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Ducati Warhorse racing team from New York at Moto America at Laguna Seca 2021

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Go change your own tires, too! Harbor Fright has a good, inexpensive bead breaker, and bike spoons should already be on your bike.

Double up on the lube for a better time. 🥲

11hr round trip with gas stops. This was a great point to stop along the way and find some feeling in my legs again. Shinko 804/805 and the rear is being replaced now after about 3500 miles. Front still looks new. Maybe I’ll do a post about those if anyone cares to know any more.

This was this past winter. Somehow it felt nice to ride even down to 20* or so. Tri-Cities drivers are more dangerous than the road conditions. lol

This is being cross-posted for as much feedback as I can get.

My '12 Honda CBR600RR is nearing the end of it's life at 82,000 miles; there's minor visible scoring in the nikasil plating in the cylinders, and that's only going to get worse.

I can get the cylinders replated--assuming that the scoring is no worse than I think it is--for about $800 + the cost of shipping the block, but that would require being able to entirely rebuild the engine on my own. I'd probably want to also regrind the valve seats, replace the valves, piston heads, and def. piston rings if I did that. I've already got the cylinder head off because the valves weren't holding pressure.

I can get a replacement engine for around $1500-2500. I can replace an engine on my own, although it's a pain in the ass.

Or, I can get a new bike. But I'm not sure what makes and models for my riding style will have any better longevity than my CBR600RR has had.

My current short-list is a crashed '07- '12 CBR600RR (because I can easily swap necessary parts/bodywork, etc.), or a Yamaha YZF R6, Suzuki GSX R750, or Triumph Speed Triple 1050 (which is prone to electrical issues, and also needs some creative headlight adjustment to work with clip-on bars). Does anyone have experience with the YZF R6, GSX R750, or Speed Triple? Any issues to watch out for that might prevent any of them from making it to 100k miles without major mechanical work?

Looking to upgrade from a Ninja 650R - had both of these bikes as my top picks and trying to get some opinions on both bikes as far as value, comfort, quirks, etc.

Such a great machine to do some offroad exploring with proper tires. Sadly there aren't many roads/tracks like this around in my area, but enjoying the ones that are legal to ride. Still indecisive if I should change the stock muffler to an aftermarket one. Stock is fine, but would prefer to hear a bit more grumble from the bike.

I use this to daily wherever my wife’s medical contracts take us. Currently it is Washington state.

This hole was left by a previous climber, but I slid into it on the way past.

Currently riding a 2019 MT-07 - Ice Fluo. However, I'm shopping around for a Africa Twin 2016 due to wanting to do a bit more off-road riding