How can you not find this thing sexy! I've had the dime-a-dozen R6's and R1's in the past...this thing is so unique they don't even make them anymore and the exhaust note is awesome. Ducati sound with Japanese pricing and reliability.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ukiTL1000R.jpg

they're ok when you're 19 and think you're bulletproof.and they do make the hottie on the back's ass look great lol but i've scraped and shoveled too many of them and their owners off the pavement. i'm a harley heritage rider myself. i raced a jap bike when i was a kid then graduated to a stroked harley. (used to be fun blowing the doors off the big jap bikes with my old stripped 58 pan rat harley 125 hp stroker) 2 wheels a motor and a seat lol..it ran 10.4 in the quarter back in the 80's. that was over 25 yrs ago and havent looked back.
be careful on that rocket.

LMAO...so I need to be a teenager to enjoy it. A friend mine died just 3 weeks ago right in front of me, had to give him CPR an everything...don't assume that just because I ride a sport bike means I'm immature and/or a bad rider. Last I checked it most of the time it only takes a stupid person in a car to change that, so unless you Harley guys never wreck, bike type irrelevant for who you have to scrape and shovel off the ground! I appreciate and still wave to all riders, from people on mopeds up to people on cruisers of all types...yet it's all you "My sh$% doesn't stink because I ride a HARLEY" guys that are either too cool to wave back or have ignorant attitudes about sport bikers like the statement you just made. If I was riding the S1000RR, would that be a "nazi" bike? So not only are you borderline racist with your "jap" comment, but apparently (by your narrowminded and biased comment) you Harley guys are even too cool to wreck, so telling you to be careful on your obscenely loud and heavy couch is kind of pointless now.

For a second there I thought there was going to be a little joking around to break the ice because I, unlike you, enjoy all types of bikes...but you've just proven once again that you pretentious Harley guys are all the same.

Harley - The slowest, loudest and most expensive way to waste $50,000.

strike a nerve did i?? well i didnt mean to. dont you think you'll kind of silly cruising around on the "jap" bike when youre 65 with gramma on back with her wrinkled ass showing hahaha
i used to ride a "foreign" bike remember? and still do drive 2 foreign (german) cars.
without checking actual reports, i can only remember 1 harley accident (broken leg) and probably a dozen involving foreign bikes just this past summer that i responded to. several were bike against bike with 1/2 fatalities. mostly the biker's fault speeding, drinking, the usual.
i wave to anyone who waves at me. bike car or walking. i dont even know what a s1000rr is.
relax, breathe, think good thoughts. all is good

Sorry but the EU flag has nothing to do with a Hayabusa .... so this compare is not valid. But we all know that we are the best drivers around - I was that with my Guzzi 25 years ago and now I am with my X. We are all bulletproof. Never forget that...................

Good luck, H

Yeah, I just thing it's a stupid generalization that most people make that sport bike riders are a bunch of dangerous idiots. Generally its true or sportbike riders, and I can't help that, but Harley guys aren't much better either in large groups. I've seen them doin extremely ignorant things as well, but bad things are bound to happen when that much Viagra gets together on a large group ride. On the day that my friend died, there were four of us, ages 32 (Suzuki GXSR1000), 35 (Suzuki TLR), 54 (Suzuki GSXR) and 57 (Harley XR1200). And to top of your generalization of sportbike riders, the Harley guy, on top of riding a Harley and being the oldest there, was also a nurse. Bunch of stupid teenagers, ehh? I just find it funny that a fellow bike rider makes the same stupid generalizations that people in cars to in the statement you made.

30 years down the road when I reach 65, who knows what I'll be riding. I know that I sure as hell won't be having some old bag sitting on the back though, but that'd be for another topic.

Actual reports or not, statistically it only makes sense that there are more sportbike vs Harley/cruisers crashes since sport bikes themselves usually cost easily 1/3-1/5th the price, so naturally that means there are more of us than you. I generalize as well against most teenage (cause I can see their faces vs guessing who's under the helmet) Honda, Nissan, etc drivers compared to say a BMW driver driver because most of those cars are owned by teenagers (literally) because they're so cheap. I just figured that being a fellow rider, you biased opinion towards other riders would be so narrow...but then again, you are the epitome of a Harley rider. As for saying most bike fatalities are due to the rider vs the driver, that just shows that clearly you don't ride that much. I've lost track of how many times an innattentive driver made a lane change, pulled out to far in an intersection, didn't look AT ALL when pulling out of a driveway, parking spot, etc into me. I've got a handful of hospital visits and police reports in my last 11yrs of riding to prove that it wasn't my fault. If you meant that as saying that it's only sport bike riders vs you invicible and do-no-wrong Harley guys, once again, you clearly don't ride that much. Drinking...have you not seen the movies...you guys are once again the epitome of the terrible, biker gang, above the law, our sh&* doesn't stink type of riders. Pride in Harley itself was built on that history and carries on this very day. Drive by any hole in the wall bar and checkout the parking lot, I guarantee, you'll have more Harley's than sportbikes (if any) and I'm sure you guys aren't in there just playing pool and sipping on bottled water...I'm literally laughing that you just said that and basically narrowed it down to sportbike riders.

