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Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - Skippernick - 01-09-13
(01-09-13, 10:47 AM)Fizzy Pies link Wrote:exup's fazer thou :lol
I'll second that :lol
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - jackojet - 02-09-13
Suzuki TL1000s
had the weird rear shock set up.
Had a go on a mates, all went well till I tried to exit a bend, the wallow and tankslapper that followed, nearly ended with me in a hedge :eek
A week later he crashed it :rolleyes
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - JoeRock - 02-09-13
Probably the SV650. Wouldn't be had for a first bike I suppose, but it was underpowered, underbraked and very basically suspended. Did have a sweet chassis though, and once my mate had GSXR-D the brakes and suspension it was a lot better - but still bloody slow!
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - Exupnut - 02-09-13
Nick's fart lol
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - BBROWN1664 - 02-09-13
The absolute worst for me would be a Vespa or my sons moped. Both had silly little wheels with no real stability.
For bigger bikes, GarethG's Enfield Bullet was a bit weird but his Goldwing had to be the worst big bike I have ridden.
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - jon - 02-09-13
Actually, now you mention it, my mate had an sv650, and on the few occasions when I rode it I found it totally uninspiring, underpowered and it looked and sounded naff.
sv650 then. The worst bike ive ever ridden... still better than a car though
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - caretaker - 02-09-13
my old cx500 would qualify for both worst and best. it just didnt handle and weaved round the bends, but i bought it with 16000 on the clock and it died on 88000. just went on and on. a mate's buell didnt go down too well as the rake is so steep, it fell into bends too quick.
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - flesh - 02-09-13
I found the Honda Varadero 1000 a truly awful bike that scared the sh*te out of me in high winds.
2nd would be the Honda CB250 I did 30k miles on in the early 90's. "Interesting" handling would be an understatement.
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - Mark YPVS - 02-09-13
Honda CB50J it was a restricted 50cc 4 stroke, 5 speeds of slow the brakes were crap and it handled like a drunk fat bloke on roller skates :lol :lol
Mark
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - seangee - 02-09-13
Got a P Reg GS 500 as a loner a couple of weeks ago. Scared the crap out of me and thought I'd end up pushing it back as it really disliked water and I got caught in a rainstorm. New respect for couriers that have to ride them.
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - jon - 02-09-13
I used to love the handling on my old cx500! Being a shaft drive with a v twin engine mounted sideways it certainly behaved 'interestingly' seemed to remember giving it a handfull of throttle coming out of a long right hander and the whole bike kinda twisted lol. The back wheel sort of dug in and felt like it was trying to overtake the front by laying on its side and coming underneath! Loads of torquesteer made me feel like I was cocking my arsecheek up to squeeze out a fart everytime I cracked the throttle open! :rollin
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - jon - 02-09-13
I called my cx 'britney' cos (at the time) it was 26 years old, not too pretty, fun to ride but always breaking down in public.
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - dr bong - 03-09-13
1250 Bandit was pretty nasty, tested an FZ6 when they first came out, totally useless bike, never been so glad to get back on the FZS. Had an ER5 courtesy bike once, that was horrible too.
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - nick crisp - 03-09-13
(03-09-13, 12:52 PM)FJGAR link Wrote: 1250 Bandit was pretty nasty, tested an FZ6 when they first came out, totally useless bike, never been so glad to get back on the FZS. Had an ER5 courtesy bike once, that was horrible too.
:lurk Any minute now.....
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - ChristoT - 03-09-13
(03-09-13, 08:40 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=FJGAR link=topic=9666.msg98748#msg98748 date=1378209172]
1250 Bandit was pretty nasty, tested an FZ6 when they first came out, totally useless bike, never been so glad to get back on the FZS. Had an ER5 courtesy bike once, that was horrible too.
:lurk Any minute now.....
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What, we'll twig he's on an FJR? :lol :lol
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - nick crisp - 03-09-13
(03-09-13, 09:04 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: [quote author=nick crisp link=topic=9666.msg98870#msg98870 date=1378237252]
[quote author=FJGAR link=topic=9666.msg98748#msg98748 date=1378209172]
1250 Bandit was pretty nasty, tested an FZ6 when they first came out, totally useless bike, never been so glad to get back on the FZS. Had an ER5 courtesy bike once, that was horrible too.
:lurk Any minute now.....
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What, we'll twig he's on an FJR? :lol :lol
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Bloody hell, Christo, there's only so much popcorn I can eat! :lol
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - ChristoT - 03-09-13
(03-09-13, 09:21 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=ChristoT link=topic=9666.msg98887#msg98887 date=1378238656]
[quote author=nick crisp link=topic=9666.msg98870#msg98870 date=1378237252]
[quote author=FJGAR link=topic=9666.msg98748#msg98748 date=1378209172]
1250 Bandit was pretty nasty, tested an FZ6 when they first came out, totally useless bike, never been so glad to get back on the FZS. Had an ER5 courtesy bike once, that was horrible too.
:lurk Any minute now.....
[/quote]
What, we'll twig he's on an FJR? :lol :lol
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Bloody hell, Christo, there's only so much popcorn I can eat! :lol
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Then gimme. I'm hungry. :lol :lol
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - dr bong - 03-09-13
The FJR went about 6 months ago
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - midden - 04-09-13
The worst bike I ever rode simultaneously gave me the experience of vertigo and sea sickness. I'll stop there, since a true gentleman never tells
Re: Worst bike you have ever riden? - Chris - 04-09-13
(04-09-13, 05:11 AM)midden link Wrote: The worst bike I ever rode simultaneously gave me the experience of vertigo and sea sickness. I'll stop there, since a true gentleman never tells
:rollin