Motorcycles

[VaderDave]

After taking a few months to recover from a careless driver totalling my last bike (and almost me along with it) earlier in the year, I'm back on two wheels.

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2016 Triumph America.
Office chair on wheels.
Let's see how long I last at leaving it the way I got it...

Definitely need more pics!

 

[Bromley]

In looking for an electric alternative to a 2-stroke trail dirt bike I recently came across the Sur Ron. It's sort of a cross between a mountain bike and a dirt bike, and it looks like way too much fun. I haven't made a dollar since a tornado wiped my job off of the electrical grid, but I want one of these so bad I've started looking around my house for things to sell.

Anyway, @emptym , I remember you were looking at commuter e-bikes, and posted something really expensive (Cake Kalk maybe?). Check out the Sur Ron out. It's around $3400 (although I see a lot of these on Craigslist/Facebook Marketplace in California), and you can get ~50mph and ~50 miles of range out of an upgraded battery/controller. These can apparently be made street legal in California with very little effort.

 

[samtalkstyle]

Definitely need more pics!

When the weather gets kinder here I'll take it out and do a proper shoot with it. I snuck in the previous photo when doing a shoot on a friend's Evo 7.

 

[Neognosis]

I added a second bike the first week in june...

 

[gnatty8]

Nice bikes! I had an Iron 883 about 10 years ago and loved it, but traded it up for a Forty-Eight. I've got a Sportie 72 and big twin in my garage these days also.

 

[VaderDave]

I just ticked over the 600mi mark on my Ducati Scrambler. Off to the dealer to get the initial inspection/service. I will drop it off in the morning and should have it back same-day.

 

[tileygrouty]

How is it? Can anyone assume the price? Mostly I like the sports bikes.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

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How is it? Can anyone assume the price? Mostly I like the sports bikes.

Is that the 400?

 

[otc]

Is that the 400?

Oooh, I hadn't been paying attention and didn't realize they had both bumped up to a 400 AND brought a naked version to the US

I'm still not in the market, but I admit it would be kind of fun to follow up my 70s Kawasaki kz400 with a modern Kawasaki z400

Wonder how it compares to the Honda CB500f naked bike? And if the z would feel too small to me at 6'2

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Oooh, I hadn't been paying attention and didn't realize they had both bumped up to a 400 AND brought a naked version to the US
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I'm still not in the market, but I admit it would be kind of fun to follow up my 70s Kawasaki kz400 with a modern Kawasaki z400

Wonder how it compares to the Honda CB500f naked bike? And if the z would feel too small to me at 6'2

KZ400 makes 35 hp & 2.5 ft/lbs (this can't be right) and weighs 375 lbs
vs
Z400 which makes 43 hp & 25 ft/lbs of torque and weighs 364 lbs

Night and day

 

[f800gs]

You really need to sit on the z400 the ergonomics did not fit me at all.
6ft
YMMV

 

[FPB]

Got this a couple of months back. Fourth bike, first Ducati. Haven't done much other than a tail tidy.

 

[John Doe]

Cool monster.

 

[otc]

KZ400 makes 35 hp & 2.5 ft/lbs (this can't be right) and weighs 375 lbs
vs
Z400 which makes 43 hp & 25 ft/lbs of torque and weighs 364 lbs

Night and day

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Well...and it is pretty unlikely that my KZ400 was actually still making 35.

But I mean, even a ninja 250 would have been faster than a small displacement 70s gas crisis bike!

 

[samtalkstyle]

And if the z would feel too small to me at 6'2

definitely