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Originally Posted by Rickster  I understand the "I want a new bike", and the "I want more power" thing, but not the folk's that try and justify buying a faster bike by saying they out grew their 600cc sport bike.
BROC, not trying to offend, but if your friend truly did out grow his R6, he is in the top 5% of riders in the world & should be getting paid to ride his bike, have you checked the chicken strips on his tires?
I see this all the time at different "Bike nights" around town, some guy telling me how he outgrew his 600cc sport bike, and is now starting to get bored with his 3 month old liter bike. 9 times out of 10 he will have less than 1,000 miles on it, and his rear tire is flat in the middle from doing burn-outs, well the outside 1 1/2 inch of tire still has the molding nubs on it. I got a chance to ride with two of these guys last weekend, and the only way they could stay with me in the twisties was to use there 150 hp to catch me in the straights, I was on a 40 hp DR650 & I wasn't really pushing the limits.
I guess it's just one of my pet peeves, some "big talker" running his bike up close to it's top speed one or two times on a straight road, than claiming he "outgrew" it, and buying something bigger.
Keeping up, or worse, catching up in the straights is not IMHO the same as outgrowing a bike. |
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No offense taken... everyone has an opinion and is entitled to it. As for his chicken strip... practically none. The guy can ride.
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One last comment on the outgrowing thing. If people didn't outgrow their bikes, then manufacturers would not continue to build bigger, faster engines and bikes.
Anyone ever watch the history channel? Ever see the concept bike from Chrysler? The one with the viper engine in it? Why? Because no matter how fast or big you make something, "SOMEONE" will want more.
Men (some women too, don't wanna sound sexist
) will always want to push the envelope, the limits and their abilities.
If you have a little 250 and your comfortable with it and don't feel you need anything more, it's probably good that you don't try to go bigger, it may be too much for you to handle. There is nothing wrong with that, but don't try to justify your inability by saying that's all the power anyone would ever need. If that was the case, then we wouldn't have anything other than 250's on the road.