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im getting sick of having to drive an hour two hours three hours and on just to go rideing. i live onthe border of ma and nh. thinking a street bike might be more fun. turn the key and out the driveway i go. i can go rideing everyday.

anybody thinking of this, or has anybody done this? let me know if its worth it

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im getting sick of having to drive an hour two hours three hours and on just to go rideing. i live onthe border of ma and nh. thinking a street bike might be more fun. turn the key and out the driveway i go. i can go rideing everyday.

anybody thinking of this, or has anybody done this? let me know if its worth it

 

 

I did that with my dirtbikes. Bad choice. All it lead to was tickets and hassles for me. The day I sold off my street bikes and hopped back on a dirtbike and ripped it as hard as I possibly could I never looked back. You can't ever get that feeling riding a streetbike.

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ya that makes sense and i appreciate the feedback, but were are you from? im from massachusetts and i can honestly say theres three place within an hour of me to ride then you need to travel 2 hours to get some more but not many and so on and so on. it gets booring going to the same trails

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ya that makes sense and i appreciate the feedback, but were are you from? im from massachusetts and i can honestly say theres three place within an hour of me to ride then you need to travel 2 hours to get some more but not many and so on and so on. it gets booring going to the same trails

 

 

I live in New Bedford Massachusetts. Even with our limited riding places it's still more fun than street bikes. Less trouble too.

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I live in New Bedford Massachusetts. Even with our limited riding places it's still more fun than street bikes. Less trouble too.

 

wow your from ma too. you def know what im talking about, thanks for the advice. so did you get rid of the street bike all together or do you have the street bike and banshee

also were do you ride?

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do you have places to ride, because i dont they all seem to be gone?

i do have places to ride but they are a couple hours away i dont mind the drive though. streetbikes look like alot of fun but i could get into BIG trouble with one!!! plus the wife gets mad everytime i tell her im getting one..... so ill stick with the shee until i get a street bike and have the best of both world. :thumbsup:

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im getting sick of having to drive an hour two hours three hours and on just to go rideing. i live onthe border of ma and nh. thinking a street bike might be more fun. turn the key and out the driveway i go. i can go rideing everyday.

anybody thinking of this, or has anybody done this? let me know if its worth it

 

How about trying one of these...

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This is my dual sport supermoto bike. TONS of fun in the city, will give sportbikes a run for there money in the twisty roads, 60MPG, cheap on insurance ($150/year) and I can take it offroad if I like! Best of both worlds!

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YEAH!!!! you should really think about getting a drz400sm!!!! If you have no place to ride like myself then you can have your cake and eat it too with a supermoto. My best friend just bought one and now I'm selling my gasgas quad to do the same. I still have the banshee but it's nothing like just getting on a bike and tearing up the roads and then rippin' off road somewhere. He loves it.... and I think I will too.

 

I do have a trail system near my house but it's a state park and NO motorized vehicles are allowed.... But since I stopped giving a shit and went riding anyways, it doesn't really matter to me anymore. I just don't stop for the man anymore. We've been riding the lehigh valley railroad since they took the tracks up in the early 80's. And 4 years ago they turned it into a state park. now the DEC are all over it. But that didn't stop me from still riding. I just go out at night after they go home for the day. It sux but.... like you said bro.... NO MORE TRAILS LEFT!!! EAT SHIT NEW YORK!!!!!!

 

Anyone else have the same shit happen to their trails?

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i wouldn't get rid of the shee to get a street bike unless you have to because of the money. there will most likely come a time when you wish you had it back. if you can swing it, just get a bike and put the shee on the back burner for a while. having both is great. you just have to know your limits on each to keep yourself out of trouble.

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I didn't even read anybody elses response on this. I would never get rid of the shee. You think you have it bad i live in Beaumont, Texas do the research there is nowhere to ride and you have to drive forever just to hit decent dunes. But i'm still happy with what i got.

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wow your from ma too. you def know what im talking about, thanks for the advice. so did you get rid of the street bike all together or do you have the street bike and banshee

also were do you ride?

 

 

there are a few neat spots not far away from me. When it's all you have to ride it gets boring fast and the only thing that keeps it fun is riding with friends. If I drive out towards the cape I can find some decent sand dunes to ride. I don't have a banshee and never had a banshee. I am dying for one though thats for sure. I still got my dirtbike but as soon as I can I plan on selling that to get a shee.

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I did the opposite. Started riding streetbikes, they are fun, but too fragile and too easy to fuck yourself up bad on. Got a dirtbike and loved it. You can beat the shit out of it, drop it, crash it and it wont cost you big bux to fix. Then I got into quads and nothing beats tearing shit up in the dirt. There are no legal places for me to ride either unless you want to pay a bullshit 1200 a year membership fee to ride on a crowded track. Long story short I have a 02 gsxr 1000 for sale and 2 quads that arent.

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