Your Worst

[Roo]

Thought it might be the end of bikes when I had my knee done !
Wife said just leave it in the shed and wait !
I have no patience at all.
Yesterday,at 9wks after Op, I was back on the beast.  Did my usual 160km loop and although a bit stiff, no probs !   
It can only get better as I get more movement ?

[KiwiCol]

Goodness be upon you, ya stubborn ole basket!     

[grog]

  Well done. Hard to keep you down for sure👏

[Andre]

The GSX1400!! - Does my head in thinking about wanting to go for a ride all the time. Constantly anxious that someday I won't have it in my stable, there waiting for me. So much so I now have mental disorder.  

Almost the same here. BUT no more "bad" weather riding. Temp minimum requirements have gone up steadily. 2008 was last extreme ride at minus 17°C. Now it has to be plus 17° and absolutely no rain in the forecast. 

[GSXKING]

I've been trying to remember all the bikes I've owned and to this point I can honestly say I never bought a dud. I did however test ride a lot of bikes that I thought this is B.S. One in particular was the first iteration of Triumph's Rocket 3 I rode it on to Moss St. nearly fell off negotiating the kerb as I hadn't anticipated the bulk weight of the bike. Rode up the street and before Logan Road (approx 500 Metres) signalled to the salesman I'm going back. No words were required.
The other that springs to mind was Yamaha MT01 the massive motor under braking just pushed the front end way too hard in my opinion. There are plenty of others that I just can't recall, as I used to make a habit of riding most new models when I had plenty of spare time and a good connection with many bike shop owners before Team Moto conglomerate saturated the market. 

[Tony Nitrous]

I've been trying to remember all the bikes I've owned and to this point I can honestly say I never bought a dud. I did however test ride a lot of bikes that I thought this is B.S. One in particular was the first iteration of Triumph's Rocket 3 I rode it on to Moss St. nearly fell off negotiating the kerb as I hadn't anticipated the bulk weight of the bike. Rode up the street and before Logan Road (approx 500 Metres) signalled to the salesman I'm going back. No words were required.
The other that springs to mind was Yamaha MT01 the massive motor under braking just pushed the front end way too hard in my opinion. There are plenty of others that I just can't recall, as I used to make a habit of riding most new models when I had plenty of spare time and a good connection with many bike shop owners before Team Moto conglomerate saturated the market. 

Same. I do like physically big bikes and both these had I thought, some appeal. I found both disappointing.

The Rocket just wasn't going to sit with anything slightly useful on fun roads and the MT lacked an IL4's wide range of smooth grunt and ran out of top end.

Neither were going to go anywhere in a hurry.


Team Moto have always been keen to offer me test rides, when they were doing a "$50 test ride ( might have been $100)" on the H2 to discourage the dreamers and idiots I was told not to worry about it. They know I've had several new bikes from Springwood Suzuki and Team Moto so I guess they see me as a potential victim.
My last new bike came from Team Moto as the price was unbeatable... but they haven't seen it since I rode it out of the showroom.

[grog]

Exactly correct on Rocket Chris, bloody heavy.First ride i had on one, Mates driveway 300 metres of grass/gravel driveway with steep grass slope up to driveway. Then feet in wrong place for forward controls. Arse clencher those first few ks😎