I want that SV 650 ^^
or this one
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...UZUKI&model=&min_pr=&max_pr=2000&max_mileage=
or this one
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...UZUKI&model=&min_pr=&max_pr=2000&max_mileage=
My First Experience on a Bike...
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Soldato
...and then you make a teeny mistake and BAM, you're dead or crippled.
I loved bikes, but I've had no urge to replace the ZX6-R I sold a few years ago. In a car you can usually get away with the odd mistake with only dented pride and a repair bill. On a bike you need to be 100% focused to avoid casualty. I had a few very close shaves (including bouncing down the road in my leathers) and decided to stop riding my luck and stick to 4 wheels. I found the temptation to do silly things too great on a bike. I was cranked over doing 125 on a sweeping bend on the M25, looked at the armco and thought "wtf am I doing?" - sold it soon after.
Can totally relate to the experience of the OP - first time I rode anything larger than a 125, when I wound the throttle on it felt like the rest of the world had been put into reverse.
I feel the same a lot of the time, but just the addrenalin takes over when you are doing something like that, like last night I got egged on by some guy in a Carrera GT and we were up to silly speeds in no time but afterwards I just thought damn that was really stupid.
But thats what makes it such a rush. Same as rock climbing, sky diving, flying jets etc.
You can live your life avoiding any sort of danger as much as possible, but if you want thrills you have to take a few risks. Having said that you need to know when to take those risks and when to hold back. Thats where you need the right attitude and more training.
Soldato
Yet why, every single day, do I get some ****-jockey in some silly little car with a stupidly fat exhaust and fins try to race me?
Do they actually think they can even try to keep up? Or are they just seeing if you'll take the bait and want to see you floor it?
Sorry Mr Young Businessman in the nice new M3, your over-priced vehicle will NOT keep up with me, no matter how hard you try
Best thing is to get them at lights, look like you're going to go for it, then just ease away and let them make a tit of themselves
Do they actually think they can even try to keep up? Or are they just seeing if you'll take the bait and want to see you floor it?
Sorry Mr Young Businessman in the nice new M3, your over-priced vehicle will NOT keep up with me, no matter how hard you try
Best thing is to get them at lights, look like you're going to go for it, then just ease away and let them make a tit of themselves
Man of Honour
lol, I admit I bait cars sometimes, but only if they push me. Had a blinged up new MR2 behind me, and I mean about 2m from rear of my bike on a dual carriage way... he was weaving side to side to get me out of way.
I had abit of fun, and just used 3-4k rpm pretending I was giving it loads till about 90mph, then I pulled over as if I was letting him pass as he was too fast for me... as soon as he was next to me I put throttle to stop. I'm sure he then slammed his car in reverse... certainly looked like it, and by about 1/4mile on I looked in mirror he was just a speck.
When he caught me up at roundabout he then sat there revving his engine and screamed off round roundabout flat out.. impressed I was
I guess that made me as bad as him, but just wanted to show him that his MR2 was not the rocket ship he thought, but just a mundane average sporty car.
I had abit of fun, and just used 3-4k rpm pretending I was giving it loads till about 90mph, then I pulled over as if I was letting him pass as he was too fast for me... as soon as he was next to me I put throttle to stop. I'm sure he then slammed his car in reverse... certainly looked like it, and by about 1/4mile on I looked in mirror he was just a speck.
When he caught me up at roundabout he then sat there revving his engine and screamed off round roundabout flat out.. impressed I was
I guess that made me as bad as him, but just wanted to show him that his MR2 was not the rocket ship he thought, but just a mundane average sporty car.
Yeah, this happens a lot in summer - I think its the sunshine brings out a competitive edge in people. I had a guy in an MX5 trying to race me on an A road yesterday which is no fun at all as I couldn't get out of 2nd gear.
Scoobys and Evos are a different proposition, especially on badly surfaced B roads. Actually had a little play with a Ferarri 360 last weekend, on the A65/A55 junction where you come off a roundabout and onto a short half mile dual carriageway section. 360 in front of me blipping the throttle, we both pulled into the right hand lane after the roundabout and floored it. The ferrari sounded absolutley awesome as I was right on his bumper. I could have overtaken but he wasn't moving into the left lane and I didn't want to risk undertaking. We got to the next roundabout, gave a thumbs up to each other and went different ways. Thats the fastest car I've come up against in a straight line.
Scoobys and Evos are a different proposition, especially on badly surfaced B roads. Actually had a little play with a Ferarri 360 last weekend, on the A65/A55 junction where you come off a roundabout and onto a short half mile dual carriageway section. 360 in front of me blipping the throttle, we both pulled into the right hand lane after the roundabout and floored it. The ferrari sounded absolutley awesome as I was right on his bumper. I could have overtaken but he wasn't moving into the left lane and I didn't want to risk undertaking. We got to the next roundabout, gave a thumbs up to each other and went different ways. Thats the fastest car I've come up against in a straight line.
Soldato
Used to ride bikes in my Yoof, quickest i owned was an F reg Kwak GPZ600R, god i loved that bike. Never had an off, but decided that i liked my body parts in the right places after riding pillion on a race prepared R1 with my mate piloting it, there's not many feelings like braking into a corner so hard that the back tyre is in the air and he's swinging the rear out to get around a corner quicker, though having a chance to have a go as a sidecar rider comes close, those guys are NUTS!!!
Man of Honour
Yeah it's fun when you meet something quite quick... had same from a F360 I followed through town other night, the guy in passenger seat kept looking round. When we got to dual carriage way he floored it (sounded fantastic), and I held behind him with only 5-6k rpm... he then was a gent and moved accross, bike just flew past no problem.
He also gave big thumbs up at end of road, as did I
He also gave big thumbs up at end of road, as did I
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The OP reminds me of my first ride on a mates R1 almost 3 years ago. I went on the back. We didn't get out of 3rd gear I don't think. At the time it felt like.....well...I just couldn't believe something could accelerate so quick either. It was unreal to me. Months later I did my CBT and bought a 125. I now own a GSXR 600.
The other day I came off at high speed and slid for a long time on tarmac. I was ver very lucky not to brake any bones and come away with just a minor cut. Full leathers saved my skin...literally. I would have no skin left on my legs, hands and arms if I had none on. I have a family...I can't say I haven't thought about selling it....but I can't. I'll get it fixed, and I will ride that fast again. It's cheap freedom at the end of the day. When you can buy a bike for 2k that outperforms a 100k car and gives a better experience...why not.
The other day I came off at high speed and slid for a long time on tarmac. I was ver very lucky not to brake any bones and come away with just a minor cut. Full leathers saved my skin...literally. I would have no skin left on my legs, hands and arms if I had none on. I have a family...I can't say I haven't thought about selling it....but I can't. I'll get it fixed, and I will ride that fast again. It's cheap freedom at the end of the day. When you can buy a bike for 2k that outperforms a 100k car and gives a better experience...why not.