Why your bike?

R1up0n1 · 03-30-2009, 07:00 PM

I had an SV650, then I wanted more power, so I got an 03 R1...then a disaster happend and I wanted another R1... so I got the 04 R1 which is what I wanted when I bought the 03.
Overall looks, power, comfort, price.

JoshuaTree · 03-30-2009, 07:27 PM

I've had a variety of bikes, but all of them had one characteristic in common: they did ONE specific thing exceptionally well - at the expense of every other attribute. The K75S is one of those bikes that does nothing "well", but everything just fine. It doesn't overheat even in Austin Summer Stop & Go traffic! It has ABS. And its "vewy vewy quiet... hehehehehe...." (i.e. does not draw unwanted attention at 'stability and handling test speeds'). It can haul two peoples' worth of stuff, or allow me to go to the grocery store and dumbfound the baggers and checkers.

It has the smoothest engine ever put in a motorcycle - an I3 with a counter-rotating balance shaft.

A few have remarked that it does have a family resemblance to the RTPs operated by our local law enforcement agencies, but I really hadn't noticed...

That might explain why I can cruise down the LH lane and traffic seems to pull to the right all the time...

03-30-2009, 07:27 PM	#2
JoshuaTree DILLIGAF? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, Texas, USA, Earth, Sol, Western Spiral Arm, Milky Way Moto: 1993 K75SA Posts: 483	I've had a variety of bikes, but all of them had one characteristic in common: they did ONE specific thing exceptionally well - at the expense of every other attribute. The K75S is one of those bikes that does nothing "well", but everything just fine. It doesn't overheat even in Austin Summer Stop & Go traffic! It has ABS. And its "vewy vewy quiet... hehehehehe...." (i.e. does not draw unwanted attention at 'stability and handling test speeds'). It can haul two peoples' worth of stuff, or allow me to go to the grocery store and dumbfound the baggers and checkers. It has the smoothest engine ever put in a motorcycle - an I3 with a counter-rotating balance shaft. A few have remarked that it does have a family resemblance to the RTPs operated by our local law enforcement agencies, but I really hadn't noticed... That might explain why I can cruise down the LH lane and traffic seems to pull to the right all the time... __________________ "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Learn to do the counter-intuitive things that may one day save your ass..." "... Love Much, Laugh Often..." - Amanda Kay Corso (January 18, 1980 - April 15, 2008)

03-30-2009, 07:00 PM	#1
R1up0n1 Yo Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA Moto: 2009 Yamaha V Star 950 Touring / 1995 Intruder Posts: 163	I had an SV650, then I wanted more power, so I got an 03 R1...then a disaster happend and I wanted another R1... so I got the 04 R1 which is what I wanted when I bought the 03. Overall looks, power, comfort, price.