What's with the sprotsbike riders?

**idb** · 11th September 2006, 08:36

Originally Posted by Big Dave

...I know I've upset people with Honda jokes in the past...

...and Arrowtown......by God, don't make me red rep you!!!!
And I will you know....I bloody will....!

**idb** · 11th September 2006, 08:38

Originally Posted by McJim

'cept native americans.....

Ah yes...dead right....

**FilthyLuka** · 11th September 2006, 08:52

Originally Posted by Ixion

Now, if they made a two stroke crusier -------------

see my avatar. Suzuki 750 two stroke touring bike. Ive been hankering after one since i was a wee little lad (which addmitettly wasnt that long ago, but hey)

or kawasaki h2 but thats more on the, err, nutty side apparently.

Denis

**scumdog** · 11th September 2006, 08:53

Originally Posted by idb

Yes....the thing I regret most about riding a sprotbike is that I can't wear tassels.

Awwww....waddamisaying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone looks stupid in tassels!!!!!

Hey, easy ya culturally insensitive Arrowtownian type, the tassles are a legacy from a history of us Scotsmen being forced to wear rags and tatters by the English invaders, we wear tassles as a modern version of those ragged clothes as an indication of how we were invaded and displaced into poverty by the English..........

Maybe we should have got a treaty instead..

**Ixion** · 11th September 2006, 08:56

Originally Posted by FilthyLuka

see my avatar. Suzuki 750 two stroke touring bike. Ive been hankering after one since i was a wee little lad (which addmitettly wasnt that long ago, but hey)

or kawasaki h2 but thats more on the, err, nutty side apparently.

Denis

Yes. I have one. A very good grand tourer, though not really a cruiser in the "classic" definition

**McJim** · 11th September 2006, 09:05

Originally Posted by scumdog

Maybe we should have got a treaty instead..

Ach awa' an' byel yer heid ya madman. Ra Union o' th' crowns - 'member that? That wiz wen we pit a Scoattish King on the Ing lish throne - naeb'dy realised it at the time - the scots defeated and conquered ra ing lish - if it wisnae furr ra roondheids (Ollie Cromwell an' his cronies) we'd still hae a british royal family insteed o' the sausage munchers fae Munich we've goat now!

Whit? Speak the queens ing-lish I hear you say? Aye I can....look:

Guten tag mein froind, wie heiss du? Ich heiss McJim.

**FilthyLuka** · 11th September 2006, 09:05

Originally Posted by 98tls

if you want to cruise fine..do it....but do it quietly

hee hee... quitely... right. Your gonna have to speak up dude, i cant hear you over the harely down the road.

Cruiser, sports bike, trail bike...

its two wheels.

Virago, people (or atleast i would) ride sports bikes because A) they like the look of the bike B) they enjoy an occasionall #cough# fang on the back roads C) flickability rocks and D) (this ones my personal favourite) because they can.

I aint being mean or nothing. but stop being a motorcycle-ist-racist-person...

i shall qoute the book of denden: He who is on two wheels (and not on a scooter) is my brother... or a mate i can share my beer with.

as for sport bike riders... cruiser are just cool okay! they just rock!
I would love to get a vn1500 or a dyna but seeing as new zealand roads are arse, ill probably end up with a gsxr750 or a blade. Cruiser are popular in america because the roads are all c*nting straight! theres no (practical) use for a sports bike on long trips. However, the poor handling of cruisers (compared to a crotch rocket) makes cruisers impracticall on new zealands arser roads. That being said, if you want to be "practical," get a drz400sm...

Each to his own i guess.

Denis

**kawa** · 11th September 2006, 09:48

I guess you have to ride one to know the difference sportsbikes will always be the way for me. Riding with a straight back on a cruiser and hit a jarring bump, it travels up your back. I have tried them out and for the comfort I find leaning forward is far more comfortable, when you are on a sports bike there is no nasty jarring transferred up your spine. They handle better, go faster, lean angles are greater, more fun to ride. It's not all about knee sliding, I think that is reserved for the race track or you will eventually come unstuck and end up splattered across the road. So Mr. Virago if cruisers are for you thats fine but us sports bike riders love what we have and you can only dream about.

**Big Dave** · 11th September 2006, 09:54

Originally Posted by kawa

sports bike riders love what we have and you can only dream about.

Sore Knees, aching wrists, an even sorer back and no demerit points.
Re Upright and dealing with bumps: you noticed the riding position MX, Enduro or motard bikes employ?

**Zed** · 11th September 2006, 10:01

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Sore Knees, aching wrists, an even sorer back...

...and a smile on your dial that far outweighs a few sore spots!

**Big Dave** · 11th September 2006, 10:01

Originally Posted by idb

...and Arrowtown......by God, don't make me red rep you!!!!
And I will you know....I bloody will....!

You'll be the third person ever

and one of them was only WINJ.

**Big Dave** · 11th September 2006, 10:09

Originally Posted by Zed

...and a smile on your dial that far outweighs a few sore spots!

OK since you won't take offence:

Not mine - I

about wasting 2/3rds of the bikes potential by trying to keep my licence nowdays.

100 horsepower, a naked bike, an open face helmet and feeling fast at 110kph makes me grin on the road now.

Every time I get on something like yours it's a constant battle with the speedometer, temptation and the repercussions that takes some of the gloss off it - for me.

But unlike you I have no interest in track days and thats the mitigator.

**Pixie** · 11th September 2006, 12:03

Idiots
A recent magazine test showed that a conventional bike will beat a sports bike up a windy road and won't end up in the bushes like a cruiser does when it runs out of ground clearance.

**dawnrazor** · 11th September 2006, 12:51

Oh great, another 'sportsbike V cruiser' thread just what we need!

There really needs to be a seperate forum for repetitive nonsense like this and 'waving and nodding' threads and 'ooops I crashed again' threads and which 'insurance company do you use' threads and 'dumbass videos of bikers' thread and........

..........oh no wait if that was the case then there would be nothing to post about...........bitch bitch moan moan blah blah blah......as you where people, your all doing a great job......

.........and all this from a virago rider.......honestly thats nothing to be proud of...get your head down behind the parapit fool!

**idb** · 11th September 2006, 13:10

Originally Posted by dawnrazor

Oh great, another 'sportsbike V cruiser' thread just what we need!

There really needs to be a seperate forum for repetitive nonsense like this and 'waving and nodding' threads and 'ooops I crashed again' threads and which 'insurance company do you use' threads and 'dumbass videos of bikers' thread and........

I agree.
There are much important things to be discussing!!!
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