FIRESTORM/SUPER HAWK POPULARITY
FIRESTORM/SUPER HAWK POPULARITY
Is the Firestorm/Super Hawk selling very well in your area? I love my 2003 Super Hawk. But, the world around my area (Florida) seems to demand "faster" bikes.
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essexbloke
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Hi guys, here in Italy Firestorm is not very popular, here people like CBR's better, but when we go to mountains together 
they do envy me!!! I think VTR is the best bike for a road use, don't need to go too fast to feel the engine power and it is always ready to kick. I think CBR 1000 is good only for racing, I don't think you can appreciate all that power in a standard road.
What u think?
they do envy me!!! I think VTR is the best bike for a road use, don't need to go too fast to feel the engine power and it is always ready to kick. I think CBR 1000 is good only for racing, I don't think you can appreciate all that power in a standard road.What u think?
I agree Davide, I rode with some guys last weekend on GSXR1000s and a CBR954. The guy on the Honda & I left the Gixxers behind & I definitely seemed to have better drive out of the corners than the CBR.
Of course a better rider would have passed me on either of those bikes. But that's not the point. The point is that if you're a decent backroads/canyons rider, then you won't be left behind by the racer replica bikes.
Also, the VTR1000F is not really popular here in the US, and I like it that way. Plus, if you do well on it, people realize it's not just because you have the latest high-tech sportbike.
Steve
Of course a better rider would have passed me on either of those bikes. But that's not the point. The point is that if you're a decent backroads/canyons rider, then you won't be left behind by the racer replica bikes.
Also, the VTR1000F is not really popular here in the US, and I like it that way. Plus, if you do well on it, people realize it's not just because you have the latest high-tech sportbike.
Steve
It's about the road, not about the chrome.
'98 Super Hawk
TapeWorks Graphics, SS f&r Brakelines, Progrip 724, Galindo bar-ends, R1 CF Mirrors, Puig CF Hugger
'98 Super Hawk
TapeWorks Graphics, SS f&r Brakelines, Progrip 724, Galindo bar-ends, R1 CF Mirrors, Puig CF Hugger
What is a "progrip 724"?L8RGYZ wrote:I agree Davide, I rode with some guys last weekend on GSXR1000s and a CBR954. The guy on the Honda & I left the Gixxers behind & I definitely seemed to have better drive out of the corners than the CBR.
Of course a better rider would have passed me on either of those bikes. But that's not the point. The point is that if you're a decent backroads/canyons rider, then you won't be left behind by the racer replica bikes.
Also, the VTR1000F is not really popular here in the US, and I like it that way. Plus, if you do well on it, people realize it's not just because you have the latest high-tech sportbike.
Steve
Also, the VTR1000F is not really popular here in the US, and I like it that way. Plus, if you do well on it, people realize it's not just because you have the latest high-tech sportbike.
Very good!! I never thought about that
I thought about coming to USA this summer, with my bike!!!
It doesn't seem to be too expensive to ship it there but takes more than a month to get there and same time to come back, so I'll be without it for almost 2 months just to ride it 2 weeks in USA.
Will see, I am very positive on riding my bike with italian registration in USA, very cool I think.
but on the other side I won't be able to use it for a very long time 
If I come to USA I'll let you know..
Ciao
Very good!!
I never thought about that I thought about coming to USA this summer, with my bike!!!
It doesn't seem to be too expensive to ship it there but takes more than a month to get there and same time to come back, so I'll be without it for almost 2 months just to ride it 2 weeks in USA.
Will see, I am very positive on riding my bike with italian registration in USA, very cool I think.
but on the other side I won't be able to use it for a very long time If I come to USA I'll let you know..
Ciao
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Pete.L
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Davideco said
Wow!
don't do that mate!! Just Hire/Rent a bike when you get there. loads of rental shops in most places
Pete.l
P.S and it will probably be cheeper than shipping your bike backwards and forwards across the Atlantic
.so I'll be without it for almost 2 months just to ride it 2 weeks in USA
Wow! don't do that mate!! Just Hire/Rent a bike when you get there. loads of rental shops in most places
Pete.l
P.S and it will probably be cheeper than shipping your bike backwards and forwards across the Atlantic
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essexbloke
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Davide,
Check out this link for motorcycle rentals & tours (worldwide).
http://www.micapeak.com/mc/addrs/arentals.html
I'm an hour & 1/2 from Washington, DC, so let me know if you are in the area. My wife & I could take you to dinner, or something.
