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'06 Yamaha YZF600R
I love my cruiser but it's crap for being a daily commuter. More of a summer putt around toy... I've been thinking about getting something that gets better gas mileage anyhow.
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Just bought it, thanks.
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they aren't open today jackass :P
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that's a nice bike
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I'm a little leery of the mileage though. Flat 4's need pretty major service at 20k if they've been ridden hard.
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missed that the first time... 23k
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would keep looking around, almost 4k w/ 23k miles on it? not worth it.
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Prepare to be very uncomfortable...
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Nice bike, I would like that over my Suzuki GZ250 commuter bike but at 23k miles that is too many for the money. Maybe call/write them and ask about the maintenance history.
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Aerlinthian posted:
Nice bike, I would like that over my Suzuki GZ250 commuter bike but at 23k miles that is too many for the money. Maybe call/write them and ask about the maintenance history.
That was kind of my thoughts as well.
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How far is your commute and over what kind of roads?
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Mostly freeway about 4 miles of city driving - 17 miles all together one way. I'm starting to think it's a bad idea...
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My commute is half that, fortunately. Even though my bike is small I guess it is pretty well suited to a short commute. I rode for two hours the other day after work to check out a few places. After that my butt wasn't terribly happy. So not a great bike for longer runs.
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I paid $4500 for my 2005 zx6r with 4k miles
love it. got 11k now. gonna be riding it to school probably (an hour each way)
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I haven't owned a four cylinder bike since the 80's so I no longer feel qualified to comment on their reliability, I can say though, I've learned by helping others on their four cylinder bikes, that they need more "hard to do" maintenance, than a twin.
It just gets tight in thee, but maybe not as bad since they are all fuel injected now anyway.
They have some pretty comfortable fast bikes that will save you a lot of dough and are just as fast, in fact they use the same engine as one, I think Yamaha had one 1100 or 1300 four, they made a non crotch one with higher bars (more euro high cafe) and a more comfortable peg/seat arrangement, and the insurance is half as much the bike is just as fast and nimble, and it is much more comfortable to ride, personally I also don't care for the laid back cruiser or the chopper position on a bike, I prefer5 traditional peg placement and shorter tighter bars for my nimble street bike, my Ducati kicks ass thought traffic, but alas I am the fat turd limiting my narrowness.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Byw7K0z61zU/TlKWiLVj9jI/AAAAAAAAAf8/ZsfP-70G0I4/s1600/ital+dag+2011+016.JPG vs 
How much are you willing to spend on a bike, sorry if I missed if you got that specific or set a limit already.
There are lots of sweet spots depending on the bike model/brand/size.
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