Owners of nice bikes who can't ride

[yungatart]

If your not a serious golfer do you buy the best golf clubs?

no

If your not a serious hockey player do you buy the best hockey gear?

No

So if your not a fast biker why would you buy a fast bike? I have a FXR150 and thats all I need, I dont want to go faster that 140. Why would you want to use all that fuel on a large moter if your not going to use the power that motor can produce. You can have a nice looking bike that has a smaller motor

A larger motor does not necessarily use more fuel.
On a recent trip to Welly, I topped up my tank at Woodville. It took $6, whereas my son's 250 took $9.00...half the cc's and half as much again in fuel!

[MotoGirl]

If your not a serious golfer do you buy the best golf clubs?
no
If your not a serious hockey player do you buy the best hockey gear?
No
So if your not a fast biker why would you buy a fast bike?

Surprisingly, people do buy the best of everything even though they won't use them to the same degree that a professional would.

The point in this thread is that people are entitled to do whatever they want with the resources they have available to them.

Edit: To add to this, people will go out and buy the best gear they can possibly afford. We may not deem it to be necessary but good gear is part of the package and the owner needs to feel confident that it will protect him/her. Once again, if that person wishes to splash a brand across his/her gear and spend loads doing it, that's his/her prerogative.

[Jantar]

So if your not a fast biker why would you buy a fast bike? I have a FXR150 and thats all I need, I dont want to go faster that 140. Why would you want to use all that fuel on a large moter if your not going to use the power that motor can produce. You can have a nice looking bike that has a smaller motor

Size doesn't always relate to speed. My Vstrom is capable of over 220 kmh (235 claimed), but I seldom ride at more than 120 kmh. So, going by your argument, I only need a 150cc bike. However I often ride for many hours at a time, two up, with a full load of luggage. This is where a larger and more powerful bike is easier and less tiring to manage. Because it isn't being ridden at 100% of its potential, it doesn't use any more fuel than a smaller machine.
As yungatart said about her bike and her son's 250, a larger bike ridden gently can be a lot more economic than a small bike being ridden hard.

So as far as I am concerned, I would rather see someone NOT riding a bike to its full potential, but knowing that there is more there if required.

[Pancakes]

If your not a serious golfer do you buy the best golf clubs?
.............................................etc etc

Dude, I've ridden a few different bikes and it's nice not having to use all the GEARS all the time like on the gutless bike I have now, VTR1000, just roll on a bit of throttle. More relaxed and better for concentration. Also what rev's are you doing at 120?

Do people buy better gear than they need for various sports and activities? For sure! All the time! You do these things for fun and usning nice tools to do a job is part of that. Never sat on a nice bike and not even have it running and have your blood heat up?

..........So as far as I am concerned, I would rather see someone NOT riding a bike to its full potential, but knowing that there is more there if required.

Yep, that bigger margin can be quite useful sometimes eh!

[MotoGirl]

So as far as I am concerned, I would rather see someone NOT riding a bike to its full potential, but knowing that there is more there if required.

This doesn't only relate to power and speed, but handling as well

[NUTBAR]

They're not deemed to be posers; they're legends!

im a legend! im a legend!

[MotoGirl]

What about owners of crap motorbikes who ride rather well?

They're not deemed to be posers; they're legends!

im a legend! im a legend!

You don't own a crappy bike

[NUTBAR]

You don't own a crappy bike

paint is delaminating off the fairing, bay ride put in a warranty claim to yamaha for it, they said no. why? because it has been repainted!.
first i had heard of this. brought the bike as new with 4000, kms on the clock. it had scratches on the mirror witch they replaced, they told me that the guy that brought it first took it to the south island and back again, he wanted the new one 06, with the gear change indercator on it. they said he must have rubbed up against the wall.
i found out to day that his son droped it in the drive way and he had to get it repainted. i feel that the bike was miss represented to me when i brought it!

[hedgier1]

Thus explains why it leans over so much Bravo. Its not your riding skills its the bike frame (Its loose and moves) Hahahaha

[NUTBAR]

Thus explains why it leans over so much Bravo. Its not your riding skills its the bike frame (Its loose and moves) Hahahaha

oh and i thought it was my momentus skills id learnd off dmtd.

[surfchick]

horses for courses
because I'm a bit eccentric I've always just done what i want for my own sweet reasons. most of the time no-one gets my logic and all of the time I don't give a sweet FA. i just beetle on about my business.

with the used ducati vs new jap bike at the 14k mark- I was faced with the angsty play off between more hp and newness (jap) vs less hp but nice spec components (duc) brembos blah blah... the test rides swung it but there's been one wierd unexpected bonus for me with the duc. - the sheer noteriety of them has been awesome as I've been doning some bike-related art projects - and oddly the publicity drummed up around the ducati has really helped get support for the projects by the non-biking public. back to riding tho & i've been soo stoked with the 996 on the track days it's just so predictable and corners so well I could cry with love for it i'm trying to get faster and my big confession is that i seem to have a slight mental block at the 240kph mark where I'm just not convinced that the bike will be able to stop into the hair pin - those breaking markers whisk by and despite trying to incarnate keystones "just keep accellerating to see what it'll do" my mental block sees me holding the bike steady from half way along the back st. and that's about where i would be getting passed by morcs on his 400cc having his pricesless moment

however i'm hopefull as time goes by my mental-block will shrink a wee bit. enough for morcs to be a bit less priceless

[MotoGirl]

horses for courses
because I'm a bit eccentric I've always just done what i want for my own sweet reasons. most of the time no-one gets my logic and all of the time I don't give a sweet FA. i just beetle on about my business.

It's the only way to live really. If you don't you'll wind up being old and sour.
Says me who calls a spade a spade anyway!

[Bonez]

It's the only way to live really. If you don't you'll wind up being old and sour.
Says me who calls a spade anyway!

Some of us call it a shovel, but keep digging

[sugilite:Me]

People are entitled to ride what they like, what ever puts a smile on the dial
I've raced the latest super bikes, however I ride a old 89 ZXR750 on the road and never get off it wishing I had something new n flash. I've seen people riding old bikes sneering self righteously at new bike riders and I've seen new bike riders look down their noses at me on my old bike. They are missing the point me thinks. Bikes are wonderful devices to set your spirit free, why "cage" it up in a ego.

[MotoGirl]

They are missing the point me thinks. Bikes are wonderful devices to set your spirit free, why "cage" it up in a ego.

Hallelujah to that

For this exact reason (that is, a common love of motorcycling), I don't have a problem riding in groups with bikes that aren't Italian. Yeah, so I do get riders on Ducatis, etc waving at me but I'm out there at anyone and everyone.

Some of my best rides have been with a variety of people including those on cruisers and 250s. You learn through club riding that everyone's part of the group, irrespective of bike, and there's some bloody interesting people out there. You're going to miss out on them if you only talk to the people who own the same bike as you do.

Riding isn't only about the physical act of riding; it's also about sharing my love of it with others.