I would say my old Yammie IT465 or the Suzuki PE400, both bikes have the most awesome powerbands and dig in and lift the front wheel very willingly.
Al
I would say my old Yammie IT465 or the Suzuki PE400, both bikes have the most awesome powerbands and dig in and lift the front wheel very willingly.
Al
4 wheels move the body
2 wheels move the soul
95KLX 650R bored to 680 / hot cam on avgas nice / TT500 bored to 560 on methnol Kool /Stage 3 GSXR1100R Avgas etc 10 .2sec 1/4 172 Flying excelllent . Stroked YZ490 wheelstand God the list goes on Sensei
SENSEI PERFORMANCE TUNING
" QUICKER THAN YOU SLOWER THAN ME "
For me it would have to be my VT250FE, it's even faster than my CB125T (if you can imagine that)! According to my fellow students the fastest vehicles involve 'rotas'. Like a renault R8 with a 12A "would go hard oi!". Gee willickers a 12A, thats got to be 130hp at the flywheel!! Thats faster than some standard Honda civics, and we all know how fast they are
Mine was an RD400 Lou,went from a 250 Honda to the Yam,a mate jumped on the back and said "give it some stick",next thing I knew it was almost vertical going down the high street,luckily for my mate it had a rack on at the time,he was screaming "PUT IT DOWN,PUT IT DOWN" while I was thinking"Hey,this is neat",only time I ever saw that guy scared of anything.Really nice bike,went from wheelies with the standard bars to wheelspin with the ace bars I fitted.Same guy that was on the back had a GT250 that he used to race and had been tuned up by the local bike shop that sponsored him.Until I got the 400 no-one else in our gang could touch him despite most having bigger bikes,the RD could easily keep up 2-up and would have been Terry`s next bike if he he`d lived a bit longer,r.i.p.mate.Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
just remembered,one time the throttle cable broke,I adjusted the tickover up to 2000 r.p.m and got home slipping the clutch like crazy,bike got totally abused in every way and never missed a beat.
I use to own this, 74 Kawi Z1, highly modified stage 3 yoshi tune, evil, evil, EVIL bike, when it went well, it was as fast as anything esp in a straight line, pretty dodgy handling, but its the only bike I've owned that I regret selling. Think it ended up being sent back to Japan.....
Even though I've ridden faster bikes since, the thrill that my friend's RD350 that his brother raced in production classes hasn't yet been surpassed. At the time (1977??) it was the fastest production RD350 in NZ. It took me about 10 minutes to stop shaking after a 15 minute ride.Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
Before that, it would have been the KX250 owned by a classmate (250 MX champion at the time). As my 'bike de jour" was a CB175, the Kwaka felt like a rocketship.
Although it gives me a buzz when the front wheel of the FahrtSturm comes up, it's been a few years since a bike has given me a real thrilling ride. Maybe it's high time I test-rode a few more...
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Scarcest bike for me?
Riding my '79 XR250 on a laidback trail ride and my brother says "My turn" and I get relegated to his 2003 KDX200 that he rode to 2nd place in the NZ Cross Country Champs.
Throttle response is....... Different
I like 4 strokes.
Most fun bike?
My fun Nordwest
Not bikes that I have either owned or even ridden, but, I once raced a 350 lc Yam on the Jurby Road circuit, the speedo was covered, and the needle was coming out from under the tape... (130mph ish) and two guys passed me, one either side.... on TZ 500 and a TZ 750..... never will forget that moment..... never ridden either bike but would love to..................ah memories
Because I can......................
Strangely enough if I had to say what the most thrilling ride Ive ever had, it would have to be the Honda Blackbird (CBR 1100XX) - Its a fairly heavy bike, especially for me, so its not a classic sports bike, but the power to weight ratio was incredible, and the bonus for the shorter person like myself the foot pegs are fairly high (yes my feet did not touch the road), but the speed, power and acceleration was incredible. Was amazing for me! In fact was a little scary...
best one i have had was a tricked up kawasaki H2 750 tripple
had flatslide carbs the works
went like hell, but not as much frame flex as an H1
sold it to a mate who moved to ozzy
still trying to get it back
the art of diplomacy is saying nice doggie,
until you find a big rock
The most thrilling bike is the one I own now..THE BLACKBIRD....I Can't stop smiling since I brought it.
I can understand why!!!Originally Posted by jase
Ditto, although I took and Aprilla Rf4(?/ I think thats what it was, correct me if Im wrong) and that was pretty coolOriginally Posted by Motoracer
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
One word springs to mind "Fireblade".Originally Posted by dangerous
Those who insist on perfect safety, don't have the balls to live in the real world.
Originally Posted by Kickaha
yep i agree there! they did wollow! a bit , my mate let me look after his it had slicks on ,,,no rego...wof...so it never went out in the rain!!
what a ride so far!!!!
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