Sports bike's purpose in life?

[lanci]

Hi there,

A quick question for y'all, who here owns a sports bike as a daily commuter and alternatively who here owns it as a weekend warrior or track tool? Also if you could state the pro's and con's of your answer it would be great.

Finally, by sports bike I mean that in the vein of Ducati XXXX, GSX-R XXXX, CBRXXXXRR, ZX-XXXXR or the YZF-RXXXX's (XXXX denoting number).

Cheers,

Lance

[Taz]

I ride to sports events on my bike so surely that makes it a sports bike??

[lanci]

I believe that that's a commute if you refer to the Oxford english dictionary........now if you played a game of rugby or did a 100m sprint on your bike, it may fall in to the category of the above mentioned bikes.

[Cajun]

my GSX-R 600 use to be my daily communter, to work and back, also used for weekend fun.

More round town wear & tear on bike, my is a short communte but longer communtes you might square tires up.
Good thing is no has many issues with traffic.

My bike is more setup for weekend fun, since round down is just that and normal 50-60km sorta thing so i live with it being hard suspenion etc etc

[Marmoot]

I use my blade for commuting AND weekend plaything.

Pros: only one bike to worry about
Cons: only one bike....

[Tonka]

ZX14

I dont commute on it because I am part of a car pool - being a shift worker has its benefits as I dont have to wait till the weekend to ride.

Pro's - awesome all round bike, suits my touring needs
Con's - I make it look small

[skelstar]

I use my RSV1000 for commuting as well as sport-riding. Not sure what you're asking for tho? Maybe you could tell us the reason for the question and then I might know how to answer?

[vifferman]

I'm offended, Sir!
I consider the (almost)mighty VFRXXX to be a sprotsbike. I certainly use it for the most engaging sprot of KaosKommuntering.
(One has to be actively engaged in this sport to participate, else one is quickly eliminated or disqualified.)

On the other hand, it could be considered to be a communter bike, seeing one commutes on it.
Or a tourer, seeing as it has toured some of the highways and bighways of these fair(ly weather-struck) isles.

And I guess even though Freddie Spencer rides a VFRXXX, and it's sporty enough for him, it's not for you?

[cowpoos]

I'm offended, Sir!
I consider the (almost)mighty VFRXXX to be a sprotsbike. I certainly use it for the most engaging sprot of KaosKommuntering.
(One has to be actively engaged in this sport to participate, else one is quickly eliminated or disqualified.)

On the other hand, it could be considered to be a communter bike, seeing one commutes on it.
Or a tourer, seeing as it has toured some of the highways and bighways of these fair(ly weather-struck) isles.

And I guess even though Freddie Spencer rides a VFRXXX, and it's sporty enough for him, it's not for you?

Freddie spencer is old????

[nodrog:Me]

ZX14
Con's - I make it look small

DAMM I thought it was a scooter!

[avgas]

Jessica is a 150hp commuter.
Yet i used to ride a 90hp sport bike??? Klown has her now (but i think he blew up her engine)

[jrandom]

Hi, this site is all about sportbikes, REAL SPORTBIKES. This site is awesome. My name is jrandom and I can't stop thinking about sportbikes. These bikes are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.

Facts:

1. Sportbikes are not mammals.

2. Sportbikes wheelie ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the sportbike is to flip out and kill people.

[lanci]

I like the idea of a sports bike but I think that for my situation (daily commuter, weekend rides to country pubs and no real aspirations of track work yet) I think that a sports bike might not be for me but who knows. Also, I don't think that my skill set is at a level where a sports bike is a safe option.

[skelstar]

I like the idea of a sports bike but I think that for my situation (daily commuter, weekend rides to country pubs and no real aspirations of track work yet) I think that a sports bike might not be for me but who knows. Also, I don't think that my skill set is at a level where a sports bike is a safe option.

How long have you been riding for?

Do you want to ride fast?

Do you want to look cool?

I ride about 20kms to work on my RSV. Its not that much fun in the 50km/h stuff, but I love the half of the journey where I do 100km/h. Its enough to float my boat until the weekend/night rides.

[hospitalfood]

I commute on my bike ( buell XB12R ) everyday, also take it for rides in the weekend and thurs nights.
not a good bike for work and back and round town stuff, was better before I fitted the race pipe and computer.
get sore riding it slowly as well.