On or around Fri, 3 Nov 2006 20:44:13 -0000, "Nige"
<nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:
>Danny wrote:
>> Nige wrote:
>>
>>> Pulling a wheelie on a powerful bike is simple, it's the speed the
>>> loon is doing it at! I can pull a huge wheelie on the KTM as long as you want in second
>>> gear, it's only got four gears so second is a long - long gear!
>>> But, I'm off road & not doing those speeds!
>>
>> Also helps if you are accustomed to doing those speeds. It's second
>> nature on the Blackbird, on which we often do Paris in less than 1
>> 1/2 hours from the ferry port on a sunday morning, including a
>> coffee break. There's no way I'd be keeping a wheelie up at over
>> 130mph, but then, I'm a woose at that sort of thing.
>
>Its not the speed really to me, i dont mind a bit of speed by any means, I can easily get the ZZR up to
>silly speeds, but I dont like seeing that kind of behaviour on the roads. It's daft in this country as we
>are just too crammed with cars & nuggets. I am loving bikes though, through & through. Not that I'm down
>on you either matey!
You need one like mine - it's possible to have lots of fun while still being
vaguely legal.
The fun is in pushing things and "making progress", but on modern big bikes
it's sooo easy to end up doing a ton-twenty or more. Remember a couple of
years back, self and a mate swapping bikes (like you do) - Mine the modified
boxer and his a stock VFR750F. The VFR is smooth, fast, handles nicely if a
bit heavy in corners, and will happily accelerate quite promptly from 40 in
6th up to well over the limit in not very long. From what I hear, if you
push it harder it's much more involving and fun, but to get to the fun bit
you have to be doing 90+ which is a severe risk to yer licence, these days.
By contrast, on the Boxer, it's a challenge to keep 70-80 on a twisty
A-road, you need to use the gearbox and keep it on song and the handling is
much more lively at normal speeds - As you go out of Llandovery there's a
tight-ish 90+ degree left; comparing notes later, our respective thoughts on
eachother's bike were "**** me, this turns in quick" and "**** me, how do I
get this thing to go round corners?"
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