*Now* I understand

[jrandom]

700km on a K6 GSX-R1000 over the weekend (with thanks to Dover).

I am enlightened.

I'm afraid that I am now firmly in the literbike lust camp. Why does anyone bother with a 600?

No, I mean, seriously.

Yes, I know all the usual reasons, but after losing my thou virginity, they seem pale and insubstantial beside the profoundly erotic experience of opening the throttle on 165bhp.

And it's so comfortable! And it handles so well! And... and... gnnghhh...

I'm going to buy one.

:D

[kiwifruit]

yus!

buy one, today :wari:

[Coyote]

ZX10R for me it is

[MSTRS]

There will be many here who are glad that you didn't ride a Harley or a Zundap - if riding one leads to understanding leads to desire to own....

[fergie]

i know the feeling!. im basiclly a touring bike type of rider, mate let me ride his beemer, now im ruined!

[ManDownUnder]

You're nearly there Dan.

You've experienced the raw grunt of the litre bikes, the pain and frustration of being thrown off a big bike, next come the OOOOO FUCK! moment... or 6.

Get it, take it to the track and grin like the Cheshire Cat for a month or more. I hear the racing bug's catching though so I hope you have deep pockets

[skelstar]

A bike thread!:shit: ...I've heard tales of these!

[Colapop]

Do you get motion sickness? Or was that from something else...?

[jrandom]

Get it, take it to the track and grin like the Cheshire Cat for a month or more. I hear the racing bug's catching though so I hope you have deep pockets...

Yes, indeed.

I shall most probably stick with the sen fiddy for a few munfs. Finish rebuilding the head and tweaking it, get a nice paint job on the road fairings before passing it on.

I'm all about the track days, but I'm not sure that I'd have the time or inclination to race.

Heh. Wait until you see the personalised plate I've just had printed... :whistle:

[riffer]

LOL.

That first ride on a properly fast bike really is an eye-opener isn't it?

Hooray for bike threads. :clap:

[jrandom]

Do you get motion sickness? Or was that from something else...?

LOL! Yes, 1.5L of best Marlborough pinot noir on Saturday night did leave me a little jaded...

Amazing what 300kph on a closed private road does for a hangover, though.

:hug:

[imdying]

Why does anyone bother with a 600?Some people like to howl around the redline, pretending they're Rossi or Stoner, or whoever gives them the biggest hard on at the time. Do that on a 1000, treating the road like your personal track, and we've seen the result... you die. Having a 600 lets you do a few more coro loops before you become one with your bike ;)

The track is their natural home... on there, I would somewhat agree with you.

[terbang]

Yup they sure are alluring. I recently rode back from Coro on a K7 Gixxer thou. I did like it a lot and was left in awe of its power to weight ratio. However it also reminded me of the things that had jaded me fairly rapidly about my old Hayabusa. Once I had gotten over the whoopee of so much grunt and I found myself using all of it in fairly short time, that was it. Though the Busa with its bulk could tour OK.The thou really is rather specialized and mainly suited to relatively smooth tarmac and going fast on it. If that is all that anyone wants out of a bike, then it is perfect.
Interestingly enough and to the surprise to my Gixxer friend and others on sport bikes, my Italian traillie though not as sporty looking, both before and after my friend and I had swapped bikes was easier and quicker through the twisties. Which is where I believe the real measure of rider and manufacturer skills count.

[jrandom]

Some people like to howl around the redline...

Hmm. To be honest, what I enjoyed most was the effortless midrange power, and not having to go near the redline. Just being able to comfortably ooze along with one-third throttle at whatever speed seemed appropriate, with no perception that the bike was straining itself, was magic.

I make no pretensions to being a 'fast' rider. I enjoy corners best when zero arse-puckering is involved.

Maybe, in due course, I would grow bored and start riding outside safe limits, but I like to think I'm sensible enough, or at least imaginative enough when it comes to smashed bones and internal organs smeared across the highway, to know what those limits are.

I guess we all eventually find out whether that's the case.


The track is their natural home...

Yessssssssss (tm)

[McJim]

I'll keep my 53hp, 10 year old 6 hundy for the moment - it keeps me free from fines and means I've still got a licence to drive the littlies around when needed.

Glad you had fun though.

[jrandom]

I've still got a licence...

