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SV1000? Never road one, but they sound sweet, and can't recall reading anything sucky about them. One of my riding buddies had a pre-tec VFR800. I rode it several times while he'd take my ZX11 for a spin. The VFR's a beautiful bike, his was red with a polished frame, they sound great, but the motor had no where near the power the zx11 had. My buddy would usually get off my bike and ask for clean underwear

Welcome! Good group of riders on here, and judging by some of the vids and discussions some really fast guys too. It's all good here bud, if you like two wheels with a motor, you're IN!

Welcome! And you can just ignore the disturbing photo above, after your done vomiting!

"Need to", no. Your bike has the rubber damper "cush drive" setup in the rear sprocket carrier, this takes care of the driveline shocks. The rubber covered front sprocket is for NVH purposes - might be a little louder sounding, but no harm will come from using the solid front sprocket.

A few hours spent routing wire harness for the cruise. This isn't a technically challenging job, but making the install look factory takes time. This bike has such little space under the seat, tough to find the best route for the harnessm and still be able to reinstall the battery cover and seat. And, since this is really a prototype kit there are no instructions for harness routing, so I'm taking my time, and snapping pics every step. But, progress being made...

Ah.....the ride description sounds perfect, just to be perfectly clear. No sword fighting for me, and "exit only" are a few of the concepts I adhere to strongly. That being said, what a man does in the privacy of his own home, with another man, a goat, and a midget is none of my business!

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When's the last time you did that, and how'd it go? For me, was riding the dirtbikes around our little moto track with my 11yr old (I was on the EXC, he was on his CRF100). I hit one of the jumps, juiced the throttle a little more than usual - but was a gear lower than I thought. oops. I shot straight up, landed vertically on the rear wheel body position all out of wack, the front slapped down and whiskey throttle wheelie ensued. I came off the back of the bike and broke my tailbone. The boy rides up while I'm laying in the dirt - "you ok dad?" - yep. "that was awesome - your legs where pointing up in the air and you slid on your butt for 10 feet!" Yeah. That took over a month before it quit hurting to sit down. Never too old to be stupid

@hiro KBB gives $4300 as trade in value on this bike. NADA reports $4435 as low retail value. My dad (73 yr old and still rides) just sold his ST1100 last summer for $3000 with less than 20K miles. I rode it a bit, very comfortable, a little short on leg room for me, motor sounds sweet, but had some engine heat wafting up hitting my torso - a deal breaker for me. It had good sized factory side bags, and he put a givi top box on it. Other than engine displacement, I don't know what else Honda changed on the 1300's. I think the biggest change you will notice vs your 650 is the weight, and the handling won't be as sharp. Good thing is that the ST's are popular bikes, which means there are probably aftermarket solutions to anything you wanted to improve on it. If your like me, you'll end up spending $1000 on windscreens to find one the sucks the least.

@TimTheAzn sounds perfect.

@CrazySkullCrusher What's your budget? I love bike hunting, and based on the number of replies to your thread, SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE!!! Think we're getting an idea of what your after... Ooo......yeah....Tuonooooo. Love them things, but I sat on one at Pony and I hated to admit it but the pegs were too high for me. Leg crampage for me for sure.

mmmmmmm https://youngstown.craigslist.org/mcd/d/2016-ktm-1290-super-duke-gt/6473683451.html @Helmutt

hookers and cocaine.

Got the mccruise cruise control wire harness routed/connected, mounted the super awesome cruise control buttons at the left grip, while taking pics of the install. Only had an hour available for shop time tonight so had to call it quits. Still need to finish up the wire routing/zip tie process, plug in the cruise computer, then do the pretty simple sounding setup/calibration process. Hope to get a test ride in this weekend!

No trouble crusher. Had another thought for ya. If I didn't stumble across the SDR and was still looking for something, I'd be looking hard at those adventure-ish bikes - not the full on beemer GS's, but the ones that look like a GS but are clearly intended for road use only. Think KTM 1190/1290ADV, honda VFR1200X, multistrada, yammie FJ09 - these are bikes that can rip a twisty road, wheelie, carry luggage, legroom, don't weigh 650lbs, and have some wind protection. BUT - I'd have to ride them first - see if the screens screw up the airflow, see how the engine/rad heat is handled, do the bars buzz (don't think I'll ever own another inline 4). And you just do not know until you ride it. On the shaft drive - I did not notice my shaft drive bikes being any smoother than chain, but the near zero maintenance on the shaft drive is very nice. Good luck on your bike hunt, and congrats on the new job.

