Fun and motorcycle efficiency

Modern? Dunno.

Zed Thou Phil said he found the Zed Thou fun. He's a fucking loon,
though; you can see it in the ****'s eyes.

CD200. So slow you have to ring its neck.

B12. Grin factor. No idea why.

VFR800.

 

Now, come on. He said they were impractical, and he's right. Who the
**** wants practicality?

 

why'd you buy a VFR800 again?

 

Because I've got three impractical motorcycles. And because I got
"flexible" payment terms.

 

I find my Gixer miles more practical for commuting to work than the GPZ.
The space under the seat is more than enough for my alternate visor and
any gubbins I have to bring (not much) meaning I don't have to wear a
rucksack 9 times out of 10 [1].

The engine is miles smoother so I find filtering easier especially when
the noise maker can alerts other road users to my presence. It's weird
but I actually find it easier to ride slowly (when required) and it's
obviously miles quicker on the dual carriageway bits.

Plus my 15 minute journey doesn't give me long enough to get
uncomfortable. In fact the only discomfort I get is in the right hip due
to the amount of bend, but I get that when riding the Kwak a long way
anyway.

It's a great commuter bike IMHO

Cheers

[1] Regretting this today as it's shedding down and I don't have my
waterproofs. We'll see just how 'waterproof' these Hood jeans are!

 

Yes, but thank you for enquiring. Been on a Supermoto at have you? (and I
don't mean a Duke, a *real* supermoto).

FYI - GSXR600K3, CBR600RR, Mille R. All in the last 6 months. (oh and a
Tuono - which I really did like)

Very nice, but not for me thanks.
I'll stick with a lighter fun bike that doesn't *make* you want to do 100+
everwhere.

 

Its not *all* about speed - shrooms and acid are good too.....

 

As a "newbie" with only four bikes under my belt, so to speak, in
chronological order:

Honda CB500 - yes, good fun; wring its neck and cane it everywhere fun.
Reliable as a very reliable thing, too.

Honda VFR800 - possibly biased as it was the bike I had two of my three
big accidents on, but I can't really blame the bike for those.
Uninvolving, bland but capable and reliable. Made a nice noise once
equipped with the Micron can.

Triumph Speed Triple 955i - Utterly, utterly brilliant fun. Always made
me smile when I rode it (with the possible exceptions of high-siding the
one time and after mile the third straight day in the saddle at autoroute
speeds coming back from Italy) or even just looking at it. Pretty damned
reliable, too - minor niggles with 'lectrics were the only recurring
gripe. Just as much fun wiggling it down B-roads as caning it on the
sweepy A-roads. Biggest grin ever -- Isle of Man TT circuit

Kawasaki ZX12R-A1 - A solid, reliable bike but, for /some/ of the reasons
you mention in your precis, not as big a grin factor. I did have a hoot
chasing the boys on "proper" sprotsbikes on my inaugaral BOTAFOF prompting
a couple of surprised comments from said sprotsbike riders thereafter
and equally, playing silly sods in France, Italy and Switzerland with guys
on similar tackle earlier this year was something I'd do again, too -
hustling the 12R up and down the Ardeche gorge -- brilliant! All
too easy to do licence-shredding speeds, though and doesn't handle as
nicely as the Triumph.

 

Well, the Drifter. No, really.

--
Platypus
VN800 Drifter, R80RT
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

I can understand that. I'd love to ride it. CIHAGM?

 

Sure. Weekend?

--
Platypus
VN800 Drifter, R80RT
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

Lovely-jubbly.

 

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dixit WorkTOG:

come to think of it, i don't think i /will/ get that higher screen.

 

F650CS, more of a laugh than the Bandit, you really can take the piss in
traffic, and it wheelies at the slightest whiff of the throttle. Handles
brilliantly, bizarrely it's wearing out the edges of the rear. Could do
with another 50bhp for the straights though.