ducati on stabilisers?

Originally Posted by Steve H

As an example of that, one of my first bikes was an aprilia rs 125.
My father rode lots of bikes in the early 60,s.......Triumph, BSA 650s etc.
He had not ridden for a while but decided to have a spin on the RS. He came back absolutely amazed and said that a modern 125 would have 'creamed' the bikes he used to ride in his younger days. Pretty worrying for all those born agains going straight back to R1s etc. let alone an SV.

like the aprillias... esp the rs250... cant ride one though... wrong build for it

most born agains I believe were choosing R1s or bandit 12s which would probably account for the statistics...

and to be honest theres far far more traffic and more agressive drivers so it must be so different too.... I know one guy who went and did the DAS course even though he had his licence - just so he could update his training. not bad idea.

Yeah, people moan about the test standards today. My dads test invoved him riding the bike around a car park with the 'examiner' jumping out at him for the emergency stop! And to think he could get reasonable insurance on an R1!