Tonik

Sorry, should have given more details. That was lame of me. I road it home and I am fine. Faring, fairing supports, windshield, right side frame and engine covers, handlebars are a bit bent. And this big ass dent in the tank on the left side from my knee. It went down on the right. IXS armor saved my knee from any real injury. It is sore, but not bad.

Wrecked it on 536 I'm ok but I expect it is totaled.

I'm anti everyone.

Not @Isaac's Papa and/or @Casper

Thanks for checking sir. Let us know if you need anything. We can mow lawns, fix cars...whatever you need.

FTFY

Yea, the pro's use clear.

I fixed it for him.

Cuz he is an idiot.

I suggest you leave it alone so you got an excuse. Last guy I dusted blamed it on his tires.

And the answer is they are the same people, Gerbing and Glyde. Whois registration is the same, websites are hosted on the same server.

Yet now Gerbing.com is working again. Same as Gyde? Who the hell knows. I bet MIKE does. https://gerbing.com/

Annnd I see they are using the name again, but lots of stuff out of stock.

They went through some 'issues'. Mr. Gerbing got bought out, new owners took production overseas...and made some crap for a year. But they stood behind it...brought production back to NC. Then there was some kind of legal battle, and now neither they nor Mr. Gerbing can use the Gerbings name. Forget what the new name is, and now they have changed the product line a ton. It was so confusing I just gave up on them and hope what I got lasts until I die.

@whaler

Not at all, I expect it will happen. It is now a track bike.

Yea, the front actually isnt too bad, they made it for skinny peeps like me.

Get the full gloves, liners suck. You end up having to get bigger gloves so they feel right..so you end up with liners and a set of gloves in your saddlebags. Just get the gloves and be done with it.

You are my tire changer, bitch.

You can tell me anything you want about this subject and it will be gladly accepted. And what you say makes perfect sense based on what I am seeing/feeling happening.

Depends if I sell the current house and get a big pole barn at the new house or just add an over-sized shed to the current house. So the choices would be full on toy hauler or a fold away harbor freight trailer.

So, now that the learned mass have spoken (much appreciated btw) I will toss out my thoughts. Liter bike is too much, I will overuse the power and make the learning curve worse. A pure 600 sport is the best answer but I already have the FZ6 and it's in great shape and a great bike. There is no reason why it can't perform pretty well on the track. Perfect, no, but it is a great platform. Plus I have it, a few clicks on the interwebs and stuff will start showing up at the door. So I'm leaning (pun intended) towards adding a rear set, forks and rear shock to it. Rear set is mandatory the pegs are just too low on that bike to the point that if my feet are not in exactly the right place I drag a boot before I drag a peg. Fork work and rear shock won't cost much so why not. And as several people mentioned my lack of smoothness is a big issue here, there is no doubt when I slid it I got on too hard too soon. And yea body position is still rough, it got better after lunch but still has a long way to go. Not being smooth and improper body position isn't going to be fixed by a new bike. I am turning low 2 minute laps after two trips to the track with damn near zero experience on a sport bike. I am quite ok with that.

I figured you figured that. Yea, it's played out, my neck and shoulders won't take even the semi upright position of the FZ6. But for your maiden 536 run I will gladly make an exception. I am open this weekend.

I will bust out the FZ6 for that ride, would be funny as hell to add you to my signature.

No, I intend to keep the White Whale...or replace it with a the new Venture which I am sure I can make go just as fast.