Been riding motorcycles my whole life. I currently own a fully restored 2005 Honda CBR600RR Repsol clone.
The Repsol is my main squeeze. I have a buddy of mine who just got married and his wife keeps putting the kibosh on him getting a motorcycle. He used to ride a 900 F2 back in the 90s and he wants to get on a bike again pretty bad. So I said the heck with it and bought a 2026 675SS yesterday over the phone from a local dealership. Now he'll have something to ride and we can go cruising.
I chose the 675 SS because in my opinion if I put him on that bike he should be able to stay within range of my 600. He's got 40 lb more weight on his body than I do and the bike is only 95 horsepower. But I've ordered a custom pipe and Muffler off eBay and I found a place in Alabama that will tune the ecm. Should put it somewhere in the 105 horsepower range which will be a little better.
Got to be honest, when CF Moto first came out with this 675 I was actually pretty interested in it just because of the whole chineseium/cheep factor.
I can't wait to get my hands on it for two reasons. First, my Honda is on the stand at a buddy's place getting the water lines replaced and safety wired for a track day coming up in may. Second, I think that the 675SS will make a really fun Street bike and I haven't done any riding yet this year because of weather and traveling for work. So just the pure fact of getting on two wheels again this Saturday on a 70° sunny day has really got me stoked.