[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
I’ve got a vfr400 just cause they sound AWESOME and the handling is insane. I dont trust myself with anything over a 600 [/quote] I know what you mean. I have the same issue; fearlessness if not buffered by ultimate respect for life and wisdom can be a double edge sword.
My first choice was the Kawasaki z750 2007 model but I couldn’t have that as I had to stick to a 125 ( beginner CBT licence only ). The Honda you have was the second choice but eliminated on the same grounds.[quote]
- I’ve been on my mates zx6r and I found myself arriving at 110 mph just by going through the gears, not even pinning the throttle. Thats good news for my enjoyment, but bad news for my liscence. The UK laws on driving and riding are getting ridiculous, I dont know how it is over where you are but I start to see over 100 and I’m more worried about my liscence these days.[/quote] That is one of the reasons I am strongly considering selling the bike and just waiting till I move either to the US or Brazil. I need the room to be able to be expansive and London absolutely does not have the space. And with the cctvs and speed cameras EVERYWHERE one can’t even have a private moment of joy.[quote]
As far as bike gear goes - I’m pretty understanding of that. I have 16" calves and only 22" legs - to get a decent fit is really difficult cause the calf part is always too small, or the thigh is too big - and the waist is all over the place. I’d put some money away for some tailored leathers - but considering I want to add about 40lbs of mass I’ve brought a power rack with some of those proceeds instead lol.[/quote] 40lbs is a fantastic goal. You will feel like a different man.[quote]
The american stunting scene and the offroad stuff is really high level, but from what a friend told me theres not many quick road riders compared to the nutters you get over here. You’d LOVE the TT but you always need to book up early if you wanna stay on the island for a while.[/quote] Book for a hotel, right? Please tell me I don’t have to pay to sit on the wall to watch the race because that is what I was going to do.[quote]
What bike do you have?[/quote]
Aprilia RS125 racing full power.
Which was a mistake for a first bike to learn to ride in central London.
The bike is SUPREMELY fine tuned for top speeds. You put it on first gear and you can feel the engine is fully ENGAGED and ready to fire out like a racing horse just waiting for the gates to open. Phenomenal. You become fully alert your self just by sitting on something that you senses are telling you is so dynamic and vibrant and alive. It is, in fact, like being fully alive. I can understand now why men in “mid life crises” buy fast cars - and quite right.
PLUS it is unrestricted - I was told I am not road legal and that the police can tell it is so - is that true? Is your bike restricted?
Another problem I am having is that the bike keeps cutting off. I removed the battery and recharged. Added distilled water. Cleaned the spark plug. Changed the spark plug. And it is not even ticking over. I pushed up a very steep hill and attempted to push start it on second gear going downhill and it did not work. The only think I did not try was to adjust the cold start control because it seemed very delicate ( the ideal clearance must be about 2 to 3 cm ). I did pay for a mechanic to get it going then I went riding for 3 days and joy of joys. I was in love. During the week I could not ride but went out of my way to switch the bike on for an hour so the bike would not die on me again. When I took for a ride on the weekend, the bike cut out on the traffic light just 2 blocks after I took out of the garage.
I was gutted. Then, in full indignation I decided to push the bike all the way back to the garage non stop and nearly gave myself a heart attack ( I was smoking these kick ass Indonesian clove cigarettes at the time and tired out easily ). I remember making one pause and having a fit of anger saying:
" I am a woman. I am not supposed to be doing this. This is a man’s job…*&#%, &@#, %#@ …men make this look so easy - how do they do it? "
Looking back, it was funny but I do not wish to do that again.
And that is why the bike has been decorating the garage ever since and I am about to put it out for sale because I simply cannot ride it at the high speeds that it requires to keep it tuned. I was told by the Aprilia specialist ( I called the store ) that this is a racing bike, it loves to be revved and you need to be using it and pushing the engine because that is what it was designed for.
As soon as the snow clears I am calling the mechanic again to get it going and will decide if I sell it of if I go ride at the crack of down when there is no traffic so I can push it a little and get caught by the speed cameras, haha.
That is an actual picture of my bike. It belonged to a boy from a family of bike enthusiasts and he used to race his father on the Honda 1000cc and the Dad told me it kept up very well!
