Cleveland Bike Show Randomness

[Porkchop]

So Me, Jojo, Topgun, and Racedoll met up for the show. Here are some general impressions with tons of pics.

New Bike Impressions
-ZX-6R: Super extreme, very uncomfortable, nice as hell in person.
-GSXR1k: Nicely re-done, supprisingly comfortable, nice paint color
-R1: Seems very large compared to Gix, iffy new styling, mid-ergos
-1198S: Very uncomfortable, still not a twin fan
-RC8: Very tall, COOL AS HELL

Supprising Winners of Show
-ZX-14: Fit me like a glove
-RSV1000
-Tuono
-Gixxer1k
-VFR800



http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/TWF.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Aprilla_5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Aprilla_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Aprilla_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RS125_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Tuono_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Tuono_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Bayliss_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Bayliss_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Bayliss_6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ducati848.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ducati_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ducati_6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ducati_9.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/DucStreetfighter.jpg

[Quick281]

Cool pics, thanks for sharing. :dthumb:

[Porkchop]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Busa_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Busa_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/GSXR1k_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/GSXR1k_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/GSXR6_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R1_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R1_5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R1_6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R1_7.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R6_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R6_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R6_4.jpg

[Porkchop]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RC8_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RC8_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RC8_5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RC8_6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RC8_9.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/KTM_5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/BMW_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/BMW_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Buell_10.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Buell_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Buell_19.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Buell_20.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Buell_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Buell_4.jpg

[Porkchop]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ninja650_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX14_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX14_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX14_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX6R_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX6R_10.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX6R_11.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX6R_7.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX6R_5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX6R_6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX10R_7.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX10R_8.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX10R_9.jpg

[JoJoYZF]

Now can anyone name the girl in the red jacket in the first pic? I know a few of you have seen her before and I was surprised to find out who it was when I met her.

The rest of that pic is topguns son, Topgun, girl to be named later, Me, Racedoll, and Porkchop.

[Porkchop]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX10R_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX10R_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/ZX10R_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/CBR6_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/VFR_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/VFR_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/RC8_2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Spies_1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Rossi_4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Rossi_3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Britton2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Gadson.jpg

[Smittie61984]

That first green Kawi (With the banana seat). Is that a 250?

For the rest of the Kawasaki. It looks like they designed the front by beating it with an Ugly Stick. And damn, that is a skinny pipe coming out of the ZX10s exhaust.

Not really digging any of the Jap4 except maybe the copper R6 if they got rid of the Panama City Beach Tribal Tattoos.

[Porkchop]

That first green Kawi (With the banana seat). Is that a 250?

For the rest of the Kawasaki. It looks like they designed the front by beating it with an Ugly Stick. And damn, that is a skinny pipe coming out of the ZX10s exhaust.

Not really digging any of the Jap4 except maybe the copper R6 if they got rid of the Panama City Beach Tribal Tattoos.

No, that is the restyled Ninja 650. I have some 250 pics, but i havnt gotten them up yet.

The Kawi's are growing on me....

Honestly i'm a kawasaki person.... but the Jap4 that supprised me the most was Suzuki. And i have always hated suzuki products.

[Porkchop]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ninja250_2.jpg <<< Ninja 250


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Ninja650_3.jpg <<< Ninja 650

[rogue]

Wow! Lotsa sexay bikes! :drool:

And a pic with Jason Britton??? I'm jealous!!!

[Porkchop]

Wow! Lotsa sexay bikes! :drool:

And a pic with Jason Britton??? I'm jealous!!!

Funny story about Britton..... I was basically standing next to him and Gadson and didnt even know it.

I showed up at about 10 and JoJo wasnt going to be there till about 10:30. When you go in, you buy tickets off to the right and then walk down the food area before you can enter. So i decided to wait outside the show and stand against one of the food court tables till JoJo showed up. Well i got all ansey looking at the new ZX6R's so i decided to walk into the show. Just then JoJo txted and said he was walking into the IX Center. So i turned around and went right by the entrance. Just then i looked over where i was standing. Fucking Britton and Gadson were sitting eating breakfast at the table right behind where i was standing. So me and JoJo went over and shook their hands and said I liked the show. But they were just eating breakfast so i respected their privacy and didnt take pics or ask for autographs. They ended up signing later at the Kawi booth. Then later after JoJo and everybody else left, i basically ran into Britton. Asked to take that picture... which the damn flash went off. We talked about switching to Kawi for a minute and then he was off.

I'm not gonna lie... they really make-up him up for those shows.

[rogue]

I don't care what he looks like. He stunts like a mo-fo! I'd love to see him stunt just once. :D

[t-homo]

That RC8 is a sexy beast.

[Amber Lamps]

I'm not gonna lie... they really make-up him up for those shows.


Yea I met him in Daytona a few times...wow,him,Edward James Almos, and Seal must be related!

[Amber Lamps]

Oh and the who can produce the world's ugliest exhaust competition is obviously still in full swing!

[marko138]

I would be shocked if Kawi could make a bike any uglier.

[Porkchop]

I would be shocked if Kawi could make a bike any uglier.

The new Zx-6r is growing on me......

It is much better looking in person :drool:

[racedoll]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/Bayliss_6.jpg


This is the bike I'd buy, if I had a little more pocket change!

Thank you for posting all those pictures!

My favorite, realistically is the R6S. It's just more of the old school that I'm used to. I did find the cut-away ZX-6 pretty fascinating. I like seeing that stuff.

[JoJoYZF]

I'm not gonna lie... they really make-up him up for those shows.

No doubt about that.

That RC8 is a sexy beast.

And surprisingly not that uncomfortable either. I actually thought the new 1198 was more uncomfortable.

Yea I met him in Daytona a few times...wow,him,Edward James Almos, and Seal must be related!

Thats exactly what I thought when I saw him in person.

The new Zx-6r is growing on me......

It is much better looking in person :drool:

The only one that I actually liked was the monster edition, and that may just be because I love the colors.

[racedoll]

I was very disappointed in Kawi's bikes. I have been since 2005... they seem to have just gotten worse in style and feel.

[Smittie61984]

Oh and the who can produce the world's ugliest exhaust competition is obviously still in full swing!

Well they know that most of their bikes will leave the showroom with new exhaust or have it in a short period of time. They'd probably save more money selling half of their bikes without it and just let a customer pick and choose that day. It'd be like selling a Hayabusa with no swingarm, rims, and leaving it primer. They could charge less but sell more.

I like the Ninja650!

[Porkchop]

Thank you for posting all those pictures! My favorite, realistically is the R6S.

No prob, theres like 130 more but this is just the highlight.

Like the Yamaha R6S??? My friend has the 05' R6... which is the R6S. The bike is real nice and smooth. Not super razor edged.

And surprisingly not that uncomfortable either. I actually thought the new 1198 was more uncomfortable.

The RC8 was just tall..... the 1198 was damn uncomfortable.

I was very disappointed in Kawi's bikes. I have been since 2005... they seem to have just gotten worse in style and feel.

The 05/06 636 has been my favorite. With the 07/08 close behind...