CrashBomb
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Well I suppose it's about time to introduce myself around here, I've been lurking about long enough.
So...from the wild woods of Western Pennsylvania, hi.
I jumped in with both feet about two weeks ago and brought home the latest edition to my ever expanding stable, a pristine 2002 all black LE with custom paint and a good half of the mods I want to do already done to it. Want to hear the best part? Only 2400 original miles! It was a repo deal that got fought over and sat for a long time so it's barely been ridden. I've been through the entire thing and it really is almost flawless inside and out. I still can't believe my luck.
So a longtime Ducati/Sportster rider goes Hayabusa. Yeah yeah...you can stop laughing, I've heard them all. Oh and just so you know, I'm not one of the typical HD jerks who can't see anything past a big twin and chrome mirrors as a "real motorcycle. I've been building and riding Sportsters for years and still get ribbed about the whole "girls bike/starter Harley" thing, so I'm no better in their eyes than sportbike riders.
But I digress...
Holy #$%@* I still can't get the grin off of my face. This bike is insane.
The thing that I really can't get over is how easy and comfortable it is to ride. After about 100 miles of laying on the tank with all my weight on my wrists I realized, "oh wow, I don't actually HAVE to sit that aggressively if I don't want to," and promptly sat up.
KaPoW, no more wrist ache, no more numbness, and hey I'm not even burning my boot on the pipe anymore. (Don't laugh, I'm used to a 996, anyone who's ever sat on one has no problem imagining where the nickname "The Rack" came from. I didn't really know there WAS any other way to sit on a sportbike.)
So anyhow...just thought I'd say hello and greetings to you all. The wealth of knowledge here is constantly amazing and the friendliness with which it's dispensed is equally incredible. I look forward to getting to know any of you if you're willing to put up with someone who has the gall to park a Harley next to his Hayabusa.
So...from the wild woods of Western Pennsylvania, hi.
I jumped in with both feet about two weeks ago and brought home the latest edition to my ever expanding stable, a pristine 2002 all black LE with custom paint and a good half of the mods I want to do already done to it. Want to hear the best part? Only 2400 original miles! It was a repo deal that got fought over and sat for a long time so it's barely been ridden. I've been through the entire thing and it really is almost flawless inside and out. I still can't believe my luck.
So a longtime Ducati/Sportster rider goes Hayabusa. Yeah yeah...you can stop laughing, I've heard them all. Oh and just so you know, I'm not one of the typical HD jerks who can't see anything past a big twin and chrome mirrors as a "real motorcycle. I've been building and riding Sportsters for years and still get ribbed about the whole "girls bike/starter Harley" thing, so I'm no better in their eyes than sportbike riders.
Holy #$%@* I still can't get the grin off of my face. This bike is insane.
So anyhow...just thought I'd say hello and greetings to you all. The wealth of knowledge here is constantly amazing and the friendliness with which it's dispensed is equally incredible. I look forward to getting to know any of you if you're willing to put up with someone who has the gall to park a Harley next to his Hayabusa.
