inkjunkie
Well-Known Member
you have made the right choice? Have ridden street bikes since I was 16 or so. Have tried to stop, longest stretch I went without owning a bike was about 2 years...I am 48 now. Went out for the first ride in over a month yesterday....bike has been torn apart. After I got down with everything yesterday I went out in the garage and sat there, staring at the bike, the Dart and the boxes of stuff for it. And I can't help but wonder if I made the right choice in starting on the car. One thing I have always liked about bikes, especially the sport bikes, is the bang for the buck. Last one I owned was a 02 GSXR1000.
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was fairly comfortable for me. With my back being screwed up it has always been more tolerable to put the weight on my shoulders/wrists than my back. Bike made 145 or so rwhp & weighed in at a claimed 375 pounds dry.....so it was indeed a rocket. And when ridden sanely at freeway speeds would get over 40 mpg.
So last night I could not help but wonder why the hell I started on the Dart. With the amount of $$ I got sunk into it already I could have bought several bikes. When I was riding home yesterday got to thinking that maybe I should look for a different aftermarket frame to put my 110"motor/6 speed gear box into. :violent1:
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was fairly comfortable for me. With my back being screwed up it has always been more tolerable to put the weight on my shoulders/wrists than my back. Bike made 145 or so rwhp & weighed in at a claimed 375 pounds dry.....so it was indeed a rocket. And when ridden sanely at freeway speeds would get over 40 mpg.
So last night I could not help but wonder why the hell I started on the Dart. With the amount of $$ I got sunk into it already I could have bought several bikes. When I was riding home yesterday got to thinking that maybe I should look for a different aftermarket frame to put my 110"motor/6 speed gear box into. :violent1:
