Sometime in 2004, I was at my end with sportbikes. I was attending very expensive sportbike trackdays and riding the Bay Area, Ca. hills like I did at those trackdays draggin knee, and having a lot of close calls and a handful of spills. Hanging out at the Skywood Trading Post, I heard countless sirens and horns while emergency vehicles raced down to tend to yet another crashed rider. The modern sportbike, in my opinion, is a deadly machine on the street. Although the technology behind these motorcycles is a display of incredible engineering, it is also a curse. I was over the speeding and inherent danger of the modern sportbike. I wanted an alternative.

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