Bikes getting too sick?

[ManDownUnder]

talkin about bikes getting too quick.. was thumbing thru the motorbikes on TM and saw this ZX12 for sale.. Nice looking bike. Then I saw something that made me think, on the lower part of the fairing.. is this the next stage then? fins, to keep you on the ground?

nice bike tho

Yeah - this is going to sound trite... but so be it.

It's a maturity thing. You could put me on a 'busa, or a 50cc "rocket" and I'll stay on my current... ahem... 0 points.

It's a discipline thing.

That being said - Zed and Swannie will recall the fast(ish) ride to Wellsford and back. That was a blow out and a revelation for me... not to mention shit loads of fun.

But day to day... na... not an issue... for me anyway

[Big Dave]

Ha again!
Easily said from behind a mid power older bike. Jump on a new gixxer for a week and repeat.

[Toast]

There's more to it than just power. I still swear to this day that my ZX6R is easier to ride than my old CBR250R. It actually fuels smoothly, stops when brakes are applied, holds a line over roufh stuff, etc.

I wouldn't want to own a ZX10 yet though, 'cos I'm still not really comfortable with back tyres sliding and steering heads shaking yet. There's a number (not sure quite how large) of people who can take these mongrels to the limit though, and if they want one on the road, I can't wait to see the fireworks as they blow past me exiting a corner. Owning one doesn't mean you can use it though.

[WINJA]

YOU ONLY GET IN TROUBLE WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT , CHOOSE WHERE TO SPEED CAREFULLY AND IF YOU HAVE TO DO A RUNNER

[Paul in NZ]

Ha! - Already used it

Ha HA - but my Guzzi is the real deal mate.... Not a copy...

Diving through the close ratio box just for pleasure to hear the howl from the straight cut gears coupled with the menacing bellow from the open carbs. It makes a noise like a WW2 fighter on emergency power pulling out of a dive. Like a willful stallion its a bike that needs a firm hand as you feed it into the sweeping bend, never shifting from the seat and real men don't ride like that! Suddenly you are not so much clipping the apex, you obliterate it in a flash of 80's excess as a double handfull of throttle brings a startled lurch and a angry roar from the gutted mufflers.... No ripping of calico here, no technology induced steroid manic behaviour just the powerful conversion of hydrocarbons into pure fun and an Italian aria that would put a horn on a jelly fish and turn Elton John straight!

Its a mans bike sonny! It even says so on the side!'

[ManDownUnder]

Ha again!
Easily said from behind a mid power older bike. Jump on a new gixxer for a week and repeat.

Anytime. Not even a challenge to be brutally honest...

[Oakie]

Was it a black cat?

It was nearly a pink squishy cat.

Ha ha. That reminds me of a cat we used to have in our stores area at ECNZ in Twizel years ago. He finished his long and illustrious life as a smear on the edge of SH8 just over the back fence from the store. For about three months he remained there getting flatter and flatter and becoming more 'at one with the road'. The final indignaty came when the road marking truck came by at the start of summer and ran the white paint line to mark the verge right over the middle of him. Poor old Fluffy.

[Big Dave]

Ha HA - but my Guzzi is the real deal mate.... Not a copy...

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A W650 is a copy - A new bonneville is a reproduction.

[**R1**]

well i have had 42 speeding tickets since i started riding on the road 14 years ago, since owning my R1(year and a half) i have had 1, for doing 63kph in a 50.....I think the faster your bike the much better your odds of not getting a ticket

[ManDownUnder]

It was nearly a pink squishy cat.

Ha ha. That reminds me of a cat we used to have in our stores area at ECNZ in Twizel years ago. He finished his long and illustrious life as a smear on the edge of SH8 just over the back fence from the store. For about three months he remained there getting flatter and flatter and becoming more 'at one with the road'. The final indignaty came when the road marking truck came by at the start of summer and ran the white paint line to mark the verge right over the middle of him. Poor old Fluffy.

Eh -= someone mentioned ECNZ *perk*

Stratford Power Station here... Fitter...

[Drew]

Eh -= someone mentioned ECNZ *perk*

Stratford Power Station here... Fitter...

Small world, I used to be a linesman for Alstom, and my old man was an operator at almost every station in the south island. Then up here at Haywards. Freaky

[inlinefour]

Thats one of the reasons why Ive decided just to get the CBR600rr

[Paul in NZ]

A W650 is a copy - A new bonneville is a reproduction.

BWAHAHAHA! Messers Turner and co must be spinning in their graves faster than a T120's Chrometric. ( I assume lower case is intentional?)

Reproduction? Fuck me, if my kids were that ugly I'd cut my knob off!

HOWEVER, joking aside, Kawasaki has as much right to call it a reproduction as Triumph do. They made a very nice 650 twin (looked a lot like a BSA A10)...

Oh we could go on for hours....

[Big Dave]

BWAHAHAHA! Messers Turner and co must be spinning in their graves faster than a T120's Chrometric. ( I assume lower case is intentional?)

Reproduction? Fuck me, if my kids were that ugly I'd cut my knob off!

HOWEVER, joking aside, Kawasaki has as much right to call it a reproduction as Triumph do. They made a very nice 650 twin (looked a lot like a BSA A10)...

Oh we could go on for hours....

Rubbish - still one of the best looking motorcycles on the market today - and Riccardo Engineering (as in Triumph Riccy), Cosworth, Lotus etc were all involved in the new Triumphs.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan Inc they ain't.

[SPman]

Sensible riders look at what they NEED, not what they want to brag about, and buy and ride accordingly.

But who the fuck wants to be "sensible"
Not me!
May as well go out and buy a beige cardy, pipe and slippers!