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So, new bars are on, and I finally installed the Givi screen... that has been sitting there waiting for the new bars.

Now I have no fricken idea why anyone would want to ride a neckid bike with “attack position” handle-bars… what were they thinking? The new old-school bars have transformed the bike. My elbows are in, my wrists are relaxed and pointing slightly down like soft-ish clip-ons, there is a more forward weight bias going on so the front end feels way more planted, and I can get off the side of the bike much better. When your elbows are way out there, climbing off the side easily is near impossible… no comparison really.

As for the Givi screen, it is awesome… it takes all the pressure off my chest, and sure, my helmet is coping it, but I’m cool with that… five decades of sports bikes, has made me immune.

Anyway, I took it for a real good two hour blat this avo, over the top of Redhill and down the coast. Got the tyres properly hot. As luck would have it, a knobhead in a Stinger was tailgating me really badly up Stanleys (at 80k’s on a straight road) so when we turned left at the top, I turned the taps on and went ta tahs, see ya. But not long after that a dude on a sports bike appeared in my mirrors, he must have passed the Stinger ha ha. Anyway, he was cool. We both behaved through Redhill, then I gassed it up in the open sweepers heading out of town, and I definitely had it on him. We turned into Shands Road, and the tractors have left dirt all over it, so we both slowed down a fair bit and picked the cleanest line possible. When it opened up, we went at it again. In the more open bits I was better, in the tighter stuff he was up my clacker… I’m getting old ha ha. Anyway, at Main Ridge I was turning left and he was turning right, so he came up beside me and gave me a big wave… he was on a CBR600. It was cool to ride with someone who could ride; it’s been a while.

Then down to Cape Shank to Flinders and those two canyon sections are ace. Do a u-turn and reverse the whole thing and head home.

It’s so good to be on a rat-bags bike again… VStrom, what was I thinking?

Sorry for war and peace… but I was loving it.

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Lazmo said:
So, new bars are on, and I finally installed the Givi screen... that has been sitting there waiting for the new bars.

Now I have no fricken idea why anyone would want to ride a neckid bike with “attack position” handle-bars… what were they thinking? The new old-school bars have transformed the bike. My elbows are in, my wrists are relaxed and pointing slightly down like soft-ish clip-ons, there is a more forward weight bias going on so the front end feels way more planted, and I can get off the side of the bike much better. When your elbows are way out there, climbing off the side easily is near impossible… no comparison really.

As for the Givi screen, it is awesome… it takes all the pressure off my chest, and sure, my helmet is coping it, but I’m cool with that… five decades of sports bikes, has made me immune.
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First off - People should absolutely adjust their bikes to suit them - no where near enough people do this - even simple stuff like position of levers/shifter/brake pedal - My only observation is I still get bemused by the number of people that get a naked bike and spend so much time on forums asking about what screen to fit and trying sooo many different models of screen to stop the WIND! - It also bemuses me that its possible to buy a screen solution for almost every naked bike out there (obviously its a big market or they wouldn't do it)

Not a person attack at all - I have done exactly the same on many bikes - and have caught myself once or twice looking at screen options for the new Breakout - I however still remain bemused :)
 
Lazmo said:
I had to search far and wide to find a pic of my old Ducati 900 Monster... and guess what... it's got a screen. Honestly, I thought it did, but I wasn't sure.

A fricken wheely machine.

My new SV is like a mini version of it.

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I don’t think that screen would be accomplishing much……..
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I have noticed . 'Haval Drivers are most aggressive in terms of random spending up your arse , overtaking on blind corners and general risk taking that shames my younger self .
Zero self preservation attention or gaf
its all or nothing !

Anyhow , Congrats on your new sled @Minlak and as we age @Lazmo - its the little things that makes us happy inside !
 
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OK not a motorbike, but this is my 50CC Honda Zoomer 😅

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I stripped it down, stretched out the chassis by a lot.

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Painted it battleship grey. Yoshi exhaust 😅, custom "cafe" style seat, foot pegs up front so I sit on it like a Harley 😅 MTB flatbars 😅 and I put a wheel from a Mini on the back.

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Downtown Chinatown.
 
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OK not a motorbike, but this is my 50CC Honda Zoomer

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I stripped it down, stretched out the chassis by a lot.

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Painted it battleship grey. Yoshi exhaust , custom "cafe" style seat, foot pegs up front so I sit on it like a Harley MTB flatbars and I put a wheel from a Mini on the back.

View attachment 426545Downtown Chinatown.
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You don't have kids do you?



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rstim said:
When for a ride with number 2 on the weekend we did 55km in the bush was great fun.

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One of the coolest things I see in my job - Is families buying bikes to go ride on weekends and be families

Probably the stand out is this Dad came in on his Harley with his son as a Pillion and they picked up the sons first Harley and they rode out together that in itself was pretty cool but a few days late a Guy I know came in with his son to buy the son's first bike a 500cc learner legal Harley - I got talking to him and he said "I always thought I would get a Harley Before him but here he is getting his first before me"- I said how cool it was the people coming in the other day riding out together on their Harley's and I was surprised he didn't have a Harley already as i know he can afford it - Next thing I look over and The guy is sitting down with the salesman getting his first Harley too and they now go riding together all the time.
 
Not sure I need this, but I'd rather spend $15k on 327cc of fuel injected 2stroke madness than an eebz.
For those unaware Kawasaki stopped making 2stroke MX bikes in 2007. Australia got a 2008 KX250 model but i think they were just using up some left over parts to put a bike together. One of those lives in my shed.

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Mattyp said:
Not sure I need this, but I'd rather spend $15k on 327cc of fuel injected 2stroke madness than an eebz.
For those unaware Kawasaki stopped making 2stroke MX bikes in 2007. Australia got a 2008 KX250 model but i think they were just using up some left over parts to put a bike together. One of those lives in my shed.

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Be interesting to see how these go. I have no doubt these will be dialed. They were going to be released years ago but Kawasaki held off, no doubt to sort a few issues.
I won’t be surprised if they are aiming to have these to be able to run with 450s
It will be a true Kawasaki not a Suzuki/kawasaki shared part bike like to old days.
I think you should treat yourself to new bike day


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Scotty675 said:
I won’t be surprised if they are aiming to have these to be able to run with 450s
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Not sure about that one, maybe at an amateur level. Those modern 450 works bikes are insanely fast. I think Kawi are just getting in on the enduro scene and making an MX bike as well is easy and will appease the core fans. The big KTM family has held the market with their 300cc 2 stroke enduro option for years, and rightly so its an awesome bike, but the Japanese manufacturers have been missing out.
 
Mattyp said:
Not sure about that one, maybe at an amateur level. Those modern 450 works bikes are insanely fast. I think Kawi are just getting in on the enduro scene and making an MX bike as well is easy and will appease the core fans. The big KTM family has held the market with their 300cc 2 stroke enduro option for years, and rightly so its an awesome bike, but the Japanese manufacturers have been missing out.
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It will be an amazing enduro bike.
A modern day 450 is a beast of a bike, a 327 2 stroke is going to be a torque machine. It will definitely appeal to a wider audience as if they had ridden an 2006 kx 250. They were a typical 2 stroke and had to be ridden on the pipe.
I don’t get why Kawasaki would release a kx327 motocross bike that can’t be legally raced in 250 class. Although hp numbers haven’t been officially released, if it puts out 53+ hp stock (that’s very conservative to what people are saying), I can see a factory 327 being competitive especially with power to weight advantage


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