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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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I've got a 12-ish bhp 350 enfield bullet, a 40-ish bhp 612cc Enfield bullet and a 100-ish bhp VFR750.
I'm going for a ride tomorrow and will probably take the 350. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Posted: 22:38 - 15 May 2020 Post subject: Re: Slow bike fast or Fast bike slow? |
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NakedBiker wrote: | I'm thinking of getting rid of my Street Triple in favour of something with less power. I know it's only a middleweight but to get any fun out of it on the road I have to be going at least three figures. |
Try some tighter bends.
If you go for a smaller bike, are you going to be using the same roads that you get these three figure speeds on? You might find that boring too.
I guess I'm saying the bike isn't the problem. ____________________ 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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An alternative with a bigger bike is to find some twisties and just leave it in third gear. All the time. Ride it on the throttle. I do this on the VFR sometimes and you realise that while it's a 100bhp bike, you're barely using half of it most of the time and your throttle control is shit. Works wonders for your cornering. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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I had lots of Big bikes
Current toy is a FZ6 Fazer but most fun is my Grom MSX125 from honda just max smiles per mile 20k in two years including Scotland and West coast of Ireland
Little bike can be big fun ____________________ Dave
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It does depend really on what mood and route I fancy taking somewhere. The motorway ride to and from work will invariably be on the Interceptor, quieter pottering around on A,B and unnamed roads, then my Imperiale, and, if I feel like taking the armchair out for a laze, it's the ST7.
I also like small bikes, 125's, I've had plenty, and, you can have plenty of fun on them, however, the nipper and her mate love their Superlight's, as someone has already said, horse for courses, pick which is best for you, it won't necessarily be the best for someone else ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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stinkwheel wrote: | An alternative with a bigger bike is to find some twisties and just leave it in third gear. All the time. Ride it on the throttle. I do this on the VFR sometimes and you realise that while it's a 100bhp bike, you're barely using half of it most of the time and your throttle control is shit. Works wonders for your cornering. |
Control is a big part of what I enjoy about riding. I don't want to be able to just wind the throttle open to the max everywhere. I want to match gears and throttle and braking to suit the road. I don't see why you can't do that on a fast bike. Maybe it takes a little more skill. Or if you don't like that idea, maybe it takes a little more subtlety. ____________________ 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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In my motorcycle life I could ride various machines. My conclusion is, slow bike fast = fun; fast bike fast = scary. The perfect balance being 90's 750cc sports bikes and modern 600cc sports bikes. Fast more than enough, yet still useable on the open road.
EDIT: I did some miles on a '07 ZX10R, the throttle 1/2 way open, go through the gears, and you're doing triple digits in no time. Full throttle and you're batteling to keep the front wheel down. To think modern bikes are even quicker than that, ... well I'm speechless. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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RhynoCZ wrote: | fast bike fast = scary. |
Pussy
You knew that was coming
How about fast bike controlled? ____________________ 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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chickenstrip wrote: | RhynoCZ wrote: | fast bike fast = scary. |
Pussy
You knew that was coming
How about fast bike controlled? |
I'd rather be an alive pussy than a dead hero.
Even when you control the bike perfectly, you are still doing triple digits on the open road very often, effortlessly. Other road users are not accustomed to that. The ZX10R was a real eye opener for me (note, bikes got faster since 2007). One thing though, just like the ZX7R, that I owned, the ZX10R gave you tons of false sense of safety. When a bike is made to do 160mph+ and you're going ''just'' 120mph on it, it feels like nothing to you, until the moment something goes wrong.
Lastly, having 120-140kW under my arse and using just 70kW of that, at most, isn't very exciting. Meaning, going slow on a fast bike is, meh. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 347 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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