Give me your opinion!

[ducatilover]

my gn250 used more petrol than my spada. i do open road riding and city riding and a fair bit of corner carving, i just got 260km from the spadas 11 litre tank on 95 unleaded. usaully i expect 240km from a tank and the gn was getting 210km on the same roads.

[Nasty]

You can't make a decision using a poll .. you need to make it be getting your arse out there and sitting on the bikes .. .each bike has a slightly different sit position and peg position for the feet. until you try them you won't know the best way to go and may go from bike to bike to get it right. Also with the different positions there are different parts of your body that may take the impact .. so look for something which you are comfortable on and that your body will be able to handle for both short and slightly longer rides.

[manwithav8]

what I am about to post alot will disagree with but hey...

My first bike is the bike i have now. The Duc M900 so apart from riding the Army KLR250's on the odd occasion I have never owned or had a decent ride on a road bike....

So, time to get a bike the mrs says "spend a decent amount on a decent bike so you don't have to keep upgrading" so I did.. Bought the monster for 8K and will keep it for many a year.

Now if I were single or had to save my own money to buy a bike, I would make do with what I have so when I do upgrade I might be getting that 1098 or R1 or ZX10... So as I said, doing it hard for a short while ( 2 years isn't that long) should give you good rewards at the end of you L plate and restricted time...

You are still on two wheels living the life so thats what matters for now...

ME, I was just lucky the mrs wanted me to have a bike as bad as I wanted a bike..

[ducatilover]

what I am about to post alot will disagree with but hey...

My first bike is the bike i have now. The Duc M900 so apart from riding the Army KLR250's on the odd occasion I have never owned or had a decent ride on a road bike....

So, time to get a bike the mrs says "spend a decent amount on a decent bike so you don't have to keep upgrading" so I did.. Bought the monster for 8K and will keep it for many a year.

Now if I were single or had to save my own money to buy a bike, I would make do with what I have so when I do upgrade I might be getting that 1098 or R1 or ZX10... So as I said, doing it hard for a short while ( 2 years isn't that long) should give you good rewards at the end of you L plate and restricted time...

You are still on two wheels living the life so thats what matters for now...

ME, I was just lucky the mrs wanted me to have a bike as bad as I wanted a bike..

you lucky man. my mrs hates me haveing a bike. but thats cos im an idiot

[manwithav8]

you lucky man. my mrs hates me haveing a bike. but thats cos im an idiot

When I first spoke of a bike I was thinking around the 3K mark and will upgrade when I got my full. Was looking and the VTR, Hornet and bandit in the 250cc.

Then she suprised me and mentioned spending upto 8K, so I contacted EMOTO in chch and had it all sorted in a matter of days. Then a week later the monster turned up...

It didn't matter that I couldn't ride it for 2 months due to still having the restricted, i was happy to wait it out.....

The mrs wants to go everywhere when I get the bike out so that helps...

I WILL one day own a 1098 but that will be a little while away yet..

[ducatilover]

Then she suprised me and mentioned spending upto 8K, so I contacted EMOTO in chch and had it all sorted in a matter of days. Then a week later the monster turned up...



The mrs wants to go everywhere when I get the bike out so that helps...

I WILL one day own a 1098 but that will be a little while away yet..

hmmm i feel some jealousy here, i was looking into buying the 2000 zx6r in dave anderson in masterton and i had the money ready etc.....but the mrs wants me alive or something. sentmetal bitch haha

[manwithav8]

hmmm i feel some jealousy here, i was looking into buying the 2000 zx6r in dave anderson in masterton and i had the money ready etc.....but the mrs wants me alive or something. sentmetal bitch haha

don't let her find this forum lol...

I will say you should be jealous lol... I am allowed what I want hehehehehe

Sorry dude, had to say it.. Why would you want a kwaka anyway??? lol

[ducatilover]

Sorry dude, had to say it.. Why would you want a kwaka anyway??? lol

well it was a nice bike lol and relatively cheap

[manwithav8]

well it was a nice bike lol and relatively cheap

would she notice the difference in what you have now and the ZX6? lol Could always chage and say you had a repaint

[ducatilover]

would she notice the difference in what you have now and the ZX6? lol Could always chage and say you had a repaint

haha shes not that blonde.... and my spada sounds "p fried" because of my magic exhaust mods ive told her that i dont care what she says and im getting it when im 20 next year

[manwithav8]

haha shes not that blonde.... and my spada sounds "p fried" because of my magic exhaust mods ive told her that i dont care what she says and im getting it when im 20 next year

good boy.. So what are these exhaust mods you have made then?
I hope you did it properly..

Cored? partially cored? Shortened? End cap opened???

[ducatilover]

good boy.. So what are these exhaust mods you have made then?
I hope you did it properly..

Cored? partially cored? Shortened? End cap opened???

reverse megaphone end can. polised ports. gave me a whole lot more top end [still pathetic] but less torque. sounds great...untill i start going fast and then it gets very very loud hehe

[manwithav8]

reverse megaphone end can. polised ports. gave me a whole lot more top end [still pathetic] but less torque. sounds great...untill i start going fast and then it gets very very loud hehe

sometimes loud is good though, the cagers can hear you so they know your there..

I have cored cans on the Duc, straight through perf pipe with exhaust bandage...I think the internal diameter all the way is about 2inches I think.. Very loud if I get on it...

Pull up to a cage at the lights, see driver on cell, blip throttle, they soon learn I am beside them..

[manwithav8]

lets get this back on track....

I still beleive you should hold onto the GN and save your pennies...While it doesn't seem like much right now, later will be all good.

[Ragingrob]

OK keep the GN I think at least for a while. Realised today on the motorway as I'm getting better coping with the wind that I can boost around at 110 and it feels all good. Also probably a good bike to ease my way into the mechanics of it all .