Sports bike's purpose in life?

[carver]

Hi there,

A quick question for y'all, who here owns a sports bike as a daily commuter and alternatively who here owns it as a weekend warrior or track tool? Also if you could state the pro's and con's of your answer it would be great.

Finally, by sports bike I mean that in the vein of Ducati XXXX, GSX-R XXXX, CBRXXXXRR, ZX-XXXXR or the YZF-RXXXX's (XXXX denoting number).

Cheers,

Lance

it all depends

i found my CBR quite hard to use hard on the road, it felt kinda...wrong.
i know someone who rides a K7 GSXR 1000, when riding with me he envies my bike through the twisties because its so easy to ride, and slightly faster, and he aint no n00b.
pro's are when the road resembles a racetrack its easy to ride em hard, but on the MX track we call nz B-roads i find my naked is best

[jrandom]

pro's are when the road resembles a racetrack its easy to ride em hard, but on the MX track we call nz B-roads i find my naked is best

I'm somewhat shocked to find myself agreeing wholeheartedly with you on something...

[beyond]

I to am mortally offended.

My GSX1400 commutes just fine when required and filters like any other really good sports bike.
It also goes really well in the twisties and does everything you could ever ask of it PLUS gives a comfy all day ride to a pillion as well, so there.

[jrandom]

My GSX1400...

I think a GSX1400 will be my next test ride, you know.

[beyond]

I think a GSX1400 will be my next test ride, you know.

You'll love it but the stock suspension settings are crap. Once tweaked on the standard shocks... oh the difference.

[Grub]

I have the perfect compromise. The 00&01 CBR600's were the last of the comfortable CBR's as the next model was the RR with clipons and all that silly stuff

So my bike is a little more upright than those, has a comfortable riding position, is a great tourer and for me, the perfect bike. I love the sports features as I love swooping in low through corners. Touching a boot or a peg and feeling the lean is not something I could get from a sports/tourer I don't think.

[discotex]

Your tinted visor isn't dark enough. It'd be more betterer if it was mirror-plated as well, or you wore dark glasses under the neath.

If you want to be hard you sew your eyelids shut and ride using only your spidey 6th sense. The iridium visor is just for show. I heard something about sprotsbike riders countersteering with their mind too.

[Blue Velvet]

or..

harden the fuck up!

[Blue Velvet]

OMG YOU ARE TINY!!!... That's not a big bike.

No, it's not a big bike, which is great. I find I don't even have to think about things like gripping with ma knees, as I just kinda slot into the bike, whereas on the SV I have to remind myself.

So the GSX-R is very good for smaller people I guess, judging from what jrandom says about being uncomfy on it. But then he could just harden the eff up, as cowpoos suggests

[Pwalo]

Not too sure if the SV counts as a sports bike, but I like it because I'm small and I fit the riding position, I can touch the ground, and it's pretty light.

I love the big 'retros' like the GSX14 and FJR13, but they're just too big and heavy for me.

[vifferman]

Yup, dear Blue Velvet is about 45kg soaking wet, and eats full cooked breakfasts like they are going out of fashion.

We normal sized women REALLY HATE THAT!!!!!

Why? :spudwhat:



Oh! That's right!

All women think they're fat.

[Blue Velvet]

Not too sure if the SV counts as a sports bike, but I like it because I'm small and I fit the riding position, I can touch the ground, and it's pretty light.

I love the big 'retros' like the GSX14 and FJR13, but they're just too big and heavy for me.

I think it counts. They get raced...

(and it is a 650S)

[Dooly]

I have a company vehicle so drive to work each day, but in saying that have ridden 3 days this week as the days are awesome at the moment.
My bikes are for recreation and weekend riding plus occasional afterwork blasts.
I've been finding my Ducati hard on the body, crouch style, in longer rides so have brought another Speed Triple which will do for longer rides and cruisy fun, and will save the Duc for short more thrash stuff hopefully.
So have the best of both worlds I reckon.

But I dont have an inner city commute like some, as I live 25km from town. I could'nt imagine commuting inner city on my Duc.
Hell, just thinking about driving in Auckland gives me the shits!

[SVboy]

I use my gsxr to strip money from my bank account.It has proved a very effective tool in this respect. Only used recreationally, does lots more kms than the car, and the only destination is from my place to my place............love it!

[Mikkel]

Considering that there are four Xs in the OP it might be considered out of place to mention the ZXR250...

But yeah, I commute on it whenever the weather is sorta decent (e.g. it's not pouring down) and I also take it out on longer trips on the weekends.
Living on the hill in Chch I've started getting into a habit of commuting along the summit road - so much more fun than having to suffer the dreary commute through heavyish traffic on the flat.

As for the purpose of sportsbikes - you buy one, you decide. Some do stunting, some goes fast on them, some turns fast on them, some bins them... I'm just having fun!

Hi, this site is all about sportbikes, REAL SPORTBIKES. This site is awesome. My name is jrandom and I can't stop thinking about sportbikes. These bikes are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.

Facts:

1. Sportbikes are not mammals.

2. Sportbikes wheelie ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the sportbike is to flip out and kill people.

You've dealt out too much reputation in the last 24 hours...