Did someone say noggy?
God Nick just hurry up and get better and start riding and less moaning
Starting to sound like me
I dunno woth yous guys honestly, here i am trying to be sensible and opt for less power and more road riding abilities and i get a slating....perhaps i should be lying about my capabilities and saying stuff like oh the FZ1 aint quick enough for me i need more power bla bla.
Anyway i'm with Stevie on the fact that i think on normal roads most sporty motored 600's will keep up with the thou at the more legal end of the spectrum.
Yes like i say if you plan ahead and are sitting at 50 behind a car on a straight then a 3rd gear overtake sure is tasty.......but you wouldnt wanna be up in that rev range mid corner coz it'll spit you off the road when it hits its second wind.......so i usually choose 4th gear for smaller B road corners when i dont want to be carrying too much speed and i can use the engine braking a bit more......3rd is a bit suicidal because then you start struggling with the jerky throttle trying to maintain a constant corner speed.....then on the quicker corners im in 5th gear which allows for a smooth bit of power.......but then when youre finished with the corner and in 5th you just dont have that punch and you're waiting on the revs building up again and this is where other bikes come into their own......ok so you can kick it down a gear but that isnt the point of a thou.
Where the thou excelled yesterday was on the A44 where the corners are big, long and well surfaced......once you get the speed up then it starts to feel like a lighter bike and you can just keep pushing it over further in a turn........but that is one road that i have to travel to......the majority of the roads i ride are small B roads that are more technical and demanding an don them the thou seems a bit lardy and you're always reigning in the power and feeling like a bit if a pussy.
This is why im looking at the MT07 as i think it'll be perfectly suited to me on these roads and ill be able to thrash it and at least "feel" more like im shifting regardless of actual speeds......ok so the range isnt much better on these little bikes but the comfort will be better......my inner thigh muscle was cramping up badly on my way home yesterday and that was only after a couple hundred miles.
Yes i'll miss that blistering speed on occasions but i think the rest will more than make up for it.