Flawed logic, only bikers speed?

[James Deuce]

Simple. Don't buy a Gixxer.

[pritch]

oh I know you don't get to sit and have a latte with all the other weekend warriors and brag about how you took that last corner just coming into Barrys Bay cranked right over

I originally posted this a longish time ago but it seems to fit...
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...4&d=1177903107

Considering that the FOX mantra "fair and balanced" has joke status, I thought the clip was not too bad at all. A lot of the riders were behaving themselves, but as always, the focus was on the minority.

There has been a claim (presumably by a competing channel) that research shows that people who watch FOX News are less well informed than people who don't watch the news at all. So perhaps we shouldn't expect too much?

[JMemonic]

It is if you're tall and on a gixxer, unless you want to feel like you just got out of an African jail.

Simple. Don't buy a Gixxer.

Not quite how I would put it James, more buy a bike that fits. A gixxer is a great machine, as is an R1 or any of that variant for the purpose it was designed for, so long as you are certain height, body length etc and want to get and off the shelf bike you can take to the track, which is where some of the riders of the Akaroa gp should be taking the bike.

Nice to see you are think smokeu, growing up a little and using the brain.

[Kickaha]

which is where some of the riders of the Akaroa gp should be taking the bike.

They don't like to do that because they find out they're a lot slower than they thought

[JMemonic]

I originally posted this a longish time ago but it seems to fit...
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...4&d=1177903107

Considering that the FOX mantra "fair and balanced" has joke status, I thought the clip was not too bad at all. A lot of the riders were behaving themselves, but as always, the focus was on the minority.

There has been a claim (presumably by a competing channel) that research shows that people who watch FOX News are less well informed than people who don't watch the news at all. So perhaps we shouldn't expect too much?

I had heard that about FOX as well, nice link thanks for that.

[avgas]

It's always interesting to see a cagers perspective on sports bike riders. The speeds may seem crazy to them, but cagers just don't realise how fast bikes can accelerate. Even on a decent 600cc bike 200kmh isn't that fast.

nor is it in any modern sportscar. doesn't make it right.

the best thing i like about it is people who make mistakes at 200+ never do it again.

[SMOKEU]

nor is it in any modern sportscar. doesn't make it right.

the best thing i like about it is people who make mistakes at 200+ never do it again.

Not many modern cars are capable of reaching that same speed as quickly though. A 6 cylinder Falcodore will do at least 230kmh but it will take a lot longer to get there than a fast-ish bike.

Those who live to tell the tale will probably end up doing it again.

[tigertim20]

It is if you're tall and on a gixxer, unless you want to feel like you just got out of an African jail.

bullshit. Im 6'1" without shoes on, I'll do 1000km + in a day on an R1 with aftermarket rearsets that lift me feet higher than stock - and I actually find that my body feels better afterwards than it did doing the same ride on a 91 cbr 600 with a fairly upright riding position.

Do you find you get sore in the wrists and arms smoke?

[Ender EnZed]

It is if you're tall and on a gixxer, unless you want to feel like you just got out of an African jail.

HTFU.

10char

[Bassmatt]

Do you find you get sore in the wrists and arms smoke?

probably.... I hear that there is a lot of heavy lifting in African jails?

[rossirep]

Actually I am fortunate bastard in that I don't have to limit my riding to just the weekends so if I want to head to Akaroa in the middle of the week, when all the weekend warriors aren't around pretending to be Rossi I can , oddly I don't want to often as there is little there to excite me.

If you want to have a decent day out why the hell don't you go around the block, oh I know you don't get to sit and have a latte with all the other weekend warriors and brag about how you took that last corner just coming into Barrys Bay cranked right over, plus 600 odd Kms in a day is far to far to ride.

Also there are plenty of nice days to ride in the winter.

i to have plenty of time to ride during the week or also on the weekends, but i dont have time to ride 600ks round "the block" just for the hell of it, a blast to akaroa and back and over the hills thru lyttleton is enough for me to get my fix.. and i drink a flat white not a latte,

and if a ride to akaroa doesnt excite you then you got problems buddy or maybe you should try riding a new bike.. ;-) but hey each to their own. ;-)

[Kickaha]

and if a ride to akaroa doesnt excite you then you got problems buddy or maybe you should try riding a new bike.. ;-) but hey each to their own. ;-)

Compared to a ride to Kaikoura and the Hundalees or inland road

[rossirep]

They don't like to do that because they find out they're a lot slower than they thought

why would they be slower than they thought.? iv been out the track a few times over the years and yes it is fun, but i wouldnt wanna ride my "road" bike out there anymore, cause chances are thats where id drop it cause you end up pushing it harder and harder than you normally do cause of the no cop, no car, thing that ya have out there.
if i had plenty of money a race bike would be the go, but sadly no everyone can afford that, but thinking just cause someone doesnt ride out the track makes thenm slow is stupid.. and just cause someone rides out the track doesnt make them fast..

[rossirep]

bullshit. Im 6'1" without shoes on, I'll do 1000km + in a day on an R1 with aftermarket rearsets that lift me feet higher than stock - and I actually find that my body feels better afterwards than it did doing the same ride on a 91 cbr 600 with a fairly upright riding position.

Do you find you get sore in the wrists and arms smoke?

1000ks in a day..???? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha on a R1....... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahaha hah.........................

[DrunkenMistake]

1000ks in a day..???? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha on a R1....... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahaha hah.........................

Did I miss the joke?
I think I done 700 in a day on a cbr250 haha