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Yeah... thats still triple figures.
its economical and fun.  |
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| Nexus Icon wrote: | What, exactly, is an awesome bike then, Paddy?
From what I can tell, you've had quite a few of the bikes many would consider to be exciting - R1, TL1000, GSX-R1000, Supermotos, etc. - yet you've got rid of them all in pretty short order and currently bomb around on the most slated-for-being-dull bike in the history of BCF. |
None of my bikes have been exciting, the 200 EXC was the most fun I've had in a while but lacked real go go power. The litres go too fast too easy and are dire. No one can use their power on the road.
The SV is a track bike, if its good enough for mini twins its more than good enough for me.
Looking at the 675 triples now... so we shall see. |
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The colour scheme always reminds me of a licorice allsort  |
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| Speedyboy wrote: | | Paddy. wrote: | Economical + fun = boring.
Fun and wallet emptying = awesome.
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Could'nt disagree more with that statement.
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| Nexus Icon wrote: | What, exactly, is an awesome bike then, Paddy?
From what I can tell, you've had quite a few of the bikes many would consider to be exciting - R1, TL1000, GSX-R1000, Supermotos, etc. - yet you've got rid of them all in pretty short order and currently bomb around on the most slated-for-being-dull bike in the history of BCF. |
I think that Paddy's 'meh' attitude to anything less than sensational, and his short retention span, is symptomatic of a syndrome, instilled by 'Playstation culture' in that generation.
I mean, when I was a kid, we got a box for Christmas that had a picture of a Fairey Swordfish aeroplane on the lid, and said something like "Full Flight working model, 1:124 scale" Then perhaps something like, "POLYMER POWER! Featuring innovative low friction bearings!"
You opened the box, and inside were a few sticks of balsa wood, some tissue paper, an unbent paper clip, a plastic bead (the low friction bearing!) and an elastic band!
Dad would give you a blunt Wilkinson Sword razor blade snapped in half with a bit of masking tape over the snapped edge to chop the, printed formers out of the balsa sheet, and an Englands glory box to sand them to shape... then you would argue over glue!
If you had the patience, by the end of the holidays you might have something looking vaguely like an aeroplane, and the 'Thrill' of watching it trundle down the garden path, on its wobbly wheels, for about thirty second after five minutes winding the proppeller...
After much jiggling with the under-carriage to stop the wheels jamming, you eventually realised that the garden path wasn't smooth enough for a 'ground launch' so hand launched instead, and after tying three elastic bands together and replacing the match-stick six times from over winding it.... it FLEW.... for about thirty seconds.. and you went "WOW!" and we would rave about this for a week, and try building an even BIGGER one from the left over balsa wood, 'cos that would REALLY fly!
This was how we acquired the patience to spend two days loading Daley Thompsons Decathlon into a Sinclair ZX Spectrum off c90 cassettes in an ALBA walkman....
Playstation? They open their christmas present, and take out a disc; stick it in a machine, and two minutes later, have a fully functional Euro-Fighter flight simulator, and a super-hero mission to play, in real time....
And when they are bored, they can pick up another disc and be a World Heavyweight champion, martial arts expert, or secret agent.
INSTANT gratification, all provided with little effort, little imagination, and all 'in the machine', 'on demand'... and all achieved so easily... ultimately less rewarding and less satisfying and more quickly discarded chasing ever more sensation from bigger bangs, faster graphics and more sensational scenario's.
Who needs patience, imagination, application, ALL you need is money and the right hard-ware; if its not exiting enough, upgrade; buy a better console, get the latest games; all you need is money...
To the ultimate conclusion, that nothing delivers the sensation that is sought, and the only thing of value, is the next must have consumer product, hyped' so that consumers believe it offers them the sensational sensation they seek... to get their next 'fix' until bored, the cycle is repeated.
Modern society is breeding frustration and disappointment in our children, fostering over ambitious aspirations, while doing little to give them to tools needed to achieve them, or the values to appreciate them.
Be interesting to see how long Paddy's enthusiasm for the SV, riding round in ever decreasing, ever more expensive circles, lasts before that too becomes 'oh so 'meh', and whether the answer to that will be to chase the aspirations further up that tree, or jump to a new one.
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| Speedyboy wrote: | Could'nt disagree more with that statement.
