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> in fact are not even fun to drive on the street because of speed limits Well, race replica sportbikes are not fun to ride on the street for the same reason.
by Florin_Andrei 10y ago
> in fact are not even fun to drive on the street because of speed limits
Well, race replica sportbikes are not fun to ride on the street for the same reason.
However, get out of the city and seek the lesser-known winding roads up in the hills, and suddenly the bike is a ton of fun. I guess for some folks the supercar is the same (not for me, though - for me the fun ends as soon as you put me in a closed cage on 4 wheels, no idea why).
Source: I've a sportbike and I play with it once in a while.
- arcanus 10y agoI've got a Honda cbr600, love it. But a top Ducati sport bike costs 40k, not 400k.
- criddell 10y agoWhen you are very rich, the difference between $400k and $40k isn't noticeable.
- fsloth 10y agoIs this from experience? Most wealthy people I know are also the most cost sensitive.
- criddell 10y agoEverything I know, I learned on Tumblr. http://richkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com/ http://richkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com/
- marssaxman 10y agoSince most of us are not and never will be very rich, the fact that a not-rich person can buy and ride a motorcycle which will easily smoke the pants off any car but the sort of supercar only a very rich person could buy is, in fact, noticeable.
- brobinson 10y agoWhich bike are you looking at? The 1299 Panigale S is $25,500. The Superleggerra 1199 (only 500 made) was 70k+.
- zachrose 10y agoI don't know how we got to talking about this, but Honda makes a road legal MotoGP replica* bike for $184k. *Minus the pneumatic valves and probably a few other things.
- brobinson 10y agoOh, I was specifically asking about Ducati since that's what was mentioned. The replica bike you mentioned is a huge disappointment for one reason: "Europe and Australia are offered a 160 hp version, the American market gets roughly 100 hp and in Japan, it's an even paltrier 70 hp." Unless you live in Europe, you have to spend another $10,000+ to get it back up to spec. I'd rather get a Desmosedici, I think.
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoThat thing, unrestrained electronically, could probably make 100 HP with one cylinder dead and a corn cob plugged in the exhaust pipe.
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoAnd most of the "regular" sportbikes are under $20k. For the price of a Honda Civic you get the performance of a supercar - plus the experience of riding cage-free, which in itself is pretty awesome.