07-15-2020, 04:38 AM
(07-13-2020, 12:34 PM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: I'm not a huge fan of the R NineT but I was really drawn to this bike and wanted to like it, but I just can't. The more I stare at it, the more weird styling cues I notice. Is the front fender on backwards? And why is the tank so huge? Looks like a beluga. And why can't you buy a classic-design bike with a real rear fender?
Oh well, it's a nice shade of blue, and the hand-applied pin stripes are cool.
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Dont' feel bad. I've test ridden more than one iteration of the R9T. I just can't get behind it. on paper it's better than our CB in every way and i will concede that it's certainly faster, but it's just not....as good? i don't know. it seems to fall short in so many ways when actually being ridden. the handling. the feeling of the acceleration, the smoothness. Add to that the aesthetics don't jive with necessarily everybody and I never could understand the hype around R9ts.