Er, yes. Yes, that subject is something that concerns me. To be honest, as you would expect, I spent a large portion of the weekend travelling at speeds that the constabulary would probably not have smiled upon. A combination of luck, careful selection of location and timing, and a lead rider with a radar detector, however, kept my halo bright and shiny.

I even got a cheery wave and thumbs up from a gentleman riding the other way on a Highway Patrol BMW just north of Rotovegas on Sunday. It was all good.

I would not, however, expect that luck to hold forever.

Was that you I saw northbound on SH2 on the red 600SS, Sunday evening?

[LilSel]

buy one, today :wari:

...& me one too?? :niceone:

[scumdog]

I'll keep my 53hp, 10 year old 6 hundy for the moment - it keeps me free from fines and means I've still got a licence to drive the littlies around when needed.

Glad you had fun though.

And I'll stick with my 1450cc "25KW Model" with it's awesome 5,500rpm red line and excess weight plodder.

But a fang on something grunty and nimble IS great for putting a smile on your face - and making your hands sweaty too.

[kiwifruit]

meeeh meeeh
FOOKIN NEOW!!!

XVT8rhtlj6w

[terbang]

means I've still got a licence to drive the littlies around when needed.


Thats a good point though I sort of see the loss of licence as being the least of my worries when letting rip on a 150+ HP sport bike. Especially when it comes to my littlies. As Random says, it is all about discipline and I freely admit, and I shocked myself too, that I wasn't as disciplined on a Hayabusa as I would have liked to have professed.

[LilSel]

meeeh meeeh
FOOKIN NEOW!!!


:clap::killingme:killingme... That is grand!

[Fatjim]

Some people like to howl around the redline, pretending they're Rossi or Stoner, or whoever gives them the biggest hard on at the time.

I saw this and pissed myself. This is what every cage driver thinks about every bike rider.

Does this make Imdying relatively cagey?

[McJim]

Was that you I saw northbound on SH2 on the red 600SS, Sunday evening?

'Twas not I D. There are a few people who know nothing about motorbikes that are prepared to ride these gutless beasts. No straightline speed but rewarding in the corners.

I was northbound on SH2 on Saturday afternoon though - maybe what you saw was reflected light finally catchinng up with me....:rofl:

[jrandom]

I saw this and pissed myself. This is what every cage driver thinks about every bike rider.

Unfortunately, in some cases, it's true. I won't dredge or repeat the relevant discussions that have been held here on the subject.


Does this make Imdying relatively cagey?

He's a grumpy, offensive cunt who sometimes hits the nail on the head.

[Hitcher]

Hmm. To be honest, what I enjoyed most was the effortless midrange power, and not having to go near the redline. Just being able to comfortably ooze along with one-third throttle at whatever speed seemed appropriate, with no perception that the bike was straining itself, was magic.

I make no pretensions to being a 'fast' rider. I enjoy corners best when zero arse-puckering is involved.

Sounds like a review of an FJR1300, rather than something excruciating that leaves one's piles in tatters.

[jrandom]

I was northbound on SH2 on Saturday afternoon though...

Yes, I was mildly unclear as to the precise nature of your riding this weekend after a cellphone conversation which, from my end, sounded something like "muttermumble porridge kilt SH2 haggis BOP aye oop incomprehensible, glasgie sporran".

Always lovely to hear from you, though :D

[McJim]

Yes, I was mildly unclear as to the precise nature of your riding this weekend after a cellphone conversation which, from my end, sounded something like "muttermumble porridge kilt SH2 haggis BOP aye oop incomprehensible, glasgie sporran".

Always lovely to hear from you, though :D

Yeah, Scracha said Fish was in Whangamata and I thought he meant you - obviously he was referring to another fish as you so eloquently pointed out. Good job no one can hear my accent when I type eh?

[jrandom]

Good job no one can hear my accent when I type eh?

I think it's cute.

Then again, I'm becoming quite the porridge connoisseur...

[McJim]

I think it's cute.

Then again, I'm becoming quite the porridge connoisseur...

Well - you're the one that raised the porridge issue in the first place - I made no mention of it! :rofl: Anyways in Scotland it's spelt Porage.

[vifferman]

So, I assume (ass, you, me, etc.) that this thread means your bionic thumb is sufficiently run in to be able to ride bikes again?

