Well I hate to admit it, but after all the slams I got on my first post here, I was gun shy, and let the new bike just sit in the garage for a week. That was a mistake that I remedied the following week end. I'd never ridden a SS before, but was in mad love within 5 minutes, and what a pleasure it is to ride. I've already put more miles on it in 2 weeks then I did on the DRZ in the last 6 months. I am so much more comfortable with it. Yes it is a beast, but so far I've been able to tame it fairly well with throttle control.
Things that have confused me. I was told that thios bike would be twitchy, and feel unstable, and that the brakes would soon send me flying over the bars? I found the opposite. My DRZ is much, much more twitchy, and unstable to the point that it feels unsafe at times, where as the CBR is like a rock in comparison? . The brakes on the DRZ also feel much harsher than the 1000, as grabbing a handful with instantly lock the wheel up! Perhaps the CBR brakes aren't working as well as they should?
Anyway, I find that rides on the new bike are general 3 times longer than they were previously on the other one. I want to just keep on going! The riding position thats new to me, and had me a little concerned turned out to be kinda cool. I do get a little sore after a while, but I'm digging that knee high tucked in feeling. I like it much more than I thought. I read too many posts about older guy's having to ride cruisers and that's it! Screw that!
Was this bike too much to learn twisties. Yeah, probably so, but I've been searching for some local twisties, and have yet to find any around here, so that may be moot unless I go to Jennings.
I had planned on keeping the DRZ for practice, and ease into the CBR, but at this point, I think the DRZ is just holding me back. It's way to tall for me, and frankly feels less safe than the 1000. The steering on that thing gets very shakey at 60+MPH.
All in all I'm very happy with the purchase. Yes it's a big powerful bike, but I'm still a little confused as to why I got beat up, and ridiculed on my first post? I just read a post were it was recommended that to a guy with 1 year experience to go for a 600. I had alot more than a years experience, but yes it was spread out over more years.
Oh well....
Things that have confused me. I was told that thios bike would be twitchy, and feel unstable, and that the brakes would soon send me flying over the bars? I found the opposite. My DRZ is much, much more twitchy, and unstable to the point that it feels unsafe at times, where as the CBR is like a rock in comparison? . The brakes on the DRZ also feel much harsher than the 1000, as grabbing a handful with instantly lock the wheel up! Perhaps the CBR brakes aren't working as well as they should?
Anyway, I find that rides on the new bike are general 3 times longer than they were previously on the other one. I want to just keep on going! The riding position thats new to me, and had me a little concerned turned out to be kinda cool. I do get a little sore after a while, but I'm digging that knee high tucked in feeling. I like it much more than I thought. I read too many posts about older guy's having to ride cruisers and that's it! Screw that!
Was this bike too much to learn twisties. Yeah, probably so, but I've been searching for some local twisties, and have yet to find any around here, so that may be moot unless I go to Jennings.
I had planned on keeping the DRZ for practice, and ease into the CBR, but at this point, I think the DRZ is just holding me back. It's way to tall for me, and frankly feels less safe than the 1000. The steering on that thing gets very shakey at 60+MPH.
All in all I'm very happy with the purchase. Yes it's a big powerful bike, but I'm still a little confused as to why I got beat up, and ridiculed on my first post? I just read a post were it was recommended that to a guy with 1 year experience to go for a 600. I had alot more than a years experience, but yes it was spread out over more years.
Oh well....