12-28-2014, 10:20 PM
(12-28-2014, 02:58 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote:(12-28-2014, 09:31 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Yes makes a lot of sense. The term "power corrupts" I think is true. Once you ride a bike with a certain power level, it's really hard to go back. I am truly a liter bike junkie. Every time I get on a bike smaller than 1000 cc, I think there is no way I could live with that on a day to day basis. I rode my other nephews NC 700 out in Nevada, in August. Two up, thru Monitor and Ebbets passes in the Sierra Nevadas. Nice bike..a little tall for me. Just needed about 30 more horsepower to make me happy.
Then again I ride our 400 Majesty around and I think this is all the power I need. guess I'm a non decider as well. It's all so confusing lol.
(12-28-2014, 12:33 PM)the_undecider_imp Wrote:(12-28-2014, 11:49 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Which V-Strom did you have, oh undecided one? They come in litre or 650-ish capacities here as I recall.
I had the 650. I had planned on buying the 1000 version before I ended up with the FJR, but I got such a good deal on the FJR, the idea of owning a V-strom went away for a couple years. By the time I came back around to getting a V-strom, I was set on the 650 because I felt it would be noticeably lighter and nimble than the 1000. The smaller motor is also happier to rev than it's torquey big brother. That 90 degree 650 is a nice motor to wring out. I liked to think of it as a poor man's Multistrada.
I can't say anything bad about it and sometimes I miss it. I would prefer I still had it over having to pay for another motorcycle. A better measure of a person's material wealth is not what they can buy, but what they already have. I might one day learn to live by this instead of getting rid of something perfectly good for the latest and greatest.
Statements of truth, gentlemen, and well put.
TU, isn't your solution to buy another VStrom?
(12-28-2014, 12:33 PM)the_undecider_imp Wrote:(12-28-2014, 11:49 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Which V-Strom did you have, oh undecided one? They come in litre or 650-ish capacities here as I recall.
I had the 650. I had planned on buying the 1000 version before I ended up with the FJR, but I got such a good deal on the FJR, the idea of owning a V-strom went away for a couple years. By the time I came back around to getting a V-strom, I was set on the 650 because I felt it would be noticeably lighter and nimble than the 1000. The smaller motor is also happier to rev than it's torquey big brother. That 90 degree 650 is a nice motor to wring out. I liked to think of it as a poor man's Multistrada.
I can't say anything bad about it and sometimes I miss it. I would prefer I still had it over having to pay for another motorcycle. A better measure of a person's material wealth is not what they can buy, but what they already have. I might one day learn to live by this instead of getting rid of something perfectly good for the latest and greatest.
Statements of truth, gentlemen, and well put.
TU, isn't your solution to buy another VStrom?
Now that I don't have it, I'd prefer something lighter. I had gotten bored with it, but I realize I would be financially better off had I kept it.
This mirrors my recent car buying habits. I bought 8 different vehicles since March 2010. I want to stick to just one car, but it hasn't worked out that way. It really does bother me, but I try to make light of it when I can. My username is a reflection on this.