no soapbox, just making conversation.

 

sorry that you lost your friend, dan.

 

Didn't mean to bring down the mood of the thread. It's been about 8 years, so it's not something I think about all the time. Still keeps me from getting that bike I always wanted though. Just not worth it for me anymore.

I'd rather put the HP into a car that at least has a body structure, seat belts, and airbags.

People do talk about bikes being dangerous a lot, and I used to get sick of it too. I used to tell them that it's just that people who ride bikes that try to ride too fast and crazy. If you ride safe, they are fine. That is... until the accident.

To tell you the truth, I don't think bikes themselves are dangerous, it's the other people on the road who can't drive. The danger of the bike is relative to the person driving it.

Dan

 

after surviving 10+ years riding in a big city, i have become hyper-aware of what other drivers are doing. to this day i still let off of the gas and prepare for brakes/evasive action when around left turning vehicles. i learned a long time ago that there is only danger when there is danger. and that danger almost always involves a turning vehicle.

 

Next time use my bike.

1999 Suzuki Haybusa
Mc Xpress turbo system
300+ Rwhp / 200Lbs of torque @ 14.5psi

 

That's got to be one of the dumbest comments I've heard in a long while.

You don't want to ride one because you think they are potentially dangerous, but yet you'll put yourself in a situation where you're not only riding one, but that you yourself have no control over...








Jon

 

You said you went from a 80mph roll on, what gear were you in? If you werent in second thats why he was still there at 160mph. A Gixxer 1000 is the strongest stock street bike from a 60 roll I ever raced with my 162 RWHP Busa. Now know I weighed 260 lbs when I was riding, most guys on Gixxers and R1's were lighter than me by 100 lbs, I had to run into 5th gear to catch a Gixxer 1000, but I would real him in handily. My bike topped out at a 186 GPS certified mph, with one tooth up on the rear sprocket bumping the rev limiter, not a car I rolled with could stay with me, most didnt even try.


David

 

I was in 2nd, rode a power on wheelie through the first part of third... there was no stopping this monsterous porche....