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Apr 24th, 2009, 4:21 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Well, after years of Triumphs, i decided to stop kicking tires and go for a Ducati. Test rode the 848 and wanted off of it after 5 minutes...too committed for my daily use tho occasional trackdays would make up for it I'm sure.
Rode a buddy's Hyper S and was instantly sold. I campaign a ktm 450smr on the track and it is a natural progression to this bike for the street.
First impressions are that it is the most fun i've had on a streetbike in LONG time! And i've only got 50 miles on the clocks so i'm not bouncing off the rev limiter but not babying it either. It feels smaller than my YZ450 somehow, definately lower and love the torque.
Look forward to adding performance parts/mods and making it my own. Let the games begin....
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"What a wonderful philosophy you have there..."
'08 Black Hyper S
'04 RC51 SP2 Nicky Hayden Replica
'70 CB175 Vintage Roadracer
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Apr 24th, 2009, 4:25 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Northern, NJ, USA
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Welcome
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Apr 24th, 2009, 4:53 pm
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand
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Welcome to the jungle, great site with great guys and great information to be had.
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Cheers KTiMpostor 
Monstaman
2010 KTM 990 SMR, 6 speed. 
2004 Designa Yello DR650
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Apr 24th, 2009, 4:53 pm
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico
Posts: 179
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Yo endoz !!! WELCOME !!!
I ride with a small group of Triumph riders, and after they beated me up so many times on my KLR-650, I went and got the HM.
Their bikes are most older T`s, one of them a 750 which is as small as a CRF-150 almost, and as light, and looks like an old dirt bike. He is so freaking fast on the curbs that is plain scary.
They are fun fun fun to ride with because most are 40-60 y.o.`s but with a young heart like me, I`m the youngest one. They are mad because I got the Duc and not a T, but they are happy too because the KLR was too much out of place. The kept calling me The guy in La Cabra Loca ( crazy goat ).
Please make honor to the HM and ride it like it is, a big bike with a big engine for a big kid.
Mine 7k and I know is the most fun bike I ever had, and I had many and for over 40 years, riding since 3.
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08 Hyper
05 KLR650
99 Monster 750
04 KLR650
01 Ducati 900SS
85 Suzuki 700ES
89 Ninja 250
87 Honda Rebel 450
86 Honda Interceptor 500
84 Yamaha TriZ ( street legal )
77 Yamaha Enduro 400
73 Suzuki TC100
*various dirt and road bikes not street legal
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Apr 24th, 2009, 5:03 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Welcome, you will officially become an addict in 3, 2, 1..... 
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Apr 24th, 2009, 7:29 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
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Matt..... So you got one.....  ... ....
It is a fun bike..... It took me a while but in the end the bike sucked me in.
I find that most times the R1 is left behind and the Hyper's front is in the air.
Enjoy....
see 'ya at the sm track.
Cheers
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2004 Honda CRF 250 X
2004 Yamaha YZF R1
2006 Husqvarna 510 SMR
2008 Ducati HyperMotard
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Apr 24th, 2009, 8:26 pm
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA HWY 2,
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yep, yep....welcome to the fray.
have fun!
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2003 Aprilia Tuono Racing
past: Ducatis, Aprilias, a Guzzi Stelvio, a Husky, and some BMWs as well.
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Apr 24th, 2009, 10:17 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 35
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Well, well, well, "Doc", I hadn't put 2 and 2 together...
Should have known you'd be here! We'll have to hook up for a ride, i'll try and keep up, no wheelie contests tho....
Mac track sunday!
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Originally Posted by DrSard
Matt..... So you got one..... ... ....
It is a fun bike..... It took me a while but in the end the bike sucked me in.
I find that most times the R1 is left behind and the Hyper's front is in the air.
Enjoy....
see 'ya at the sm track.
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"What a wonderful philosophy you have there..."
'08 Black Hyper S
'04 RC51 SP2 Nicky Hayden Replica
'70 CB175 Vintage Roadracer
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Apr 25th, 2009, 9:51 am
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You're gonna love my nuts...
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,524
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Congrats Endoz! Welcome aboard!
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PRESENT: 2010 Multistrada 1200S, black & black
PAST: 08 Hyper, red & 'blacked out'
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Apr 25th, 2009, 10:06 am
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: los altos, ca, usa
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Enjoy
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