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 Posted: 11:09 - 10 Jun 2020  Post subject: Why would someone do this? - answers and bike goodness here |
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That someone, being myself.
Why might I buy a pillion seat for a bike I don't own?
https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/pillionseat.jpg
All will be revealed, but until that time I thought it would be fascinating to see if anyone on BCF can work it out? 
Speculate away!
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| Posted: 13:09 - 10 Jun 2020 Post subject: |
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I know I said I wasn't gonna comment, but I sold one of those last Summer. Same colours and all.
https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/img_4010_small_119.jpg
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| Posted: 18:37 - 10 Jun 2020 Post subject: |
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Belly Rest.
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| Posted: 05:49 - 11 Jun 2020 Post subject: |
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Because you really, really, want to go out riding hugging your new lover... but his bike doesn't have the pillion seat fitted, and he's too tight to buy you one?
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Posted: 18:28 - 13 Jun 2020  Post subject: |
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Ok I guess it's time.
| Kawasaki Jimbo wrote: | Codpiece. |
It's about the right size to be fair, but I don't really need a codpiece.
| WD Forte wrote: | Late night drink/drug fuelled retail porn orgy? |
I don't drink or do drugs. Yeah, boring innit! Totally sober when I bought it.
| The Shaggy D.A. wrote: | Belly Rest. |
Nice idea...
https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/belly_rest.jpg
Not wanting to brag, but I don't actually have a belly to speak of. Plus it ruins the lines of the VFR.
| defblade wrote: | Because you really, really, want to go out riding hugging your new lover... but his bike doesn't have the pillion seat fitted, and he's too tight to buy you one? |
I don't have a new lover, and the old lover has her own bike. We tried the pillion thing, it didn't work too well.
I'm surprised nobody suggested it as a hat:
https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/hat.jpg
but no, that doesn't really work. It doesn't stay on of it's own accord, which is kind of one of the essential properties of a hat.
| UncleBFester wrote: | Because you're about to pick up a GSX250R |
Warmer. As the immortal Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase: "It's a good answer, but it's not the right one"
| wr6133 wrote: | Filling a Suzuki shaped hole in the garage? |
Interesting...
So today I collected this:
https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/gixxus.jpg
I needed to replace my aging VFR because of Siddique Khan and his ludicrous Ultra Low Emission Zone. It's expanding next year to encompass both of my offices and the VFR is most certainly out of luck on that. Despite it having a catalytic converter and a standard exhaust system. Weirdly my Street Triple R with a titanium full system is OK because it's newer than 2007. Go figure!
I wanted a few things:
 Comfort. The VFR is surprisingly 'wristy' and my hips are bent to a fair angle on it. It might be because I'm not the tallest of gentlemen. The GSX-S (THAT just rolls off of the tongue! Not.) is very like the Street Triple, only with a squishier seat, a fraction more forward lean and quite an effective fairing.
Wind protection. Not quite as good as the VFR but it's not got clip ons, so you're always going to lose out a bit if you want more comfort.
Be standard and meet the relevant Euro emissions standards - obviously.
Nice to have:
150bhp. Who doesn't want that? Officially the most powerful bike I've owned
Decent handling. Yeah it's a GSXR that's been modified for us olds.
ABS
Traction control
The only question is what do I call it? Gixxus sounds stupid... but there isn't another obvious choice. Although given the blue, grey and black paint scheme, and the weird pointy curvy motifs on the fairing I might just call it the bat bike.
https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/batbikes.jpg
| Robby wrote: | Because you've turned into an attention seeking 14 year old girl. |
8 year old boy maybe? It's the childish side of me that wanted the 150bhp for my commute!!
Oh yeah! The pillion seat, right. right.
Well, I don't want to handicap this bike with a rack. I was not super happy with the giant Givi wingrack on my VFR, especially with the giant windcatcher top box. The handling could be... interesting with as little as 5kg in the box so I'm going to go down the alternative route of buying a universal Givi monokey plate and fitting it to a spare pillion seat. I saw one on ebay and snapped it up before I picked up the bike. I'm going to go with a 40 litre box instead of 56 litre so it doesn't catch the wind so much, and keeping the weight closer to my body/the centre of the bike should mean the handling is not too compromised. Also the VFR is longer than a barge with the box fitted, so it means the GSXS is a bit more bijou.
Also the weight. The reported weights of the bikes are different as the VFR is reported dry, and the GSXS reported wet. Even so, the GSXS's wet weight (214kg) is less than the VFR's dry weight. Best I can tell, the GSXS weighs around 50kg less than the VFR. The turning circle is also better. I will miss the VFR when it goes because it does remind me very much of my first 'big' bike (an NC21 VFR400) but I won't miss the weight and the wristy nature. I might miss the sound, the side mounted leg warming radiators, the capacious fairing and the air temperature readout on a cold morning.
But, the GSXS sounds surprisingly fruity, and it sounds like Pavarotti chortling with a mouthful of food at a dinner party on the overrun.
Hopefully I've now done enough showing and telling.
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.
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I'm sure I've got a 40 litre givi box here that you can have for nothing. Might be a 35 litre? I'll have a look tomorrow 
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The top box is a 34L 
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My mistake, it was Poseidon. I get confused with the usernames, because I think of both of you fisting mermaids. |
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