First FAST bike ride

[yorkie_chris]

When I got the 500, didn't know it had been ported. "This doesn't feel any quicker than the 250 #motor comes up onto the pipe# SH1IIIIITTT" Big wheelie up the road clinging on for grim death frantically prodding at the rear brake (with pedal an inch longer than the 250 just to be annoying). Mad, mad bike. Would be an absolute hoot on the road, though I did swap it for another 250 shortly after it punted me through a fence...

Edit: first fast bike I tried on the road was an early R6. First thoughts were "the front wheels still on the floor .... this things f##kin boring compared to a crosser" ... then I looked down at the speedo to see about 130 up and decided that no, supersports bikes are actually quite interesting.

SV is my first bike. Only other bikes I've ridden are the BMW F650CS on my DAS (Yammy SR125 on my CBT- awful. Clutch was either on. Or off.), my Bro's CBR400- got a full system on it and race tuned as far as it'll go. Actually much quicker than my SV. Lots of fun.

And a VFR800 VTEC. I got up to 125mph on that thing VERY quickly (on a private road, ociffer!). But never felt unsafe- it's such a stable bike.

No doubt I'll get myself something daft-quick at some point and scare myself silly. But then I'm much too sensible for that sort of thing really!

My first SV was restricted and i got bored of that very soon so i did doubt getting another one..... any ways just run the thing in and woah! the pull is sooo much more, but the ability to wheely just by rolling on the power and the twitch coming off a bend if you get the power on a lil to early makes things interesting again.....FOR NOW
33bhp club dont know what ur missing! Some will argue there is no difference till 80mph but thats not right as i never lifted the wheel once on my first one and never got caught out like i did the other day when i felt like i was being left behind the bike whilst being over keen at a set of lights. (However i must add respect the law and keep ur licence untill the restriction is up).

I have had many moments on bikes, like a few serious tank slappers on my TL, one where I lost rear tracktion, in the cold, the rear tire went sideways, I was up in the air looking down at the bike, and somehow I landed in the seat, though while I was looking down, the bike was sideways with both wheels off the ground, as if it was laying on the floor, but it saved itself somehow.

Another major Slapper on the TL was on a curved slip road leading onto a big A road. A While cranked over a friend overtook me on the outside, I was not having any of that so I went from constant throttle to giviving it some gas as I was appoaching the exit..though, I did not see a big dip in the road, and the TL wheelied while I had some good lean, then the bars snatched themselves from my hands. Somehow again the bike sorted itself out. That was my first ever tank slapper on my TL, prior to that I wondered what all of the fuss was about.

As for other bikes, well I went from a 125, and had a go of an 99 R1, which was the first big bike I had ever ridden. I mangaged to find a stretch of road, and nailed it in 2nd to the redline, that was awsome, but I would never call it scary. A few years after, my TL was off the road, a friend needed me to move is ZX12R which at the time he was selling. He also had a Turbo K4 GSXR1000 and the 12R was no longer fast enough for him! lol We was on the M11, at about 6am sunday morning. I had not ridden for a while and was just taking it easy. There was nothing on the road at the time, and my friend decided to blast off on the turbo, I just took the bait, kicked it down a few gears and redlined the 12R....Wow it was fast, but so smooth and stable, not scary in the slightest.

Originally Posted by PAPPACLART

I have had many moments on bikes, like a few serious tank slappers on my TL, one where I lost rear tracktion, in the cold, the rear tire went sideways, I was up in the air looking down at the bike, and somehow I landed in the seat, though while I was looking down, the bike was sideways with both wheels off the ground, as if it was laying on the floor, but it saved itself somehow.

Another major Slapper on the TL was on a curved slip road leading onto a big A road. A While cranked over a friend overtook me on the outside, I was not having any of that so I went from constant throttle to giviving it some gas as I was appoaching the exit..though, I did not see a big dip in the road, and the TL wheelied while I had some good lean, then the bars snatched themselves from my hands. Somehow again the bike sorted itself out. That was my first ever tank slapper on my TL, prior to that I wondered what all of the fuss was about.

