Why buy a larger bike

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Big bikes are for people that can't ride smaller bikes properly.......

Take it you were struggling with your old 125/400 then?

Originally Posted by The Basket

Odd to justify the bike you ride....why?...

Cos it would be a very short thread otherwise given the originator was wondering why some of us have picked larger bikes

Yeah, the 125 use to run away with me. And I will hodl my hand up and say I would be scared to own a bigger bike to ride on the road as I could see myself easily getting into a situation where I'd be likely to do myself some serious damage or worse.

For me I did have a 400 IL4 before one's SV, but it was long in the tooth and also the SV is hardly what you would call a performance machine really if we're honest. They are, give or take, the same performance, but the difference for me was the 400 was about 24 years old where the SV was 4 when I bought it.

I'm happy to take some stick though.

Just to put things back into perspective. I took the bike out last night, first time in weeks & weeks due to holidays, weather and work.

God I love my 'Blade... Sorry, but you can't do 3 figures in 2nd on 600/650, and you cant do serious speeds in 3rd. Overtakes were effortless and the handling faultless.

Mr Honda, take a bow, son, take a bow...

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Originally Posted by The Basket

My GPz was comfier than a SV and also did 200miles to a tankful...on 2 less cylinders and half the capacity!!!! Don't need a litre for that!!!!!!

Two less cylinders than an SV? No wonder it had a good mpg!

could be a gpz 900 or 1100 they were il4.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Two less cylinders than an SV? No wonder it had a good mpg!

Evidently it was some sort of Rotary Norton/GPz hybrid.

two less cylinders than a il4 I meant....lol.

But the MPG was very good.

Originally Posted by Steve H

From about 80-90 maybe but 30?
Are you doing this in 6th gear?

I'd agree with Kwak here. I chased after a Golf R32 (admitidly they had a slight mph advantage on me) and couldn't keep up. That was from Jn11 of the M40 up the start of the A442 (towards Brackley). Just under a mile and uphill (to a roundabout where we went separate ways).

Originally Posted by Jelster

Just to put things back into perspective. I took the bike out last night, first time in weeks & weeks due to holidays, weather and work.

God I love my 'Blade... Sorry, but you can't do 3 figures in 2nd on 600/650, and you cant do serious speeds in 3rd. Overtakes were effortless and the handling faultless.

Mr Honda, take a bow, son, take a bow...

heehee Im grinning reading that... may have the detuned blade engine but know exactly where youre coming from. Yet while I like that kind of performance on the CBF, I didnt like my mates gixxer600. I guess Im just wierd