Superbikes. Superman?

[slowpoke]

Come on people get with the program!!!
We'd all be a lot safer riding Rossi's 240hp M1 with a Dolphin torch strapped to the front rather than an old H2 Kwaka on crossplies. The throttle works both directions and doesn't twist itself.
I'd trust Mr or Ms Citizen from Anywhere Street on something with 1:1 power/weight, with radial brakes, mass centralisation, fuel injection, multi-adjustable suspension on a set of Pilot Powers long before I'd let 'em lose on something from the days of old. The bikes aren't just getting quicker, they are lighter, handle better, stop faster, are more economical and more user friendly etc etc.
Bring it on, I say.

[**R1**]

my middle name is Clark....

I think Batman is way cooler even tho his bike looks gay.

[cowpoos]

Come on people get with the program!!!
We'd all be a lot safer riding Rossi's 240hp M1 with a Dolphin torch strapped to the front rather than an old H2 Kwaka on crossplies. The throttle works both directions and doesn't twist itself.
I'd trust Mr or Ms Citizen from Anywhere Street on something with 1:1 power/weight, with radial brakes, mass centralisation, fuel injection, multi-adjustable suspension on a set of Pilot Powers long before I'd let 'em lose on something from the days of old. The bikes aren't just getting quicker, they are lighter, handle better, stop faster, are more economical and more user friendly etc etc.
Bring it on, I say.

thats a far to intelligent repliy from a person that states they are from the wairarapa......I say your an imposter :spudgrr:

who are you really

[loosebruce]

thats a far to intelligent repliy from a person that states they are from the wairarapa......I say your an imposter :spudgrr:

who are you really

Yea good call poo's, the man has a point indeed.

And anotgher point, if someone put a K6 1000 against a 5 year old motogp bike the k6 would get it's beans and then some, the NSR500 is a very trick weapon, christ the 4 strokes have almost been around that long, i'd be more inclined to say if you went back to say mid 90's superbikes then you'd be getting a bit closer (RC45, OWO2, 996's, er GSXR's and the likes) the last RC45 was still pumping out close on 180bhp, and you can bet the suspension was a heck of lot more advanced than what we are seeing on todays litre bikes.

But yes the litre bikes are a full on weapon on the road and track for that fact, i for one can't wait to see what the future has instore for bikes, mmmmmm GSXR1000K9 one can only imagine what is going to filter down form motogp onto road bikes.

Yes indeed bring it on.

[kiwifruit]

i agree with what you are saying Biff
all good points made by others too

I love my bike to bits!
No shit i can't use it to its full potential, prolly not even half of it....
id rather have a bike that i cant reach the limits on,
than one i can reach the (bikes) limits on

ive had bikes that i have reached the (bikes) limits on,
and riding a balls out "superbike" is far more enjoyable, 4 me.


just my 0.02c

[slob]

Sportbikes may be getting more potent, but they're also getting more user-friendly, which cancels out the risk to some extent. Ultimately, it's up to the rider - no matter what they ride.

[bugjuice]

yamaha and their fly-by-wire already.. all you have to do is hook up a gyro to that, and you'd reduce the crash/flip/spin factors by something like 50%..

[Biff]

Point? You mean there has to be a point to everything posted on here ?

More of an observation me thinks.

Maybe even a topic for debate.

Who knows. Life's a missedtree.

[iwilde]

At the end of the day if you can afford it, buy it. Who cares if I ride around on a bike that I only use 60% of its potential? The new HSV's and FPV's are all capable of insane speed, but it dosen't mean that You have to drive like Peter Brock all the time. For the general bloke or lady thats saved their hard erned cash to buy a K6 is likely to look after their investment and ride to their own limits. In saying that, there's always exceptions to the rules

[Sutage]

harder to gap it from pigs on a 250

[slowpoke]

thats a far to intelligent repliy from a person that states they are from the wairarapa......I say your an imposter :spudgrr:

who are you really

Ooops....sprung!!!!!

Look for a very slow, very black R1 in a few weeks once our frikkin' container arrives. What's wrong with the 'rapa anyway? (not that I've ever lived there before) As far as I could tell there were far fewer reflective surfaces and consequently far fewer tossers than the more populated areas.

[RevHed]

I'm loving the 636 (other than the sore shoulder thing). I admit I'm a nanna on the road, but I love the fact that when I stuff up a corner on the road, all I have to do is lean harder the bike just goes around... over engineering performance rules!

You all need to take your GSXR-ZX-R1-CBR-ABC-DOC sportbikes to the track if you want to see where they are relevant.

I feel like Superman and Batman's illegitimate love child when I crank the bike over hard on the corner leading to the start finish straight, and hit insane speeds on the back straight

It's great to look at your rear tyre at the end of the day and see the rubber is totally rooted all the way to the edge of the tyre, so you know you had that thing cranked over!

[iwilde]

[QUOTE=RevHed] I feel like Superman and Batman's illegitimate love child when I crank the bike over hard on the corner leading to the start finish straight, and hit insane speeds on the back straight

How did they manage that? Maybe Superman and Wounder women?

[RevHed]

... they don't call him "Super"man for nothing...

[Drunken Monkey]

Bruce is right, it may be equivalent to a mid-late 90's superbike, but a K5 thou would get seriously owned by a 5 year old MotoGP bike. Let alone a "5 year old Gixxer/R1/RR/ZX9.5" = those might have been lucky to keep up with an early 90's superbike.
The other big difference is track days are significantly more popular for casual riders than days gone by, so there are opportunities to wind them out and push them to their potential.