As for other bikes, well I went from a 125, and had a go of an 99 R1, which was the first big bike I had ever ridden. I mangaged to find a stretch of road, and nailed it in 2nd to the redline, that was awsome, but I would never call it scary. A few years after, my TL was off the road, a friend needed me to move is ZX12R which at the time he was selling. He also had a Turbo K4 GSXR1000 and the 12R was no longer fast enough for him! lol We was on the M11, at about 6am sunday morning. I had not ridden for a while and was just taking it easy. There was nothing on the road at the time, and my friend decided to blast off on the turbo, I just took the bait, kicked it down a few gears and redlined the 12R....Wow it was fast, but so smooth and stable, not scary in the slightest.

I couldn't read that without thinking .... what cool frickin days they must have been! You just couldn't do that without having a few beers later on

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Holdup

Not exactly "big" or "fast" on my 17th birthday got on my CBR125 straight off my twist and fart gilera DNA 50 less than 5 mins of riding must of treated the clutch like a rear brake loads of throttle dump clutch on the back wheel slid onto pillion seat feet on ground wheelie across 2 lanes on a dual carriage way heading towards a curb with a barrier in the middle, Dad watching in disbelief as he was just about to park his bike and pick me up of the ground, i really thought i was gunna land flat on my back and spend loads more money on my bike that i just replaced loads of panels on some how i manged to land it on front wheel avoid curb sit back on riders seat and continue riding =\

you managed to wheelie a cbr125? I had one and redlined it everywhere. most boring bike I've ever had. Got an ar125 after, probably as much fun as the sv!

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

I couldn't read that without thinking .... what cool frickin days they must have been! You just couldn't do that without having a few beers later on

hehe, thanks, if only you knew


Another one was riding a friends Blackbird after it had just had a serviced from a main Honda dealer. We swapped bikes for a couple of hours. After having some fun on some country roads, we found ourselves on a big motorway by mistake. It was clear and like a Wally I went for a top speed run. While almost in the red in top, for a little while, I saw some cars up in the distance and decided to call it a day....Right after we came to an exit and pulled off in search of more twisty roads, I was now taking it easy and came to a small roundabout just at the end of the exit slip road, and while gently going around the back tyre went sideways in a really bad way. I quickly pulled over to see what was up, only to see engine oil all over the fairings and rear wheel/tire. The newly fitted head gasket from Chiswick Honda decided to fail. Thinking back I was so lucky that the tyre did not step our while I was doing silly speeds only 2mins earlier!

I am only 27 and have had more moments on bikes in my 9 years of riding then most will have in a lifetime. I ride more sensibly now and not as often.

Never been mental on my proper bikes, but I didn't think I was gonna survive my CBT on-road section! Seriously, it was HAMMERING down with rain as we went down all these country lanes and I was bricking it.

[STRAMASHER]

I had a 12bhp KDX125 and kept nagging a mate (18yr old on a rider policy) for a go on his GS750 with a GS1000 lump even though it was not finished. (No front brakes, rear drum only.)

So he relented, so i jumped on this bikini faired, drag-barred , Alfa or Marshall piped bad boy and took it for a burble through town out onto the moors onto the A77. Felt like i was lying flat out on the bike with the rearsets and straight bars.

Up to 90 and it did not feel right, not like 90mph (like I would know what that felt like anyway, only having a 68mph 12bhp ****ter) so thought the speedo was reading wrong. Dropped into 4th (gear indicator, wow!) and and got the throttle open............110 in an instant and my visor was on my neb. Unbelievable wind force.

Ton-up, job done. Rode back to find my mate and his brother having kittens cos I had been away half-an-hour. Doobies all-round.

Getting your 1st ton used to be special, don't think this is the case anymore as you get a license a lot easier and can jump on anything.

Happy days.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Baph

Can't say I've had a ride yet where I didn't think I'd make it back alive.

+1 but having said that, the svThou is like riding on the back of mike tyson during a street fight with someone who said the tattoo on his face made him look like a cockhead. Pure rage...