Author Topic: Nutcase driving a motorbike (Read 2281 times)

-ammo- · « **Reply #60 on:** May 28, 2003, 10:40:54 PM »

Too bad its air cooled, carbuerated, and really heavy:)

Maverick · « **Reply #61 on:** May 28, 2003, 11:27:47 PM »

I rode for the city for 12.5 years, until a college puke on daddy's money hung a left right in front of me. Two rebuilds later on the right wrist and I can do most anything I wanted to except go back to work on the street. It cost me my career and daily constant pain in the wrist. It was the pukes 3rd collision in 2 weeks. The Officers that came to do the investigation recognised him. He still had a license as his points hadn't hit until after my colision. His mustang was totaled when I T-boned it. The kaw was back on the street a month later.

I still have a bike. I now own a BMW K75RT. It is great for the highway but I like the turning ability and brakes of my old Police KZ1000P. The kaw was MUCH heavier , over 800lbs without me vs. 500 and a few on the beemer. The BMW would eat its lunch on anything but slow tight maneuvering. The kaw was comfy as I was in the saddle for over 8 hours a day but the BMW gets you down the highway in better shape as it was smoother. Now to tell you the truth I still like the old kaw and miss the fun I had grinding the turns on it. I used to have a spark trail over 10feet long turning into the station at the end of the day. I kinda went through the foot pad wear bars fast.

I do LOVE the foot pads much better than pegs. You have a lot more flexibility in riding positions and sitting straight up with relaxed arms is much less tiring than hunched over and holding yourself up on the bars. The chain on the kaw was dirty though. I hated having to clean all the lube it slung all over the bike.

Swoop · « **Reply #62 on:** May 29, 2003, 12:45:45 AM »

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Originally posted by gatso
Swoop,

What happened post R6+bastard thief incident? Whatcha end up getting?

Nuthin yet. I'm still waiting for Norwich Union.

Seriously thinkin bout last years ZX-6R though, the cool looking one, not the bug eyed bogey.

GrimCO · « **Reply #63 on:** May 29, 2003, 07:06:09 AM »

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Originally posted by Swoop
And they're British

I still don't hold that against my bike Swoop... LOL

Skuzzy · « **Reply #64 on:** May 29, 2003, 07:34:16 AM »

Uhmmm,..I am going to have to go through the shops and check the rides out.

The chest high gas tanks bother me a bit. I would like to stay in the 600 pound (dry) weight range.

I guess I know what I will be doing this weekend.

Swoop · « **Reply #65 on:** May 29, 2003, 07:44:51 AM »

600lbs dry?

Good grief man, I never rode a bike that weighed over 450. My R6 was 360lbs.

I think you'd be best off with the retro style Triumphs. Low tank, great styling and unless you buy every custom chrome bit you can find the heaviest bike they make only weighs in at 502lbs.

lazs2 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 29, 2003, 09:37:59 AM »

Rode for 25 years or so. Had maybe a dozen bad wrecks some were plain stupidity and DUI kinda wrecks and about half were unavoidable. By unavoidable I mean that no amount of skill and no bike made would have gotten me out of the situation.

When i rode that suzuki the other day I maybe was going 110 mph about 3 minutes after asking the guy "which button starts it" and "1 down 5 up?"...

As hoolign said... "the reason you were scared was cause you know that with your credit (no money good credit) you could take off work early and be riding your own by this afternoon"

He was right.. I think that I have learned that the difference between the Harley guys and the sport bike guys is.... the sport bikes are.... well... ugly.. they are ugly and sound awful.. some are allmost embarassing... they are uncomfortable and you can't really get comfortable on em... THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE FUN ON EM IS TO ALLMOST KILL YOURSELF EVERY TIME YOU FIRE IT UP.

Harleys... they look great and sound even better... I would have to build it so I would have some respect for it. You wanna go slow because everyone deserves a decent look at you and they need to get the full effect of the pipes. You like just looking at the thing. going through the starting ritual is fun. We are talking old kicker style bikes here.

The guys who lent me the suzuki has a pumped up dresser Harley.. CNC heads, cam etc. it will stand straight up in low gear and do a smokey burnout at will... It will easily do 140 and it sounds squeakin.. He has rode it 500 miles at a stretch... It will not even come close to keeping up with the suzuki.

If I build another bike it will be an old pan/shovel or 70 troublehead. I will kick start it and probly never bother to go much past 100 mph.
lazs

lazs2 · « **Reply #67 on:** May 29, 2003, 09:42:22 AM »

One caveat... my son had a bike I liked. it was a 70's era ducatti.. it was not a total "lay down, butt in the air" kinda bike... V twin with a kick starter... Very Italian (in a Ferrari kinda way) body and tube work with heavy castings... nice sound. I liked that bike. Anyone who seen it and didn't appreciate what it was would be numb.
lazs

Staga · « **Reply #68 on:** May 29, 2003, 12:52:50 PM »

I loaned a Moto-Guzzi from my friend once; Nice, good looking bike but the sound was like there were some stones inside the engine.
Electric-starter was bigger than in some of my cars and it had a bad habit to "hang", i.e when you pushed the start button the engine did start but the starter was still spinning with the flywheel.

btw has anyone ever drove a Suzuki GT550? That thing was a real Nightmare

Hooligan · « **Reply #69 on:** May 29, 2003, 04:04:32 PM »

This is shameful to admit...

A friend of mine recently bought a goldwing. First of all it is really, really, really comfy (you all knew that, it's a barca-lounger with an 1800 cc engine). But it is also surprising agile. I was truly amazed. And the engine is no slouch either, the bike accelerates just fine. Much to my surpise I REALLY LIKE goldwings.

My last roadtrip with this guy I rode about 600 miles over 3 days on my YZF-1000. It was fun but I can tell you I was a hurting puppy when it was all over. I was seriously considering buying my friend's old BMW RS until he stupidly let me ride his goldwing. The BMW is a fine bike, much more comfortable than a sportbike with some nice things like hand warmers etc... but the things I would miss from my sportbike (i.e. smoothness, power and agility) are provided better by the goldwing than the BMW.

Hooligan

Skuzzy · « **Reply #70 on:** May 29, 2003, 04:11:10 PM »

The Goldwing is one of the best, if not the best, road bikes built. But the thing weighs a freaking ton!

My brother-in-law had a full dresser (if it could be covered with chrome or lights, or both,..it was),..the thing weighed in at 1300 pounds!

That is just too much bike for most people...heck...I can't imagine trying to lay it down in an emergency.

But it probably is the smoothest and quietest bike ever built.

Swoop · « **Reply #71 on:** May 29, 2003, 04:59:33 PM »

hell yeah, lay it down and you'll need a crane.

There's always the baby goldwing, I think in the US you guys have the PC800? We dont get those in Europe, we do get the ST1100 Pan European though:

GrimCO · « **Reply #72 on:** May 29, 2003, 09:15:01 PM »

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He was right.. I think that I have learned that the difference between the Harley guys and the sport bike guys is.... the sport bikes are.... well... ugly.. they are ugly and sound awful.. some are allmost embarassing...

My Triumph doesn't sound like a sewing machine on steriods... It sounds absolutely beautiful... Low throaty growl... And it's a crotch rocket... One of the things I love about it most

Heater · « **Reply #73 on:** May 30, 2003, 06:45:20 AM »

Skuzzy,

Just get one of each....
the Sport Bike is fun for point A to B and the curser is fun for the long haul

it's just convincing the wife of the fact that you need em both