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As some of you might remember I've recently sold my 2009 FZ6R Raven which I had for little less then a year and it had ~11600 miles on odometer (fs thread here). This bike didn't cause me any problems what so ever and I guess would serve for another 100k miles if I would want to keep it. I had absolutely no complains about the bike or any need for more power\torque\comfort\etc. My friends here in sofla having bigger bikes (e.g. busa), but I didn't have problems keeping up with them, though I often had chosen to fall back and let them deal with cops and get their tickets 
Nevertheless 2 months ago I still decided to sell my bike, and get myself something else. At that time I had an idea of getting a bimmer k1300s; there was a relatively cheap one for sale in Dallas. But by the time my bike was sold I decided to buy smth else, may be a smaller type of bike, european streetfighter\naked style with 100+ hp engine. What I ended up with is a black 2010 Triumph Speed Triple (see pictures below). As of right now I already had it for a week and logged 800 miles on it. There are some differences to fz6r which I already can talk about:
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Nevertheless 2 months ago I still decided to sell my bike, and get myself something else. At that time I had an idea of getting a bimmer k1300s; there was a relatively cheap one for sale in Dallas. But by the time my bike was sold I decided to buy smth else, may be a smaller type of bike, european streetfighter\naked style with 100+ hp engine. What I ended up with is a black 2010 Triumph Speed Triple (see pictures below). As of right now I already had it for a week and logged 800 miles on it. There are some differences to fz6r which I already can talk about:
power; S3 has some of it but surprisingly (to me) my average speed dropped 10mph as there is mostly no wind protection; riding to work on fz6r I was doing around 90, trying not hit triple digits; on s3 I'm doing ~80, going faster for long time is just too uncomfortable and not worth it.
torque; there is some torque there; this bike is sometimes called a "wheely machine"; though no unintentional wheelies for me so far; thanks to experience received riding fz6r
comfort; S3 seat is more comfortable but looks like it's little wider then the one fz6r has. Didn't notice much of a difference in comfort between 2 bikes; I already did ~250 miles ride on s3, no pain or discomfort; though I'm not demanding in the comfort department at all; it's a freaking bike after all. As for vibrations; didn't notice any; my fz6r developed some small vibration on ~7500 RPM; I guess I had to sync throttle bodies or smth but never did this. As of right now S3 doesn't develop any vibration worth mentioning.
breaking; from what I noticed s3 breaks are better; this was my first impression after I test rode it and I still believe breaks on S3 do work more efficiently; though I had no complains about fz6r.
weight; didn't notice much difference between 2 bikes. S3 feels a little heavier.
overall impression; well, I love it, completely happy with my purchase; no regrets what so ever for switching. I was on verge of crying when my fz6r was loaded on the truck by the new owner and took quite a few bottles of vodka to calm down Still going though my old biky pictures from time to time, I guess I'm just too sentimental for an adult man
price; yep, S3 is more expensive.
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