The obsession with big capacity bikes

[SixPackBack]

My first bike was an X7 - the top speed was rubbish (still zipped past the open road speed limit before top gear though) but the bike was soooooo light, great cornering & acceleration. Mine was much better once I ditched the cheap rear tyre and got a Metzler on it.

Dude this is kiwibiker, NOT kiwiscooter.......never the two shall meet, and until you get a bike your opinion does not count

[boomer]

My first bike was an X7 - the top speed was rubbish (still zipped past the open road speed limit before top gear though) but the bike was soooooo light, great cornering & acceleration. Mine was much better once I ditched the cheap rear tyre and got a Metzler on it.

seriously dude.. what would you know about acceleration and cornering..??!

Dude this is kiwibiker, NOT kiwiscooter.......never the two shall meet, and until you get a bike your opinion does not count

roger that pink leader... hows the legs?

ps. it's not kiwiwalker either

[MarkH]

Dude this is kiwibiker, NOT kiwiscooter.......never the two shall meet, and until you get a bike your opinion does not count

We are talking about the X7, not a scooter - it was a blardy great bike! 250cc inline twin 2 stroke, only 128kg dry weight. I got my first speeding ticket on that machine (and my 2nd, 3rd & 4th), ahhh great times!

[onearmedbandit]

I can make my thou ride like a 600 just by regulating this little device on the right hand clip-on, it's called a 'throttle' someone once told me. And with this device I can twist it (towards me) and really put the wind up the bike and also scare me a little. Sure a smaller bike might have less overall mass, and less rotating mass via a smaller crank etc, which might mean it has a slightly quicker corner speed, but that's never held me back, and hey I'm a road-rider, not a racer so I don't really give a damn if someone is faster than me, I not getting paid on my road speed.

And there is no beating the torque of a larger capacity bike. Passing is a breeze in top cog on the open road. And on that note I can ride my bike fast two ways. I can use the 'box and revs, have lots of fun, remind myself why biking first attracted me (it can be scary), or I can surf the low down power, stay in one gear, and just enjoy the speed at which the thou dispatches the tarmac below me.

Best of both worlds. But that's just for me. What suits you is no doubt different to what suits me.

[SixPackBack]

seriously dude.. what would you know about acceleration and cornering..??!




roger that pink leader... hows the legs?

ps. it's not kiwiwalker either

Watch it cheeky chops I'll slap yo down to the ground..........legs are like Kauri stumps....walkin and gyming innit..........nailed the police physical entry [I'm gunna get that ginga feltcher]

[SixPackBack]

We are talking about the X7, not a scooter - it was a blardy great bike! 250cc inline twin 2 stroke, only 128kg dry weight. I got my first speeding ticket on that machine (and my 2nd, 3rd & 4th), ahhh great times!

...........Back in the past when you wus a REAL MAN. You ride a scooter now with your cock duct taped under your crutch lady boy styles

[MarkH]

You ride a scooter now with your cock duct taped under your crutch lady boy styles

I would have a nice bike if I had ANY money - I need a part time job to supplement my income so I can save some money, but thanks for rubbing it in. Of course I would still keep the scoot as a weekday commuter, but only because it is so damn good for that purpose.

As for my cock duct taped under my crotch - if you mean strapped to my thigh then yeah, but only so I don't trip over the damned thing.

[Taz]

Small bikes rock. I have owned large capacity sports bikes in the past and enjoyed them. But there is no better thrill than passing several sportsbikes thru the coromandel twistys on a humble XT600 with knobbies on.

[red675]

a Kawasaki W650 – the 70’s Triumph Bonneville “lookalike”.

a W650 ? Whoever put one of those forward as the Holy Grail of biking, Jesus Wept - it was the rider not the bike

on the other hand the Street Triple I can understand (lighter and twice the power)

[Indiana_Jones]

a W650 ? Whoever put one of those forward as the Holy Grail of biking, Jesus Wept - it was the rider not the bike

Blasphemer!

-Indy

[Blackbird]

Of course I would still keep the scoot as a weekday commuter, but only because it is so damn good for that purpose.

Don't rise to SPB's bait Mark, not a lot between the ears there, it's all in his mouth

[SixPackBack]

Oh I do love a good lady body what you doing laters Mark?

Dooood....Get a room!.......Fookin' coro hippies and their free love just go a little to far sometimes.

[slowpoke]

I can make my thou ride like a 600 just by regulating this little device on the right hand clip-on, it's called a 'throttle' someone once told me. And with this device I can twist it (towards me) and really put the wind up the bike and also scare me a little. Sure a smaller bike might have less overall mass, and less rotating mass via a smaller crank etc, which might mean it has a slightly quicker corner speed, but that's never held me back, and hey I'm a road-rider, not a racer so I don't really give a damn if someone is faster than me, I not getting paid on my road speed.

And there is no beating the torque of a larger capacity bike. Passing is a breeze in top cog on the open road. And on that note I can ride my bike fast two ways. I can use the 'box and revs, have lots of fun, remind myself why biking first attracted me (it can be scary), or I can surf the low down power, stay in one gear, and just enjoy the speed at which the thou dispatches the tarmac below me.

Best of both worlds. But that's just for me. What suits you is no doubt different to what suits me.

Yup.

Ya gotta laugh at the folks on lil' bikes who claim credit for passing bigger bikes on the open road. Unless you're on the track and you both know you're racing it's just an absolute nonsense.

For what it's worth lotsa supposedly lightweight bikes aren't so lightweight, with the W650 listed as 195-ishkg's dry. I reckon the upright riding position, wide-ish bars and a good rider will have more to do with it's low speed cornering than any other qualities. Take it to the track and see how well it corners

[dipshit]

..I've got a gsxr 1000, it has a few mod's and pushes out 180 HP, now I believe after riding this missile for two years, that it is too powerful.

Gee... you think.

[red675]

and another thing - a pristine W650 ought to be in that other thread "10 Ugliest bikes of all time"