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Originally Posted by BlackBike
Dano..I'm thinking the ebr is akin to owning a supercar, great to have but behind the scenes...omg the costs . And now ebr is shut down once again from what i read.
The kaw is what you want to go with. Pure dependability which is what you need after your long term relationship with the goldwing. All the joy without all the wrenching.
Do you really need more than 900cc ?
Your looking for pure street, not adventure class I assume?
My dream bike seems like its going to be the yam tenere 700... we'll see
Your right about your post...i needed the cliff note version   |
From everything I have read about the EBR 1190 reading owners posts on problems and maintenance, they are surprisingly much less needy than I thought they would be. Obviously, they will be much more maintenance needy than the Z900 or my Goldwing with such a high compression and specific output, but they aren't quite 1980's Ferrari needy either.
No, I am not much for the adventure bikes. On the street I tend to be more prone to twisty roads and high speed adventures than I am trekking down the less traveled "off beaten" paths.
Do I need more than 900cc... Define need? Realistically, nobody needs a bike bigger than 500-600cc. That engine size is big enough to easily keep up with and manuver through traffic, do any posted highway speed limit, and is big enough to suit most needs.
My needs = powerful, good chassis, but comfortable and useable for a trip from time to time. The EBR easily fills the first three needs, and is capable of the latter although not the most ideally suited. The Z900 has less of the first two, but is definitely more useable and as you pointed out will likely be less needy and more reliable long term.
The Z900 does seem to be held back quite a bit from the factory too. I have seen dyno evidence from intake, exhaust, and tuning that show a 20+whp gain, which is amazing, and puts it at an easy 150-160 crank hp, which is close to the EBR.
As far as my long winded nature of posting... I am well aware of it. I am a writer of sorts as well as my very detail oriented nature that makes for.... longer than normal posts like this one lol.
And yes, that RS model looks to be pure win. I love the looks, I love the chassis, and it has a great engine. I await the official release in a month, because I really want to know what it will actually look like.