Chimay and ukrm feckwits (longish)

Agree strongly.

I don't have 100bhp to use but in a similar context there are not many
rides I take where I don't use the 40 something bhp that is left after
the years and my improvements have taken their toll. If I had the 100+
horses available then I am confident I would agree totally with you.

 

Let's look at a bit more context that really means something as
opposed to more saloon bar bollocks. I own a 2006 Z1000, a 1976
Morini and a 1969 Triumph 500, so I'm neither a "non-classic guy" or a
"classic guy".

Nonsense.

 

Indeed. My Morini 350 is a weedy thing in comparison with any modern
bike but still has a massive grin factor. Pa

It doesn't. There are still plenty of roads where a 125bhp Z1000 can
put a decent percentage of it's power down, if you know where to
look. I've just come back from some, none more than 30 miles as the
crow flies from the centre of London.

 

Strange then that Triumph market their Rocket 3 in the following terms
"You already know the numbers: a 2294cc triple engine; torque, 147lb-
ft at 2,500 rpm".

 

Unless you've got a stupidly large engine in a poor state of tune, you
don't get grunt without horses. One is a function of the other.

 

He's not doing at all well, is he?

 

Wrong.

 

We all expect those.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

Bollocks. Most of the litre-plus sport bikes produce great thundering
gobs of mid-range torque. These days, you don't need a big lazy twin for
that - thank ****.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

I have followed SD when he has been making progress through traffic and
he wouldn't be slowing down to those speeds for anything.

 

I *like* big lazy twins. Fours are fine as machines to ride, but as
machines to own, IYSWIM, it has to be a twin. Thay sound nicer apart
from anything else. Fours should be ridden and not heard IMO.

 

TBH, many years ago I couldn't see the point of sports bikes on the
road, until I rode one. Ride one - and mean it - and you'll understand
too.

This cheap 'sexual inadequacy' thing is playground stuff.

 

I think that the main point you might not have considered is ...

jealousy

 

The Older Gentleman

Yes that, and building the Ariel 3, Ariel Pixie BSA Dandy and BSA Beagle
didn't help ;-(


-

 

A few years of reasonably made and reliable Japanese machinery that
made British stuff feel and look hopelessly antiquated, before the
really good stuff started to filter through. In contrast, the British
bike industry had always supplied mediocre unreliable shite, until
Triumph started making bikes again in Hinckley.

 

**** me, 20,000 miles before a rebuild was due? No wonder Brit bikers
dumped their old piles of shite in favour of them.

20,000 miles was like 5 times longer than any Brit bike had ever
lasted before launching its innards across the local transport cafe's
car park.

 

That'll be ok, but only if your daughters grow up to be as cute as
his.

 

I think it's extremely rude not to crack 150mph before my Daytona gets
put back in the garage, which happens almost every day now I don't
have a car.

 

Oh ain't she just, cute as they come that one and good looking too.
Kin dangerous she is.