New Motorbike.

[Arokh Takakura]

Black

Orange.

[George Reisman]

Do you have a car? And get Orange.

[Arokh Takakura]

Yeah:

The orange one would tempt me to get the private plate 'nukem' Or something similar.

[George Reisman]

Oh. So I guess driving that around for a year until you can get a sweet ass ride is out of the question.

[Arokh Takakura]

I don't mind it, but there's nothing quite like biking, so no. I can't wait. The fact I can never be held up by traffic, that I can just hop on and go and not worry about fuel costs, getting your knee down into corners, driving is comparatively boring.

[BlackSergal]

Orange and black make for a great looking bike. Plus having a dash of higher visibility tossed in as well.

[Teron Gray]

Evalidus Orange for that extra level of visibility.

[Ron Bleac]

Otherwise known as "just orange."

[George Reisman]

Otherwise known as "just orange."

[Tsume Xiao]

The white striping on the black ones ruins it. Get the Orange.

[Krow Ames]

A friend of mine has an orange and black GSXR. It's a great looking bike.

[SalemAdams Wobbit]

I don't mind it, but there's nothing quite like biking, so no. I can't wait. The fact I can never be held up by traffic, that I can just hop on and go and not worry about fuel costs, getting your knee down into corners, driving is comparatively boring.

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Seriously, in Oregon, you can't pass like that. You have to stay in the lane and you can't laneshare.

[George Reisman]

Uh, it's like that pretty much everywhere, man. But that doesn't stop anyone but the pussies. If you have a sports bike, you can pretty much do what you want, the cops can't catch you, and most of the time, wont even try. I heard Dallas will deploy spike strips on your ass though...so don't do that in Dallas.

[Huttser]

Ouch.... I can't imagine that would end well. High speed bike + spike strips. Sounds like a one way tricket to the morgue.

[Riff Petrov]

It's legal in California as well. c:

[Larry Furlough]

i can rite on red in ilinois hurd rurrr

edit: I don't really like the praetorian white stripes.

[George Reisman]

i can rite on red in ilinois hurd rurrr

Did you mean right or was that part of the joke?

[Larry Furlough]

I'm trying to parody most of the drivers in this state that probably just bought their license, because they can't drive in the slightest.

[George Reisman]

Answer the question, Larry.

[Larry Furlough]

I actually meant to put "write", Reisman, but messed up.

[George Reisman]

Thank you, Furlough.

[Arokh Takakura]

Well, I sold the 'claptrap' on Saturday evening, felt a bit lost and down without it. It's hard to explain how a motorbike can get under your skin like that, even if it is/was a piece of crap. :P

Ordered a KTM duke in orange from the next town over's dealership because my local one 'doesn't stock the road bikes'. This garage doesn't have one in stock so I have to wait for one from Austria until the end of the week. Fffuuuu.

Oh well, this way I got to specify the colour and a few other specs. Such as removing the 80kmh limiter and sharpening up the 'learner friendly' front Brembo brakes to make them not so friendly. And I get a sparkling new hand-made bike with 0 miles on the clock.

Thanks to everyone who voted, it actually helped me decide on orange, as I was definately unsure before as buying it black/grey meant getting it this week, rather than the next. :>

[Larry Furlough]

0 on the clock is a glorious feeling I hope I can experience one day. :[

[Arokh Takakura]

Not as glorious as you think, it means riding at half throttle and no more for the first 500 miles, very regular servicing, not being able to fling it into the corners because the tyres are fresh etc. Basically you have to ride like a granny when all you want to do is throw open the throttle and see what it's got.

[Larry Furlough]

Why for the first 500?