954 felt like I could get off and it'd ride itself now real

[Itchy]

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJP-XhY_SCw
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[RhynoCZ]

I thought it was the 929, that people complained about.

Anyway, interesting bit of engineering.
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[MarJay]

I had a 954. It was shit.
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[Dr. DaveJPS]

The bit I thought would be interesting is the possibility that this offers for mid ride adjustable frame geometry...
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[MarJay]

[Alex A]

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.

[Sload]

Actually pretty clever.
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[Dalemac]

All well and good until the battery dies and it just falls over of its own accord?
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[recman]

[grr666]

[MarJay]

[drbaig]

[Alex A]

[temeluchus]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[drbaig]

[Alex A]

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.

[chickenstrip]

[Keir]

[P.]

[chickenstrip]

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.
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