Most balanced bike youve ridden

[leolion]

NOT A SPREADSHEET EXERCISE!

Im just curious whats the best balanced bike youve ridden,To me its something with 75% of the weight down low and 50% between the wheels,it can be a sports, tourer, commuter, naked , scooter, enduro, adventure or even a cruiser.

[pinkyfloyd]

I gotta say the bike that felt the most balanced I have owned has to be the 2013 z750. Sure it felt heavy getting her off the stand but when riding there was no weight to her, even throwing her around corners.

My z800 is an all round better bike in every way but the 750 just felt that little more easy to chuck around.
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[Sister Sledge]

I suppose it's dependent on several factors including speed and types of corner.
My current bike (CCM 404 supermoto) is incredibly stable most of the time. The strange part to riding it is just how easily it drops into corners and goes through them.
The bike is light and weight is fairly high up but the handling is down to other factors. Tyres, suspension, fork rake angle etc.
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[Old Git Racing]

My Beemer 1150rs is very stable. Big and heavy with all the weight low down.
How do you get 50% of weight between the wheels? Is the other 50% hanging off on a stick somewhere?

OGR.
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[leolion]

[Old Git Racing]

Ah ok, got you. Prefer my bikes to be front biased rather than even.

OGR.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

zx9r c2
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Pass your test, go ride some? Then see what you prefer. An academic exercise in front/rear weight distribution will not do you a jot of good if you sling a leg over, say, a CBR600RR (nice handling etc) and find you don't like the seating position, handlebar position etc, and you'll probably discount some bikes that would suit you far, far better than your academic "perfect choice". In theory A VFR400 is the technically perfect choice for me. V4 motor, will do motorway speeds, light, not stupidly expensive, looks good (subjective). The issue is it's made for dwarfs, and I'm 6'3".

Chances of a noobie being able to tell the difference between a 50/50 and a 55/45 split is minimal anyway.
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[Polarbear]

1800 Goldwing.

Flat six with the weight so low you could pootle along like a snail with your feet on the pegs.
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[leolion]

[MarJay]

VFR800Fi. Carries it's weight low, has decent power and handles far better than it should. A really really good bike.
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[stevo as b4]

An older Japanese trail bike that's light.
Great riding position if your reasonably tall, and an OK seat for short road rides.

Trail bikes have a riding position very much like sitting on a horse and seeing as that's where we all started before our horses grew wheels, it's pretty much the natural default riding position for man on his steed.

[linuxyeti]

I find most bikes are pretty well balanced, the same can't be said for some of the riders though
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[ThatDippyTwat]

[redeem ouzzer]

GT380.
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[Shaft]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

My Enfield is pretty good balance wise, filtering and slow riding is a breeze. Of those I've owned, the CB250RS was probably the best balance between weight, handling and adequate power.
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[Alex A]

What are we balancing then?
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[Islander]

Any of the BMW boxers I've owned/ridden. Nice low centre of gravity, stable at all speeds, effortless to ride at slow speeds in traffic.

The Ks aren't bad either.

[kgm]

Agree with the VFR being really well balanced. I can just about keep my crossrunner up at a standstill without taking my feet off the pegs.

[stinkwheel]

Anything with a sidecar attached?
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[Easy-X]

Well I've only ridden two bikes (my scooter doesn't count) my 125 and the training school's MT07...

The MT07 - to me - is a lovely balanced bike, great power, great control, precise handling. Everything you'd want for a student bike.

Would I buy one when I get my full licence? No fucking way!

My faux-cruiser handles like an epileptic pig, accelerates like an overweight pig and sounds like a flatulent pig. But I love it anyway and will be sad to see it go.
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[UncleFester]

[Whosthedaddy]

For me, Truimph Trophy.

When commuting in London it felt so stable at slow speed it was as if you could balance it with clutch/ rear brake and keep feet up at the traffic lights.

Very impressed and cornered quite well, wafted from one direction to the next.
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[NooBish-AbbZ]

Bikes i've ridden enough to have an opinion on

SV650S For 5 years on Dunlop Sportmaxx
Pan European (3/4 times) on Pilot ROad 4's
XJ6N 4 months on Dunlop Sportmaxx (today changed to PR5's)

By a long way, my dads Pan European. It was just so.....easy? Was out with 2 mates who confirmed that i was throwing the Pan around far more than I did my SV (bike at the time) I just knew it was going to stick, it was strange.

XJ6N feels better than the SV though i haven't really had much throwing it around recently.
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