Power Corrupts: Absolute Power...is rather cool...

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah - but only a reasonably small % of riders are interested in the track. 'Idling' around everywhere on a 160+hp bike is far less fun than caning the bejaysus out of a 50hp job on the road.

I understand what you're saying, but I don't 'idle' around everywhere either...

[imdying]

I understand what you're saying, but I don't 'idle' around everywhere either...

Yeah, you have to remember he lives in Auckland so his perspective is a little different

[Big Dave]

I understand what you're saying, but I don't 'idle' around everywhere either...

Well I didn't think you were scratching your nuts at the same time.

[onearmedbandit]

Well I didn't think you were scratching your nuts at the same time.

Mine are so big I have to put them in the back of the bike anyway. Any sctratching has to wait until I stop.

[Big Dave]

Yeah, you have to remember he lives in Auckland so his perspective is a little different

There were 4 cops cars in town the last time I went through Fairlie.

[onearmedbandit]

There were 4 cops cars in town the last time I went through Fairlie.

Best Donuts shop in all of the South Island. All the South Is cops meet there, looks like it was your lucky day that they all decided to meet up.

[Big Dave]

All the South Is cops meet there,

Don't believe it. None of them were nude.

[imdying]

There were 4 cops cars in town the last time I went through Fairlie.

There were no cops last time I did Christchurch -> Nelson -> Christchurch... what's your point? You said "'idling' around everywhere", which wouldn't apply to the open road in any case.

[Edbear]

Most powerful bike I've ridden was the Bandit 1250S and 100km/h was "idling" on that, so a Gixxer thou with 1st gear good for 160km/h+.... how else could you describe legal road speeds?

[javawocky]

...I love the pint on the track. And I have a love hate relationship with the crack addiction of a litre that sits one floor below me as I write this. But, it's hard to justify the heart-rate increase at 3am when I leather up and ride WFO................

Back in the day you gave me some advise that 600's are more fun. I ignored it and got the SV1000s - which is a great bike and was still fun -- But now that I have changed to the 600 I am having lots more fun on the road. Shes more nimble, more fun to rev up without going silly speeds - unless you are stupid enough to let her rev. I can't wait to take Scarlett out to the track, cause I know its going to be a blast.

Also when the weather gets nasty the SV need very special care with the right hand, you can relax more on the 600. Its a pussy cat until you rev it up too much then it becomes a cougar, rrraaawoo!!!

[onearmedbandit]

Don't believe it. None of them were nude.

Well they were before they heard an Aussie in leather was fast approaching.

[Big Dave]

There were no cops last time I did Christchurch -> Nelson -> Christchurch... what's your point? You said "'idling' around everywhere", which wouldn't apply to the open road in any case.

My point is that to fully utilse a 160+hp motorcycle requires a race track. A lesser powered vehicle requires less self control to keep a licence intact. No matter what road you are on.

I think the ZX14 eg is amazing. Give it big wraps - But I personally don't want to confront the devil of catching buses for three months that lives within my wrist every time I ride it.

As said many time - if you do the track thing - all bets are off - if you are buying an 'absolute' for road use, nice work on the self control. Hope you survive.

[onearmedbandit]

My point is that to fully utilse a 160+hp motorcycle requires a race track. A lesser powered vehicle requires less self control to keep a licence intact. No matter what road you are on.

I think the ZX14 eg is amazing. Give it big wraps - But I personally don't want to confront the devil of catching buses for three months that lives within my wrist every time I ride it.

As said many time - if you do the track thing - all bets are off - if you are buying an 'absolute' for road use, nice work on the self control. Hope you survive.

Why do we need to 'fully utilise' our bikes everytime? And to be perfectly honest, 99% of my riding is on the road. I've lost my license more times when I was younger and dumber on smaller bikes than I have on the thou (once for a little little wheelie in town, 3mths for careless use). And I'm still alive too.

[Big Dave]

Because it's there and it's glorious.

[imdying]

My point is that to fully utilse a 160+hp motorcycle requires a race track.

Totally agree

A lesser powered vehicle requires less self control to keep a licence intact. No matter what road you are on.

Less, but not much less sadly

I think the ZX14 eg is amazing. Give it big wraps - But I personally don't want to confront the devil of catching buses for three months that lives within my wrist every time I ride it.

Self control man! And move out of the most heavily policed state in NZ!

As said many time - if you do the track thing - all bets are off - if you are buying an 'absolute' for road use, nice work on the self control. Hope you survive.

Definitely more fun at the track, but it's that more word that's important, having a lot of poke to push you around is still a whole heap of fun on the road. I'm getting too old to want to rape my bikes everywhere, so the self control thing isn't too much of a problem these days. I don't see survivability being a big issue, I'm never going to be Rossi, and I don't feel the need to treat every ride like I'm going to be. I admit that late at night it can be hard not to treat little bumps in the road as a challenge for the front wheels contact patch / ground relationship One day that empty road will have a police car with it's lights off, but that's not a totally uncalculated risk.