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That is a super nice looking bike. I really dig the noise from those cross plane motors

Well that didn't take long. I'm a little depressed now

I want something along the lines of a sport touring....I think. Maybe adventure touring? Something I can take on trips is as far as I have gotten so far.

Thanks for the heads up

My wife is strongly discouraging any more track days. I'm selling my bike and I'm gonna start looking for something a little more trip friendly. Here is a copy of the craigslist ad and the link. I put $2300 on craigslist since everyone always tries to lowball. I would be happy to come off of that for anyone here to avoid the craigslist hassle. https://stlouis.craigslist.org/mcy/d/2007-zx6r/6660550346.html I am the third owner of this bike. It has been passed amoung friends. John was the original owner. He made it about 1500 miles and had a low speed slide. It didn't hurt anything but the plastics and the bar end, but it scared him and he parked it for 3-4 years. Jacob bought it and put all new factory plastics on it. He rode it for about 2500 miles and then had two kids a year apart. Thats when I bought it. The Good -Less than 7,500 miles -Forks rebuilt by Velocity Calibrations in May 2018 -Brakes have just been bled with fresh dot 4 -Brand new chain -Driven TT rearsets -Two brothers exhaust with removable decibel killer -Double bubble style windscreen -Wire mod (switches American bikes to the Euro mapping adding HP above 13,000rpm) -Plenty of tread left on Michelin pp3 -Clean title in my name The Bad -I wrecked it. All the plastics are really rough. They are completely solid however. I put them together with epoxy and zip ties. It is super ugly but completely functional. -Tank is dented. Hole in tank was repaired with a welder. -Small dent in the frame from handlebar. Does not appear to affect anything functionally -Tire date code says they are about 5 years old This is the perfect bike for a track guy, stunter, or beginner (you are going to drop it anyway). The bike is in perfect mechanical shape. You could buy some ebay fairings and a tank cover for less than $800 and it would look as good as it runs. I would keep it, but after this last wreck my wife is making it not worth it.

I'm out. I will most likely show up and get some tires though.

Home. Had fun

There are different types of super corsa from what I gather. The sp is more street/track and the sc are basically track only. I was looking at the sp. The manufacturers seem to purposely make worthless descriptions of their tires. I read their touring tires and they say to race professionally with them and then the slicks say if you use anything else you will die. All from the same manufacturer

I think I am on the same page as you are. I would appreciate the extra margin for error that a set of sticky tires could give me. I definitely don't want a slick, because I am going to be using the tires for back roads. I have heard people say that Rosso Corsa are the same as the SC except for the middle third is a tad harder for mileage. If I was going to go to a SC type tire, I am curious if I would like another brand better. Dunlop has a reputation for being slightly harder (at least from different forum folklore I have read) than the SC, but I really don't think I will even scratch the surface of either tire if I am honest about my ability. I guess I would still be looking at Q3+ vs Q4. I've also heard people rave about BattleAxe S20. I guess if I opt for a stickier tire, I won't really know if I could have gotten marginally better.

I figured I would ressurect this thread. My tires are old and I'm making an attempt to blame them for my poor riding and resulting bike damage. I am a bit torn. I notice a lot of track guys are running the supercorsas. I feel like the rosso corsas might be a better choice for someone as slow as I am, but I just don't have any real world experience with riding different tires at the limit on the same bike. I currently run PP3 and would like something a little more track oriented. I'm not sold on pirelli. I just haven't really looked at hypersport tires and I'm not real familiar so I am looking for some knowledge.

It’s back baby! It’s so ugly that I actually think it’s cool.

The bike will be ready this week. The wife may take longer. I knew she would not take the crash well.

That looks legit from my unskilled eye except the pavement on the far outside of dead bear doesn’t inspire confidence. I usually botch that turn and start wide and end up towards the inside at the real apex. If I do get it right, I feel better towards the middle of the pavement at the apex. From memory it seems like it’s got more negative camber on the far outside

I feel the pain.

Here is the tank. Not bad considering. Cheapest used tank without a leak was almost $400. That’s crazy