1098 or 848???

[karamella]

Anyone that owns an 848, be honest here, if you come home from work on your birthday and your significant other says "Surprise!, I traded your bike for the new 1198!". You would be totally stoked! Try that the opposite way, I come home and my wife says "Surprise, I traded your 1098 for a new 848!". I would bury her in three different counties.

[GfisAnying]

He does have a point.

If your on a budget get the 848 if not get the 1098 you will like either one even better get a jap bike apparently a more reliable better bike.

[nicholas k]

Even if it was the new limited edition 848R Cblast?

[Aiman]

so you only got the 848 huh?

[nsroach3]

I've ridden and ride sportbikes and Harleys. I've test ridden the 848 and 1098 and chose the 1098, but was used to a Beemer with 160 crank hp.

Biggest thing, as mentioned earlier for you will be comfort. A sportbike is far more capable of cornering, accelerating and braking. On the whole, it is far less comfortable than a cruiser for slow speed riding. Depends on the Harley, a hardtail chopper isn't exactly a comfy couch and handles really, really bad. A model like a RoadKing is like a '56 Caddilac and is good to carry shit, passenger and cruise around at 55 mph seeing the country side.

Coming off something like that, either bike is going to be like suddenly switching from a '56 Cadillac to a dedicated track car like a Porsche GT3. You will be gaining a lot of capability and dropping some comfort and riding them in a straight line at low speeds aren't what they are designed for. You may want to keep your Harley and get the Duc Superbike as a second bike and finances may push you more toward an 848 then.

On the road, coming from a Harley, the change to either will be so much a change up to performance and handling and a decrease in comfort and passenger comfort. The 848 will have more than enough power for street use. 600 cc jap sportbikes have more than enough power for street use. You can also spend a lot of tracktime and not master a 600cc or 848cc for awhile. Although I own a 1098, there are plenty of 250cc riders who could kick my butt on a racetrack, so it is not the size of the dog in the fight but fight in the dog.

All that being said, why did I get a 1098 rather than an 848 then? Well, because I could. I cut my 848 test ride short to spend more time on the 1098. It didn't feel like too much power. It felt just right.

[littlemunchie]

I got the 1098 because I could do it for less money than an 848. But if I was doing it again and could buy either, I'd probably get the 848. I find the power curve of the 848 to be more pleasurable on the street. No matter how good you get on the track, you'll never be riding either of them to their full potential. If you don't need the ego trip of having the biggest engine available, get the 848. You'll love it.

[mysha]

He sure is a little sweet thang, ain't he?

[Geek]

Do you really need a sportsbike at all? If i'm not going to use the bike to 100% of its potential do i have no business buying it??

Do I really need all that extra torque that makes my blood course with adrenaline like nothing else and as addictive as heroin (so iv been told) if i can't shave 4/10s of a second off my lap time?

Do i really need three russian hookers to service me at the same time when one will get the job done, and will probably get it done faster anyway??

You're right i don't need it. But Faaaaaaark do i WANT it.

[bye bye michael jackson]

Just pick your poison. Both will make you happy and neither will dissapoint.