CBR thou

It's actually quite nimble once you get the hang of it

Practice has been on some horrid, squared off Mez4s with an inch of
shine on 'em so when I get some new rubber next week my cornering will
be second to none.

 

Will that be because the gear lever will get knocked as the bike slides down
the road?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, dwb said:

Will what be because the gear lever will get knocked as the bike slides
down the road?

 

*sigh* It was a pun.

Crash your bike in second gear, hit the gear level - it goes to neutral, or
in other words, none.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, dwb said:

Sorry, even the second time round it didn't make any sense.

 

Shame.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, dwb said:

Not really. If I fitted some crash bungs or magic mushrooms, it may even
do a little spinnete as it fucks off down the road.

 

Whinging Courier says...

It does, it's still shit, though.

 

"Second to none". From second gear to out of gear. By way of knocking
the gear lever from second to neutral.

As Matt said, shit.

 

CIHAGM?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Molly said:

You got your gixxer fixed yet?

 

They are, aren't they. A much underrated bike IMO, all that plastic makes
them appear much more of a bloaty bus than they really are.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, mups said:

I've done about 600 miles on it since I got my licence back and about
half of those have been on the motorway.

I was pleasantly surprised how agile it was through the London smoke and
gave me confidence to try a few more "daring" maneuvers. If it wasn't
for the fact that it chugs quite a bit at slow speed and needs a lot of
clutch slip, it'd be almost perfect.

Like I say, it's those ancient looking chicken strips that knocked my
confidence a bit because even after just a few roundabouts, she was
begging to be keeled over

Can I e-mail you with a pic? I feel like I've just given birth ;-)

 

Feel good to have your license back then, no hard shoulder overtakes I hope

I haven't noticed mine 'chug'. It pulls fine from 2 grand upwards but I
normally keep it in the 4-7K range when mooching about and 8K+ when on a
mission.

You feel like you've given birth to a CBR thou, **** that must have hurt.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, mups said:

No, but I did get it up to 140 on the slip road at J8 on the M11, and
promptly piled on the anchors before I joined the main carriageway ;^)

Yeah, I think I need to do a bit of adapting. My Bandit used to happily
go along at near idle speeds in the traffic but the CBR is a bit less
willing to do that.

Cover your eyes. It's coming in a minute (fnarrr)

Well, never having had a real baby, it's the closest thing I've got; and
knowing people that have got babies, I'm quite happy with the one I've
got

 

Nope, I'm still waiting to hear from Suzuki.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Molly said:

Furry muff. I was going to suggest a mutual CIHAGM, but I'll have a go
on yours in lieu ;-)

Just DFC. I know you do stunts and stuff but <bites nails> it's so shiny
and unmolested.

 

I'll be gentle with it....honest.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Molly said:

I can't imagine why that doesn't make me feel any better...

I read somewhere that you're near Huntingdon. Is that right?

I'll be up in Saffron Walden at the weekend if you want to meet up and
do something.