[imdying]

Hmm. To be honest, what I enjoyed most was the effortless midrange power, and not having to go near the redline. Just being able to comfortably ooze along with one-third throttle at whatever speed seemed appropriate, with no perception that the bike was straining itself, was magic.Yeah, that's OABs buzz too... just loves the fat gobs of power waves to surf on when he's feeling lazy, and the massive power when he's not.


He's a grumpy, offensive cunt who sometimes hits the nail on the head.Yeah, you should see my fingers... more misses than hits often enough :no:

I don't care much what cage drivers think of bikers... I like keeping the revs spinning, to me, the ultimate bike is still a 2 stroke.

[jrandom]

So, I assume (ass, you, me, etc.) that this thread means your bionic thumb is sufficiently run in to be able to ride bikes again?

Er. Um. Well, it got a bit sore here and there, and I had difficulty with the indicator switch, and I'm not supposed to be riding, but I'm pretty sure my hand surgeon doesn't read KB...

:whistle:

[Fatjim]

PD alert, PD alert.

Get your last posts in while you can.

[jrandom]

PD alert, PD alert.

If this thread gets PD'd, the KB sky really is falling.

[Her_C4]

PD alert, PD alert.

Get your last posts in while you can.

Stop doing what you do best just for a while (stirring) and go sell your bike...:yawn:

[imdying]

PD alert, PD alert.

Get your last posts in while you can.Moan moan moan... for all the bleating, the number of people voting with their feet (http://sportsbike.co.nz/) is still pretty humble.

[fireball]

you did look very smashing on that there bike....

and mmmmm it go sooo good! :devil2:

NEEEOOOOW!

[boomer]

you did look very smashing on that there bike....

and mmmmm it go sooo good! :devil2:

NEEEOOOOW!

nicely blued pipe... i can only dream of such things.. not enough neooow in this pussy unfortunately.

Sold it Yet benjamina?

[jrandom]

nicely blued pipe... i can only dream of such things.. not enough neooow in this pussy unfortunately.

Mmm, purdy, innit? I have a feeling it grew slightly more brightly coloured over the weekend, too...


Sold it Yet benjamina?

'kin ell, dude, if I'd had $14K in my pocket Sunday night he would have.

[boomer]

Mmm, purdy, innit? I have a feeling it grew slightly more brightly coloured over the weekend, too...

its blued up a hell of a lot since i last saw it.. looks good. I might be in luck tho as mines been on the Dyno over the weekend so it could have a nice lilac finish to it when and if i get it back today !


'kin ell, dude, if I'd had $14K in my pocket Sunday night he would have.

he's needie.. swap him a 24pack and i'm sure it'll be yours!

[SPman]

yus!

buy one, today :wari:
But - remember not to exceed the speed limit anywhere - it's dangerous y'know.

[White trash]

Good stuff eh Dan? I remember my first ride on a litre bike. The K3 Gixxer when it first came out. I was fuckin wetting me self for days after.

You reckon the K6 is good, wait 'till ya get a shot on something with some sorted suspension, sticky as fuck tyres and a dry racetrack. A life committed to poverty all suddenly seems worthwhile :)

[kiwifruit]

But - remember not to exceed the speed limit anywhere - it's dangerous y'know.

closed private roads and trackdays :girlfight:

[surfchick]

LOL! Yes, 1.5L of best Marlborough pinot noir on Saturday night did leave me a little jaded...

Amazing what 300kph on a closed private road does for a hangover, though.

:hug:

such alot of those closed private roads around... country's coming down with good roads on large private estates with biker-friendly proprieters :bleh:

[McJim]

such alot of those closed private roads around... country's coming down with good roads on large private estates with biker-friendly proprieters :bleh:

Yeah - like the one you filmed all the lane splitting on? I'm amazed you got so many cars on to that private stretch of road.:rofl:

[jrandom]

country's coming down with good roads on large private estates with biker-friendly proprieters :bleh:

I know! Great, innit? I'm all about it.

Remember, folks, as LTNZ says, speed kills, but as the Zen koan says, if a gixxer does 300kph in the forest and nobody hears it...

[jrandom]

Good stuff eh Dan? I remember my first ride on a litre bike. The K3 Gixxer when it first came out. I was fuckin wetting me self for days after.

