Ageing biker come-back

[The Stranger:Me]

Just because someone doesn't ride a sports bike doesn't mean they can't ride and ride safely.

No, but let's be honest, most can't.

[peasea]

No, but let's be honest, most can't.

I disagree.

I have friends who have had loads of k's on sports bikes who can ride like mother fuckers. Some with a stash of trophies to prove their track abilities. They GREW UP! They took that shit off the the road when they learned that it was dangerous and garnered those aforementioned trophies in the right place.

Then what for the street? A cruiser, that's what.

Sure, some have the 'more spirited' versions, but as I say, they grew up.

[The Stranger:Me]

When I turn up in leathers, all scraped to hell, and with my crash-bungs scraped to nothing, I often get to be the centre of attention.

What does that tell you?

You do realise that they're laughing at you, not with you.

[The Stranger:Me]

I have friends.

Now I know you are fucken lying.

[peasea]

OK, who's stoned?

[peasea]

Now I know you are fucken lying.

Ha, got you there.

There's Tigger, ET, Bugs, Sylvester and Teddy.
So...

[allycatz]

Meh...get a scooter , then you can all wear high heels and skirts and act like real girls

[Big Dave]

I think Harleys actually are pretty good bikes for returners.

65 horsepower and self regulating cornering speeds. Pretty low COM too. Brembo brakes, showa suspension.

When the time comes that they start pushing a Dyna to its limit - and perhaps exceed it - it's not a light speed either.

They also get back up from HOG if required - they do RRRS eg.

Like all these things - it depends on the individual. A fit 6'3" 50 year old is going to find dealing with a road king a lot more practical that a 65 yo, 5' mound of round who should be on a Sportie.

[peasea]

I think Harleys actually are pretty good bikes for returners.

65 horsepower and self regulating cornering speeds. Pretty low COM too. Brembo brakes, showa suspension.

When the time comes that they start pushing a Dyna to its limit - and perhaps exceed it - it's not a light speed either.

They also get back up from HOG if required - they do RRRS eg.

Like all these things - it depends on the individual. A fit 6'3" 50 year old is going to find dealing with a road king a lot more practical that a 65 yo, 5' mound of round who should be on a Sportie.

Well said.
Horses for courses.
Sports bikes are for wankers, HD's are for bikers.
Nuff said.

[Crisis management]

Ok, I've read the whole thread, who won?

[Katman]

The answers lie in addressing the insidious culture of self destruction* that infests Motorcycling - not in shoe horning motorcyclists onto particular bikes.

*(The culture that produces such gems as "My nana could ride faster than you", "Look at the size of those chicken strips", "I can get my knee down around that corner" etc.)

[vifferman]

What an astonishingly disjointed and dysfunctional thread*.
Kinda entertaining in a way - sort of like watching the chimps at the zoo have a noisy wee fight, screaming, throwing poo, trying to establish who's top ape, etc., before settling down and going back to playing with themselves in the corner.


I guess eventually some of the protagonists will go off muttering to themselves and licking their wounds, each will decide he's won, the spectators will say it was entertaining but wonder what the fuck it was all about, and we'll all agree that it doesn't matter what you ride, as long as you ride and don't fuck with anyone else's ride.

Or something.



* Oh - and how come "disjointed" and "dysfunctional" seem to share similar etymology, yet are spelled differently?

[FJRider]

Ok, I've read the whole thread, who won?

Those that have survived to read this thread ....

[wbks]

Well said.
Horses for courses.
Sports bikes are for wankers, HD's are for bikers.
Nuff said.

By posting what you just did it pretty much proves the exact opposite

[MSTRS:Me]

Can't be arsed reading the whole thing....
I'll just say that for all the chucking-off at this bike type or that, ultimately it is the rider, not the bike, that causes any problems.
I've followed Fatboy riders on roads and at speeds that would have some of you crapping yourselves.
Now, obviously, a GSXR/HD race can really only have one outcome, but my point is that Harleys are not the handling equivalents of wetfish that some of you seem to think they are.