only time I go on the motorway (faired or otherwise) is if I need to make serious distance on a eurotrip. Most of my mileage is probably B roads as there are some fantastic ones around here
Interesting bikes from the 90s (that are cheap to run and fun)
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only time I go on the motorway (faired or otherwise) is if I need to make serious distance on a eurotrip. Most of my mileage is probably B roads as there are some fantastic ones around here
I once used my Dad's unfaired hornet 900 for a week while my bike was in the garage, to do a 140 mile round trip on the motorway each day. It wasn't fun. I ended up riding at 60mph for long stretches sometimes just to keep the wind blast down. I bet if you stuck with it you'd build up muscles in your neck and it wouldn't be so bad though.
On my 2nd Speed Triple of late recently and do lots of miles on them. Last was 450 miles last week.
Much fun.....ok i'm fibbing a bit there but its not that bad. Windblast is fine under a ton.
Nice chunky neck though though!
Much fun.....ok i'm fibbing a bit there but its not that bad. Windblast is fine under a ton.
Nice chunky neck though though!
Ive recently switched from an R6 to an unfaired Buell and the difference is huge, the wind blast at 80+ is worse than the R6 at 120+.
pre 90's tho lol
Had many of fun times on these!
I had one of these 28 years ago 70cc version cost me £15
and 50p a week to fill up.To the OP i also recommend a TL1000s much fun to be had i miss mine a little
also known as the Freddy Krueger.
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But the TL1000s will be so much more fun i have a zzr1200 i love it but the widowmaker adds spice to life.
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the CBR600 from 95 on
Agreed. I fancied a change as all my previous bikes had been big twins and I wanted an I4.But the TL1000s will be so much more fun i have a zzr1200 i love it but the widowmaker adds spice to life.
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Edited for betterness! The Alu framed ones are so much better than the steel ones and v cheap.
TDR250, though they explode if you don't treat them to nice 2T oil, but open one up in first and you can't help but laugh as the front wheel lifts skywards.
Motorcrosser looks with TZR250 engine, the very engine that dethrowned the RD350YPVS. They accelerate like a bat out of hell till about 90mph and top out just over 110.
My old one... only trouble is I don't think you'll find one in good nick and it's prolly not big enough a bike to ride everyday trouble free
I am gonna buy another one of these when I find a minter, or buy a dog and fettle with it for hours in garage
Motorcrosser looks with TZR250 engine, the very engine that dethrowned the RD350YPVS. They accelerate like a bat out of hell till about 90mph and top out just over 110.
My old one... only trouble is I don't think you'll find one in good nick and it's prolly not big enough a bike to ride everyday trouble free
I am gonna buy another one of these when I find a minter, or buy a dog and fettle with it for hours in garage
I have an RF600R which has been a fabulous bike over the past 3 years
I have an RF600R too!
Great bike, mines a 97 and the only problem ive had was the alternator coupling bush, the rubber corroded so the alternator didnt work
Great bikes though and are quite cheap if you can find a good one.
I have an RF600R too!
Great bike, mines a 97 and the only problem ive had was the alternator coupling bush, the rubber corroded so the alternator didnt work
Great bikes though and are quite cheap if you can find a good one.
or RF900 which I believe was as fast as a Blade of similar age (on the straight bits at least)
The RF900 still cuts it today, surprising how far ahead of their time they were, looks speed handling, for a bike that was designed over 15 years ago thats not bad!
The RF600 is my first bike and its plenty enough to scare the crap out of me, i know plenty of people with RF900's so im gonna have to blag a ride one day.
The RF600 is my first bike and its plenty enough to scare the crap out of me, i know plenty of people with RF900's so im gonna have to blag a ride one day.
You have even more fun if you take the white duck flaps off them c70/c90 and sit on them while getting towed around a field by another motorbikepre 90's tho lol
Had many of fun times on these!
(Me and my mates use to spent hours doing this when we were young)
Nice piece of owners rose tinteds, I owned 4 YPVS's and have ridden a TDR, there was no competition. In fact the TZR's main competitor at the time the Suzuki RGV was often fitted with a RD350YPVS engine to combine the best chassis with the best engine, this was the YamaGamma.
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interesting bikes from the 90s - easy!
16" front wheeled blade for lairyness and neck a neck with a 98 R1 which was so raw and in your face compared to faster and more sedate bikes.
I raced an 01 gixer with a tuned 170 rwbhp which would lift the wheel on the power in 4th gear but i'd happily say that was as lairy as my experience of a 98 blade with a tuned 150 rwbhp!
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How about a Suzuki GSX-R600/750 SRAD, bags of fun.
EDIT: That R1 still looks so fresh.
EDIT: That R1 still looks so fresh.