Finally picked up a new Motorcycle

Sherardp
Sherardp Posts: 8,038
edited August 2012 in The Clubhouse
After selling my MV Agusta F41000S I missed riding. Had a break during work this week and went to a local shop. Spotted this mint 2010 GSXR 1000 with 3000 miles and had to have it. Got it for a great price as well. Already did some cool mods to it as well. I won't track it but just something to ride on the street, the gym, and office. Sick fast too boot.

Mods will include Sato Racing Rearsets, Iridium Windscreen, Harris Grips, Healtech Xtre, Galfer brakes, Jardine GP1 exhaust, Pazzo shorty levers, Braketech Rotors, 520 conversion kit with gold chain/sprocket, Carbon fiber rear hugger/chainguard and few more odds and ends. Debating on the Carrozeria wheels. Some mods have already been done.
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Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2012
    That is total awesomeness!!!

    I'd love to have something like that. The true expression of man and machinery working together! More pics.

    Ride safely,
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Matt34
    Matt34 Posts: 318
    edited August 2012
    Very cool! I've really got the itch to get another bike, my first was an 07 Gixx 600. I'm leaning more towards something like this however:

    http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/reviews/ducati-streetfighter-848/
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2012
    Holy smokes! That's cool! Wear a helmet sonny!:eek:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited August 2012
    Very very cool! Welcome back to the two wheeled adventure!

    It's a gorgeous mild weekend here in Maryland, so time to get out on the Harley Fat Bob for lots of seat time!

    Enjoy!
    No excuses!
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited August 2012
    Awesome bike, congrats!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2012
    Very nice! I miss riding too. I will return one day.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2012
    Thanks guys, so good to be back. I took a friends bike for a stroll one day last month and knew I had to get back on. That Ducati 848 is a sweet bike bro.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2012
    No track? Where's the fun in that. This was me at motorsports ranch houston earlier this month. hitting up texas world speedway in a couple weekends :)
    MSRH2.jpg
    -Cody
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2012
    exalted512 wrote: »
    No track? Where's the fun in that. This was me at motorsports ranch houston earlier this month. hitting up texas world speedway in a couple weekends :)
    MSRH2.jpg
    -Cody

    Yeah I've been following your thread bro. Right now I just don't see me out there yet. Maybe once I really get back in the saddle man it will come back to me, we will see bro. Nice to see that you are really getting into the sport though.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited August 2012
    How the hell does a bike travelling at those speeds stay glued to the road when it's leaning over so far? I would think that ANY imperfection or a stray rock would be enough to send bike and rider for an ugly slide. Hat's off to those of you that can do this, but I will keep the ponies under hood on four tires instead of two.


    Congrats on the beautiful machine btw.:cool:
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2012
    Sherardp wrote: »
    Yeah I've been following your thread bro. Right now I just don't see me out there yet. Maybe once I really get back in the saddle man it will come back to me, we will see bro. Nice to see that you are really getting into the sport though.
    Do it once and you'll be hooked again...haha
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    How the hell does a bike travelling at those speeds stay glued to the road when it's leaning over so far? I would think that ANY imperfection or a stray rock would be enough to send bike and rider for an ugly slide. Hat's off to those of you that can do this, but I will keep the ponies under hood on four tires instead of two.


    Congrats on the beautiful machine btw.:cool:

    REALLY EXPENSIVE tires...haha And being smooth on the inputs. There's lot of imperfections/bumps/sealer/seams etc at the texas tracks. You learn to deal with them. If you look in my picture, you can see if you're a couple feet off the race line, you're on cement instead of asphalt. Still plenty grippy, but the seam can be unsettling.

    And that's not even leaned over that far. Here's a pic of my fav motoGP fast guy and fellow Texan.
    colin-edwards-catalunya-01.jpg

    THAT'S lean angle...haha. But their tracks are a lot smoother than the ones around here...and the bike is literally close to 50x more expensive than mine.
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    edited August 2012
    nice
    Onkyo TX-NR636
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    Center - polkaudio CSI A6
    Sub - polkaudio PSW10
    Sub2 - polkaudio PSW505
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    Front Height - polkaudio Monitor 40's
    Audio Outdoors
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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
    edited August 2012
    Looks great Sherard! Have fun and most of all, be safe!
    My Basement / Home Theater Room
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2012
    Finished installing all the parts today. Last thing I'm waiting on are the Sato Racing rearsets. It looks good and sounds awesome with the new exhaust.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
    edited August 2012
    You know, as they say, pics or yadda yadda yadda.... :lol:
    My Basement / Home Theater Room
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  • gelinas
    gelinas Posts: 226
    edited August 2012
    congrats on the new bike.

