Not the Superbike litre bike test

Had a test ride on a ZX10 today, followed by a ride on an R1.

Jesus H Mulrooney.

With the caveat that I haven't a clue what I'm talking about, here is a mini
review, comparing it to my '03 Blade.

ZX10, taller than my blade and the R1 and with fairly high footrests, it
felt initially like I was perched quite high. Can get the balls of my feet
down both sides (I'm 5' 7"), although generally it feels bigger than the
Honda and Yamaha. Seat quite comfy compared to my bike. Was following
salesman, didn't have a choice so my playfulness was limited. Throttle
response/power delivery was astonishing, especially after the jerky Blade.
It was so smooth it's almost indescribable. Just Wooomph! up to 120 mph in
second without a struggle. Digital tacho is a bit crap/difficult to read
compared to a nice round clock. Brakes on test bike seemed a bit poor
considering they're these super radial mounted calipers. Maybe the pads were
glazed from test rides or something. They seemed to get better after a few
good fistfuls. Sounds lovely. Price £8600.

The best colour I think is black but there is apparently a year long waiting
list. They had green and blue in stock.

R1

Much smaller than the ZX, seat as comfortable. Footrests are relatively low.
Salesman chucked me the keys and told me to go and have a play for 3/4 of an
hour. Throttle response/power delivery not as smooth as the 10 but much much
better than the Blade. Underseat pipes sound fucking awesome, just like you
want a bike to sound. Very fast again but didn't seem to be doing excessive
speeds as I did on the ZX, which might mean I was a little tired by then
(and hungover) or it isn't as easy as the kwack to go fast without
realising. Brakes were brilliant, and comparable to mine. Found out they are
Nissans just as on the Honda so that explains that. Looks amazing. Side
stand is crap. price £9300-ish before haggling. Was told to test ride a
gixxer thou and then immediately have a 2 hour test ride on the R1 after
which we could talk money as he was convinced it would compare favourably
with the Suzuki, which was a nice offer.

Looks lovely in all colours. Has automatic 'backing in ' control that causes
the rear wheel to lock and a hydraulic pistion repositions the bike 5
degrees CW or ACW.

 

Cool, I hear it's got automatic powerslides as well

 

You have to set it on 'stunt mode' first.

 

Whoops!
Parsed that as **** mode................Prolly why Porl likes it ;-)


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Robbo
1500GL 1988 Goldwing (Rebuild in process)
BMW K100 RS 1984
"Fairly Quick" status. Silver level
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003.
B.O.S.M 2003.FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
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I gotta get me an R1 or a ZX10. I feel sick with desire.

 

"Eh Chris? Eh? nudge nudge! Smilie smilie! porl/ ****, eh? Geddit?"

 

I don't think you could handle it Champ tbh. Despite the smooth power
delivery it's reputedly such a beast with the capacity to bite if provoked.

Really I'm the ideal rider for it, the kind of rider than will show it the
respect that only pootling around at 35 mph in 5th can convey.

 

Fair enough. I like **** too.

 

Ahh! So he's calling you a ****. Thanks for pointing that out.

I wish people would just call you a **** outright. I can't cope with
subtlety on UKRM

 

We are what we eat.

 

I'd be 95% fat free then.

 

My god, I'm a weatabix!

 

I think he's just been on a course or something: Window Licking for Aspiring
Masters of the Bon Mot.

 

Chow Mein.

mmmmm

 

*ugh* The team of cleaners who clean my apartment six times weekly
are Filipino, but they're men.

The receptionist, however is a Filipino chick with remarkably big
knockers.

 

ZX10 was Wheelpower in Raynes park. The Yam was Frontiers just down the
road.

 

....and I neglected to mention although I had a lot of flexibility on the R1
ride, he'd taken a 1000 quid deposit against damage.

 

"cleaning my apartment" is a euphemism.

For what, I'm not entirely sure.

 

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Nice review

 

Whatever it is, "eww".