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Looking at the triumph forums, seems a lot of people that had an sv650/650s moved to the street triple. must be the natural progression of things. Love it, went to bed last night wanting it to be morning already so I could ride to work. Needs a fly screen for highway though.

How you take payment, Tonik?

On Saturday, it was forecasting 80% chance of rain for today in Columbus... been blue skies all day, though it's supposed to start thundering around 5. I have hope. New bike today... I NEED THIS RIDE

Thanks! Now I can wear all the Triumph swag and not be a poseur. Tomorrow is going to be the longest day of my life. I don't think I have ever wanted the weekend to be over early so badly.

Would prefer no rain but... free bike wash and saves me from having to shower that morning. I'd still go out.

Well, it was an impulsive day today. Found a nice 2010 Striple R for sale... I pick it up Monday. Lol. Thanks for all the suggestions/insight guys, I appreciate it. You did help sway my decision.

Going to check out a street triple R today. and yeah, a sport tourer is on my wish list once I live somewhere that has a garage and I have a little bit more disposable income. 3 week motorcycle trip all over the country? why yes, yes I would love to do that.

Caught me. I was trying to get around saying I think they are ugly so I didn't hurt anyone's feelings. Oh well.

I was looking at sprints a bit today... they didn't have any out to sit on though. I think in the future I will move on to a Sport Touring bike but for now I'll probably stick with a sport/naked. I tried out a Daytona, a Street Triple, an FZ09, and just for shits and giggles a 2012 ZX-6R. The Daytona and the ST definitely had the most leg room, which was a bit surprising to me as I figured the FZ would beat them both due to its more upright seating position. The one thing I did notice about the Daytona is that I would have to scoot my ass WAY back in order to tuck in behind the windscreen. There wasnt much difference between seating position (weight on hands wise) between the SV and the Daytona for me. I think I'm down to either a ST or a Daytona at this point. Might come down to what I can find quality + price wise on a used model.

Well if I see a viffer, I'll see how that feels too. Gorilla hump look is unavoidable for me, I've accepted this and stopped caring

This site is actually what got me thinking about the Daytona again... The ergos are actually very similar to the nakeds (street triple, fz09) when it comes to knee bend. Hellmutt, I've looked at VFR's and haven't ruled out a bike like that necessarily. My hesitation with a sport tourer is taking them onto the track and feeling lacking. I guess you can't have the best of both worlds since these are machines designed for a specific purpose but that won't stop me from looking. Think I'm gonna run over to the eurodealer east of town tomorrow and sit on a Daytona and a street triple then maybe go check out some Yamaha and/or Honda action. *wanted to clarify that I don't think I would find the VFR lacking in performance, I was referring more toward the riding position and so on.

ADV bikes don't fit my tastes sadly. Looking for something nice in the twisties/for track days that is at least a bit more comfortable than the SV, and if not more comfortable at least has a little more oomf when I want to get going in short order. I guess I'll take a day and go sit on some bikes and see what feels good. That probably should have been step #1 but it's late and everywhere is closed.

So... I've got the bug and I have a feeling it's not going to be good for my wallet. How big a mistake would it be for a 6'6 280lb rider to buy a Daytona? I've got the SV right now and I like it quite a bit but good lord it gets uncomfortable for my knees past an hour or so saddle time without a good 10 minute walking stretch break. Looking around, it seems the peg height / seat height combo of the Daytona would give me a pretty good amount of leg room compared to the SV but I figured I would see if any people with actual experience on the bike had anything to say or any other suggestions. I'd like to stay away from i4's... the other bikes I have been eyeballing are the fz09, street triple and RC51 SP2.

Guess I'll be looking for a 675R for sale in the next couple days...

left side so i can make sure the kick stand is down and planted and catch the bike if something goes wrong with the stand / soft ground / whatever else. not really worried about a trapped leg as my bike only weighs like 380lbs and i'm not old and crippled until i turn 30 in september.

It's all about angles, proper positioning, anticipating how you need to move and having a reaction speed fast enough to respond. Am I talking about riding or playing goal?

Goal is probably the most difficult position to play, both physically and mentally, by the way.

Uhg, so tempting but I need a new car first. :\

pretty sure this would cause more harm than good, at least for the first few years. Squids blasting through traffic and drivers who have never had to deal with something like that on a regular basis...

You'd need some pretty solid branding to sell food items over the Internet.

Been pretty quiet downtown on the waterfront. At the place I'm working, the head of security is the former Baltimore Police Commissioner (apparently) and he seems to think things might get dicey this weekend. Who knows, though. Weather is beautiful!

Flying into Baltimore in 14 hours for work... 10 days in paradise. Maybe my Camden yards hotel will have a picturesque view of the city in flames. I'll post some shots if so. :|

Guess I'll see you guys at 9am at the Shell station.

I have a trailer but it turns out to be the 4x7 from tractor supply co, not the 5x8 i thought it was. Not sure about fitting 2 bikes on it. Might be possible but it would be incredibly tight. Might be some unwanted rubbing on the ride down. Also between the bikes.