What is your dream motorcycle garage? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world

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If you could have any three production motorcycles, with any budget, what would you pick?

I'll go first:

Yamaha R1 (Sport riding and trackdays, also crossplane sound)
Triumph Tiger 900 GT (touring and adventure riding with an actually manageable seat height)
Honda Grom (for just hooning around for when I want a small light bike)

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[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

What makes the GSX-R 750 the ultimate sport bike in your mind?

[-] dmtalon@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago

Well back when I was riding a LOT and even racing (wera) it was the literal same chassis, and weight of it's little brother (GSX-R 600) but with 145hp. So a menace :)

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

I'm still a fairly inexperienced rider, I've put 1800 miles into my first and only motorcycle: A Suzuki GZ250 with a whopping 20hp. I test rode a 80hp Triumph Trident 660 and did some 2nd gear pulls at not even full throttle and it was the craziest acceleration I've ever felt, more so than the (admittedly smallish) rollercoasters I've ridden and the C7 Corvette that I got to floor it in. Even the Harley I test rode felt fast. I can't even imagine what 145hp is supposed to feel like.

[-] Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

It feels like you can teleport from point A to B before you know you left A.

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