Official Car Thread :: Vol 2 :: Now with More Bikes!

**YellerDog** · 26 Oct 2011, 11:36 AM

I recommend going to a closer shop and just sitting on a bunch of bikes just for due dilligance purposes. I wasn't interested in cruiser-style bikes, and now that I've tried one on I'm ABSOLUTELY not interested. But I hadn't confirmed that!

Now I have.

**Razor Ramon** · 26 Oct 2011, 11:52 AM

I'm pretty much 100% on the bike I want. It's exactly what I need for a city bike. Small enough to weave through traffic and not knock me on my ass when I open the throttle, inexpensive so I can buy it straight cash brand-new, retro look so I don't feel like I should ride with a dress or samurai sword, and economical enough that I'm not running out of money due to gas.

I'm shorter and smaller than you so I'm sure I'll fit on it. I do want to put ass to seat at least once, though.

**MarkRyan** · 26 Oct 2011, 05:26 PM

I think your bike choice 100% makes sense for. Is 45 minutes a far drive?

And yeah, got married about six months ago

**YellerDog** · 27 Oct 2011, 04:44 PM

Reading your blog might be selling me on a Ninja, MarkRyan. 650 specifically...

Or a Honda 599...

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**MarkRyan** · 27 Oct 2011, 05:25 PM

Solid choices. You'll find more Ninja 650s for same than Honda Hornets. Lots of Suzuki SV650s, too.

**Tones** · 28 Oct 2011, 01:42 AM

I love the 599's. Really discreet, especially in gray. I think that they're a step above the SV650s in terms of giddyup. However, I love my SV650. No regrets. The first month or so was a little hairy, but the romance continues a year later. They can take quite a beating, too. Now that I think about it, everyone I know with an SV650 has had it down at some point or another. They're still all on the road, too.

I occasionally dream of getting a ridiculous machine, like the Honda RC51, but I really have no reason to. If I get another bike, it will be something like the VFR800, which is more of a sport tourer.

**MarkRyan** · 28 Oct 2011, 02:41 AM

My next bike is a Street Triple. In an ideal world, I have a Street Triple and a Yamaha WR250X. And a KTM Duke, and a Husqvarna SM630. And then I'll be happy. Maybe a BMW F800GS, too. But definitely a Street Triple.