Bikes that don't look fast, but go like the clappers.

[The View Askew]

Looking for those subtle weapons, those bikes that might look a little weak, but conceal obscene power and rideability.

I can't start, because I don't know of any good examples, it's why I'm asking ya know.

I'm sure some of you have some info nuggets to post so the rest of us can speculate, and not be taken for baboons by people on these piss-ant looking machines.


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[MaybeGuy]

https://www.bosshoss.co.nz/bosshoss/images/bosshoss_2006.jpg

boss hoss V8

5.7 litre or something like that.

1 gear

160mph top speed.
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

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Could I propose my zx9...
https://gees.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p224232994-4.jpg
143(rw)hp, Ohlins shock, WP fork internals, Harris Rearsets (Ohlins damper not fitted at the mo), supercorsa front tyre, full Akrapovic Titanium system with Micron end titanium... bar muffs, cheap enduro light and top-box.
It's now supporting a 1m flexible LED strip fitted around the muffs to aid visibility to others, as well as lots of uber-reflective sticky tape stuff.

[Itchy]

Anything sporty and two stroke, I've ridden with some fast RS125ers before and they were out riding CBRs and ZX6Rs on torpoint windy ridge. They went onto RS250s after a few months and were uncatchable to any of the 4 strike crowd bar Jason.

RS250s and RGVs are particularly nasty surprise as they look small and weedy (like thin 4 stroke 125cc bikes).

Also around manchester there seem to be lots of rat bikes of IL4s , TT man had a ZX12R rat biked with a single head lamp.
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[The Artist]

https://www.geocities.com/buddfab/streamliner057.jpg

[stinkwheel]

The good old ZZR1100 looks pretty dated these days. Do not be fooled, this bike WILL steal your lunch money then spend it on fags.

I have been significantly embarrassed by an RD500 within the last 12 months although I suspect that was more to do with the rider than the bike itself.

I also encountered a guy on an SZR660 last summer who I couldn't get near on my VFR750.

Again, more down to the rider than the bike.

So my advice is to beware of someone who looks small and light, wearing battered looking leathers that is climbing about all over their bike. No matter what they are riding.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Seb]

I'll throw in a nomination for Tristan the's CB500 although G's ZX9 is going to take some beating, especially with that topbox/muffs combo
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[Tricolor Fan]

Kickstart's Bandit?
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[ms51ves3]

Suzuki GT750

https://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1976/1976_GT750A_450.jpg

Clicky

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[krebsy]

[Blau Zedong]

+1 for the kettle being a bit fat and slow. The early ones only did 108mph!!!! Later ones a bit quicker but still a bit lardy and low revving. Kawa triples much lighter and more exciting.

I'd have to nominate my YR5...old heap of shite with no fairing, disc brakes or any modern stuff, but quick enough to glue itself to the tail of modern stuff on twisty moorland roads.
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[Stevie B]

I always thought the V-Max was a bit of a subtle missile. It looks savage, but not in a speed type of way.
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[chalky143]

my friend whos a member on here has a gpz 500, its been crashed 3 times and its held together by gaffa tape and cable ties but for some reason goes like fuck for what it is, must of got a fast one lol.
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Previous bikes::cbr600 steelie race bike, 1989 Honda vfr750f, 2013 Honda fireblade, 2013 Ducati multistrata 1200s, 2012 Triumph street triple R, 1999 yamaha r6, vfr 800, ducati 600ss, vfr 400x2, ntv 650, bandit 600, cagiva mito 125, aprilia rs 50, honda c90x2, honda hornet 600x2, cbr 600, aprilia rx50, suzuki katana
My bike pics: https://www.bikepics.com/members/chalky143/

[MarJay]

RD350 YPVS. Looks like a dog, goes like a scalded cat.

350 Mito's too but they aren't production bikes.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=63026

{edit} I absolutely love stuff like this. Bikes and cars that look pretty boring but can pwn everything short of a Lamborghini on the road. I love the Audi RS4, I quite like the Rocket III (but its a little too gaudy).

There aren't as many sleeper bikes as there are cars (some people call them Q cars). When I had my TZR250 I wanted to stick 125 stickers on it and pwn a load of boi racers!

I'm kinda hoping the same thing for my RD. I'm planning to keep the suspension and wheels superficially standard, but I want to play with the fork internals and the rear shock. It would be cool to have a knackered old shed that can go stupidly fast. Most uninitiated people would think it was a 125 anyway - being a two stroke and all.
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[Kickstart]

[frez]

Any large bore sports-tourer will often be under-estimated. The lack of bright decals and race crouch means that cagers and even some bikers will assume old fart on a slow, big bike.

250+ strokers can be under-estimated, but the race crouch, exhaust, and sound are often a giveaway.

Best bet is a zzr-11, zx-14, blackbird or similar in black or silver. I recall taking a road test on a blackbird, wacking the trottle open in second gear coming off a slow roundabout to nip past 4 cars, as I passed the last car I eased off the throttle to drop the front wheel so I could turn in, I checked the speedo to see I was doing 120; a seriously quick bike.

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[frez]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

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