PRACTICAL CORNER CARVER

A superbike for the adventure set

STORY BY DAVID BOOTH

So, you’ve outgrown your CBR600RR. Perhaps it was a GSX-R600. Maybe Team Green’s 636. Hell, it could even have been a R6, though Yamaha hasn’t built a street-legal version of that speedster since 2020. Whatever the case, you’ve left the supersports world behind. Maybe it’s a bad back. Could be wonky knees. Just as likely your wrists can’t handle the constant pressure anymore. I know your pain. I’ve got all three. And, if you’re anything like me, you resisted for as long as you could. Muscle relaxants gave adequate — but fleeting — solace; bar risers just delayed the inevitable. It was time to leave the motorcycles of your youth behind. But, my Lord, you miss the twitchy steering, the scream of stratospheric redlines and the feeling of one-ness with the machine…

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Motorcycle Mojo (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2024

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