Thinkin about making the switch...cruiser to sport bike

[Skier]

I'm the same way, I'm 21 and have owned 2 cruisers and love the cruiser style but if i ever went to a "sportbike" style I'd def go with the SV650, bullet proof engine and easy maintenence and seeing people with 15,000 plus miles with no problems makes me fell good inside too. Good luck man

I hope you forgot a zero there: 15,000 miles is only a couple years of riding!

[Carbonfiberjunky]

I'll tell you this much, as an owner of 2 different yamaha sport bikes. First off all these people that talk about having to rev the crap out of them to get anywhere....I don't know what the hell they were riding...but it obviously wasn't a yamaha. Second. For as much as you pay for an R6, you might as well get an R1. Much nicer, more comfortable(I'm biased..I think sportbikes are comfortable. I don't want to sit straight up all day). The R6 really is a race bike, much more aggressive positioning than either the R6S(which I had) and the R1 (which I have now). As for leaning over...your supporting yourself with your skeleton..not your arm muscles...it's like leaning on a counter...not tiring..not painful. The R6S has a bigger seat then the R6, and is a little lower..I had to get an R1 instead of an R6 because I couldn't hardly touch the groun..lol. The R1 is also lower then the R6. Anytime your over 5000 RPM's on any of these bikes...it's Ready...I know some people think that's a lot of rpm...it's not, these are not v twins,and they redline as follows: r6s(slowest with top speed of 165 mph stock)15,500. R6 redline 16,500. and R1 13,750. Also any of these bikes will do 0-60 in right around 3 seconds....(no extra revs required). SO...go sit on a few of them. if your friends have one ride one. and pick the one you like best. If you get a chance to ride a litre bike...take it. You'll probably end up buying one. And not because of the power...well maybe because the power.