# A little impulse buy :-) (and an interesting first ride story) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 28, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798 "2010-02-28T01:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/1 "2010-02-28T01:22:25Z")
Yesterday I called on a 2008 CBR 1000rr at a dealer in Tucson, I put a deposit down on it but I realized the insurance was ~400 more a year for the litre bike, and I wasn’t too fond of the yellow paint… The salesman I was speaking to informed me of a disgusting deal on a left over '09 Kawi ZX6R black on black. I told him it was sold and would be there the next morning to pick it up. The following has to be the worst 7 hours of my life. It’s approx 250 miles from Tucson to Yuma, I had my friend drop me at the dealer so I could ride home. I figure i’d be ok in just a sweatshirt for the ride… well about an hour in, I miss the exit for I-8 because I’m too busy playing with the stop watch on the dash, and realize when I got to Phoenix that I was going the wrong way, YES, drove an hour out of my way for nothing, and I’m freezing already because it’s around 50 degrees. As soon as I turn around and head back to I-8 it starts down pouring (it rains 3 times a year in southern AZ, and today was one of the days) and when I say down pouring, I mean monsoon type shit. Great. I ride for about an hour until I start losing it, I’m so friggen cold that I feel as if I’m about to black out, so I pull into a gas station and when i get off my bike I fall to my knees because my legs are completely numb (some how I could still shift though?) I manage to hobble into this gas station and tell the clerk I need to sit here and wait out the rain… 3 cups of coffee later and I leave, I sat in the gas station for 2 hours because I literally could not stop shaking. I ride for about another hour and finally get home. Total trip: 325 miles. 3/4s of them in the pouring rain. I can honestly say that I’ve never been that cold in my entire life and I’ve been in some COLD ass weather. Either way, fun first day with the bike, heres a shitty cell pic of it, future mods include: rear fender eliminator kit, Akrapovic slip on, black wind screen and maybe some track days 🙂 ![http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11994&stc=1&d=1267347413](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11994&stc=1&d=1267347413) ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/2 "2010-02-28T01:26:11Z")
Hahaha ---
**Author:** ![heylick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/heylick/32/5290_2.png) [@heylick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/heylick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/3 "2010-02-28T02:13:15Z")
lol cant be as bad as the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/4 "2010-02-28T02:47:09Z")
I’ve been on some cold and rainy rides, but that is ridiculous. lol Nice purchase, though. IB4WILLY ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/5 "2010-02-28T06:19:42Z")
Damn man. Hope the price was worth the ride! ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/6 "2010-02-28T06:27:51Z")
inbeforeyou’reasquidforridinginahoodie nice bike,dude. i’ve been caught in cold raid before, it sucks a biiiig D. ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/7 "2010-02-28T06:36:21Z")
nice bike. Let me get this straight, you were mad that a litre bike that is a 2008 was 400 more dollars a year insurance wise? You realize that would be only 33 dollars more a month then you currently were going to spend which made you ditch the bike completely? I understand that color not being in your taste, but a 2008 1k bike compared to a 2009 600 is two totally different bikes so what made you go from a 1k to a 600, $400? ---
**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/8 "2010-02-28T06:41:22Z")
ya on my zx7r, I had a girlfriend in Cortland ny, rode out there spent the weekend, planed to leave Sunday night. but she asked me to stay to Monday. Monday night i had to work. i stayed it was awesome Sunday night. should have left. Monday POURED. I rode from Cortland too buffalo in pouring rain. everything I had packed was soaked I had leathers on and they weighed a ton. but looks like an awesome bike :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/9 "2010-02-28T08:43:28Z")
> [@AndyB](#): > > let me get this straight blah blah blah… He got a great deal on the 600, he didn’t just buy it because of insurance. Reading \> \* ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/10 "2010-02-28T08:48:53Z")
awesome story ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/11 "2010-02-28T09:10:25Z")
Nice pickup! > [@sedlmeier101"](#): > > and I’m freezing already because it’s around **50** degrees. LOL, that would be awesome around here right now ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/12 "2010-02-28T09:41:41Z")
> [@AndyB](#): > > nice bike. > > Let me get this straight, you were mad that a litre bike that is a 2008 was 400 more dollars a year insurance wise? You realize that would be only 33 dollars more a month then you currently were going to spend which made you ditch the bike completely? I understand that color not being in your taste, but a 2008 1k bike compared to a 2009 600 is two totally different bikes so what made you go from a 1k to a 600, $400? exactly… my… thoughts… LOL. nice bike \<3 kawi. EDIT: hows she wheelie? hows she feel compared to the 600rr? ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/13 "2010-02-28T12:57:13Z")
> [@AndyB](#): > > nice bike. > > Let me get this straight, you were mad that a litre bike that is a 2008 was 400 more dollars a year insurance wise? You realize that would be only 33 dollars more a month then you currently were going to spend which made you ditch the bike completely? I understand that color not being in your taste, but a 2008 1k bike compared to a 2009 600 is two totally different bikes so what made you go from a 1k to a 600, $400? Nah, those were just two factors which made me change my mind. the 1000 was $1000 more, a year older, an ugly color (sorry Geoff), and an 08 (which I really wanted ABS on the '09s) Plus, I really wanted an all black bike, they had 2 ZX10s there too on the cheap,but they were that ugly blue color, MEH. And as far as the power goes, a 600 is plenty quick for me, it will still do 160+ and is mad fun in the corners. > [@Willybeen](#): > > exactly… my… thoughts… > > LOL. > > nice bike \<3 kawi. > > EDIT: hows she wheelie? hows she feel compared to the 600rr? The Honda was a tid bit quicker, could be from the full exhaust and power commander though…which will be on this bike soon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/14 "2010-02-28T13:23:11Z")
\<3 ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/15 "2010-02-28T13:28:47Z")
how much out the door if you don’t mind me asking? i love that bike. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/16 "2010-02-28T15:50:20Z")
That is a sexy bike my man. Good pick up :tup: ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/17 "2010-02-28T15:56:13Z")
Nice p/u. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/18 "2010-02-28T16:55:38Z")
hows she WHEEELIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/19 "2010-02-28T18:31:47Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > He got a great deal on the 600, he didn’t just buy it because of insurance. > > Reading \> \* didnt you read my entire post? I understood a better deal on the 600 but to go from being set on a 1000cc bike, to a 600cc bike is a big choice. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798/20 "2010-02-28T19:23:28Z")
Crazy ting when reading this I imagined the whole thing in my head. That must have sucked balls but was funny thinking about it. Where do you live/ My buddy Bizub lives in AZ. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-little-impulse-buy-and-an-interesting-first-ride-story/79798.md?page=2)