what makes a bike boring?

[mikesaa309]

I'm puzzled as to what makes a bike boring? I know I haven't ridden anything bigger than a 125 properly but I still find the 125 fun to ride. Yeah there's the times I get frustrated with the lack of power but most of the time, 50 - 60 through bendy roads is quite fun. Filtering past people in there sports cars after they overtook me awhile ago on open roads, I find fun. Biking in general is just fun no matter the bike.

[wr6133]

Goldwing that's how to make a bike boring

[Boris the spider]

The person riding it.

Seen some " poofy " bikes being ridden to the limits of adhesion .
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[sidewinder]

People say the divvy is dull.i find it fun to ride.you make the best of what you have

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[Boris the spider]

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[barrkel]

When there's a conflict between what you want and what the bike is capable of providing, it may be frustrating, dangerous or boring, depending on how bad the conflict is.

If you want speed and acceleration, most low power bikes will be boring. If you want an engaging ride, most non-peaky engines will be boring. If you want to have fun on bends, something with very little ground clearance like a cruiser or most scooters will be boring - or if the suspension isn't good enough and you're still pushing, dangerous. If you want to pop power wheelies everywhere, something with a low centre of gravity and / or long gears will be boring.

A more enlightened view might be to treat each bike differently, depending on what it's good at, and play to the bike's strengths. It's possible to have fun on almost anything with two wheels, if you try.
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[Dischord]

Power delivery and noise.

That's why most people find 2 strokes mental because all of a sudden it just kicks off
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[biggeeman]

flat tyres!
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[Jonathan A]

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I can have fun on pretty much any bike apart from an automatic scooter or any of the Honda Cub series, but maybe I'm weird.

[andys675]

not buying what you want

"I wanted an R6, but bought a _____ instead as, I've only just passed my test / I am a poof / girl / wanted some practise"

and now you're bored, less than 6 months later you still want your dream, but have to live with the reality

life is too short people
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[chickenstrip]

I don't remember any bike I've ever owned as being boring. Even had fun on my CB100. But even with that I was always hacking about with mates, so I guess it's what you do with it that keeps it fun.

[mikesaa309]

I mean like the Bandit for example is considered by most on here as boring. That said it may just be because they've ridden more powerful bikes.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

I don't like really quiet bikes - even though I have a couple. If you can't make a bit of a racket with some eager induction sound, or overrun fireworks, a vital part of the experience that makes bikes involving dissipates. Doesn't have to be fast, doesn't have to be big - but without the noise a bike feels barely alive to me.
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[mikesaa309]

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[covent.gardens]

They keep telling me my CB500 is boring, but I don't see it. To me 0-60 in 5 seconds and good handling isn't boring, and often I give it some and think "Fuck me, that was quick"... it's more than enough to get the adrenalin going.

Some people will laugh at that I know, but it's true.

And because it doesn't have fairings or screen, it feels like you're going faster than you are; it feels good to me. If you have experience riding supersports then of course it will be relatively boring but I made a decision not to test ride anything more powerful than my CB until I am in a position and have the desire to buy it.

I may be jumping to a 1000 in a couple of months and it will be interesting what I think of my CB500 then, but 2 years of fond memories so far.

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Oh and yes; my favourite bikes for 'fun' are all under 250cc.
Only one had over 48hp and I actually found it more fun when it had an issue and had 37.5hp.
I'd still consider a bandit boring. Probably even more so a restricted one.

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Motorways and rain and I also get fed up of high winds pretty quickly.
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