The KTM SDR is the best sport touring bike I've ever owned. I know, sounds weird given that it's a naked bike, and doesn't come with hard luggage. Some quick take-aways from past experience: bikes are like shoes, one size does not fit all; Inline 4's buzz the handlebars-even some with dual counter balance shafts; airflow can ruin a bike; ride the bike to see how it manages engine heat/flow of hot air from radiator. Here's what I liked/disliked about past sport touring bikes I've owned. 1992 ZX-11. Likes: Power, wheelies, sound, handling, could load it up with soft luggage for a 2 week trip. Dislikes: weight on wrists, 1" risers helped but some. Hand numbing vibration - I fill the bars with metal shot, turned some giant bar ends on the lathe, and used Grab On grips, much better but not gone. No cruise. Cramped legs (I'm 6'1"). Stock seat sucked, Corbin was only marginally better. 2002 ZZR1200. This was an updated ZX-11 with higher bars, lower pegs, longer subframe for more pillion/luggage space. Likes: Power, wheelies, sound, handling, Givi hard panniers and top box available, better leg room than ZX-11. Dislikes: Weight on wrists (I still added 1" bar risers), the bars still buzzed even worse than the ZX11, no cruise, Kawi really screwed up the aero and the heat management when they restyled it. Airflow was god-awfull loud, turbulent, and I tried 3 aftermarket screens with only a little improvement from a ZG double bubble. And engine heat - jezis I couldn't ride the thing if it was much over 80, even going down the freeway it roasted my legs and crotch. 2009 BMW R1200RT Likes: No vibration in the bars, ESA suspension, good seat, cruise, heated grips and seats, electric windshield adjustment, great ergos (but maybe a touch too upright), 260mile gas tank, hard panniers and top box, very little engine heat below 90deg. Dislikes: No cooling airflow to torso/crotch area and a pocket of stagnant hot air at your feet on hot days, parts are expensive, wish the screen went lower in hot weather, airflow is smooth but loud with screen in lowest position, It is sooooo slow. And that boxer motor was kind of tractor-like, and it sounded like a scooter. 2015 SDR. Likes: Power, looks, wheelies, handling, super light, sounds awesome, perfect seating position, naked so the airflow is smooth and quiet, decent stock seat, better $130 optional seat, no vibration in the bars (a little thumping but I have to be looking for it to notice), zero hot air from the radiator on my body, or legs unless I pull my legs into the hot airflow, soft luggage big enough for a weeks trip, I have added heated grips and electronic cruise control, great leg room, KTM parts and accessories are priced similar to Big J bikes. Dislikes: Naked, so have to carry more gear and put it on sooner, 170mile range, too small for two up trips (if you do that)......that's all I got.

Get a chance to try that jacket out yet?

Older thread, but this. I have gerbings heated gloves, which are great but kind of big and bulky - but for me on the bikes I've owned necessary when temps are below 40 and will be on the highway for hours. Heated grips are nice because I can ride without the bulky heated gloves until it hits about 40-45. Then it's time to break out the gerbings.

Sounds great! I'm in tentative, need to verify my kids game schedule when they come out. I'm a medium fast rider on roads I know well, so I'd better ride with the medium group on this event. Looking forward to meeting you all!

ooph. yup, not cool.

Congrats on the new orange bike! The SDR is only the 2nd KTM I've owned, but I got nothing but good things to say about them. They build excellent machines.

I've done this two ways: 1. Safest is what everyone else has said, meet at the guys bank/credit union - do the deal right in front of the teller - you get the title on the spot. This of course assumes you have the cash and don't need a loan yourself. 2. I needed a loan to buy a bike for which the seller also had a loan. We struck a deal, then we met at my bank. He brought his loan papers and non-negotiable white title copy. My bank's loan officer took care of all the paperwork. I got my bike and payment book, the seller got his money and loan payoff. My bank sent me the non-negotiable title a week later. This is actually how I sold my R1200RT a couple months ago. Any other bs from the guy, and walk away - there's thousands of bikes on CL for sale.

Given my work and family life, I have few opportunities for a full day riding, but occasionally the stars and planets align and I get the treat. Most of my typical rides are a quick 30 minute blast down the country roads near my house, after work before I go in. Rippin' off a dozen good wheelies, listening to the dukes big V-twin singing near 10grand, just soothes the soul. Once a week I have to make a 250 mile round trip to my employer's factory. In the morning it's a 2hr drone on the freeway non-stop or I'll be late for the weekly morning meeting. On the way home, if I don't have to hurry to one of my kids sporting events, I take the long and less traveled route. Bliss. A good solo day trip = 200-400 miles toward the least busy twistiest roads I can find. No schedule, stop for food in a hole in the wall when I'm hungry. Ride with hair on fire for a while, slow down and enjoy the scenery for a while. If I can find a river or stream to stop by, rest and forget things for a while, that's a special treat. Group ride: Anytime I can ride nearly any distance with friends is good - I'm just glad to be out, and don't care where we go. I haven't read your buddies blog yet, but I will. I like to learn of new roads and destinations to check out.

YEAH! My electronic cruise control from https://www.mccruise.com/ came in today! Goodby throttle lock! (besides, my favorite vista cruise throttle lock doesn't fit the new heated grips I just installed) They didn't have a kit for my Super Duke, but they had a kit for the 1090/1190ADV which uses the same canbus TBW system. I called them up, and they emailed me their drawing for the wire harness. I compared all the connectors, and then marked up their print with the new wire lengths needed to make the harness fit the super duke. Within a day, they had the new wire harness made, and shipped the kit to me on Friday. Arrived today - from Australia! I promised them I'd document the install, and send them pics so they can write the installation manual - so they should be able to sell kits for SDR's in about month. Good people, and they never said "g'day mate". Kinda disappointing, I may call them back just to ask if he'll say it for me Now I got something to do to the bike this week. WHOHOOOO

Since we've moved into injuries, here's a couple doosies: Compound fracture right tibia - I like to call this one my Bonehole, if only to gross out my daughter and her friends (cager crash, not our fault, killed my Aunt who was driving). And, the super awesome belly zipper (another cager crash, not my fault, killed my grandmother who was riding with me). So bottom line is people are stupid and can't drive. I'm currently teaching my 16yr old son to drive - his birthday is tomorrow - and definitely stressing the need to watch the other idiots on the road staring at their f'ing phones. I got lots more scars - chest tube hole, gall bladder surgery, arthroscopic surgery on left knee, and various chunks of meat removed from hands and fingers. "live hard, and leave a well used corpse"