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What are the point of supermoto bikes?

louemc said:
The bike it's self is just part of the package...the rider completes the package.

The whole package can be supremely a safety item...because of the bikes capability in the moves, with light weight, Sweet power, and tires that are made for traction on pavement.

If the rider is a dumb ass...then all bets are off.
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louemc said:
That's where the FAUXTARD ZX-10 comes in....And Long travel is not required on the street...no matter how rough the street...it isn't MX jumps.
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What incredibly useless and pointless posts. If you really are that defensive about that thing you ride, you should really just keep it to a Kawi forum. You clearly have no idea what makes a sumo worthwhile.



On to something (barely) useful: thee is a moment when you've started riding one at which you realize that there are no rules. Parking lots have exits that everyone else must adhere to. Sumo don't care. You need to make a left from a parking space to get where you are going but there is a median with a 3 foot mound in the middle. Sumo don't care.



Lou, let's see a ZX-10 do that.
 
Karbon said:
Ok remember when you were a little kid, and you went practically everywhere with your bicycle, going off sweet jumps, eating shit but generally having fun and not giving a fuck?

Well...its like that. Except that you're a grown ass man, and maybe you can't recover as quickly from eating shit as well as you could back then, but that just means it's more fun.
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This and the "Jump of Death" quote and pict.

Perfect wording!!!!!
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louemc said:
That's where the FAUXTARD ZX-10 comes in....And Long travel is not required on the street...no matter how rough the street...it isn't MX jumps.
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The answer to every question isn't an 05 ZX-10, you know that, right?
 
It also adds 16 inches to your penis, instantly. Which coincidently, helps in the turns. You've heard of dragging knee? It ain't your knee draggin on a sumo.
 
walty87 said:
I'm not flaming and am seriously curious. What's the purpose of bikes like the yamaha wr250x? What kind of fun things can you do w/ it?
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Well I'm not saying this is a WR250X and I'm not saying you should take short cuts to avoid road construction that fucks up your commute, but you probably don't want to go up a curb at an angle and go down wet grass and drop onto a dirt- and gravel-covered road with your plastic-wrapped, 450-pound Ducazooki 1199ZXY sprotbile.

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Unfortunately, there may not be a point any longer. Look at how many new supermotos we are getting in the US now. Bums me out that so many riders are pumped on SM, yet it's pretty much a dying breed.
 
Serious question: Has anyone ever ridden one and not wanted to own it?

Perhaps more important: has anyone ever owned one, sold it and not wanted another?
 
JO EBRMC said:
Serious question: Has anyone ever ridden one and not wanted to own it?

Perhaps more important: has anyone ever owned one, sold it and not wanted another?
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No.

A motard is the absolute perfect second bike to have in a stable, but is not the ideal bike for, say, touring or lots and lots of distance stuff.
 
mikev said:
No.

A motard is the absolute perfect second bike to have in a stable, but is not the ideal bike for, say, touring or lots and lots of distance stuff.
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My situation I think explains it fairly well: I ride the XR for everything I do except long rides and right now, commuting to SF because I don't have a key on it. When I walk out to the garage, I just grab a bike and the XR is always what I choose. I turned a 4 mile ride to a friends house into a 23 mile trip just because I didn't want to ride the XR on the freeway.

However, when money was getting short a couple months ago and I had to decide which bike to insure, it was the Buell because it can do everything I need, it just doesn't do everything I want.
 
^^^ My ZX-10 does everything I want ... it's the answer to every question...

Do feel a twinge of sorrow for the poor folk that can't grasp it though...
but it's a fleeting twinge, though...that the rush of the ZX-10 blows away like vapor. :ride
 
JO EBRMC said:
Perhaps more important: has anyone ever owned one, sold it and not wanted another?
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I wouldn't want to not have one, but I wouldn't want one as my only bike.

I do have to note that for street use, a dualsport can be as good or better than a moo-tard.
 
Its like trying to describe the beauty of the Grand Canyon,a Spring Meadow in full Bloom or a a Rose to someone that has been blind their entire life. Its just not possible.

I was once blind... but now I see :ride

With that said....I dont know if i would only have a Supermoto as my only bike. Its an awesome machine but at times I prefer to ride the gixxer. Its a completely different experience.
 
Shameless self-promotion disguised as a relevant thread contribution:
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