Originally posted by: RedRooster
Riding a sportbike as a casual hobby or even a daily commuter will turn you off from biking, easy as that. It's like using a Ferrari to drive down your driveway to get the mail, and that's it.
Having ridden for 19 years, the last 4 being on a sportbike, I can honestly say that within the last 2 years I've become less interested in riding on public street/highways, completely due to the fact that I use mine for commuting and the odd ride on the weekends. If I lived near a track or two, or had an abundance of great mountain roads in my area, I would imagine I'd never be home though!
Consider getting yourself a dual sport(like a KTM Duke) if you're just going to commute and ride for fun on weekends. Cuz a sportbike will make you want to get your money's worth out of it, and if you're riding once a week that's going to get you in big trouble, like Mnementh said.
Thats total malarky..
Ive only had a bike for the last 8 years... no cars at all..
before that i had both for most of my life...
during my divorce 8 years ago the old lady took the stang.. and ive been biking it ever since...
1996 GSXR 750 and now a 2001 CBR 929 RR are my most recent bikes... the GSXR had over 40k miles on it when i sold it in 2001 to buy the 929.. the 929 now has 20k miles on it..
VERY few of those miles could I say is work related... most is on weekends when I put over 300 miles a day riding with my friends all over..
its about 80 miles to the beach 1 way and we make that trip several times every weekend... other times we ride out to the country and do curves...
Anyway just to prove that riding to work every day does not burn you out on bikes..
I also hold a CCS/CMRA race license that Ive held for 4 years now .. Bikes are life man.. sportbikes are the only game in town...
using the HOV lane = great
6 dollar a week gas bill even better....
not sitting in traffic EVER..= priceless