Who has a bike?

[Guest SSC]

My bike is getting old.

It's an 89 EX500 w/ 30,000 miles on it. A lot for a sportbike, and it's been ridden hard and put away wet all it's life, ...even before I got it :inot

I won't say it's on it's last legs, but it hasn't had an easy life. It's my first bike, and it's a good first bike. Fast enough to scare you a little in the beginning, but not too fast to get you in too much trouble.

In all honesty, I'm pretty tame. One might say lame. I never pull wheelies, although others have done so on my bike, so it's confirmed that it's capable of wheelies. I just know that it's not a particularly good idea because the engine has been rebuilt twice, and the last thing I want to do is blow it up with only one tire on the ground.

So I'm thinking I might trade it for a newer bike. I'm a sportbike girl, so I want a sportbike ...and with all the plastic trimmings... I know the 'n@ked bike' thing is kinda in, but I'm not into that. I don't want to finance, so I'm thinking in the $3-5k range. Fuel Injection might be nice, but that's kinda rare.

So who has one, and what do you like?

[TintDude]

have you seen the Exile bikes? I don't ride, but these bikes are bad ass...

http://www.exilecycles.com/fat_tracker.htm

[Mdog]

I used to have a ninja back in 89 then I got a katana then got a GSXR-750.

if I were buying a sport bike I would get a GSXR 1000 no questions asked, light powerful like a mug, fuel injection, digital spedo all that cool shvit, did I mention its lighter than a mug :inot

[Guest SSC]

have you seen the Exile bikes? I don't ride, but these bikes are bad ass...

http://www.exilecycles.com/fat_tracker.htm

[*]273591

Blech, those cant handle for crap with such a tall tire... How am I supposed to scrape my knee cap around curves?

you know... like this:

[Guest SSC]

I used to have a ninja back in 89 then I got a katana then got a GSXR-750.

if I were buying a sport bike I would get a GSXR 1000 no questions asked, light powerful like a mug, fuel injection, digital spedo all that cool shvit, did I mention its lighter than a mug

[*]273593

hm. you think like me. a friend of mine had a gixxer1000. they are really light, but also really wide. I was wondering if the littlest gixxer would be narrower. I really don't want to go to a dealer and try one out just yet because I might buy something. :inot

[Mdog]

those 600 gixxers these days are faster than hell my 93 gixxer only had 98 hp or something ike that now the 600 has way more than that

What makes me horney about that 1000 is its as light as a 600 but with all that power :inot bet its a helluva ride. a guy that works at the local honda dealer drives a new 1000 its funny seeing it parked outside the honda dealer

[TintDude]

have you seen the Exile bikes? I don't ride, but these bikes are bad ass...

http://www.exilecycles.com/fat_tracker.htm

[*]273591

Blech, those cant handle for crap with such a tall tire... How am I supposed to scrape my knee cap around curves?

you know... like this:

[*]273598

It's better to look good than to feel good :inot

[Guest tinterjim]

My friend has the '03 version of the bike you have now, it has 700 miles on it. He wants $2500 I think. He's done some custom paint work, but never rode the damn thing You have my # gimme a call if your interested :inot

[Guest SSC]

My friend has the '03 version of the bike you have now, it has 700 miles on it.  He wants $2500 I think. He's done some custom paint work, but never rode the damn thing     You have my # gimme a call if your interested

[*]273641

Wow! That sounds like a deal!!

The only thing is... it's exactly the same bike as what I have. And I mean exactly. they didn't change the EX500 that whole time.

That's kind of why it didn't bother me that my bike was so old... it didn't /look/ like an old bike.

If I get a new bike, I want something different.

:inot

[Guest tinterjim]

I was thinking of getting it for myself just to putter around on. The way gas prices are it wouldn't be bad to run to and from work on. :inot