Why buy a larger bike

Originally Posted by Jelster

With respect mate, what you earn has naff all to do with it. I could move to a bigger house, or I could move to a more up market area (or both), but I don't "want" too, I'm happy where I am. I have a large enough TV, decent enough hifi etc.

It's not materialistic, just what you want from life. I'm a petrol head, always have been always will be. Please, don't start getting into "how much I earn" discussions on here (I might make you cry)

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You really are a deep and meaningful person. Your last paragraph says a lot!
I think you have missed my point, again. But as stated, I don't want to get into any slanging matches.
Lets just put it down to not liking every person you come accross, eh?

Originally Posted by riktherider

and also some people do like to compensate for other things they lack in!!

i wondered who would be the first to say that!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by tricky

My brother used to have a RGV 250, absolutely mental
He didn't keep it very long, I think he scared himself once to often.

I very nearly bought one instead of my SV. But I rang up the garage to go and view it and they'd sold it. So I bought my SV instead. Probably worked out better in the long run.

I would love one now for a toy something to play on at weekends. But theres four bikes in our garage and we dont have any room for anymore.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I would love one now for a toy something to play on at weekends. But theres four bikes in our garage and we dont have any room for anymore.

"Why do people need such big garages?"

Originally Posted by Baph

"Why do people need such big garages?"

I'd love a bigger garage, I put it down to only having a small ****

Originally Posted by tricky

I'd love a bigger garage, I put it down to only having a small ****

WOW! You're the second person I've ever met that keeps foul in their garden!!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Steve H

I think you have missed my point

*Sticks head up above parapet*

No I dont get what you're getting at either...

Since I was a kid I've wanted a GSXR, I remember being out with my dad on holidays and stuff and seeing the shiny blue and white bikes going past, the sun, the reflection of the paint, the smell, it must have made a big imapct on me, because since I was small when I thought "bike" I thought of those blue and white GSXR's

I was never in a position where I could afford to get my license till a few years ago. I also lost a good friend when I was 19 in a bike accident and it put me off. So finding myself in a rut, after spliting up with my girlfriend at the time I wanted something to focus on. I decided I was going to knuckle down save up some cash and go and get my license. Which I duly did. I then got a 125, saved up some more cash and then 12 months later bought my SV, two years later having had my car written off in an accident and being in a position that the house I had bought had gone up in value quite a lot and having had hassle with my SV, and now being more confident in my riding skills. I saw my 750 in a dealership. I sat down thought about it, thought about whether I could afford to finance it, thought about whether I could afford to run and insure it. I thought about whether I might kill myself on it.

Maybe my first post was a bit flippant, But basically I did think eventually yes I can afford it and yes I would like to own that bike. I didnt just walk into the dealers and slap my cash on the counter and say I'll have that one please.

I work hard for my to earn my wages so I can go and afford to do the things I want to do. I realise I'm lucky because I'm in a position to do this. I know that not everybody else is. I dont do things on a whim, I think long and hard about them.

In my mind I earnt every penny of the money that GSXR cost. I'm now rewarded with a bike that I love riding that when I feel a bit fedup with work or something bugging me I can fish out of the garge and go for a ride and when I come back I feel much better or I can look at the situation thats bugging me in a clearer light and find a way to fix it. If you like instead of escaping into drink and or drugs. My bike is my way out. Its an escape and it makes me feel alive in a way that nothing else does. I love my bigger bike, its different than my SV, its a different set of challenges, If I only could have one bike. It would be my GSXR.

Does it fulfill me, yes it does, in the same way a good book, will make me feel elated, sad, happy all those emotions as I get lost in a story, In the same way spending the night in the pub telling stories or just talking rubbish with my mates does. In the same way that sitting at home nattering to Liz about nothing in particular does. In the same way that not sleeping on my own at night does. In the same way that waking up next to the person that I love does each morning. The same way that when I fix a technical problem at work does. The same way that I roll out a new piece of hardware or software technology at work does.

In short its not the bike in the garage that fulfills me, its that glow you get from the perfect line through the perfect bend on the perfect summers evening. That deep down feeling of being alive.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Baph

"Why do people need such big garages?"

its not... they're just well packed in there.

Originally Posted by Baph

WOW! You're the second person I've ever met that keeps foul in their garden!!

Did you mean fowl or actually shi*e?

Originally Posted by muffles

I can only talk about mine really, but over 70 was a different package to below 70, completely. I'm not particularly heavy so it wasn't that. I did get a chance to top my SV out in Germany last year, and I saw, once, 140 on the clock and that was it - and it took an age once it got above 125, and over 130 it's counting each mph time!

I remember noticing when i put the superopen pipe on that it shifted the power to the higher revs quite a lot, (not dynod, just opinion) even putting the baffle in seems to make it gruntier at low revs whilst sacrificing the top end a bit. I wonder if that has made the difference. Saying that, I accidentally wheelied a cbr at about 110 - now thats fun!