If you were going to change your Bike what is the first thing you look for in another one?

What are peoples thoughts if they decide to change there Bike, the first and most important point in choosing another one?

No I am not changing mine just yet

 

Comfort! Does it feel right when you sit on it. Are the footrests, handlebar controls in the right place.

 

"Does it make me smile" everytime I open the garage and see it??

 

NOOOO not looking at another bike,

Looks many think this, so you see the perfect looking bike and it rides like a bag of poo, or in my case you cannot touch the ground , would you still get it?

 

My Bike is sooooo inpractical, makes my back ache, difficult to ride slowly (especially
with a 1/4 turn throttle) but still LOVE it

 

It's true looks are one thing, but its got to be comfortable and make you smile. When I first bought the Beemer, after about 2-3 hrs my wrists would kill. After a few more rides, I just didn't look forward to jumping on anymore. Other forums said switch out the stock for Wunderlich or AC Scnitzers. At £700 I was sceptical a few inches here n there wud help, but was I so wrong. I ended riding over to Europe I was so chuffed and I never looked back. Form and function...I think you need the two...

 

For me being a short ass I think being comfortable touching the ground, so it is important to feel confident riding/sitting on a bike, as for my STR it is border line confident, to the point it makes a different what boots I wear, I am looking at ways to maybe lower the ride hit just a small amount, although boots make a huge difference in various boots with heels and insoles etc.

 

Does your bike have dogbones? Buy adjustables.

 

what te hell is a dogbone?

 

Take a picture of the suspension linkage at the bottom of your rear shock and I,ll tell you.

 

pretty much does what it says on the tine .. piece of metal shaped somewhat like a dogbone, bulbous on either end and narrower in the middle, with 2 holes either end.. usually one end bolts onto the swingarm and the other bolts on to a linkage which in turn connects to the shock therefore trasferring the movement from the swingarm to the shock. the effect of lengthing/shortnening the dogbones basically affects the height the rear suspension sits at whilst static therefore either putting the rear closer/further away from the ground.. obv this then affects the geometry of the bike so you usually counter this with either loweing or raising the front forks throught the yoke

 

2010 fireblade, one with the hydraulic clutch, loved the look and then i took one out for a test drive and found out men can have multiple orgasms

 

Fun, fun, fun. Anything else; reputation, looks, mpg, comfort, spec etc comes 2nd.

 

kawasaki green thats were my heart is.samsung blue comes from a little lower

 

Lol I'm so shallow

COLOUR

 

I laugh cause I've been researching that for the last week so I can actually ride my new boy. Decided to get one fabricated and it's happening Saturday