From a 250, to a Gsxr1000. What a difference!

[numbersixteen16]

After owning my 250 for 3 Months, I feel I am a pretty good rider. I get my knee down through corners, take decent racing lines, and can generally ride the bike with confidence,

My mate just got hold of a GSXR1000, 165bhp (dyno proven)..
Just a bit more than my 45 at the crank

After hoping on you notice a firmer, taller seat, and much better ergos in general. Blipping the throttle, it responds in an instant, and is damn loud.

Rolled it down the drive, and made a fool of myself trying to take off. See where on the FZR250 you have to give it some revs and ride the clutch just to go anywhere, on the GSXR this resulted in kicking the back out and stalling...

Now the best part, the power is deadly, anyone who rides these bikes has serious balls. I weigh 70kg, so barely anything. Rolling on the throttle in 3rd still rips my arms off, any gear lower and there is only one wheel touching the tarmac.

I didnt even rev the bike out but managed to get well over 200kph on a 400m straight. Then the speed wobbles down a bumpy country road might just be the most insane thing ever.

My point is: Those Americans who go straight from no experience to 1000cc are idiots, and anyone that takes a 1000cc bike round a race track at speed is a legend.

Still, I look forward to the day I own one of these death traps

[quickbuck]

I looked at the thread title and though... Oh, No... Here we go again.....

Thankfully it was your mates bike, and s/he trusted you enough to have a blast.....

I am so glad you have some new found respect for such a beast.

Nice one.

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[Jantar]

After owning my 250 for 3 Months, I feel I am a pretty good rider. I get my knee down through corners, take decent racing lines, and can generally ride the bike with confidence,....

After reading this we can safely assume that you are NOT a pretty good rider.

Good riders do not try and get their "knee down through corners", they do not "take decent racing lines", but they do "generally ride the bike with confidence". So that makes you only 33.3% of being a good rider.

However, your experience on your first ride on a gixxer thou has given you some respect, so here's hoping you can build on that experience and maybe one day you will be "a pretty good rider".

[nathanwhite]

I think nodrog has been pre-empted here.....

though he'll probably be around soon enough telling OP to get one...

[FJRider]

After reading this we can safely assume that you are NOT a pretty good rider.

Good riders do not try and get their "knee down through corners", they do not "take decent racing lines", but they do "generally ride the bike with confidence". So that makes you only 33.3% of being a good rider.

However, your experience on your first ride on a gixxer thou has given you some respect, so here's hoping you can build on that experience and maybe one day you will be "a pretty good rider".

Come on Malc' ... he's been riding his 250 for 3 months now. He almost knows all there is to riding motorcycles. His L plate will be ripped off ... and he'll be starting a thread asking how to get an exemption for a bigger bike soon.

[slofox]

I got me knee down once...followed (almost instantaneously) by my arse, shoulder, head and then everything else...

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[FJRider]

I got me knee down once...followed (almost instantaneously) by my arse, shoulder, head and then everything else...

Tried that once ... didn't like it ...

[tigertim20]

ha, big bikes are intoxicating
I let a very few select friends take my bike up the road for a quick blast.
the last one stalled it 5 or 6 times because he was terrified of giving it too much on take off, doing a wheelie, falling on his ass and breaking the bike
he came back and said "I didnt even open it right out in fourth and Im fucking terrified"
He immediately of course wanted to buy one.

[slofox]

Tried that once ... didn't like it ...

...neither did I...me bike was a bit pissed off as well.

[mossy1200]

Your lucky your mate let you ride his bike on a track day.

[dangerous]

Now before the arse kicking starts, yes we have all done it and some like me have cleaned the mess up, but it is good to see you generally were respectfull... tho the 200k shit was dumb.

I didnt even rev the bike out but managed to get well over 200kph on a 400m straight. Then the speed wobbles down a bumpy country road might just be the most insane thing ever.

farking idiot... and how would you have reacted if a cage, kid, ball, dog steeped out in front of ya... grabed a handfull off good oll 1000 brakes? BANG your dead.

Rolled it down the drive, and made a fool of myself trying to take off. See where on the FZR250 you have to give it some revs and ride the clutch just to go anywhere, on the GSXR this resulted in kicking the back out and stalling...

really are quite GREEN aint ya man?

After owning my 250 for 3 Months, I feel I am a pretty good rider. I get my knee down through corners, take decent racing lines, and can generally ride the bike with confidence

not had a scear yet aye man...

I looked at the thread title and though... Oh, No... Here we go again.....


Thankfully it was your mates bike, and s/he trusted you enough to have a blast.....


I am so glad you have some new found respect for such a beast.

Nice one.

same... and true, however I dont reconmend such a stunt LOL

After reading this we can safely assume that you are NOT a pretty good rider.

yip bout right there...

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the last one stalled it 5 or 6 times because he was terrified of giving it too much on take off, doing a wheelie, falling on his ass and breaking the bike

well you know ya mate not me but if a rider stalls more than once or at all if concerned of "falling on his arse" then they sure as hell should not be anywere near a 1000.

[onearmedbandit]

Pah I got so bored of riding my thou I now do it with one arm.