You're a Harley rider and you wave at people...you're the exception to the rule, so that doesn't break the rule. Don't wave back and the full hand/peace sign converts to a single finger real quick. An S1000RR is a BMW sportbike...one, if not the fastest production bike out right now. If only Harley made vehicles, you could completely your holy circle of awesomeness.

I'm relaxing in a comfy chair, breathing fine, and good thoughts are here since the holidays are coming up. All in fact is good. Take care.

Obviously the flag has nothing to do with the Hayabusa. That picture originally stated the difference between Europe and America, hence the images below of the dieting difference...it was meant to be funny, not literal. While trying to find some funny Harley pics in reply to Joe's post, I came across that edited version of the same picture.

ya europe is way better than here NOT. watch the news at all? the whole of europe with the exception of germany is about to go belly up. the civil unrest looks like a bad stallone movie and not too long from now it will look like mel gibson's night rider movie. socialism is done...again
maybe where you live the ninja rider is a gentleman. not here. they are young kids, that weave in and out of traffic and race the streets all night. where i work in ct (if you havent guessed i'm a firefighter) harleys actually out number import bikes 3-1 and it used to be higher. (we must all either be jerks like me or we just like buying american). all i can do is site my 16 yrs professional experience going to wrecks. it really doesnt matter to me what kind of bike one rides. its all personal preference.
are you telling me if they were the same price, you'd be on a harley? i think younger kids just like the speed bikes. i've done most of my drinking when i rode an import (lucky to be alive frankly). now i'll have one, maybe, if im riding or driving. if im home, leave the cork on the counter lol
i have a feeling if harley made a car it would look like a chromed out hummer with a loud exaust. (yuck) when they 1st made those junky hummers i dragged my buddy's around the firehouse parkinglot with my old 2001 4.4 until he cried uncle.
btw .. where'd you get that pic of my girlfriend and who was that guy sitting with her on the picnic table hahahaha

I'm guessing you're first paragraph is in reply to Helmuth. That post is kinda outta left field, but oh well.

As I said, I already realize that generally most sport bike riders are idiots...I've ridden with those guys. I also avoid them like the plague, unless I know that they're at least on my riding level. I've seen 19yr old kids come from dirt bikes, thinking their sh&* doesn't stink, hop onto a street bike and dead two weeks later. Just like you, I've done stupid things as well...but I'm also a firm believer that the best teachers in life are experience. While most people think they're good drivers, I know that riding a bike makes me a better driver.

If a Harley was the same price, no, I wouldn't buy one. The only other type of bike I would ever get is something extremely custom, long rake, more monochromatic paint vs all chromed out and a rear tire that would fit on a Corvette :)

You don't like loud exhaust cars, but I hardly know of any quiet Harley's. Then again, I'm the same way...my X and M exhaust are stock, the 7 is the only one with mufflers, but it sounds amazing. The TLR...that is just loud as hell, but 9 times out of 10 I've got something in my ear to block the noise - headphones of earplugs. I'm heard everywhere I go and revving the engine is more rewarding for me vs honking at people when they aren't paying attention at a street light.

Hummers aren't much more than a bodykitted and lifted S10Blazer or Tahoe, so I've never cared for them...expect for the REAL H1 diesels. This is just me being cautious, but I wouldn't be playing tug of war like the videos I've seen on YouTube using the X and their notorious transmission issues.

I didn't take the picture of the fatty on the right...by rule, my camera/phone doesn't take or shows pics of anything more than 140lbs, tops. The girl on the left, short hair and A's, I'll pass on that one as well. That pic is still funny as hell though.

The only thing I can tell you is that I did not want to offend anybody - sorry if it looked like that. Maybe that's not so easy when you are not a native english speaking person.

All the best H.