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- From: rct@fulcrum.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper!
- Message-ID: <C17GLp.1tE@fulcrum.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 13:10:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan15.234919.1637@ichips.intel.com> <1993Jan18.202539.1614@megatek.com> <1993Jan20.154406.4372@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan20.154406.4372@gdr.bath.ac.uk> bsstrs@gdr.bath.ac.uk (T R Stickland) writes:
- >In the referenced article, randy@megatek.com writes:
- >>
- >> It ain't the bike, its the rider, as you well know. And ZX-11's are NOT
- >>only fast on a straight road...
- >
- >
- >I know a guy I Aberdeen, he has an old GS550. No way would I _ever_ want to
- >have to outrun him on any sort of twisty road.
- >
- I agree.
-
- In fact, it's more like it's nearly *all* the rider, not the bike,
- nowadays, since most modern bikes have competant handling and road
- surfaces are very smooth.
-
- I have a relatively old litre bike (7 years old - but designed about
- 20 years ago!), and some days I whip a brand new EXUP, another day
- some wee runt on a TZR250 goes underneath my elbow at twice my speed.
-
- I reckon the only things left to discuss, on *road* bikes, are:
- looks
- pose value (this includes *theoretical* top speeds!)
- comfort
- cost/depreciatation
-
- The following are automatic:
- speed
- handling
-
- Example:
- How many people regularly top 120 mph? Very few indeed.
- How many bikes can exceed 120 mph? Most 250cc +.
-
- I rest rest my case...
-
- Regards,
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- Richard Taylor DoD #981 (rct@fulcrum.co.uk)
- Deceleration Trauma - hitting the ground after jumping off Canary Wharf.
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