mordern litre bike debate...everyones opinions wanted!

**cowpoos** · 1st September 2005, 21:03

Originally Posted by slob

Why I'd buy a 1000cc multi:

***TORQUE*** Big V-twins are too much hard work in the twisties. On public roads,
Why I wouldn't buy a 1000cc multi:

(fear of) ***HIGHSIDES*** (esp on wet roads w/ cold tyres). My old TL1000S has scarred me for life!

At the end of the day, I'd probably get used to the power of the 1000cc multi after a certain amount of riding, so the reason to not have it would diminish.

V-twin should be less likely to highside...bigger time lapse between power strokes...thats why rossi's yam has custom crank...fires similar to a twin.

Your TLS just had crap suspension mate...end of story...I do and have riddin dirtbikes since I was 4...and sliding is something you learn to feel for...predict and control...My TLS when it had standard rear suspension was fuckin twitchy and sudden...you couldn't feel it letting go until a few sec before it happened...the plus side if you could call it a plus...the TLS is relitivly easy to control in a power slide...

**WINJA** · 1st September 2005, 21:18

Originally Posted by Sensei

Cheers Dave You'll have to wait in line tho with the others

OH NO YOU GOT PUNKED BY RATTLE SNAKE

**The Stranger:Me** · 1st September 2005, 21:20

Get lost ya pansy.

When you are on a litre + bike "speed limit" takes on a whole new dimension.

So you can't top it out that often.
But hey when you are tailing a group of riders toodling along and the v6 alpha driver decides to demonstrate his prowess to the bimbo and pulls out on ya it sure feels good to leave him standing still. He never tried again.

It also feels good to know that you can out accellerate any production car on the road in NZ despite the fact that they may have spent 10 times (or more) the amount of your bike in an effort to be the fastest.

At the risk of sounding reckless It feels good to effortlessly hit unreal speeds on short carefully choosen pieces of road.

Nothing like the rush of hitting the torque band in top gear at 180kph and feeling the front lift and resisting the forces trying to tear you off the bike.

So the turbo WRX thought he was quick off of the lights, That was until you go past him on one wheel a few seconds later after giving him a head start.

Hmm why would I want a litre bike?

**SPORK** · 1st September 2005, 21:31

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

OK another view point of mine... I love my RG150, and when i go for a ride on it i have a blast and a huge grin on my face... Ask loosebruce about his trip, he was on a ZXR250 and i on my RG150... HUGE AMOUNTS OF FUN... or when MR rides the XR600 on the road and i am on my RG150 HUGE... AMOUNTS OF FUN!!! Yes they are underpowered and are limited to 160-180kmh, but fuck they are fun... also in the right hands, they can scare any average rider on a big bike...

Another reason why I'm saving (laugh all you want) up for one this very second!

**Storm** · 1st September 2005, 21:36

Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

Another reason why I'm saving (laugh all you want) up for one this very second!

Reckon I might join that club meself

**SPORK** · 1st September 2005, 21:39

Originally Posted by Storm

Reckon I might join that club meself

Hey, no fair! You'll take all the good ones

Oh woe is me, such a poor-guy

**Quasievil** · 1st September 2005, 21:53

Fuck there is alot of shite in this thread, alot of wanking up to litre boys and indicating anything less is slow, as far as Im concerned anyone can ride whatever the fuck they like but no one on here can ride a 1000 to half its limits on the road for more than a few secs, this is to also be said for a 600 also....... so whats the point in having one ? dunno really ,each to his own I guess

**Hitcher** · 1st September 2005, 22:02

Shut up, shut up, shut up! Sex, sex sex, must get sex into it. Wait, I see a television commercial. There's this nude woman in a bath holding a bit of your string. That's great, great, but we need a doctor, got to have a medical opinion. There's a nude woman in a bath with a doctor -- that's too sexy. Put an archbishop there watching them, that'll take the curse off it. Now, we need children and animals. There's two kids admiring the string, and a dog admiring the archbishop who's blessing the string. Uhh... international flavor's missing... make the archbishop Greek Orthodox. Why not Archbishop Macarios? No, no, he's dead... nevermind, we'll get his brother, it'll be cheaper... So, there's this nude woman...

**SPORK** · 1st September 2005, 22:10

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Shut up, shut up, shut up! Sex, sex sex, must get sex into it. Wait, I see a television commercial. There's this nude woman in a bath holding a bit of your string. That's great, great, but we need a doctor, got to have a medical opinion. There's a nude woman in a bath with a doctor -- that's too sexy. Put an archbishop there watching them, that'll take the curse off it. Now, we need children and animals. There's two kids admiring the string, and a dog admiring the archbishop who's blessing the string. Uhh... international flavor's missing... make the archbishop Greek Orthodox. Why not Archbishop Macarios? No, no, he's dead... nevermind, we'll get his brother, it'll be cheaper... So, there's this nude woman...

WTF, mate?

**madboy** · 1st September 2005, 22:22

Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

WTF, mate?

It's what happens when you chuck the MASSIVE power to WEIGHT of the ST thru a few twisties too often... it scrambles the faculties

**Hitcher** · 1st September 2005, 22:28

Earn massive rep. Tell me the name of the album that it came from...

**James Deuce** · 1st September 2005, 22:32

Monty Python's Instant Record Collection.

Mine melted when a Flaming Sambuca went awry.

**Hitcher** · 1st September 2005, 22:38

Originally Posted by Jim2

Monty Python's Instant Record Collection.

Mine melted when a Flaming Sambuca went awry.

I learned the hard way that when one has a moustache, it pays to blow out the flaming sambuca before knocking it back...

Not quite the album I had in mind, but I guess it was on that one too...

**James Deuce** · 1st September 2005, 22:41

Good point Hitcher. I've googled and the original album was "Contractural Obligation". Sorry about that. Damn "best ofs"and compilations. Marketing gone mad.