Am I the only one?

[Conquiztador]

Race on the track. Enjoy the scenery on the road.

I have never understood the "knee down" road brigade anyhow?
Why lie on a tank at 100k/h?

Cruizer is the way. You have grown up. Welcome to adulthood.

[boomer]

Race on the track. Enjoy the scenery on the road.

I have never understood the "knee down" road brigade anyhow?
Why lie on a tank at 100k/h * 3?

Cruizer is the way. You are officially a homo. Welcome to Gay Cruizers are us!

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[McJim]

I may occasionally present as a little fickle ...

You are a little fickle bro'. I've met much bigger fickles than you.

Sanx - there seems 2 ways to go really - more cubes or a different kind of bike (Motard or Naked) - DMNTD seems pretty stoked with his Superduke for example...

[kiwifruit]

So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do. The Blade may end up being sold; keeping a six month old superbike just to commute on seems a bit daft.

have you got a superbike as well as the cbr?

6 months is a normal amount of time to get "bored" with a bike, i dare say you are not a homo (you are gay tho, honda etc)

[Conquiztador]

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1. You should not change someones text and then pretend to quote. That can get you in serious trouble.

2. A homo: "A person attracted to someone of the same sex" Not sure how this could have any bearing on what bike one rides?

3. Personal attacks on KB are not condoned. You are living dangerously...

4. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have mine, you have yours. I am comfortable with mine and do not need others to agree. It comes with growing up.

I can understand the reason for this thread. I realised this many years ago. So I moved my racing on to the track and enjoyed the rides on the road. I never found enjoyment in sitting on 100K/h in third gear to keep the rews up. Might as well lean back and have her on 2000r/m and see whats around.

You will get there. One day this thread will spring to mind and you will say to your self: "Yep, those old buggers were right..."

[Macktheknife]

Who wants to scrape their pegs changing lanes on the motorway??

What was that you were saying about being silly??

Get a different bike, or go to a smaller sports bike. Mates of mine have gone for smaller engines and found they get more fun from a smaller bike than litre plus ones.
When you get right down to it, the fun is not really in the speed, it's in the challenge of doing it well. You can get that on smaller bikes or different riding experience like adventure bikes a lot easier.

[rainman]

No cruisers are just silly. Who wants to scrape their pegs changing lanes on the motorway??

Ha. Never ridden one, have ya? I had to get a good lean on the other day to scrape my pegs, that was around one of them funny cambered turny-circle things too.

Anyway, I'll shuttup now lest I go too far off topic.

[Morcs]

So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do. The Blade may end up being sold; keeping a six month old superbike just to commute on seems a bit daft. Maybe I'll give racing a go. Maybe just buy a run-around hack or something that might give me a bit of excitement back. A motard maybe...

But am I the only one finding that sports bikes on the road simply aren't fun any more? Or am I just a homo?

Theres a good reason why I ride a 400 and nothing bigger

I never loose the grin factor

[Big Dave]

You should have done the Coro GP; You'd have enjoyed the tight stuff where you're not going too much over the speed limit yet the front still slides and slips.

homo.

That's because litre bikes are not as good in the tight slow stuff. poof.

[McDuck]

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Get a 125 two stroke, aprelia etc. Remember it is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than to ride a fast bike slow....

[Big Dave]

I came to the same conclusion several years ago.

Not interested in the track, so I sold mine sprots bike and go Adventure riding for leisure now.

We live in undoubtedly the best place on the planet to do it.

[Bonez]

I came to the same conclusion several years ago.

Not interested in the track, so I sold mine sprots bike and go Adventure riding for leisure now.

We live in undoubtedly the best place on the planet to do it.

You're spot on there Dave. The varity of riding conditions in such a small area is great.

[Swoop]

Well, you know. I had some good GSXR moments this afternoon. Every time I ride less than 150km I can't imagine giving up the gixxer, and every time I ride more than 300km I curse it and spit on it.

The answer is VFR. Best of both worlds. Ask Quick Chick.

No cruisers are just silly. Who wants to scrape their pegs changing lanes on the motorway??

Or have to avoid little lambs...

1. You should not change someones text and then pretend to quote. That can get you in serious trouble.

He is saying 100 x3...

[Conquiztador]

He is saying 100 x3...

And also: "Cruizer is the way. You are officially a homo. Welcome to Gay Cruizers are us!" Not exactly what I said...

[Ocean1]

I could probably go a little faster if I'd wanted ... it might have made the run a little more enjoyable, but with the bike bouncing over the corrugations in the road, I'd have run the risk of a pretty serious off.

Almost every time I go on the track, I have a great day. I don't have to worry about uneven surfaces (Jennian at Puke being the one exception), traffic, cops, gravel, diesel, pot-holes or any of the other variables you find on the roads. But riding a litre bike round the roads now seems just pointless. Quite frankly, I just don't enjoy it any more.

So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do. The Blade may end up being sold; keeping a six month old superbike just to commute on seems a bit daft. Maybe I'll give racing a go. Maybe just buy a run-around hack or something that might give me a bit of excitement back. A motard maybe...

But am I the only one finding that sports bikes on the road simply aren't fun any more? Or am I just a homo?

Like a lot of guys I’m a bit of an adrenaline junkie and that means a tendency to always push the performance envelope. I guess I always knew I'd be in trouble with road bikes, (just too much risk in the buzz/consequence equation) so I stuck to dirt bikes. On the road once you’re past the point where you’re getting a hit from a new bike’s higher HP or better handling and start to push the bike’s capabilities the risk becomes seriously unattractive. That’s why I waited until my pending dotage to buy a big road bike, and even then it’s one more suited to low/medium speed shenanigans.

Fwiw I can recommend it, (or a big motard), I’ve had a few minor scares and it’ll quite likely spit me off at some stage but It won’t be at seriously unreasonable velocities. Or, as already suggested, you could accept that there are other ways to enjoy skinning a cat and get an adv bike or cruiser. How about both, a 400ish commuter/weekend tourer and something like a DRZ for the odd slightly safer adrenaline fix.

Hint: \/ \/ \/ \/ \/