Just road tested a ZX10R.

But could you wheelie it with your knee down???

 

Lovely for you.

Went to Silverstone last week-end.
A few Zx10 in superbike and superstocks.
Getting overtaken mostly.
By fireblades and R1s and Gixxers.
There's a lot better stuff to be bought - leave clit bikes to power rangers.

 

As I might just get a night off next week, CIHAGM?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Dave

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Why does he call them "clit bikes"?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, porl

Because he's never touched one?

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Can you?

 

Because every cnut got them.

However what he fails to grasp is that people who can actually ride them
might like the dynamics of the bike. To be honest, I don't really care if
PR's etc have them. If I like it I get it. Get it?

 

Dave says...

Really? I know of one that does quite well in the MRO Powerbikes class.

http://www.imbergracing.co.uk/

 

I think he's also failing to grasp that they might be so ubiquitous
because they're so good. Why not own one of the best motorcycles in the
world if you can afford it? You'd be stupid not to.

 

Absolutely not! But I'm not a riding god

 

You're not?

My hero has feet of clay.

 

Indeed, they are quite useful tools. IMO, Kawasaki sportsbikes have always
had superb handling and almost a match for anything on the track.

 

Nice!

 

Champ says...

It's why I chose the Daytona instead of the Gixer, because it's not a
race bike for the road.

Steady on, old boy.

 

Have you tried the K5/6 gixxer yet Molly, it's got all the wicked bits of a
gixxer thou (read: stonking engine) and all the flickability of the current
generation of litre mental machines[1]

[1] And loads more low down grunt than the 10R )

PS You're more than welcome to take mine for a spin if we are ever in the
same postcode

 

And most men struggle to handle them properly.

 

Monz says...

Bloody low seat height too, even a stumpy legged mong like me can flat
foot them. I'd say the seat height is about an inch and a half lower
than my K1 was.

 

If I had one I'd never be able to find it.

 

You would only ever see them ridden by wimmin... we would never be able to
find the starter button