Robert Plant and the dancing banana

[Motoracer]

My RC30 used to do 140km/hr in 1st gear.

Jim2

Shit! thats a rare as bike. What ever happened to it?

[jrandom]

My RC30 used to do 140km/hr in 1st gear.

Wot would we do without this internet thing, eh?

The Brutale makes 93.4Kw at the crank at 12.5krpm, which I suspect is a bit more than your RC30, rev limiter at 13100rpm, gearings give these speeds at the rev limit:

1st - 103.4kmh
2nd - 136.5kmh
3rd - 170.0kmh
4th - 201.5kmh
5th - 229.2kmh
6th - 250.0kmh

So I'm afraid that on, say, the Utah salt flats, you'd have to go all the way to third gear if you wanted to overtake me on a Brutale once the FXR was up to speed

One suspects that a bigger rear sprocket might become a popular mod on the Brutale.

[jrandom]

oh, and by the way, *you had an RC30*? Excuse me but why the bleepity bleep bleep did you ever let *that* go?

[bungbung]

Ahoy Mr Random, how far now brown cow? ('till you get to ride upon a more 'manly' bike?)

[jrandom]

Ahoy Mr Random, how far now brown cow? ('till you get to ride upon a more 'manly' bike?)

Official Blessing of the State shall be granted upon my license end of the year.

At which point I shall test-ride everything. Really. *Everything*. I'll even see if I can con Haldanes into letting me onto a 996 or summat.

After a couple of months worth of increasingly frustrated sales guys at various bike shops I shall then go and spend about $6K on a shite old Bandit or something while muttering excuses to myself about how I'd probably crash anything with expensive shiny plastic bits.

[Coldkiwi]

get yaself a sporty six hundy J. plenty of horsies to ride and they have nice as braking packages compared to the 250's (and I presume a commuting grade FXR)

haven't really wanted more HP on the GSXR yet (except for when attempting wheelstands) and I often get a bit of a shock when I open the tap all the way on the road.... but what a great feeling!

[Yamahamaman]

get yaself a sporty six hundy J. plenty of horsies to ride and they have nice as braking packages compared to the 250's

I have to concur with you there CK. I don't think it takes horses to do wheelies - more like technique. I have seen a mate of mine Wheelie a Yamaha Jog (50cc Scooter).
Still, my new beastie is said to have 110hp, and so it is not lacking at all.

[James Deuce]

oh, and by the way, *you had an RC30*? Excuse me but why the bleepity bleep bleep did you ever let *that* go?

It was forcibly removed in 1992 by a 72 year old driver exiting a side street (with integrated stop sign) in Picton at 9:30pm on an unlit street with his headlights turned off.

I was doing 50km/hr. The impact ripped the steering head out of the frame rails and the forks were bent back so far the front wheel pushed the oil filter into the engine internals.

A new frame was $10k and a new bottom end would have been $5k. Insurance company wrote it off.

I had four compressed vertebrae (landed straight up and down on my head)and the old DICK ran me me over because he didn't know where I'd gone after the initial accident. My right testicle was the size of an orange after I used it to dent the aluminium tank.

The injuries to my back and neck caused my brain shut down and I was resuscitated 7 times on the way to Blenheim hospital. I apparently politely asked a chap who was trying to take my helmet off to cease and desist and then passed out and stopped breathing.

The old DICK was fined $600 and disqualified for a month. I spent 3 months off work and then passed out repeatedly at work and was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome, the spinal injuries where also uprated in severity. So I had another 3 months off.

It's took me 10 years to grow the balls to own another bike, but I remembered what I'd been missing on my very first borrowed ride a couple of years ago and HAD to get back into it.

[Zed]

What, you mean the 'Trampled Underfoot' part?

Heh. But I wasn't, you see, so I didn't and it isn't.

I don't need counselling. I need a faster bike.

What point is a faster bike in Auckland traffic these days?? Just kidding...I've found my niche in the 600cc. What will yours be I wonder?


Zed

[riffer]

Really? I've had the FXR up to an indicated 151. That's pretty tall for first gear on a 750.

Oh. I see. You are being this thing they are calling 'sarcasm'. Ho ho.

Hmmm. Just goes to show you shouldn't believe what you read. Sunday Star Times said the Brutale would do 145 in 1st IIRC.

I was assuming the 150 would be about 135-140.

My apologies J. I shall from now on...

and research my facts more thoroughly.

(skulks off back to his work feeling suitable admonished).

Surely I've got better things to do than be at work at 10.00 at night on a Friday?

[Milky]

I have to concur with you there CK. I don't think it takes horses to do wheelies - more like technique. I have seen a mate of mine Wheelie a Yamaha Jog (50cc Scooter).

i agree too... was outside my house for some unknown reason when a scooter came up the road (Carlton St for any aucklanders if u know it) he nearly made it bottom to top on his rear wheel... that was impressive

[wkid_one]

My right testicle was the size of an orange .

Thanks for that image.......wonderful

[Hitcher]

It was forcibly removed in 1992 by a 72 year old driver exiting a side street (with integrated stop sign) in Picton at 9:30pm on an unlit street with his headlights turned off.

I was doing 50km/hr. The impact ripped the steering head out of the frame rails and the forks were bent back so far the front wheel pushed the oil filter into the engine internals.

A new frame was $10k and a new bottom end would have been $5k. Insurance company wrote it off.

I had four compressed vertebrae (landed straight up and down on my head)and the old DICK ran me me over because he didn't know where I'd gone after the initial accident. My right testicle was the size of an orange after I used it to dent the aluminium tank.

The injuries to my back and neck caused my brain shut down and I was resuscitated 7 times on the way to Blenheim hospital. I apparently politely asked a chap who was trying to take my helmet off to cease and desist and then passed out and stopped breathing.

The old DICK was fined $600 and disqualified for a month. I spent 3 months off work and then passed out repeatedly at work and was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome, the spinal injuries where also uprated in severity. So I had another 3 months off.

It's took me 10 years to grow the balls to own another bike, but I remembered what I'd been missing on my very first borrowed ride a couple of years ago and HAD to get back into it.

Mate, "Ouch" doesn't seem to cut it as an appropriate response... You seem remarkably well balanced, considering!

[James Deuce]

I was only balanced because I leant on my bike while we chatted

Nice to meet you sir

Jim2

[Hitcher]

I was only balanced because I leant on my bike while we chatted

Nice to meet you sir

Jim2

And you also! I was back at the summit again last night -- it was bloody freezing! I was surprised how clean the Wellington side of the hill was -- all of the slips must have been on the Featherston side! No riding today, funnily enough...