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[misterprofessionality]

It followed me home.

From its markings it appears to be a 2022 ktm rc390. 900 miles on the clock.

This bike handles ***sharp***. The little single cylinder just purs away all the way up to the rev limiter. At under 400ccs i think it might be faster than my cb1100 according to butt dyno. Will anybody still wanna play with me if i show up in bluefield on this?

 

[The A-man]

Wow, congrats MrP! That looks like a bike that would be quite at home on the mountain roads of WNC!

 

[misterprofessionality]

Oh yes....the front end feel is like a proper supersport even though its so small.

 

[Lord Popgun]

Congrats MrP!! Looks like a fun machine!

 

[peterbaron]

Nice little but powerful gadget. Congrats!!

 

[the Ferret]

Congrats. My Nevada nephew's son had one of those. Quite the backroads rapier.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Hey, cool Mr. P. Man, gotta love thumpers.

Take a passenger yet?

 

[Nachodaddy]

Beautiful bike. Lots of fun there.

 

[misterprofessionality]

Hey, cool Mr. P. Man, gotta love thumpers.

Take a passenger yet?

No. Definitely not. If i took a passenger on this bike the two of us would weigh more than the bike.

 

[Cormanus]

Great little bikes. Well done MrP. A woman I know — who is, shall we say, vertically challenged — has ridden one over large chunks of Australia. It has served her well and I've certainly struggled to keep up with her on the CB. That's only partly explained by the gap in our riding abilities.

 

[misterprofessionality]

I dont know if its even just the rider skill. This thing seems to have almost the same 0-60 as our bike. If you keep it on the boil it can power out of corners every bit as quickly. The thing that impresses me about your story is her being short. The seat on this is tall. Its not like other bikes in the category that go out of their way to make the seat more accessible. They bumped the seat up because they know people are going to want to track this. Makes it super hard for a short person.

 

[Cormanus]

Here she is on it. I’m sure she couldn’t flat foot it. She can ride it though.

 

[misterprofessionality]

Oh thats the Duke! A bit different but all the same powertrain.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Here she is on it. I’m sure she couldn’t flat foot it. She can ride it though.

Like the back rest for long cruises.

 

[Gone in 60]

Cool little bike! The guy in my neighboring office rides one and has a blast on it.
When I showed up with the CB300R, he said "Man, if you wanted a little bike, you shoulda got one of these!"

 

[misterprofessionality]

I was actually really up on a CB300R for a minute before I decided that i definitely wanted to pursue tracking this new bike. the CB300R is actually SIGNIFICANTLY lighter than all the other 300-class bikes, which was a huge selling point for me, but at the end of the day i just couldn't justify taking it to a track in any dedicated way. The handling on RC390 is so much more dialed in for that sort of thing, despite the extra weight, whereas the CB300R is almost like a supermoto. i would compare it more closely to a KLX300SM, which is funny because if you think of it like that the CB is a hugely good deal.

point i'm making is it's all down to what you want to do with it. If i had no track aspirations i would have got a KLX300sm or a CB300r.

 

[Gone in 60]

One of the things that sold us on the CB300R was the light weight, 313 pounds. Due to the "Tetris" in our garage, that bike lived between the garage door and the back of my car. So, to use the car, need to roll the bike over to behind Mrs. G's car. She pushed a CB300R around in the showroom, and it felt like a large mountain bike. It was super easy for either of us to move it around as needed. Plus, it came in dark blue, her favorite color, so... that was that.

The RE 650 now sits in that spot. Quite a bit heavier, and not quite as easy to move between the cars, but still narrow enough to fit in the space.