im not saying that you need a bike to race sportbikes in a drag, but i am saying that theres a lot of flat roads around columbus and sometimes you want to get out to the hills a little faster. just make sure you know what you want and know what youre getting. again, whats NADA on the ktm say?
yeah coming off your R6, the 400SM is going to be rather lacking in top end. it wouldnt be a problem if you lived in a shanty in hocking hills, but i think tooling around C-bus might make you yearn for a little more. KTM makes a beautiful 690SM bike that one guy at work here has. might be out of your price range but who knows.
think i might need to bring a change of pants if we ever ride together. on a side note, i think i like how the OEMs are branding the bikes with badges now instead of cheap looking stickers (i.e. GSXR, cbr1k)
from what i remember, my 250 was always funny at a dead stop. if i forgot to shift down while rolling, i always had trouble getting down through the gears back to 1st. im pretty sure i couldnt shift back up once i got there either, at a stop.