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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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I was out riding with a couple of my friends today. I made the mistake of trying out somebody else's R1. The ammount of power that thing had on tap made my desire for a literbike a disease. DAMN I want a ZX10R! I have to figure out a way to get one immediately! Anybody got any ideas?
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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A very Looong test ride
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:47 AM
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you could always just go and get a new one. or maybe sell your bike and put the money down on a 10r.
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:50 AM
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I can't afford another payment right now. As for the test ride, there aren't any dealerships around here that allow them.
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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there's always the desert trips and bring home a fistful of cash...maybe do a trade in even though you could get more by selling it directly... orrrrrrr...I hear there's positions open for man-******!!!
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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I'm going on Homeland Defense next week. That means I'm locked in where I am. Volunteering to go back to the desert wouldn't even get me there.
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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damn!!! to bad the military doesn't pay us over time...we would all be rich!!!
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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No kidding. Especially all the weekends I worked over the past 3 months alone!
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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time and a half for weekend holidays!!! So what do you do???
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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Well Rocket, with you learning how to do stunts like standup wheelies and such, the power of a 10 will just make a lot of that more dangerous and harder to learn. All that power requires a lot of self control and caution. A 10 will eat your lunch if your not careful. Dont get me wrong, I am not doubting your talent as a good rider, but if you are going to be learning stunts, the 600 is a much better choice.
I know this first hand ridin a 14! I have to keep the raw power of that thing in the back of my mind at all times, and could not imagine trying to do stunts on anything with that much power. A 10 has at least 160 hp, and that is getting into the danger zone for stunting.
Just my 2 cents worth, but I dont want to see you get hurt Bro!
 

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