Cyst
Epic Member
Back in 2005 when the Husqvarna SM 610 came out I was only 23 , single and had no kids.
I remember reading a news article about the husky and thought to myself that I definitely needed that bike, so I bought it for the purpose of using that instead of a car - at the time a 1.3 city golf shuttle.
It was great. In my eyes it had loads of power and I rode it everywhere. The front light looked like shit, but the rest of the bike was crazy good looking to me.
Because I had this bike, my B.I.L. invited me to go to track days at Swartkops and ride his R6. What great fun that was!
He even let me ride his CBR1000 at Pakisha and it was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life.
Unfortunately I was pretty irresponsible and had a few minor crashes and narrow incidents with the bike and for some reason I just stopped riding it as often as I wanted to.
Eventually I let the bike go when I decided to swop that and the golf in for a bakkie.
I got married and now have two beautiful kids a mortgage and two cars that I pay off - one for me and one for the lady of the house. The responsibilities stacked up and the idea of having a bike went out the window. Every time I would bring up that maybe I want to get bike again, I would get shot down and that would be the end of the discussion.
Still, in the back of my mind, hidden in a very dark forgotten place, there was still the memories I had of the open road, the track days, the camaraderie of what it felt like to ride my own bike.
Well, those memories grew and I think it awoke the bug that I wanted...needed a bike again.
I remember 8 years ago I saw the launch video of the KTM super duke 1290. The one where the bike comes out of a hangar. I remember thinking, one day I will be big and responsible enough to have that as my bike.
It was my dream bike, even when the Ducati Diavel came out ( which I thought was one of the most bad-ass beautiful machines ever built ), I still had the super duke as my dream bike.
Last weekend, when I woke up on Saturday morning, for some inexplicable reason I started watching videos of the super duke. I have been keeping away from anything bike related for so long, so I was out of the loop on what new bikes and models were around.
To my surprise, KTM has been updating the super duke and was now on the 3rd generation of this bike. Apparently more powerful and more refined. It was a thing of beauty still!
For the last week I've been watching review after review after comparison between that and the rest of the hyper nakeds. The more I watched these videos, the more I realized that this bug is not going to go away any time soon.
I've gone so far as to look at what the best gear would be if I got this bike.
Now I'm at the stage where I'm afraid I might actually start planning on buying this Beast 3.0.
Please tell my why I shouldn't get this bike, or any bike for that matter.
I've been thinking about the reason I want this, the only reason I can think of it to break away from the monotony of working every day and taking care of the kids over weekends. Paying bills, making sure I send my water and light readings in every month. Book the cars in for services, renewing licenses and making sure my insurance covers me properly. It's getting old....
I would just like to once in a while, take a ride to pretty much anywhere for an hour or two to clear my mind and feel the freedom of the road again. I really enjoyed going balls to the wall on the track, so that would be great too. I'm NOT looking for a superbike at all.
The Super Duke is what I'm looking at. I've been thinking about maybe getting something else, something smaller, but then I just get depressed about doing this half assed.
IF I do decide to ignore the comments of people saying I will die in a horrible crash or lose a limb and actually buy a motorcycle, I guess there's nothing else I will be happier with other than the pure beastness of that 1300cc v-twin hyper naked.
Also I'm a bit heavy what with my lockdown bod, +-130kg and about 197cm tall, if that helps. I'm not heavy because of a boep, I just have a large frame, with a medium boep.
I remember reading a news article about the husky and thought to myself that I definitely needed that bike, so I bought it for the purpose of using that instead of a car - at the time a 1.3 city golf shuttle.
It was great. In my eyes it had loads of power and I rode it everywhere. The front light looked like shit, but the rest of the bike was crazy good looking to me.
Because I had this bike, my B.I.L. invited me to go to track days at Swartkops and ride his R6. What great fun that was!
He even let me ride his CBR1000 at Pakisha and it was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life.
Unfortunately I was pretty irresponsible and had a few minor crashes and narrow incidents with the bike and for some reason I just stopped riding it as often as I wanted to.
Eventually I let the bike go when I decided to swop that and the golf in for a bakkie.
I got married and now have two beautiful kids a mortgage and two cars that I pay off - one for me and one for the lady of the house. The responsibilities stacked up and the idea of having a bike went out the window. Every time I would bring up that maybe I want to get bike again, I would get shot down and that would be the end of the discussion.
Still, in the back of my mind, hidden in a very dark forgotten place, there was still the memories I had of the open road, the track days, the camaraderie of what it felt like to ride my own bike.
Well, those memories grew and I think it awoke the bug that I wanted...needed a bike again.
I remember 8 years ago I saw the launch video of the KTM super duke 1290. The one where the bike comes out of a hangar. I remember thinking, one day I will be big and responsible enough to have that as my bike.
It was my dream bike, even when the Ducati Diavel came out ( which I thought was one of the most bad-ass beautiful machines ever built ), I still had the super duke as my dream bike.
Last weekend, when I woke up on Saturday morning, for some inexplicable reason I started watching videos of the super duke. I have been keeping away from anything bike related for so long, so I was out of the loop on what new bikes and models were around.
To my surprise, KTM has been updating the super duke and was now on the 3rd generation of this bike. Apparently more powerful and more refined. It was a thing of beauty still!
For the last week I've been watching review after review after comparison between that and the rest of the hyper nakeds. The more I watched these videos, the more I realized that this bug is not going to go away any time soon.
I've gone so far as to look at what the best gear would be if I got this bike.
Now I'm at the stage where I'm afraid I might actually start planning on buying this Beast 3.0.
Please tell my why I shouldn't get this bike, or any bike for that matter.
I've been thinking about the reason I want this, the only reason I can think of it to break away from the monotony of working every day and taking care of the kids over weekends. Paying bills, making sure I send my water and light readings in every month. Book the cars in for services, renewing licenses and making sure my insurance covers me properly. It's getting old....
I would just like to once in a while, take a ride to pretty much anywhere for an hour or two to clear my mind and feel the freedom of the road again. I really enjoyed going balls to the wall on the track, so that would be great too. I'm NOT looking for a superbike at all.
The Super Duke is what I'm looking at. I've been thinking about maybe getting something else, something smaller, but then I just get depressed about doing this half assed.
IF I do decide to ignore the comments of people saying I will die in a horrible crash or lose a limb and actually buy a motorcycle, I guess there's nothing else I will be happier with other than the pure beastness of that 1300cc v-twin hyper naked.
Also I'm a bit heavy what with my lockdown bod, +-130kg and about 197cm tall, if that helps. I'm not heavy because of a boep, I just have a large frame, with a medium boep.