Show and Tell: What bike do you ride?? - Part 1

[QIKMIK]

Long time reader, first time poster.

Got my license in July and started my riding career on a 2009 GS500F.



Why didn't I start this sooner?

Mick

[A^K^T]

I bought a 2012 696 Monster the other week and am enjoying it , makes a change riding something that doesn't weigh over 200kg.
It needs new tyres , they have only done 7000km , but they are the originals fitted to the bike and are a little old and hard.

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One of the blokes at work joked that i just need four more bikes and will have one for every day of the week.

[BanPC]

I just got this after kiling the touring sx se version....

[Smitty]

mate... you have to PAY PB these days
to see the pics

a blur and a watermark is all you get otherwise

[whitels1ss]

mate... you have to PAY PB these days
to see the pics

a blur and a watermark is all you get otherwise

YEAH PB is so annoying these days!

[SASLS1]

God I'm nice today... Here you go re-linked...

PB sucks... use imgur...

Very nice...

[QIKMIK]

Nice machine there. Can't imagine what 200+ hp would feel like.

Meanwhile, there's been a little upgrade in the shed...

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02/2000 ZX-6R with just under 14k on the clock. Old but new. Cost me $3800 plus about $1300 worth of tyres and servicing.

Cheers,

Mick

[BanPC]

I didn't know PB has gone so bad.... you can watch moving pictures of the bike here..

https://youtu.be/8anOZ0bpE_c

[QIKMIK]

Nice machine there. Can't imagine what 200+ hp would feel like.

Yes, I can.

2011 ZX-10R

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200hp feels freakin ridiculous....AND I LOVE IT!!

Mick

[A^K^T]

Put a deposit on a Livewire today , pics to follow (Monday or Tuesday).

[whitels1ss]

Put a deposit on a Livewire today , pics to follow (Monday or Tuesday).

Wow!

Those things look amazing.



I would be a little worried about the safety on them when moving between other vehicles
as nobody would hear them coming & they are quite fast.

[A^K^T]

I will have to be a little more careful in traffic , need to make sure I ride like I am invisible.

I had wanted one since the Project Livewire was announced back in 2014 but was put off by the near on $50k price so hadn't even test ridden one when they finally arrived here in Australia.
From what I understand it hasn't exactly been a resounding sales success and is being spun off into it's own brand.

There is a LiveWire trade-in deal at the moment , which is what I went there to check out.

It will take a bit to get used to not having a cloth or brake lever and cruse control is a new one for me (on a bike)

[Smitty]

Yes, I can.

2011 ZX-10R

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200hp feels freakin ridiculous....AND I LOVE IT!!

Mick

oh yeah... and that is one reason I bought a 12R !
157kw at idle to a max of 171 as speed increases

That snout might be not the best bit of design but damn it works!

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pic is of my old'Kwaka and its replacement the 12R

[QIKMIK]

Update:

171rwhp is kinda fun, huh....

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M4 Street Slayer plus a Woolich Racing tune. FUN!!

Mick

[A^K^T]

Am not used to using a Mac for resizing photos , I tried yesterday and gave up.
Wound up doing it on my other pc.
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Some aspects are taking a little time to get used to , in eco mode it's almost like one peddle driving in a Tesla (have test driven one of those), you pretty much just need to roll off the throttle to slow down with minimal use of the brakes.
It's about 250kg and a little top heavy , but once you are on the move.
Last night I charged it to 92% and it had about 75% when I got home from work today, about a 50km round trip.
Thats about 10km of back streets & the rest highway with speeds from 60-80kph & some roadworks thrown in and stop start traffic.

Cruze control on a motorbike is also a novelty for me but it seems to be fairy simple to use.

The servicing intervals surprised me , first is at 1600km then every 8000 (typical Harley intervals)