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| 2009 Red Bull Indianapolis GP Picture Album | | Assorted pictures from the Indy MotoGP weekend.
Aside from the Desmosedici 2-up, stunt show and Schwantz's RGV500 demo laps and the race winner doing some celebrating, no race day pics were taken. Busy spectating not taking pics. | | Date Created: Aug 31, 2009, 10:41 PM |
| Persephone is gone. Long live Persephone. | | Date Created: Jun 06, 2009, 07:19 PM |
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It was sad to let my Monster S4Rs go but... when I saw the 2009 Hypermotard 1100 was available in a white/red/black color option, well, let's just say the rest is history.
On a more functional level, the S4Rs was a little too similar to the CBR and the water cooled bikes seem to not like the levels of traffic gridlock that afflicts the modern day metropolis. If only lane-splitting were legal... Also, I didn't want the S4Rs to decline too much more in value before either deciding to keep or trade it.
Since a cruiser was not an option (I'd rather go buy a Mazda Miata or something) and I loved the Hypermotard when I demo'ed it last year, the choice was simple.
Only put about 50 miles on it but everything I remembered from the Hyper Truck demo came back. Except for the fact that I was now riding my own...
My only gripes so far echo the gripes most of the moto press have about the bike.
1. Abrupt throttle response from closed throttle (I blame modern day emissions regulations. I think the air cooled DS1100 is running on the lean fringe. Conspiracy theorists will say its because they want you to buy a Termignoni exhaust upgrade with the accompanying Ducati Performance ECU to "fix" this condition).
2. Stock seat sucks (glad I have the 20mm lower gel seat on order, it's supposed to be better).
3. Short fuel range due to small fuel capacity (so you don't have to deal with that seat for too long...)
4. Wide bars with fold in mirrors have a down-side... the width with both mirrors deployed is truly massive at over 4'! The really wide bars also mean any unintentional handlebar input from the rider is instantly transferred to the front end... you can imagine how this can translate at higher speeds.
The spotty weather the rest of the weekend gave me an opportunity to get familiar with the mechanicals. I installed the Garmin Zumo that I pulled from the S4Rs, along with the pigtail for the CTEK battery charger. MCC already put in an SAE pigtail so I can hook up my electrical vest for the chillier days. Kudos.
Now if I can only get skillz like Ruben Xaus (footage from Hypermotard launch a couple years ago).
Thanks to MCC for a above KBB trade-in on the S4Rs. |
| `Twas not to be... | | Date Created: Feb 04, 2007, 10:36 PM |
 Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
- Sun Tzu
2007 was not to be for the Chicago Bears. A NFC Championship is nothing to sneeze at but history tends to remember only the victor of the ultimate contest. |
 On the bright side, the 2007 MotoGP, World Superbike and AMA Superbike season will soon be underway. Time to focus on what Ernest Hemingway called the real sports. ;) |
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