Steve
Check out this link for motorcycle rentals & tours (worldwide).
http://www.micapeak.com/mc/addrs/arentals.html
I'm an hour & 1/2 from Washington, DC, so let me know if you are in the area. My wife & I could take you to dinner, or something.
Steve
It's about the road, not about the chrome.
'98 Super Hawk
TapeWorks Graphics, SS f&r Brakelines, Progrip 724, Galindo bar-ends, R1 CF Mirrors, Puig CF Hugger
'98 Super Hawk
TapeWorks Graphics, SS f&r Brakelines, Progrip 724, Galindo bar-ends, R1 CF Mirrors, Puig CF Hugger
Thank you Pete for the websites u sent me, to hire a bike is my second choice for now, they only hire Harley and custom Honda. I keep all options open anyway
I would like to go to west coast, I think travel trough cali with a bike should be great, so thanks for your invitation but I'll take the rain check for another time
Thanks again for your help guys, I'll keep you posted about my summer plan, it would be definitively nice to meet some of you in the states, especially becuase u know where to go and what to see
Ciao everybody.
I would like to go to west coast, I think travel trough cali with a bike should be great, so thanks for your invitation but I'll take the rain check for another time
Thanks again for your help guys, I'll keep you posted about my summer plan, it would be definitively nice to meet some of you in the states, especially becuase u know where to go and what to see
Ciao everybody.
Honda VTR 1000 F Italian Red
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Pete.L
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Sorry L8RGYZ
looks like I got the credit for your link
Some great sites on there by the way everything from Alaska on a beemer to China on a Royal Enfield. The African one looks pretty sexy too.
Your right E-bloke. But I did see a few Jap bikes this year, previously it's only been Hogs,Beemers, Goldwings and Pans a few R6's/1000 and CBR1000's were prowling around this time. Mind you, with the roads I travelled on around Orlando it's a waste of time having a sports bike anyway.
At the end of last summer, when I had a day off from work, I took a little trip around Tennessee through the smokies, Now thats a place to have a sports bike
I asked around but couldn't find a rental place so I made do wallowing around in the bus of a car I had instead 
Pete.l
looks like I got the credit for your link
Some great sites on there by the way everything from Alaska on a beemer to China on a Royal Enfield. The African one looks pretty sexy too.
Your right E-bloke. But I did see a few Jap bikes this year, previously it's only been Hogs,Beemers, Goldwings and Pans a few R6's/1000 and CBR1000's were prowling around this time. Mind you, with the roads I travelled on around Orlando it's a waste of time having a sports bike anyway.
At the end of last summer, when I had a day off from work, I took a little trip around Tennessee through the smokies, Now thats a place to have a sports bike
I asked around but couldn't find a rental place so I made do wallowing around in the bus of a car I had instead Pete.l
Pete,
Too bad you couldn't at least have gotten a Mazda Miata, or such, for the Smokies, since a bike was out! The Miata Club goes thru there every year they seem to have a blast in those things.
Check out this site.
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/
I'm headed to West Virginia for a couple of days this weekend. Nothing but mountains & bends over there. Wild & beautiful. Meeting up with abt. 1/2 dozen people I met on the internet this week.
Too bad you couldn't at least have gotten a Mazda Miata, or such, for the Smokies, since a bike was out! The Miata Club goes thru there every year they seem to have a blast in those things.
Check out this site.
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/
I'm headed to West Virginia for a couple of days this weekend. Nothing but mountains & bends over there. Wild & beautiful. Meeting up with abt. 1/2 dozen people I met on the internet this week.
It's about the road, not about the chrome.
'98 Super Hawk
TapeWorks Graphics, SS f&r Brakelines, Progrip 724, Galindo bar-ends, R1 CF Mirrors, Puig CF Hugger
'98 Super Hawk
TapeWorks Graphics, SS f&r Brakelines, Progrip 724, Galindo bar-ends, R1 CF Mirrors, Puig CF Hugger
Sport bike rentals
essexbloke wrote:Yeah, but, (no but yeah but right),
Surely, chances of finding a storm to hire in USA are extremly slim....
I didnt see ANY sports bike whilst i was over there... Just those huge shiny house like things everywhere.....
I'VE NEVER SEEN A SPORT BIKE RENTAL IN ANYWHERE I HAVE EVER BEEN IN THE USA.