Mmm, yes. I'm still waiting for the buzz to die down. Need more. A certain dexterous floppy-haired KBer has been tickle-up-txted regarding the desirability of stripping a certain SRAD head in double-quick time.

[surfchick]

I know! Great, innit? I'm all about it.

Remember, folks, as LTNZ says, speed kills, but as the Zen koan says, if a gixxer does 300kph in the forest and nobody hears it...

well it would be quite possible for a gixxer to do 300kph in a forest and nobody hears it. BUT a roaring-hissing-ringfighting- ducati on the other hand... :Police:

[jrandom]

well it would be quite possible for a gixxer to do 300kph in a forest and nobody hears it.

Not necessarily.

Stock K6 can goes

fwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Racefit growler goes

BRRAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[imdying]

I remember my first ride on a litre bike.Heh, same... yep, now we're going fast... oh, hannnnng on!! Now we're going fast... ho, wait up!

There's pretty much always more power.

[Edbear]

Well - you're the one that raised the porridge issue in the first place - I made no mention of it! :rofl: Anyways in Scotland it's spelt Porage.



spelt2 /spɛlt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spelt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–noun a wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used chiefly for livestock feed.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE < LL spelta, prob. < Gmc; cf. OHG spelza (G Spelt)]


So they have Spelt porridge in Scotland, eh....?:whistle:

[McJim]

spelt2 /spɛlt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spelt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–noun a wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used chiefly for livestock feed.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE < LL spelta, prob. < Gmc; cf. OHG spelza (G Spelt)]


So they have Spelt porridge in Scotland, eh....?:whistle:

Fuckme - Hitcher moved north of the Bombays!:rofl:

[SPman]

I know! Great, innit? I'm all about it.

Remember, folks, as LTNZ says, speed kills, but as the Zen koan says, if a gixxer does 300kph in the forest and nobody hears it...
It's just lunched it's motor!

[Edbear]

Fuckme - Hitcher moved north of the Bombays!:rofl:



Doncha jes' LOVE the English language...?:2thumbsup

[Hitcher]

Fuckme - Hitcher moved north of the Bombays!

Hah! The Revenge of the Spelled!

[MSTRS]

Yeah - like the one you filmed all the lane splitting on? I'm amazed you got so many cars on to that private stretch of road.:rofl:

Oh...that was just to ensure the riders were 'at home'. After all, the rolling chicanes are part of our training - how would we cope on an empty road?:shifty:

[blue_eyez]

you did look very smashing on that there bike....

and mmmmm it go sooo good! :devil2:

NEEEOOOOW!

Hell yeah, even just standing next to it while fireball revved the shit out of it was excitin enuff for me... :drool:

NEEEOOOOW! was all we heard the whole way home hey LiLSel??

[mstriumph]

yus!

buy one, today :wari:

yus!!

buy us ALL one!! :Punk:

[Keystone19]

I'm afraid that I am now firmly in the literbike lust camp. Why does anyone bother with a 600?

:D

Coz I can still kick your ass when I'm on a 600...

[jrandom]

Coz I can still kick your ass when I'm on a 600...

*smiles sweetly*

We'll see about that, sunshine...

[riffer]

I do believe Jill was discussing corners my good chap.

How's your thumb?

[jrandom]

I do believe Jill was discussing corners my good chap.

I'm well aware of that...


How's your thumb?

Inflexible, but no longer painful. It gets to stay rigid, bent at about 30°, until sometime next year, when further surgery will be required to free the upper tendon from the scar tissue.

In the meantime I can still ride a bike, play the piano, and wank, so I ain't too worried. :D

[surfchick]

Yeah - like the one you filmed all the lane splitting on? I'm amazed you got so many cars on to that private stretch of road.:rofl:

oh that... well me and the mayor of Waitakere city are like this :buggerd:
(eeewwe) he hooked me up with over 700 willing drivers and a nice stretch of motor-way-eske private road :) this would be an excellent place to go 300kph to see if the forest hears the whizz of the gixxer

[surfchick]

I'm well aware of that...


In the meantime I can still ride a bike, play the piano, and wank, so I ain't too worried. :D

there is only one truly necessary activity in this trilogy :devil2: