stylish.

As for Han... he was a former officer and a starship captain and from a major industrial planet. He's cynical about religion and romance. Definitely citified.

[rwalterk]

Originally posted by smokescreen
i was told by a friend, not to test ride the Brutale untill i've got 15k laying around, b/c it's a hard bike not to buy. mostly the new 910

That's what I test rode, the 910. And yes it was very difficult not to walk into the showroom and say, "I'll take that red one." I couldn't believe how fast that sucker revs up compared to my R6. It seemed like just such a small twist on the throttle sent the tach needle flying.

[Mehul]

Originally posted by rwalterk
That's what I test rode, the 910. And yes it was very difficult not to walk into the showroom and say, "I'll take that red one." I couldn't believe how fast that sucker revs up compared to my R6. It seemed like just such a small twist on the throttle sent the tach needle flying.

Where did you test ride it?

[rwalterk]

At one of Pro Italia's demo days.

http://www.proitalia.com
Map (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=pro+italia,+glendale,+ca&cid=34142500,-118254167,4688521649860054814&li=lmd&t=m&ll=34.203284,-118.229027&spn=0.166391,0.275345)

They do those every now and then and will have a bike or two that they'll let you ride if you've got an M1 endorsement on your license and insurance. That day it was the Brutale 910 and Monster S2R 1000 (I think; I didn't even bother with the Ducati).