Ultimate Wheelie Bike (was Re: Sporty side of ST)

[Jim Gillespie <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Emberson wrote:
> 
> the ultimate wheelie bike is the R1,

	Really?  I've got a couple of friends with street-legal (well, nearly
;-) CR500s who may take issue with that.  For those that don't know, a
CR500 is a Honda MX bike.  Not DP; not trail; serious, full-on MX - a
500cc two-stroke single putting around 60bhp through the rear tyre. 
They will wheelie on the throttle in the first two gears - quarter
throttle that is.  Power wheelies in all five gears... and I've been
threatened with having a go on one of them =:-O  Go to
http://www.spirant.demon.co.uk/bike/road/hybrid/hybrid.htm if you want
to have a look at Sol's bike.

> but if you plan on any extended rides (say
> greater than 2 hours) better have a chiropractor on retainer.

	Well, there has to be a downside - apparently the CRs run bone dry in
45 miles, and will numb your hands in ten minutes.  I'll stick with the
ST for now ;-)

                Jim
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