Re: [ST] real world bikes

["Joel Ashman" <ashmite@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like excellent research material for my monologue that tries to talk 
a friend out of a new Hayabusa as an 'around-town' bike, in Wash DC area 
traffic.  His previous one was stolen. I failed to talk him outof that one, 
even when he was sitting on a 2002 Daytona and liked it.  Now he want's 
another 'busa, so I'm gearing up again.

--Joel



From:  "Marc Van Est" <MarcVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To:  ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:  <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  [ST] real world bikes
Date:  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:54:24 +0200
Hi all,

I did a run on Sunday with some mates, and it was fun to watch the 
differences between the riders & bikes.

There were two Triumph RS's, a BMW K1200S, a BMW R1100S, a BMW F650, a GSXR 
750 (K5 limited edition), a Honda CBR1000RR (K5) and a 1980's Yamaha 1.1 
Special.

We did the Kloof Nek, Chapman's Peak, Scarborough, Kommetjie Red Hill route, 
at a reasonable pace. Fast enough to be fun but not loony.

The scenery is great, the route is one big twisty, but the surface is very 
bumpy.

My bike was in its element, I had great fun, and most of us struggled to 
keep up with Mark on his R1100S -very good for such a big bike over the 
bumpy stuff -but he knows how to use it.

The most impressive was Carl on his 1.1, I cant understand how he gets that 
ancient thing to be so quick through the twisty's, I was pushing my limits 
to hold on to him through Red Hill.

The Sport bikes had a terrible time, too much power for the tight route, 
they struggled to keep up with us over the bumps - overall I still think I 
have the right bike for most of my riding. Jaco on his CBR was complaining 
how hard it is to ooze the power in gently over the bumps without getting it 
all pear-shaped.

The ride ended with an ice cold frosty at the Brass Bell overlooking Kalk 
Bay harbor - life is tough!


cheers


Marc, Sprint RS
Cape Town
RSA

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