Wallet emptying = misery.
Just imagine your bike constantly off the road because you cannot afford to repair it. Just imagine constantly having to put fuel in it. Just imagine having to compromise safety buying cheap kit cause just keeping your bike on the road is emptying your wallet. Does'nt sound like fun to me.
Have you ever actually riden a 250 ninja?????
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If you can't afford to run and fix the bike, obviously don't buy it. I'm not troubled with that however.
I buy cheap kit anyway, £10 helmet ftw.
Have I ridden a 250 Ninja, no, god no. I wouldn't openly admit to it on this forum anyway, its like saying you've slept with Teflon's missus. |
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Mate have you seen it, don't think she has time to talk whilst piling in those cream cakes into her Susan Boyle-esque face  |
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Looks like many people were there to help 
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| Posted: 15:02 - 08 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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I buy cheap kit anyway, £10 helmet ftw.
Have I ridden a 250 Ninja, no, god no. I wouldn't openly admit to it on this forum anyway, its like saying you've slept with Teflon's missus.[/quote]
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I would be more embarrassed about admitting the fact you wear a £10 helmet than anything else.
That's just shocking oh dear!!
You clearly don't like your head.
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It about the fit of a helmet not the price tag hell some of the more expensive lids are more form over function if the Sharp ratings are anything to go by.
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| Speedyboy wrote: | Such gush |
Seriously, you are making enormous judgements on someone based solely on the fact that he paid £10 for a helmet? Do you actually no anything else about him?
The fact the helmet was £10 does not mean it was second hand. Often, stores will give massive reductions on old stock (look at the thread about the Bell helmets recently, for example) where you will get a very good helmet for very little money.
But ignore what I have said, Paddy paid £10 for his helmet and therefore he is a homicidal, kitten murdering maniac. In fact, he is probably crashing his bike right into a kitten orphanage right now because of his lack of brake pads.
Also, just thought about this statement you made:
| Speedyboy wrote: | Anyway back on topic any input that you have regarding the very nice 250 ninja that is pictured at the begining of this thread is null and void as in my book you cannot have a valid opinion if you have not even riden the bike in question. |
This is something of a double standard isn't it? Paddy isn't allowed to make judgements on the Ninja 250 because he hasn't ridden it (note that everyone has access to the spec sheet), yet you can make judgements about his helmet despite not even knowing it's make and model, let alone what it's like to wear. You know less about the helmet than Paddy does about the bike, yet you're making judgements 
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I just can't quite put my finger on it... but there seems to be something missing from this photo... 
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| monteme0 wrote: | | Speedyboy wrote: | Such gush |
Seriously, you are making enormous judgements on someone based solely on the fact that he paid £10 for a helmet? Do you actually no anything else about him?
The fact the helmet was £10 does not mean it was second hand. Often, stores will give massive reductions on old stock (look at the thread about the Bell helmets recently, for example) where you will get a very good helmet for very little money.
But ignore what I have said, Paddy paid £10 for his helmet and therefore he is a homicidal, kitten murdering maniac. In fact, he is probably crashing his bike right into a kitten orphanage right now because of his lack of brake pads.
Also, just thought about this statement you made:
| Speedyboy wrote: | Anyway back on topic any input that you have regarding the very nice 250 ninja that is pictured at the begining of this thread is null and void as in my book you cannot have a valid opinion if you have not even riden the bike in question. |
This is something of a double standard isn't it? Paddy isn't allowed to make judgements on the Ninja 250 because he hasn't ridden it (note that everyone has access to the spec sheet), yet you can make judgements about his helmet despite not even knowing it's make and model, let alone what it's like to wear. You know less about the helmet than Paddy does about the bike, yet you're making judgements |
Read the whole thread Paddy made judgments on a bike that he has no experience of. Spec sheets mean nothing to pass judgment you need to ride the bike.
Come on £10 on the most vital piece of safety equipment you can have????? That is a joke.
Why do you think the likes of Rossi, Mcguiness, Dunlop to name a few wear top line kit? To protect them thats why. I stand to my word if you wear a £10 helmet you have a £10 head.
Next thing you will be saying is its ok to ride in shorts when its hot. |
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I certainly would'nt come on a public forum and say i ride around with a £10 lid and have the cheek to diss another user for owning a very nice bike 
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