I'd go with the vespa.


I've had Honda's and Suzuki's and I can tell you that the Zooks reliability is no worse than the Honda's. Take care of them and they will work just fine. If you abuse anything long enough it will break.

I wouldnt get either one of those to be honest with you. Depends on what you want to do. You want to sport/tour? Maybe a Concours or FJ or ZZR1200? For a sport bike the new RR would be the last on my personal list. I dont know man....the two are such a contrast. A standard is starting to look real good to me these days. An Aprillia Tuono? NICE ride. KTM Super Duke? ZRX-1200? Other than the GSX-R Suzuki doesnt make anything I would want to own, and Honda's 600RR or the older 1000RR are about the only NEW bikes I would get from them. Blackbird? That would be a NICE bike.

Of those two though...........????????????? Hell, I think I would walk.

 

Yo kevin stevens why don't you and your buddies go circle jerk some more. I have been riding since I was 8 years old started out on a honda 50 so yes I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE SAYING 'i'M AN ABOVE AVERAGE RIDER.Secondly I don't care if your nicky hayden if you've never ridden either bike how couldu make a statement on how it handles , torque,comfort so please explain to me how rider ability and knowing about a bike youve never ridden b4 go hand in hand. (SOME PEOPLE MAN I'M TELLIN YOU)

 

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If you are indeed a Honda Fan save yourself alot of money and find a good used Blackbird, install a full system on it, loose 30 lbs of exhaust crap. It will make you a fine bike that does everything well from carrying a passenger with a huge assortment of accessories and luggage to a good fun bike that will still keep up with most others.