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- From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
- Subject: Re: what is Too Much Power?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.181829.3591@megatek.com>
- Sender: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
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- Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
- References: <2334@pico.qpsx.oz.au> <1ej5k0INN1ka@cardamom.compnews.co.uk> <By3M8B.600@quadsys.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:18:29 GMT
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- In article <By3M8B.600@quadsys.com> roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer) writes:
- |I went from a GSRX750 to an RGV250. I want better handling, lighter
- |bikes. Blasting down a straight line (the only thing big bore, big hp
- |bikes are good for) isn't my idea of fun on a bike. Give me twisty,
- |windy road ....
-
- You forgot a very important aspect of big bore bikes - the ability to take
- a *passenger* without a large loss in acceleration. I took a new passenger
- for a shorter tour of the county's twisties (she only had time for about 150
- miles worth, out of the 1000 miles+ of possible twisties). I usually ride
- solo (and often out-handled by some riders), but made the compromise of having
- a big-bore bike, partly for the straight line thrills without giving up a lot
- in the curves, and partly for the ability to take a passenger along without
- it detracting from the acceleration/handling much.
-
- I agree, to some extent - there is nothing to beat a light bike for
- handling. Although, if you are going to criticise big bore bikes, I think
- you would do it from a more impressive platform than a RGV250; like a 500
- Gamma, at least :-).
-
- Sure, big bore bikes, just by the virtue of having more weight, are not going
- to be as nimble and fun in corners as a light bike, but even an RGV250 can get
- wasted in twisties (even real *tight* twisties) by a bigger bore bike, simply
- because there usually ARE some straights, and there is ALWAYS someone better
- than you. (Then there was this guy on an old 305/350 somesuch Honda, with
- 2" wide tires, it looked like, that could out-handle most people in the
- twisties up on Mt Palomar, just by the virtue of being really *good* and
- awesomely smooth).
-
- Randy Davis Email: randy@megatek.com
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