    I've always wanted to get a liter bike ever since I sold my kawi 636.

    Def post up some pics once you get em.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    How the hell does a bike travelling at those speeds stay glued to the road when it's leaning over so far? I would think that ANY imperfection or a stray rock would be enough to send bike and rider for an ugly slide. Hat's off to those of you that can do this, but I will keep the ponies under hood on four tires instead of two.


    Congrats on the beautiful machine btw.:cool:

    I'm with John on this one. But don't begrudge "riders" the "adventure", excitement, thrills!

    Hope you have some fun with it sherardp. But maybe you could forgo the radical "tilting" above. lol

    cnh
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited August 2012
    Be safe, and sweet bike
    HT setup
    Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
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    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
    Sonos Play 1

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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited August 2012
    exalted512 wrote: »
    No track? Where's the fun in that. This was me at motorsports ranch houston earlier this month. hitting up texas world speedway in a couple weekends :)
    MSRH2.jpg
    -Cody

    You've got to be crazy dressing like that in the middle of an August day in Texas :biggrin: It's like 150 degrees out there!!!
    Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
    Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
    Living room:
    LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
    Bedroom:
    Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
    Other rooms:
    Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
    audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2012
    DMara wrote: »
    You've got to be crazy dressing like that in the middle of an August day in Texas :biggrin: It's like 150 degrees out there!!!

    You ain't kidding! And that's EXACTLY what I tell people when they say you're crazy for riding like that. "No, whats REALLY crazy is I'm wearing a damn black kangaroo when its 110* in the sun and 160* on the pavement."
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2012
    Jeeeez, wouldn't you rather ride and look like this MORON ???:lol:
    20120821033849960.jpg
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited August 2012
    Is that your bike GDB?
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2012
    No, it's your Mama's :lol:
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  • MADGSF
    MADGSF Posts: 603
    edited August 2012
    Don't do much riding anymore even though I have one sitting in the garage. Riding in the Dallas area sucked the passion out of it for me. Do they have tiered licensing in Japan? If yes how hard was it to get to the unlimited license?

    Oh and kick **** bike!
    AVR: Elite VSX-21TXH
    Amplifier: B&K 7250 Series ii
    Misc: Velodyne SMS-1
    Mains: RTi-10
    Center: CSi-5
    Rear: Boston DSi460
    Sub: SVS PC-Ultra
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2012
    MADGSF wrote: »
    Don't do much riding anymore even though I have one sitting in the garage. Riding in the Dallas area sucked the passion out of it for me. Do they have tiered licensing in Japan? If yes how hard was it to get to the unlimited license?

    Oh and kick **** bike!

    Gov't personnel have tiered licenses now. It's been like that for some time now, due to military guys coming back from the war with all that cash buying Superbikes with no experience and killing themselves with the high speed. Now they have 400-600, 601-750, 751-1000 and above license classes. I've had my license before all those changes so I was good, but for the newcomers they have to ride in each lower class a yr before allowed to upgrade. Also they can't ride with a passenger for 6 months after being licensed. I like the new rules, we were losing guys out here left and right at one point.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • MADGSF
    MADGSF Posts: 603
    edited August 2012
    I agree and I wish they had the same requirements in the U.S. The performance of modern superbikes is tremendous and it makes no sense to put one in the hands of a new rider. But anyone can walk in a buy one if they have money. Please post up pictures of your bike after it finished.
    AVR: Elite VSX-21TXH
    Amplifier: B&K 7250 Series ii
    Misc: Velodyne SMS-1
    Mains: RTi-10
    Center: CSi-5
    Rear: Boston DSi460
    Sub: SVS PC-Ultra
    TV: Panasonic TC-P58V10
    DVD: Panasonic DMP-BD60K
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,469
    edited August 2012
    I don't agree with your above statement, MADGSF. No offense to you at all but you can't regulate stupidity. Anyone with a license can purchase any "cage" they want and still kill themselves just as easily, whether it be an old "Yugo" or Porsche.

    I do own two bikes but neither of them are sport bikes. Never cared to own one but I am amazed at the talent some people have when riding them. That kind of riding belongs on the track and some who own them never go the track. Unfortunately, they still practice on the street.

    Nice looking machine, btw!
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2012
    Here are some pics with the mods and other goodies added. Its done for now. Happy camper here.

    download2.jpg
    download3.jpg
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited August 2012
    Nice Bike,Stay safe.
    Dan
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited August 2012
    An updated side shot of the Fattysaurus Rex! :cheesygrin:

    HarleyFatBob01.jpg
    No excuses!
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