FXR150 unsafe?

[dhunt]

I tested my mates FXR when he was thinking about getting it. I didn't notice anything about it that made it particullary more dangerous than any other bike. Braking wise it seemed pretty good to me. Wheels felt alright too.

Biggest problem for me was it was a bit gutless but hey it's not bad for a 150. Especially with a passenger.

David

[DEATH_INC.]

Which again has little to do with how far the tyre is lent over (other than ruining the confidence of the rider)....a chicken strip represent only how far you tyre is from perpendicular to the road....

Whats a chicken strip????

[fpsware]

Ho hum.

The FXR is a 20bhp 150cc single-cylinder four-stroke that's pretty well built and comes cheaper here brand new than most 250cc bikes do second-hand with 30,000km on the clock. I've ridden most of the 250s around, and the FXR doesn't compare that unfavourably. Of course 20bhp is slower than 30 or 40. What do people expect? Buy a 40hp bike if you want a 40hp bike. Buy an RS or an RGV if you want a 65hp 250, but don't expect it to work flawlessly in the cold every morning when you need to get to work... particularly if it's a second-hand RGV...

I'm happy enough, and when I pick up that SV1000 in a year or two's time I shall look back fondly on the FXR with no regrets. There is definitely a place in the world for small, reliable, cheap motorcycles. May they never go out of fashion.

I had my FXR for nearly 2 years. I toured the South Island in 2 weeks doing over 3500Kms on it. I regularly rode from Hamilton to Tauranga to Auckland on it most weekends. Its given me a lot of great memories. For a learner bike I think its a fantastic start. True it is a little gutless, and I found it very dangerous to ride in stong winds. But thats all I can fault it with. My FXR rocked.

[Marmoot]

Whats a chicken strip????

Strips of chicken fillet battered in Colonel's SECRET spice. Don't you know?


A side note: the fixxer might be related to high risk due to the fact that it is commonly used by learners and they have high risk to be involved in an accident (d'oh....statistics....).

HEY If anybody with fxr got NOS, I'd pay $50 a pop to try it out!!!

[Two Smoker]

It is actually more to do with the shape of the tyre. Big flat 190 and 180 tyres are easier to get to the edge of as that have a flat gentle curve and a big footbprint at the edge of the tyre. The smaller the tyre gets, general the more pointier the tyre - meaning you have to lean the bike further and further to get to the edge of the tyre.

Suspension apparently means very little to your chicken strips as all tyres and wheels are unsprung weight. Trye pressure, condition, compound, how parabolic the tyres are, width and the riders confidence have more impact on chicken strips than anything

Yep i know that my question about his chicken strips was in direct relation to his riding capabilities, not the handling. When i was talking about the suspension set up, it was in relation to the so called "dodgy handling" of the FXR.... Man im constantly looking like a screw up for not explaining my posts fully ......

[Motoracer]

I have said my bit (in there). Couldn't be bothered with reading more than a few posts of that crap.

[Coldkiwi]

I have said my bit (in there). Couldn't be bothered with reading more than a few posts of that crap.

good on ya.. i read about 20 posts of whiney feckin prima donnas and closed the window!!!
I couldn't take no more pain!!!

Three Cheers for Kiwibiker!!! (we don't know how lucky we are)

[Two Smoker]

good on ya.. i read about 20 posts of whiney feckin prima donnas and closed the window!!!
I couldn't take no more pain!!!

Three Cheers for Kiwibiker!!! (we don't know how lucky we are)

Three cheers alright, shows how great this site is

[curious george]

Awww, jezz, you sensible people came along and stopped a perfectly childish argument from attention seeking tossers. http://www.fxr150.ws.net.nz/view.php?topicID=80

Heehee. Go the Kiwi Biker!!!

[Antallica]

I've been chatting to the owner of the site and he's sick of the FXR bashing as well. I might end up helping him make his site look better.

[Big Dog]

Never Ridden one but that won't stop me putting my 2c in.


I see them being ridden by wanna be stunters in heavy traffic, they appear to be having fun (the main objective?).

They seem to handle really well given the design parameters and although I shudder at the thought of being seen on one (I make my bike look small) for the target demographic they look to be ideal and anyone who would criticise based on displacement or girth has some serious issues and needs their head read as they clearly base all thinking in the lower head.

Diversity is cool.

by the way which would you be prouder to own,
A 15 second fxr150 or a 1300 Hayabusa doing 9s?

[Two Smoker]

I would be proud of whatever bike i owned because it would be MY bike and i would be having fun on it hehehe (although the CT110 scares me )

[bane]

Standard tyres pretty scary in the wet and bit dodgy in side winds.
Otherwise a great starter bike.
- keeps up with cars (generally)
- cruises okay at 100kph
- so light and flickable
- 25 km/L (~80mpg) easy
- so cheap to maintain

unsafe? imo, only a rider can make a bike unsafe

[Antallica]

by the way which would you be prouder to own,
A 15 second fxr150 or a 1300 Hayabusa doing 9s?

Nope, I wouldn't have the 1300... for one thing I probably can't lift it up

[speedpro]

I've got a little supercharger. Done properly it would scare a few 400s I reckon, not to mention the pilot of the 150.

Didn't Dennis Charlett race a FXR150 and get respectable sorts of results recently??