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Rogerborg wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: | And track days have become ever more popular over recent years. |
https://i.imgur.com/cSty7X7.png
I'm not disbelieving, I just can't find figures. |
That's why I said "recent years". Hard to disprove, isn't it? Hell, if you want to waste time looking for figures to prove me wrong or whatever, be my guest. I can't be arsed, cos I really don't care about it that much.
Jeez, I bet you lot would be a hoot down the pub
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GT200Fan79 wrote: | That’s the problem with Borg, he needs citations for everything rather than relying on common sense. |
There are times when facts and figures are useful, important even. But tearing everything into little pieces and analysing every little sentence gets quite tedious. Bit sad really. You can't even have a decent conversation these days. And I don't even mind being proved wrong, or set straight. But fuck me, are there some anally retentive people on the internet! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I think it really boils down to the individual and the type of bike/gearing/setup they're riding. These things massively change your experience and are so variable it makes the question impossible to answer. One persons normal is another persons extreme etc...
When it comes to bike power, there seem to be a lot of comments about 150bhp+ being overkill, too much for the road etc, but in my opinion, you can't taint every 150+ bike with the same brush, and the same goes for <100bhp bikes. My K4 GSXR 1000 was totally impractical for road riding, you had to seriously wind the thing up, and when first gear is 100mph, that's never a good thing. My KTM on the other hand, which has more power (circa 188 at the crank) than the GSXR, is pushing the rev limiter in 3rd as you approach 80/90 mph. I've always found, in small doses, light weight performance 2 strokes the most fun and intense bikes, but there's no way I would want one as my only bike as they naturally encourage you to be on the edge and are far more impractical compared to more powerful >600cc bikes. ____________________ Honda SFX50 > Aprilia SR125 > Aprilia RS125 > Honda RFV400 > K4 GSXR600 > KTM Duke > C1H 636 > K3 GSXR1000 > Aprilia RSV-R > Triumph Street Triple R > Ducati 899 Panigale > Aprilia Tuono 1100 > Triumph Daytona 675R > KTM SuperDuke 1290 2.0 |
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Rogerborg wrote: |
I'll take it that you feel that it's true, which is fine, since feels beat reals in $CURRENT_YEAR. |
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DD40, SP60, re-take test. Pretty common knowledge on here I thought, but whatever. ____________________ '98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine) |
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JAMSXR makes a good point too, but it's probably already covered in bike weight and power to weight ratio partly.
Not all <50bhp bikes feel slow, some weigh under 100kg the same as my 125.
And big power engines and those with loads of low down tyre shredding drive are massively better suited to big heavy bikes instead of 1000cc sportsbike/WSB replicas.
If you have a big tourer or 100% road going adventure bike, then 150-200bhp might be really useful. Say your carrying 200kg of rider&passenger+ 60-70kg of stuff, and you want to ride abroad on big fast motorways at a comfy well into 3figures cruise, or you want to carry all that weight up the Alps to high altitude. Loads of easy accessed minimal gear changing grunt might the difference between a relaxing easy smooth day, and a tiring irritating or fatigued one. So a 150-200bhp Multistrada, or GTR1400 or Similar might have a great case for that amount of power.
Also the big sports tourers, GSX1300R and ZZR etc, they also make a greater case for 200bhp. They are long and low and stable. They don't need to be flickable or turn in trail braking to the apex, and be ultra nimble. They do need the power because they have big swoopy fairings that are good at cutting through the air at 180mph+, so they need the power too to take advantage of this. They also with long wheelbases and low C of G, are good for getting off the line and being able to put more power down to the rear tyre before it spins up, than short stumpy light bikes that are trying to flip over backwards on acceleration. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 38 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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