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Ok, here's the deal: I need a new bike. I think my GSXR is sold. I want a v-twin for under $5k. I am starting my third year of riding and I basically suck. I can't doo wheelies, stopies or burn outs. Now, I know that doing these things makes me a squid, not a good rider, but being able to do them demonstrates a mastery of controle over the motorcycle that I have not yet attained. By all acounts I am a good rider in all situations when both tires are on the ground. That's what I'm told, any way. I know that I have yet to be in an accident, despite a few close calls.
That being said, when I sold the GSXR I planned on getting an SV650 and pimping it out some, and riding the SNOT out of that thing. The trouble is that in the fall of my first year of riding I stepped up from a 650 Nighthawk to a TL100s. I loved this bike but a friend of mine was way interested in it. I had an SV too, and sold him the TL and kept the SV because I knew that he TL was too much for me at the time. But damn, I loved that bike. It was very comforable to me, I loved the power and the sound and the REDness of it. I loved the way it looked, the way it smelled, all of it. I have the chance to buy it back for what I sold it for. My buddy had a lot of work done to her: engine work, custom clutch,and other things like that. The PC II is dead on and the Full Yoshis are loud as shit! The bike is as dialed in as any TLs I have seen. The thing make 145+ RWHP now and 80+ fps of tourke. That's like a GSXR 100 who's whole power band has been squished down into the first 8k RPMs. I rode it that way, and it is sweet, but I'm looking to more than ride it, I'm looking to DOMINATE it, and I think that that's a fight that I might loose. Good, used SVs are always out there, THIS TL, MY TL will disapear shortly and be gone. I can't do two this time (inless I pick up the $2k Katanna to romp on....
You guys (and gals) know how to ride and know how you came by your skills. WHat is YOUR recomendation here? Keep in mind that If my old ass falls off of this thing and I break a hip, I'm all done! My heart says TL, but my Head says SV.
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