Is 1000cc too much for NZ roads?

[PirateJafa]

OK, now put a pillion behind ya, then add 2 sleeping bags, a tent, a bed roll, wet weather gear, first-aid kit, fire extinguisher, tools, chain lube, and clothes for three days for two people, plus what every I pick-up on the way. Then find a good hill and we'll see if ya still think ya bike can cut it against a litre plus bike with the same load

By your logic, you really should be driving a car mate.

Or a Goldwing, same thing.

[lostinflyz]

Hills don't exist when on a big bike

kinda like speed limits.

[gatch]

power/displacement etc is irrelevant in the face of rider intentions and skill.

[xwhatsit]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. People buy different bikes for the same reason some people buy Minis and others buy Landcruisers. Buy the bike that does what you want to do.

For the type of riding I do anything more than 500cc would be overkill and frankly boring. However I do plan to get hold of a BMW airhead as well when I can afford it so I can do the whole two-up, mountains of luggage, non-stop from here to Wellington thing as well.

Went to Cape Reinga and back in one night with a Hornet 900 and a KTM 990. Sure I held them up but I don't think I was any more tired or uncomfortable than the others. If I wanted to do it two up and take luggage for a few days then a FJR1300 would be a far better option. But then on the other hand I'd be having a lot less fun in the twisties and would have to be quite a bit more cautious when heading offroad through the gravel tracks.

So it's all a tradeoff. No bike does one thing, that's why rich bastards buy two or three. My 250ARSE is good for greenlaning and feeling like Ago through 25kph twisties; SV1000s are good for eating up miles and overtaking cars in a blink.

But that's not what the OP was asking. I think really what he was getting at is that a smaller bike like a VFR400 (or 250 smoker) is a lot quicker than a thou through many of the New Zealand `sport roads' that we seek out. But we all knew that anyway.

[Big Dave]

Or a Goldwing, same thing.

Nah it isn't.

[RiderInBlack]

By your logic, you really should be driving a car mate.

Or a Goldwing, same thing.

Only if I wanted ta tow a boat The point is that ya have different bikes for different needs. If I applied your un-logical logic, we would be trying ta use one bike for all purposes. How well does ya bike go in the dirt? If you pass a dirt bike on the road, do ya think that there is no purpose for them in NZ? There is a purpose for Litre+ bikes in NZ (too bad ya too dense ta work that out).

[PirateJafa]

Only if I wanted ta tow a boat The point is that ya have different bikes for different needs. If I applied your un-logical logic, we would be trying ta use one bike for all purposes. How well does ya bike go in the dirt? If you pass a dirt bike on the road, do ya think that there is no purpose for them in NZ? There is a purpose for Litre+ bikes in NZ (too bad ya too dense ta work that out).

I think you've missed our point, and are now arguing a similar argument. 'Course, you're too sensitive and ready to take offence to note that.

A chap posted up earlier slagging all bikes under 500cc. So naturally the owners of some <500cc felt the need to defend against his baseless bullshit.

Horses for courses.

[98tls]

See post 27 re Goldwings.

[RiderInBlack]

A chap posted up earlier slagging all bikes under 500cc. So naturally the owners of some <500cc felt the need to defend against his baseless bullshit.

So you do this by using more baseless bullshit about bikes over 1000cc? Then ya want ta whine when those who have over ridden 1000cc bikes, defend their choices. Therefore ya posts are just trolling, making ya as much a loser as the Troller that slagged all bikes under 500cc.
The trouble trolling is ya often get more then ya were fishing for. Sometime ya end up with something on the line ya never wished ya caught.

[PirateJafa]

So you do this by using more baseless bullshit about bikes over 1000cc? Then ya want ta whine when those who have over ridden 1000cc bikes, defend their choices. Therefore ya posts are just trolling, making ya as much a loser as the Troller that slagged all bikes under 500cc.
The trouble trolling is ya often get more then ya were fishing for. Sometime ya end up with something on the line ya never wished ya caught.

Sorry what? At no point have I said that.

Your fevered imagination has evidently got the better of you.

'Course, you're too sensitive and ready to take offence to note that.