Low back pain SUCKS! Shopping for lighter bike, Vstrom?

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#11 Unread post by Gadjet »

if you are recovering from a lower back injury, I wouldn't recommend the KLR. I have an '05, and the vibration can be very hard on the lower back. The V-Strom, being a twin, will be smoother.
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#12 Unread post by jstark47 »

Not sure I'd recommend a Bonneville for a bum back. I sure feel a lot of the road riding mine. :lol:

I think you'd want something with a longer-travel, softer suspension, like the V-Stroms we've been discussing, or maybe an older (not 2007) Triumph Tiger?
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#13 Unread post by MotoF150 »

I almost purchaced a V Strom, all the dealers told me that bike matched my riding wants and style, but 2 things I didn't like about the 650 V Strom, the engine sound! To me the engine sounds like something is falling apart inside, and the Bridgestone Trailwing tires, those are death tires, I know cause I had the exact same tires on my DRZ400S.
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Maybe it was the rider, not the tires.
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#15 Unread post by MotoF150 »

I don't think so, Im a professional rider, I can ride the bike you own better than you, when I ride I speed up on tight hairpin curves and I need tires that I can trust, Bridgestone Trailwing Tires are Death tires!
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#16 Unread post by storysunfolding »

MotoF150 wrote: Im a professional rider,
You get paid to ride?
MotoF150 wrote: I can ride the bike you own better than you,


Anyone smell a healthy dose of bull$hit?
MotoF150 wrote:when I ride I speed up on tight hairpin curves
Wow, it's like they teach that in the MSF course or something... wait... isn't that proper technique


I can't speak for the tires, but I have done some pretty amazing stuff on chen shings and those are pretty crappy. I wonder how good you really are, especially if your bike is in such sorry shape after so little a time.
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#17 Unread post by Gadjet »

Trailwings are also dualsport tires - they aren't designed to give you racebike handling, so if you try to ride your bike like a sport bike with these kind of tires, you are just begging for trouble
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#18 Unread post by rapidblue »

storysunfolding wrote: I wonder how good you really are, especially if your bike is in such sorry shape after so little a time.
yeah I'm pretty sure he doesnt even have a bike, he's just an annoying blowhard.
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#19 Unread post by flynrider »

MotoF150 wrote:I don't think so, Im a professional rider,
Really? I thought you had to pay people to go riding with you (lunch? gas?). Wouldn't that make "them" the professional riders?
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#20 Unread post by MotoF150 »

If Suzuki would have a V Strom with radial tires it would be a great bike, ever notice all new Suzuki bikes come with the junkiest, cheapest tires they can get. Any bike can handle and ride like a racer bike if it had the right tires.
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