Is your bike better than you, are as a rider?

[Slyer]

My bike needs to be better than me to make up for the fact that I'm a crap rider!

[jetboy]

I've only been (road) riding for about half a year now, racked up 12,000km and am definitely getting better...but I still have much to learn.

On the road I am relatively confident and am happy with my abilites, and on track I am able to knee down but have heaps more to learn before I am at the bike's limit.

[avgas]

Usually I would say bike is better.

But with the SRX.....I am above it.
So much so I need to upgrade. But first I should get it road legal

[centaurus]

No matter how good you are and how slow/crap your bike is, there will always be somebody that can ride it harder than you. If you can knee down through all the corners, I'm sure there are people that can wheelie it through all the corners.

On the other hand, a rider can be too crap for his/her bike

And NO - if you end up crashing it, it doesn't mean you're better than it and you pushed it beyond its limits. It just means that you don't know the bike at all.

[crazyhorse]

I have a bike that will outride me.......... but its fun trying as hard as I can to outride it.

[Headbanger]

C'mon, you can't be serious. You expect me to believe that without too much effort you couldn't easily overstep the abilities of the Convertible? Really?

Sure, my post was tongue in cheek, but you've gotta be taking the piss.

Went for a ride this morning, Sun was shining, I was out on the back roads, I hit the main road, passed a couple of trucks, entered a series of corners, Powered through them, The feeling of elation was building and I let out a holler of pure joy as I came through the 4th successive corner, I look down at the speedo and its reading 170km/h, leaned over,powering round a corner on a Harley. Fuck yeah I think to myself, No one on KB would believe this unless they were here with me.

Wait, what was the question?

Oh yeah, Harley's and bikes under 400cc don't count.

[Okey Dokey]

My gsxr is easily way better than me as a rider. BUT, I love it, it is my bike and I don't care if I ride like a girl- hell, I AM a girl!

Can't be worried that other people are pointing at me and saying I have wasted money or whatever. I have pleased myself, and I am the one who matters in this scenario, after all.

[Thani-B]

My bike is way better than me, but I have faith (in the bike) now that if I do for some reason judge a corner wrong I can rely on the bike to get me through

Ditto. Is it wrong to put so much faith in the bike?

[Tank]

I ride my striple like a nana most of the time. The bike's abilities far surpass my own. But it is my bike, I love it, I love riding it and it doesn't matter to me in the slightest if someone thinks I don't ride it as well as I (or they) could/should

That post sums up my views 100%.

[short-circuit]

That's like asking if your skateboard is a better piece of equipment than it's user - or even a hammer and chisel. I think we all know the answer is....








written in the stars above

This brilliantly astute post represents my view 20%

[Tank]

This brilliantly astute post represents my view 20%

smartarse!

[Gremlin]

No way. I've yet to own a bike I haven't totaled due to it falling short of my god like abilities.

Fucken Rossi's bike wouldn't be good enough for me, I doubt it'd get through the first turn before it all falling apart like a cheap watch.

Ah, you're a fan of bowling too?

[rocketman1]

Interesting that only 1 out of 31 replies so far reckon they use the bike to its full potential, and are better than the bike.
To be expected though.
Too push a bike to its limits in cornering, power and handling must be a satisfying experience.
To know you have mastered the bike completely (owned it ) what a buzz.
Give me something better....bring it on.......

[dipshit]

Too push a bike to its limits in cornering, power and handling must be a satisfying experience.
To know you have mastered the bike completely (owned it ) what a buzz.
Give me something better....bring it on.......

blah blah blah...

I wonder if there are as many wankers in performance car circles...???

[Gremlin]

Too push a bike to its limits in cornering, power and handling must be a satisfying experience.
To know you have mastered the bike completely (owned it ) what a buzz.

The easiest way to get towards the limits of a bike is simply to have a bike with higher limits, know how to ride it, then ride something with lower limits.

Not a good idea to try exceeding the bikes limits on a regular basis if you're on the road.