What's your daily driver and how does it compare to your Z?

Originally Posted by RumbleFish

The day after posting this, I was wiped out by a hit-and-run driver who blew through a stop sign in my residential neighborhood.

My bike was totaled and I'm in the hospital with a shattered hip, shattered right foot, five broken ribs, multiple bruises and contusions.
And I was wearing full protective gear.

The good news is that the idiot's front license plate was ripped off by the impact of him hitting me and now the cops are after him. I haven't heard anything yet but I could hear something in the next day or so.

Happy to be alive, it could've been much much worse.

Doctors tell me I'll be in a wheelchair for about two months

Originally Posted by Rusty

Originally Posted by cv129

Wow that's one fancy bike !

Originally Posted by Rusty

Glad to see you typing. WOW!!! That's all I can say for now. Sounds like you might be a candidate for some fancy Ti metal putting you back together. And on that note. I'll give you something to think about. The new 2017 CBR. It has a Ti gas tank and other bits made from Ti. Please keep us up-dated on your progess. In our prayers.

Originally Posted by RumbleFish

Thanks for posting that I hadn't seen it, That is one sweet bike, it's about time Honda

My Ohlins shock is OK I'm not sure of the forks are salvageable.

I was thinking about maybe getting away from sport bikes but, that's making me reconsider.

It's funny how many people have been telling me they can't believe that I would think about riding the motorcycle again. I just tell them I can't imagine going through life without one. Only fellow riders understand that

Originally Posted by Rusty

I embarrassed a few crotch rocket squids on my VFR in my time. My Mich Pilot Powers are worn to the edge. No chicken strips.

Originally Posted by Duc_Z09

Rider > bike every time. It's true for cars too but it's exponentially more evident on 2 wheels. People always buy bikes because of what a professional racer on a closed course can make it do, not because of how it performs for them, at their skill level, in the real world. If I had it to do over again I'd have a 1098 Streetfighter instead of my 848... maybe less capable on a track, but tons more fun/comfortable for what I actually use it for.

Originally Posted by Rusty

I look at their rear tires. Most are worn squared off, with the numbs sill on the edges. Chicken strips about 1.5" wide.

Originally Posted by Duc_Z09

Well to be fair, if you're grinding your tires down to the edges on public roads, chances are you won't be with us for very long.

2" chicken strips are a different matter though.