The RS6 of motorbikes...

[davemfox]

Any more peeps got bike / car combos?

Yeah I've got a YZF 750 SP fitted with 39 mm FCR carbs and a Yoshi half race system, plus a few other bits

Dave

[bilko1]

Me to, Honda Fireblade with Micron exhaust, K&N filter and Dynojetted.

[SteveH]

Photo's essential!?

[fox]

for a brief moment it failed to be told that for the princely sum of a whole £3 it would pass!? it had to have a tiny red reflector added to the plate for it to be compliant... wish everything in life was as easy as that.

Shouldn't have cut your undertray down to fit a naughty plate then

Nice bike. I have to say, I'm afraid I'm more with Scotty though - a Blackbird's a closer RS6-alike in the bike world. Or a Busa.
Or even an oldskool Thunderace or Exup actually.

Any more peeps got bike / car combos?

Yep, guilty. Currently hooning around on a Speed Triple.

Al.

[Scotty]

That seat cowl works really well !

[fox]

That seat cowl works really well !

Ta
Lose the pillion pegs, make a new can hanger, pop that on, and it looks much better.

Nice Blackbird. I had one as a loaner for a few months(!) ages ago. Epic engine, but weird thing - I couldn't get on with the riding position. I found it more uncomfortable than the ZX9 I had at the time... Pity. Lush engine.

Al.

[Scotty]

We're all different shapes and sizes and I guess we don't all suit the same bke.

I've got stiff hips so even on the 'bird I fitted a peg lowering kit (about 3/4 - 1 inch) and it makes it fine for me. I've also put on bar risers to make it less sport/more tourer as I commute on it and hence it helps reduced the weight on my wrists when there's no wind blast holding me up

The engine - yeah - it's a smooth turbine that just goes and goes and goes. It'll pull happily in 3rd from about 15mph without labouring .... and go on until 137mph. Not bad in gear flexibility. I've done trips to Wales and have spent whole days playing in the twisties and only ever using the first three gears.

[SteveH]

We're all different shapes and sizes and I guess we don't all suit the same bike.

Always been a big challenge for me that... as I'm a lanky bugger, so I could never own a sports bike as I'd look like an ASBO kid on a mini-moto. First bike was a 650 Aprilia Trail, was a great bike, but the single cylinder sometimes used to do my head in if accidentally caught at the wrong revs, had it tuned which did transform the bike, tried a good few bikes but WOW, what a difference when saw and rode the MT... what a beast, you have to notify the Highways Agency in advance of a ride out due to the damage to the tarmac from the Torque.

Ducati Diavel looks an interesting ride...

[fox]

I've got stiff hips so even on the 'bird I fitted a peg lowering kit (about 3/4 - 1 inch) and it makes it fine for me. I've also put on bar risers to make it less sport/more tourer as I commute on it and hence it helps reduced the weight on my wrists when there's no wind blast holding me up

I did much the same on my ZX9 - HeliBars and a Corbin. Couldn't get on with the Corbin, I have to say, but the HeliBars helped when you were just hacking it up the motorway etc. Then I saw sense and just bought bikes with flat-bars

The engine - yeah - it's a smooth turbine that just goes and goes and goes. It'll pull happily in 3rd from about 15mph without labouring .... and go on until 137mph. Not bad in gear flexibility. I've done trips to Wales and have spent whole days playing in the twisties and only ever using the first three gears.

No, lush motor. Reminded me of my old Thunderace actually. That was creamy-smooth too. 3rd was all you ever needed

Ducati Diavel looks an interesting ride...

Weird-looking things, but I've read nothing but good reports about them though. Looks like it'd be very V-max'y to ride. No bad thing

Al.

[Scotty]

The Diavel was the bike that caught my eyes at last years CN bike show.

I commute so i need a bike that'll start everyday though .... although admittedly this does seem to be a more and more out of date mindset. But would it hide the miles/all weather use that a Honda does? Head vs heart time .... again.

[fox]

Not sure mate. Still can't see Ducati matching Honda reliability though TBH.

Would it hide the miles? Probably not, but why risk it - just buy a winter hack. Perfect excuse to get another bike too
When I had the ZX, I had a Fazer 6 as a hack. Both on a multibike policy with Bikesure - cheap as chips.
Ran the Fazer all winter and just put it on one side when they stopped gritting and went back to the ZX.
Sold the Fazer a few years later with 62k on it(!) to a courier for pretty-much what I paid for it.


Al.

[Scotty]

I keep pondering a winter hack .... but I'd rather get a summer track bike and can't get both as I've no space.

Tough choosing ain't it!

[davemfox]

I keep pondering a winter hack .... but I'd rather get a summer track bike and can't get both as I've no space.

Tough choosing ain't it!

Track bike

Dave

[SteveH]

I keep looking at a KTM 300EXC or a Yama 250WR, fantastic fun off road and pretty bomb proof... but I normally rent off-road bikes for the weekends I go away in the peak district, great bikes and totally knackering experience. Is hard to justify the purchase price when you can hire reasonably for the few times I get the opportunity.

Have always thought of a more classic bike for daily hack from late 80's or early 90's. the designs and options are too vast though, I must have looked at six wildly different bikes last weekend all for under £5k that were fantastic bikes. Looked at one in the Shop from 1990 that did not have a price on, asked the guy and he said it was not for sale and was worth about £30k think it was an RVF750 RC, too small for me though and you certainly wouldn't use that as a daily rider.

The dreams and search continues. Just don't tell the wife, managed to hide the MT01 for 3 months before she found it

[Scotty]

I keep looking at a KTM 300EXC or a Yama 250WR, fantastic fun off road and pretty bomb proof... but I normally rent off-road bikes for the weekends I go away in the peak district, great bikes and totally knackering experience. Is hard to justify the purchase price when you can hire reasonably for the few times I get the opportunity.

...and that's why I haven't gone for a track bike yet. I may do the hire thing for the few I manage to do a year.