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Well, I took the plunge!

Thanks for the advice...

I'm not too worried about insurance, actually. Insurance here is far different than back 'home' in Canada. Here I pay $500 a year for my newish car, and I've only been licensed here for 2 years. Bikes (no matter the style) are not so expensive to insure...

... which sort ...

What you say makes sense... I just wish I wasn't so fixed on getting a Honda.

The thing is -- here, those prices are actually very good. Everything Imported costs WAY more than any local brands, especially vehicles. The import motorcycle market is crazy...

I've been lurking around some honda ...

What's the fuel economy like on the 1000cc sport bikes anyways?

I see from the charts on this site that you can expect something like 33MPG on an (2004) R1. That's not bad -- but you can pretty easily equal that in many small cars.

Besides - they're probably not too safe. a 400-600CC bike will ...

Hi all,

Let me prefice this by saying that I live in Korea and the bike market here's a little different than in the US.

I have 3 choices presented to me:

a 1998 Honda CBR 900 Fireblade - 45,000kms (30,000 miles) $6,000
A 2006 (new!) Hyosung GT650R (sort of like a Suzuki SV650) $5,500
A 2002 ...

Can we get some pictures of the roads/landscape around there? I'm really interested to see what it is like where you ride.

I had a Hyosung GV250, it was a great bike. Are you planning on getting the GT650 or the GV650?

Also, how is the road quality over there? Are they maintained pretty well? or ...

Soju is ~24% alcohol (360ml = ~$1) -- it's actually not really made from rice, but usually from sweet potato, and is, I believe, distilled. There are other 'rice beers' (Makgoli, dong-dong-ju) that are fermented...

Yes, you can still go to the soju tent and get sloshed. fun times! (just don't ride ...

Hi all! (almost) my first post. So, I thought I'd write a bit of an introduction...

For one reason or another, I have found myself in Korea for the long-ish term. There are many aspects to living here that are interesting and challenging, but since this a motorcycle forum, I thought I'd just talk ...

DustyJacket wrote: Magellan Meridian Color with DirectRoute maps/software

I have the same GPS! How did you mount it?