just wondering, any other types of bikes you lot ridden lately, your thoughts, maybe a comparison to 14. any newies that take your eye.
Can't call it a bike but I picked up a 50 cc scooter for my mate's 15-year old son. Reduced it's speed to 25 km/h, that's what he is only allowed to ride with his license. Took a few days for him to hit a car when he disrespected the right-of-way of the can. No injuries but the scooter's "fairing" had broken in 6 places. Dad told him to bring it to a shop to get it fixed. He replied "Can't Andre fix that?" Andre did :grin:
Glad they have laws in place to ease the young ones into riding.
Quote from: Andre on Thursday, 22 November 2018, 08:22 PM
Can't call it a bike but I picked up a 50 cc scooter for my mate's 15-year old son. Reduced it's speed to 25 km/h, that's what he is only allowed to ride with his license. Took a few days for him to hit a car when he disrespected the right-of-way of the can. No injuries but the scooter's "fairing" had broken in 6 places. Dad told him to bring it to a shop to get it fixed. He replied "Can't Andre fix that?" Andre did :grin:
Glad they have laws in place to ease the young ones into riding.
It's great that you are helping the youngsters get out on 2 wheels. We all had to start somewhere, but it's a lot harder to get a licence these days so they need all the encouragement they can get.
It's another 1400, so that's good.
It's a Cruiser, so that's not so good BUT it's the best cruiser going as far as I am concerned.
As you'd expect it's also a torque monster.
(https://gsx1400owners.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.landyvlad.net%2Fpiwigo%2F_data%2Fi%2Fupload%2F2018%2F01%2F28%2F20180128013919-3051a93f-me.jpg&hash=4d7d0eab7d48a7fb2495c39c7c9a8f936dfa3ea6)
Photo from a few years back but I've ridden several variations since.
Quote from: Andre on Thursday, 22 November 2018, 08:22 PM
Can't call it a bike but I picked up a 50 cc scooter for my mate's 15-year old son. Reduced it's speed to 25 km/h, that's what he is only allowed to ride with his license. Took a few days for him to hit a car when he disrespected the right-of-way of the can. No injuries but the scooter's "fairing" had broken in 6 places. Dad told him to bring it to a shop to get it fixed. He replied "Can't Andre fix that?" Andre did :grin:
Glad they have laws in place to ease the young ones into riding.
We have recently had an overseas company set up renting out electric scooters. They go faster than 25kph and are ridden on the footpath.......The injury toll is mounting :facepalm:
Safer on a motorcycle !!
Not to mention, no license required, no helmet or protective gear no insurance & no ACC premium. They're having accidents & think there's been 2 deaths as well. But who's paying for the medical bills? NOT the riders, it's coming from ACC levies on other transport modes. Bikes pay HUGE ACC premiums & we wear safety gear & have a license to say we know how to ride it, these people on scooters are getting a 'free ride' so to speak. Damn unfair if ya ask me.
Plus, if I have 2 bikes, I pay double the ACC premiums, if I have 3, I pay triple etc etc, when I can only ride 1 at a time! Should be the person being covered / paid for, not the bike.
Rant over - nearly - it's Friday, so let it go.
We did a trip to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia in October and got to ride 4 or 5 different scooters - we quite adequately kept up with traffic on the Yam 155. They aren't as bad as some make them out to be - although I had it scraping a lot on our way around the Samoeng Loop! Did have to pay the local police a 'riding fee' in Chiang Mai though.
I hired a Suzuki SV650X a few months back and rode it for 8 days/1,600kms in the mountains of Japan. I found it a good fit for the small and tight roads we were riding. That muffler is hideous though.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1909/44938837621_3293aed5c2_b.jpg)
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@ mt.b Do they hire riding gear too ?
Great pics by the way.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 23 November 2018, 09:58 AM
@ mt.b Do they hire riding gear too ?
Great pics by the way.
