These days when I look at bikes like KTMs RC8 the first thing that comes to mind is: What would my life expectancy be measured in if I bought one of these 172 horsepowered monsters. I'm guessing it would it would take less than a couple miles before I would click into "the hell with speed limits" mode. Once in that mode I'm guessing my life insurance agent would start getting ansy.

If you're a 2010 RC8 owner you just might want to kill yourself for another reason. KTM dropped the price of the 2011 bike by $3,500. While at the same time increasing horsepower and fuel economy. Ouch!