I'm literally an inch away from dropping the hammer on one. I don't need it, but I'll be damned if I don't want one badly! I've narrowed my list down to the RC8 and the RSV4. I can get either one for roughly the same $$, but I'm stumped on which one I prefer.
Locking this... buy the RSV4.
Chadwick
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"You live more for five minutes going fast on a bike like that, than other people do in all of their life." - Marco Simoncelli
U talking new RC8R or used "non R"?
if the later, get the RSV. If new, buy that ktm. The 2011+ rc8r is fucking nasty
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Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Are you in position to buy one? Have you paid off all your credit cards, student loans, car, etc? If you have, GO FOR IT! If not, then STOP IT!
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Calm down Debbie Downer!Originally Posted by johne303
Chadwick
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"You live more for five minutes going fast on a bike like that, than other people do in all of their life." - Marco Simoncelli
Hotcarcass has an RC8 and he thinks its the greatest thing since sliced bread. Hit him up for his review.
Its not how fast you go, its how little you slow down.
RC8R vs RSV4 APRC Factory? or non-R and base RSV4?
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It's a 2012 RC8R. I've ridden a friend's RSV4 and it did make me smile from ear to ear. I really like the styling on the RC8R too, but I'll have to demo one before I make my final decision.
And I do appreciate someone with fiscal responsibility. My car has been paid off for a couple of years and I have no student loan or credit card debt. The only expense that I have credit-wise is my mortgage. I can afford the payments at $15k ($280 a month), but I really don't want to pay that much every month, so I'd be looking at selling my ZX10R and using the proceeds as my down payment and bringing my monthly payments down to $180ish.
Insurance on the RC8R will cost me $6 less a year than my ZX10R, so the difference is negligible. The RSV4, OTOH, will go up about $10 a month.
Jeff, I'm looking at the RC8R and the base RSV4. The Factory is VERY nice, but it has a lot of stuff I don't really need and it tacks on another $5k.
This is the RC8R I'm looking at:
Last edited by CaneZach; Wed May 29th, 2013 at 05:01 PM.
LMAO!!Calm down Debbie Downer!
But seriously.. Johne303 is right, just because you can, doesn't mean you should..
.. wait. what?
...So you're asking a bunch of type-A personalities with poor impulse control to talk you out of buying a go-fast machine?
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On a side note, I don't know how low Fay is willing to go on that bike, but the one I'm looking at is quite a bit less than Fay is asking and it's a new bike.
God bless you, Ralph!...So you're asking a bunch of type-A personalities with poor impulse control to talk you out of buying a go-fast machine?
RC8R OR GTFO.... /thread
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Think about how many kids you have to put through college and if you have Aflac..
Dont listen to that guy.
Hope you got it. Looks like a sick ride.
Those RC8's are really cool looking. dew eeettt. Did they let you take it out and see how it handles???
I do have supllemental insurance, so we're all good there!Think about how many kids you have to put through college and if you have Aflac..
They would have let me take it out, but I didn't have the time today.
Every Picture of the RC8 I see has one wheel off the ground - I think it must be a structural defect... LOL
Sorry, I can't
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Please don't buy an RSV4, I don't want to see any more around town.
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Ok we had this dicussion
I ride the Ape to lunch and you ride the RC8
Then I ride the RC8 home and you ride the Ape
best of both worlds....now stop obsessing like a pre teen girl and go get the damn bike
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