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Two race weekends ago I had an "I hate motards" sticker on the tail of my bike. I removed it for the last event, as they look more and more fun every time I see them. I've been thinking about getting one as a dual sport/street bike.
Maybe someone who races one in the novice class would like to trade bikes for a practice session so I can see how fun they really are. Maybe I'll hate it, hopefully.![]()
Easy to ride (like you can ride all day and it hurts less)
Easy to go 'quick on'
You can make lots of mistakes and it's okay.
The bumps at Loudon disappear.
They accelerate and brake extremely quickly.
You can ride them with two very different styles.
You can put dirt wheels on and ride in the dirt.
Crash well
Tires last a long time.
cons
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Straightaway are very boring
Outside of Loudon they aren't the 'quick' ticket
Tend to blow up
Last edited by a13x; 09-11-06 at 02:15 PM.
Boston --> San Diego
I started doing it a few years ago just cuz it was something 'different' to try.
Recently, its more due to the fact that tires last forever and they don't break stuff when you crash em. (thus extremely cheap to race)
Good points, I added them on.
I sort of want a motard so I can race... Supermoto, like dirt / jumps / pavement.
Boston --> San Diego
It's great practice!!! They teach you how to control a bike that's wiggling and wobbling. Also, helps with getting on the gas early and on the brakes way late. Now, it doesn't even phase me when the 600 get all out of shape.
Plus, the biggest reason of all, MOTARDS PISS OFF 125 GUYS![]()
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Mike 37
Try riding a KLR fastOriginally posted by mmracer37
It's great practice!!! They teach you how to control a bike that's wiggling and wobbling. Also, helps with getting on the gas early and on the brakes way late.![]()
Doesn't your blanket statement also cover racing an EX?![]()
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2021 KTM Duke 890 R
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1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport
They are very easy to ride quickly, and have LOTS of suspension, which rocks at a bumpy ass track like Loudon.
Yeah, an EX will teach some of the same principles, but you can't jump an EX................well I suppose you couldOriginally posted by TheIglu
Doesn't your blanket statement also cover racing an EX?![]()
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Mike 37
No one will let me borrow one?![]()
Nope, once you ride one, you'll want one so bad... and that's just what the cheap bastards don't want to see is another tard out there making them earn their points/placesOriginally posted by Stupidhawk007
No one will let me borrow one?![]()
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I'll let you take my KTM for a spin but not on the track![]()
Yamaha
So we get to see you race Oreo in LWSM next race weekend?Originally posted by R7
Nope, once you ride one, you'll want one so bad... and that's just what the cheap bastards don't want to see is another tard out there making them earn their points/places![]()
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I'll let you take my KTM for a spin but not on the track![]()
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2021 KTM Duke 890 R
2020 BMW R1250GS Adventure Exclusive
1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport
Did I miss something, you guys got Motards?? CoolOriginally posted by TheIglu
So the real question is: Will you be racing Oreo or myself?![]()
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Yamaha
KB might let ya
When I start my KTM in the morning, rules are broken. Its inevitable...
01 SV650S (RC51 eater)/07 690SM /03 300EXC/14 XTZ1200
TRACKS:Firebird/NHMS/VIR/Calabogie/California Speedway/NJMP/MMC/NYST/Palmer/Thompson/Club Motorsports
Come by the Low Down area next weekend and you can take her out for a rip as long as you take it for a race I'm not in obviously.Originally posted by Stupidhawk007
No one will let me borrow one?![]()
KB
Not for a race, I'd just like to get out there for a practice session. I'll let you take the hawk!Originally posted by rmbbikes
Come by the Low Down area next weekend and you can take her out for a rip as long as you take it for a race I'm not in obviously.
KB
Ha ha haOriginally posted by R7
Did I miss something, you guys got Motards?? Cool![]()
Between edits I tried to look up what races you normally run. Couldn't find out quick enough!![]()
2021 KTM Duke 890 R
2020 BMW R1250GS Adventure Exclusive
1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport
If I run this weekend, it'll be the GTLOriginally posted by TheIglu
Ha ha ha
Between edits I tried to look up what races you normally run. Couldn't find out quick enough!![]()
My best time was a .26 so you got me beat already, plus my KTM woodsbike doesn't have the bark of it's MX brother
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Yamaha
Originally posted by R7
If I run this weekend, it'll be the GTLMy best time was a .26 so you got me beat already, plus my KTM woodsbike doesn't have the bark of it's MX brother
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Ok sounds good.Originally posted by Stupidhawk007
Not for a race, I'd just like to get out there for a practice session. I'll let you take the hawk!
kb
One session on R7's YZ450 at VIR is what got me addicted. I thought the whole thing was a stupid by-product of people who couldn't figure out how to ride a sportbike, but grew up riding in the dirt.Originally posted by R7
Nope, once you ride one, you'll want one so bad...
Then I went out on the motard and did a better lap time than I could pull on my R1, at a horsepower-friendly track.![]()
I'm glad you enjoyed the ride, but VIR isn't exactly a hp friendly track. Its too tight, twisty and narrow. Aside from the straight being boring, motards at VIR are fun.Originally posted by highsider
One session on R7's YZ450 at VIR is what got me addicted. I thought the whole thing was a stupid by-product of people who couldn't figure out how to ride a sportbike, but grew up riding in the dirt.
Then I went out on the motard and did a better lap time than I could pull on my R1, at a horsepower-friendly track.![]()
I've only ever ridden a bike on two tracks; that long ass straight with a big f'n kink in it = hp track to me.Originally posted by WebCrush
I'm glad you enjoyed the ride, but VIR isn't exactly a hp friendly track. Its too tight, twisty and narrow. Aside from the straight being boring, motards at VIR are fun.![]()
I can see where the motard would enlighten the literbike crowd to the benefits of lightweight bikes, but there are other lightweights that are even more fun. I've ridden motards a bit at Loudon, and while fun, I still find them awkward and ill handling compared to the 125. I suspect a Hawk would be another fun lightweight, though not light enough!
when i was contemplating what to buy as a race bike i looked at the factors that effected me the most...cost & fun. Dollar for dollar i get more fun out of my motard than i could out of a sportbike. I can race it in a good amount of classes at LRRS. Then i can toss the the dirty wheels on it for some weekend off roading. They crash better than anything on the track. And over the winter im gonna make mine street legal so i can be a hooligan legally. Besides riding a motard makes you feel like a pirate.....Arrrggh!![]()
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