The company we used hires helmets & gloves; https://www.rental819.com/english/ We BYO'ed all our own.
Thanks mate. I could have taken a thousand more but the riding was just too awesome to keep stopping for pictures.
Thanks so much for the link. :onya:
We in Tokyo soon for a week. Might be worth a look
Awesome photos :)
How was the CB? Really like the look of that bike [but well happy with my GSX [thought I'd put that in before I get kicked off the site :lol:]]
Quote from: grog on Thursday, 22 November 2018, 07:27 PM
just wondering, any other types of bikes you lot ridden lately, your thoughts, maybe a comparison to 14. any newies that take your eye.
As I've said in the other thread, only found 2 brand new bikes to pick from for my next ride.
Either a Gen-2 Busa, and throw some money at it, higher bars, full system, some luggage, dyno time etc etc. (Something I've ridden and tick's most of my requirements)
.... or the new H2-SX-SE+ that isn't here until sometime in Feb hopefully, but certainly isn't going to be cheaper than the $34,500 lower tech model it's replacing.
Not much of a short list but all that's appealing to me at the moment.
Ridden a LOT of other stuff but not much I'd want to own.
Quote from: Gegs on Friday, 23 November 2018, 04:01 PM
Awesome photos :)
How was the CB? Really like the look of that bike [but well happy with my GSX [thought I'd put that in before I get kicked off the site :lol:]]
Nah, all good Gegs, we're fairly flexible & tolerant of most other makes & models - hell, even one of the admin no longer even has a 14 & another also owns a Trumpet, so ya can pretty much get away with anything as far as bikes go. :onya:
Yeah, were flexible on whatever brand you choose. If it rides nice, just go for it. Maybe youve seen me post that im looking after my mates Ducati Diavel. Can ride it anytime i want. After 3 weeks of it, not a bike i like at all. Certainly looks unreal, pull up somewhere and always someone drooling. No one ever comments on my 14. Wont waste your time here but if anyone wants to know why i prefer an old Suxuki gsx 14, ill write it up.
As I have more than one bike I regularly ride other makes and models but the closest bike I have to the 14 is my BMW R1200r, it has more power, less weight and the same torque. For me it's more comfortable and has much better tank range for longer trips.
Quote from: grog on Friday, 23 November 2018, 07:04 PM
Yeah, were flexible on whatever brand you choose. If it rides nice, just go for it. Maybe youve seen me post that im looking after my mates Ducati Diavel. Can ride it anytime i want. After 3 weeks of it, not a bike i like at all. Certainly looks unreal, pull up somewhere and always someone drooling. No one ever comments on my 14. Wont waste your time here but if anyone wants to know why i prefer an old Suxuki gsx 14, ill write it up.
@grog I'd like to hear why. Your inside knowledge on the 2 bikes would be very welcome.
Quote from: grog on Friday, 23 November 2018, 07:04 PM
why i prefer an old Suxuki gsx 14,
Mates couldn't understand when I owned a Hayabusa and a B-King why I went out and bought an early Bandit 1200. I think they are great fun, heaps of feed back, brilliant to wheelie, stoppie and clown about on, easy to hot up and easy to work on. Just simple basic fun bikes.
Some bikes just appeal to some people, and some bikes really can't be judged by their specs alone.
Quote from: Gegs on Friday, 23 November 2018, 04:01 PM
Awesome photos :)
How was the CB? Really like the look of that bike [but well happy with my GSX [thought I'd put that in before I get kicked off the site :lol:]]
I didn't get to opportunity to swap bikes with the missus. She has a '96 GSF600S and found the CB a little lacking in power on the freeways but like me fine on the tight and twisty stuff.
It felt a little cramped for the 1st few hours but I must have got used to it. Then when I came back home and took the 14 for a squirt it felt a lot more spacious! I also knew it was fun to ride something else but the 14 was easily my sort of bike.
@grog I'd be really interested in a write up of Diavel vs GSX1400 as well. Please do!