Paul Owen motorcycle reviews (or lack of)

**imdying** · 18th December 2012, 09:55

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

I do. For laughs.

As your should, in your industry!

**nudemetalz** · 18th December 2012, 18:51

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/bike...-on-this-Honda

"First we had the CBR250R single, probably the New Zealand market's most affordable new sportsbike at $7995 as it brought a glimpse of Moto3-class chassis performance to our roads"

I mean seriously...

yup,..a 22hp 250 is pretty close to performance with a 48hp 250 Moto 3 Racer.....

I'd like to line up my old Suzuki NZ250 which produced close to 30hp with one of the new CBR's.....

**Crasherfromwayback** · 18th December 2012, 19:04

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

yup,..a 22hp 250 is pretty close to performance with a 48hp 250 Moto 3 Racer.....

I'd like to line up my old Suzuki NZ250 which produced close to 30hp with one of the new CBR's.....

It's the chassis comparison that really had me wetting myself though.

**merv** · 19th December 2012, 07:19

Being a Honda man myself I thought the CRF250L sounded interesting many months back but then the specs just got to me. I think my current XR250L is a nice bike at a claimed 28hp, but do think it is heavy for a 250 at 128kg so I tend to use it as my soft easy ride trail bike and use my WR250F otherwise. Holy crap though the CRF250L is 144kg - now is it apples and pears with dry weight versus wet weight? - but even the Mrs's DR650 is said to be 147kg. I am sure the new fuel injected Honda is a smooth ride but us small fellahs aren't attracted by heavyweights. So I wasn't really bothered by Paul's writing, I'd been put off already a few months back when the specs did the talking.

**ducatilover** · 19th December 2012, 13:35

I have a red spot on my face from my palm hitting it so much

Is he related to the fuck tard who wrote the dog and lemon guide?

**bikemike** · 19th December 2012, 20:11

He's one of the vocal minority who winge about BMW's excellent paddle indicators. Every opportunity he gets.
He here is in the article posted above.. "and the excellent self-cancelling single- control indicators." which is him in passive-agressive mode.
There is nothing excellent about such cheap fiddly tiny poxy little indicator controls.

Not a single BMW rider with paddle indicators loathes them like these superficial journos. Most everyone I know loves them.
And since BMW seem to be phasing them out, he'll have to find some other piffle to write about the next BMW.

Grrrr.

**Drew** · 20th December 2012, 05:50

Oh yip, it's not enough to point out the morons actual mistakes, now we need to predict what he's gonna do and complain about that.

He's gonna take a piss and some spray will get on the floor. Fuckin cunt! Lets get a good mob together!

**davereid** · 20th December 2012, 05:58

Originally Posted by willytheekid

Yet despite enjoying my time aboard the NC700S when carving up twisty backroads,

No!...No he didn't!

Yet he missed telling us the two most important things about the NC700... that it has ABS everywhere else in the world but you can't even get ABS in NZ, and its $6995 in the US or $12495 in NZ....

IMHO he spends too much time writing advertorial for his sponsor, and not enough time writing about the bike.

**Drew** · 20th December 2012, 06:03

How many of you have made use of the comments section, on Stuff?

Kinda academic to be bitching on here, when you can tell him and his employer he's a retard.

**oneofsix** · 20th December 2012, 06:12

Originally Posted by Drew

How many of you have made use of the comments section, on Stuff?

Kinda academic to be bitching on here, when you can tell him and his employer he's a retard.

Shit no Drew, that would mean risking being proved wrong because he get the chance to defend himself.

**Bender** · 20th December 2012, 06:15

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

It's the chassis comparison that really had me wetting myself though.

You have to put it in context - he said "glimpse."

Here's the context - our real estate agent described a property we sold as having a "sea glimpse." What he meant was, if you stood on the dunny seat, turned your neck through 180 degrees on the side plane and 45 degrees fore-and-aft, then squinted a bit, you could almost see the beach.

**Drew** · 20th December 2012, 06:15

Originally Posted by oneofsix

Shit no Drew, that would mean risking being proved wrong because he get the chance to defend himself.

Do people worry about that? I knew there was more than just the obvious wrong with me!

**oneofsix** · 20th December 2012, 06:24

Originally Posted by Drew

Do people worry about that? I knew there was more than just the obvious wrong with me!

Some people have the guts to stand up and say what they think to the persons face, and accept being wrong. Others keep their mouths shut and say nothing, some of these will speak if they are certain of their facts or quietly correct the originator. Most prefer to get together with a group of "mates" and rubbish the guy that expressed the original opinion, used to be done with Mr W Kerr and co down at the local or at the BBQ but now we have KB

For some reason I just don't trust Fairfax with me sign on details and they are too big.

**Drew** · 20th December 2012, 06:34

Originally Posted by oneofsix

For some reason I just don't trust Fairfax with me sign on details and they are too big.

They're trustworthy as

**imdying** · 20th December 2012, 08:18

Originally Posted by Drew

How many of you have made use of the comments section, on Stuff?

Kinda academic to be bitching on here, when you can tell him and his employer he's a retard.

Yeah, I think most have (seen a few familiar names amongst the list

), but the shite still keeps on coming, so don't even bother with that any more.