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Posted: 00:59 - 06 Jan 2017 Post subject: 954 felt like I could get off and it'd ride itself now real |
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Years and years ago people complained about the 954 FireBlade. It felt like it was on rails... I mean it felt so competent that you could get off and the damned thing would ride itself.
Honda just made this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH60-R8MOKo
Probably so people can do this:
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I thought it was the 929, that people complained about.
Anyway, interesting bit of engineering. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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The bit I thought would be interesting is the possibility that this offers for mid ride adjustable frame geometry... ____________________ "intelligent inattention is preferable to unintelligent tinkering"
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What do you call a fat bloke? (That's not the start of a joke!)
The average UK adult man is 5'9" and weighs just over 13 stone, or 82.5kg.
Personally, I found the 954 to be perfectly stable. But I don't rate it particularly. It's certainly not the perfect road sportsbike that it's sometimes claimed to be. Very many sportsbikes offer significantly better ergonomics and performance, and quite a few of those are just as well designed and built.
954 aside, impressive tech from Honda. And I agree, the most interesting part is the adjustable steering head angle. |
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Alex A wrote: | What do you call a fat bloke? (That's not the start of a joke!)
The average UK adult man is 5'9" and weighs just over 13 stone, or 82.5kg.
Personally, I found the 954 to be perfectly stable. But I don't rate it particularly. It's certainly not the perfect road sportsbike that it's sometimes claimed to be. Very many sportsbikes offer significantly better ergonomics and performance, and quite a few of those are just as well designed and built.
954 aside, impressive tech from Honda. And I agree, the most interesting part is the adjustable steering head angle. |
So what is better than 954, genuinely curious. ____________________ yzf 600r |
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Alex A wrote: | For that period, for that kind of bike, in no particular order and from personal experience:
- Ducati 999
- Honda SP1/2
- Aprilia RSV1000R (2nd Gen)
- Suzuki GSX-R1000 (K3+)
- Kawasaki ZX-10R (1st Gen)
- KTM 990 Superduke
Not sure about the R1. I haven't ridden one of that vintage. But I'd probably choose the 98-2001 R1 over the 954.
There are different reasons why IMO each of those is 'better' than a 954, but for the same money and condition, those would be my preference. |
Glad to see there's actually something I could ride on that list
Couple grand more and I'd be trading the Striple I think. ____________________ 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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Posted: 10:31 - 09 Jan 2017 Post subject: |
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Alex A wrote: | What do you call a fat bloke? (That's not the start of a joke!)
The average UK adult man is 5'9" and weighs just over 13 stone, or 82.5kg.
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All that means is that the average uk man is a 'fat bloke'. ____________________ Current : '08 Yamaha FZ1s
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Disappoint.
Doesn't really matter though. I could go out and buy a KTM outright now, but there is a limit to how far the finances will stretch, and this year I expect them to be stretched right up to that limit, and then some.
This is what I'd worry about though, if I decided to seriously look for a KTM. Like Italian bikes, I wouldn't trust my luck with reliability, and I'm not much of a spanner twirler myself these days. The talk of trading the Striple is probably just that; all talk.
*Sigh* One can dream though. ____________________ 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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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 105 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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