Do nakeds slow you down?

[Back Fire]

ol Dave has touched on the key really, imo. At any given speed, the naked bike will feel faster than a sportsbike. Wind resistance also uses up more energy. Did a longer ride on the hornet, and at the end of the day, found myself much more tired.

Sportsbikes are wickedly fast, spesh the thous. It doesn't take much more than a couple of secs with a bit of throttle to go into license losing territory. The hornet is annoying even at 120, from the wind resistance, fighting the buffeting winds etc, say, going down the motorway. Sportsbike is much more stable.

Top speed, sportsbikes are just getting into their stride at 200, the hornet was doing a fair old dance all over the road, with a light front end, etc. Definitely felt faster than a sportsbike doing 200-220. Cornering... depends how the naked is set up, they can be fun. The hornet I ride has wider motox style bars, which make it real easy to flick through tight corners.

License aside... I would choose a sportbike, as I just love riding them

aaaah yes... but on your sportbike... I destinctly remember you struggling to keep up with me when I was on my 'slow cause its naked' DR super-retard... and being a motard doesn't count! it's affectively longer, shittier suspension, and much much much less powerful than a naked sport bike... and both have the sameish seating possy

[Pixie]

IMHO no. Taking out your ear plugs or wearing an open faced lid is far more effective.

Riding in pyjamas is good too

[Shadows]

Riding in pyjamas is good too

The problem is that you can't wear paisley in public any more unless you are queer.

[Pwalo]

The problem is that you can't wear paisley in public any more unless you are queer.

What's paisley?

[Babelfish]

Riding in pyjamas is good too

or tying a brick to yer balls and draggin it behind

[DMNTD:Me]

Fuck your scaring me, where not related I couldn't have said it better. Slow you down my arse, as said before you are more aware. I thought "hey why not a naked, it'll slow me down !" Tui add !

LOL...yep I test rode a KTM Super Duke and I believe they have two speeds, ye ha and parked Was going to say they're too much fun but that's just being stupid

Similar thing applies re the vtwin and inline4 buzz. I actually ride faster on a twin. I'm just very fortunate that I have a Lady that shares my "illness" so we have one of each to satisfy

[Maha]

Similar thing applies re the vtwin and inline4 buzz. I actually ride faster on a twin. I'm just very fortunate that I have a Lady that shares my "illness" so we have one of each to satisfy

Twist ya nipple an try a Triple ya big softie......

[Shadows]

What's paisley?

This stuff...

[DMNTD:Me]

Twist ya nipple an try a Triple ya big softie......

Well I suppose ya could say I've done a triple nipple then as I test rode a Speed Triple a few months ago. Shyte loads of fun mate! Dang!

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Question(s): Is riding a naked...

Yes I get very cold... naked female also slow me down as I have to turn round and have another perve

[beyond]

If you like speed and like riding fast, then a naked is not going to slow you down at all.

Once you have built up the neck muscles to cope with the extra buffeting, it won't make any difference at all, except my 1400 will do 260kmh flat out with everthing tucked in including head between the dials and I've heard on a dyno they will do 290kmh without the wind resistance.

So, yes. The design of the bike is the limiting factor to the top speed but any speed up to that is achievable and for prolonged periods too.

My rapid sojourn to Napier last week, was accomplished at speeds seldom below 200kmh. I was angry and upset as previous posts point out but enjoyed the ride immensely with no ill after effects. Much of the plains were taken at 250kmh.

And yes, all done on private roads and race tracks but personal lap records were well and truly beaten

[Big Dave]

If you like speed and like riding fast, then a naked is not going to slow you down at all.

You've answered a different question:
'Can you ride nakeds as fast as a faired bike?'.

But generally on a bike without bodywork and fairings it feels like you are going faster than you do at the same speed behind the plastic.

Subsequently You don't need to go as fast for the same jolly/sensation/buzz - whatever you call it.

Thus it generally slows you down.

[idleidolidyll]

"my 1400 will do 260kmh flat out with everthing tucked in including head between the dials and I've heard on a dyno they will do 290kmh without the wind resistance."

i find this incredibly hard to believe, i suspect the speedo is extremely optimistic
dyno speeds are obviously a waste of time, the lack of wind resistance adds up to many tens of kph's

my old XJR1300SP was liberated and made 129HP with nearly 90lb torque. It has about the same frontal aspect as your zooky but no way in hell it would do 260 even tucked in. Tops maybe 230/240 but frankly, after 200 it was just plain silly

an oldy but still a truism: to go twice as fast, you need 4x the horsepower on the same bike.

No mate, i'm not calling you a liar, I'm calling the suzuki speedo a liar..........

[idleidolidyll]

just looked at the spec of the 06 naked 1400

105BHP/91lb torque

20HP less than my old XJR (dynoed before and after) , much the same torque

much the same profile

yamaha's speedo? looks like it was more honest mate

[MikeL]

I think it's only the perception and sensation of speed that differs from a naked to a faired bike at legal and middling sorts of speeds. I imagine being forced to keep to 100-110 on a GSX-R or R1 would be not only tedious but very difficult to maintain - at 140 the sensation is probably not much more than at 100.
But at higher speeds (from about 160 on) its the aerodynamics that start to predominate and set the naked bike apart. However the effects won't be the same for all naked bikes. When I tried to see how fast my 400 would go the wind rush forced me down so low that my nose was on the dial and I couldn't actually see where the needle was. Also the buffeting was severe enough to deter me from maintaining the speed for more than a few seconds. On the other hand the XJR has a Spitfire screen which does an effective job of smoothing out the airflow at higher speeds and were I reckless enough to contemplate such a thing I think 200 would be fairly effortlessly maintained.
I've only ever owned naked bikes and in the present circumstances that is unlikely to change.