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tachman

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  1. Ive always switched between Yamaha and Honda. Every person has a different story with each bike, and of course every guy is more than likely to be biased or defend his own bike's brand. I own the new r1 and r6 and they are both nasty bikes. I havent ridden the new kaw or zuk but i did ride the new honda and at 6'3" i dont feel comfortable. Main reason i bought my r1 was because it was the newest thing out and it was different. Plus everyone loves to comment on the exhaust note.

    If I could do it again I would still own the exact bike i have, but yet again i still havent been on a new zuk or kaw, never even seen the new suzuki in person. And the new Kaw just doesnt appeal to me whatsoever. But from the past kawasakis I have owned i never liked the overall build quality

    One thing I do like about Yamaha that other companies havent done is the fact that I can take a combination hex key set with me on rides and pretty much take the entire bike apart if needed. I always liked that about yamahas.

    From a reliability standpoint I will put Honda on top.

    My 2009 R1 blew up after 4k miles, luckily Yamaha sent a brand new crate motor and in 3 weeks i was back up and running and they even bought me a new back tire to replaced the oil soaked one. However; my friend with a cbr1000 has had to take his back in for numerous recalls and yes his bike does burn oil. Not sure how I would feel about a brand new bike using oil between changes.

    Why did the R1 motor grenade?

    I've been a fan of yamaha, in my mind, they have the best balance of handling and power, I think that the look of the Yamaha's move me, the CBRs look to boring to me, and Zuk and Kaw look too robotish I suppose.

    besides, gixxers are squid bikes, glws.

    :lol:

  2. I'm always geared up while riding.

    I'd rathe sweat than bleed.

    Its funny though, people bitch about it being hot, and then in the winter they all complain about that.

    only thing I realyl complain about is when its so damn cold, your hands turn purple within a minute.

  3. hmm I might be just ahead of you guys on the way down in my truck. So if you see a red silverado with a goofy looking jet ski trailer with a black box sitting on it make sure to wave, thats me :)

    If you want to meet us at the link that connerotninja posted, your welcome to!

    but im gonna be envious of you, its supposed to be about 90* tomorrow, Im gonna stuff as many bottles of water in my tankbag that I can, lol!

  4. ftfy

    'Aint nothin' locked down.... In spite of all his whinin', Uncle Buck likes the attention & abuse ;)

    i'm going to need the mods to change UP's avatar to this:

    tropic_thunder_RDJ.jpg

    it was that, or this other one I found on lexingtonsteele.com but i think the above is safer. for white wimmenz

    I'm crying laughing at both of these posts.

    thanks guys, I needed a good laugh before bed :lol:

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