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- Jan 27, 2014
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The negatives will be incinerated like rubbish (and like your right thigh) when you get on the Panigale and GET ON IT!!!My Fireblade was having issues, and, like you, I wasn't bathing in enough $$ to get a Multistrada AND a superbike, so my next bike (current bike now) had to possess a few key qualities:
1. good on the track- Amazing! What a blast! Only bike that got close to passing me on the straights was the BMW S1KRR and a Dave Moss-modifed Honda. And hey, if I can only achieve the equivalent of 8th or 9th in WSBK times, I can live with that.
2. fun for the commute- oh, yeah! (Understand that I do mostly freeway, with a bit of lane-splitting.) Makes my short commute to other work locations a bit disappointing. No regrets in that department in 5500 miles, eh AntiHero?)
3. Traction control- Priceless for me. Only way I knew it was on was the little yellow light blinking at me AND reviewing the DDA later (talk about a lot of stealth intervention!). Scared about the power? Put DTC on 8 and have at it. Too skilled for DTC?Turn it low or off. Riding in sub-freezing weather, but like the higher HP? Put DTC on 8 and keep the 195 HP on. Riding in the rain? Dial it in the way you want it. (Of note, BMW doesn't allow personilizing the riding modes.)
4. ABS- ever gone down on the street due to gravel? rain? Could ABS have prevented that? And at the track, I've felt it kick in and knew it was worth the $.
As for the R vs standard/S/Tri, I best not touch that with a 10 ft pole, lest I get lambasted by the kinfolk here, 'cause they're all pretty amazing machines and they all give that undeniable, unforgettable visceral feeling everyone talks about...
...but I will say that I planned on keeping mine a while, putting lots of commuting miles on it, and tracking it hard so I went for the Titanium-laden engine. The extra 500 RPMs (without the risk of voiding the warranty by adding them yourself) are pretty useful on the track, too.
Just add up what you're going to do to the bike after you buy it and see which price that total is closest to. For example, do you want electronic suspension, Termi exhaust, swingarm slider/puck, CF tidbits, DDA with GPS activated lap times, LED headlights, ABS, taller windscreen, lighter wheels, mirror blockoffs, different seat, etc...? Starts to add up after a while.
Zvez, Trauma, MrKO, Phil, Duc One, Zaster, DucSyd, RandallNYC, ScrapperX, 996Racer, Wilkson, Fireman, etc... summed it up well with one common thread...
The negatives will be incinerated like rubbish (and like your right thigh
nuff said
and who cares about being the fastest on the track all the time unless you are chasing a medal , yes the s1000rr maybe faster, but you will not be destroyed by it like other bikes.
