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Old 19-03-2005, 07:51 PM
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Default Bikers... how the feck do you do it!!!

just had my first go on a bike that isn't consiered a moped...

Kawasaki KX 125cc 2 strone (just under 50bhp i believe)

fook me, TOOOO fast

how the feck can you ride an R1 or busa orsimilar

admintedly half the scaryness was with the fact that its a crosser and i was going over bumps n shit... but still...

i'm NEVER getting a fast bike
Old 19-03-2005, 07:54 PM
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Old 19-03-2005, 07:56 PM
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you raving homo
Old 19-03-2005, 08:02 PM
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The most dangerous bike I have ever ridden was a 2004 YZ125 MX bike, R1's and similar are a piece of piss in comparison. Good fun though
Old 19-03-2005, 08:03 PM
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balls like coconuts help
Old 19-03-2005, 08:05 PM
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POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFTTTTTTTEEEERRR RRR!!!! LOL!!
Old 19-03-2005, 08:13 PM
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My R1 is a pussy cat compared to my mates old KX250 crosser. 2 strokes are NUTS
Old 19-03-2005, 08:15 PM
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Crossers are a lot harder to control than some superbikes!
Old 19-03-2005, 08:26 PM
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Old 19-03-2005, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil
Crossers are a lot harder to control than some superbikes!
No shit Sherlock



That may be down to the fact you dont ride on dirt tracks with a Superbike
Old 19-03-2005, 08:37 PM
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Old 19-03-2005, 09:07 PM
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Its called having BALLS, Jim....LOL

A little restraint with the throttle hand goes a long way too.....

KNOWING you can do 180 if you want to is good enough for most people, there is no need to prove it on every outing.
Old 19-03-2005, 10:11 PM
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in my garage ive got a kawasaki h2 750 2 stroke, in the 70s these were called the WIDOW MAKER, for obvious reasons, also a westfield megabusa, this is stupidly fast, i think if you want to ride bikes you have be bought up with them as your first form of transport

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Old 19-03-2005, 10:45 PM
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rsjp,
i think if you if you want to ride bikes you have be bought up with them as your first form of transport

i wasnt mine has 142bhp at the rear wheel
Old 19-03-2005, 11:32 PM
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i think if you if you want to ride bikes you have be bought up with them as your first form of transport
i was and still fooked them off. its not if someone knocks you off its when.
Old 19-03-2005, 11:57 PM
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i started on bikes when i was 8 , passed my full test at 17 and still have the occasional thought ,

These things are gona kill me ,

Havin said that i just bought me new leathers for this year ( ripped the side out of my old ones when i lowsided on a round about ), pair of new BT010's and im all set for the 1st of april ,

as long as you respect a bike for what it is hen youll be fine , that goes for road and off road bikes
Old 20-03-2005, 12:07 AM
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Old 20-03-2005, 12:23 AM
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lol i use to race motorcross i bet sum of the jumps we use to do while racing fast u would shit ur pants lol
Old 20-03-2005, 12:36 AM
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Never raced motocross, but had a few "outings" with the boys in blue when i was smaller(ask tiff, that was a while ago ) and always got away

crossers to me are easier to ride fast than any large CC sports bike. its all down to what you are used too. many a good superbike rider has learned alot from motocross and vice versa

seems like you jim ,have hamster bollocks and should stick to underpowered sierras
Old 20-03-2005, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by philc
seems like you jim ,have hamster bollocks and should stick to underpowered sierras


Old 20-03-2005, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Deano
Originally Posted by philc
seems like you jim ,have hamster bollocks and should stick to underpowered sierras


what he said
Old 20-03-2005, 05:34 AM
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lol @ jim

first bike was fs1e then had millions of 125's kmx/tzr ect

oh and a cr500 crosser that wheelied in top at about 75mph.
Old 20-03-2005, 05:44 AM
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Same here.a good old yamaha FS1E complete with front discbrake in yellow.
Old 20-03-2005, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by starturbo
Same here.a good old yamaha FS1E complete with front discbrake in yellow.
yes dx model dicsbrake and pedals which i took off and put on pegs.

mine was a 74 model

also allspeed pipe and big balls kit did nearly 70mph
Old 20-03-2005, 05:53 AM
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Thats yellow bike,not the disc brake.
Old 20-03-2005, 08:15 AM
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just sold my 160BHP Gsxr1000 cos it was too slow, try a real bike and get the wind in your hair at 175mph, on a private road of course officer
Old 20-03-2005, 09:08 AM
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You just have to take it steady on the big bikes
lot of common sense is needed and restraint
Old 20-03-2005, 09:18 AM
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when i was 13 i got a CR 80 and fooooook

from riding pizza bikes to a crosser.. different league Proper shat myself.. Its when it hits band Those little 80's are well nippy, especially at 13

Quickest bike I rode is a CR250 Front constantly wanting to lift especially as i weigh fook all...

GSXR600 is good fun too...

Bikes are wicked just would never own one for the road.. well summer maybe
Old 20-03-2005, 09:29 AM
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what a pussy
Old 20-03-2005, 09:42 AM
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had a few bikes when i was younger. rm 80, rm 125, cr480(air cooled), ktm 250(air cooled), yz 80, ty175, dt 125, z250 ,rg250 !!!!!!!!!
the most mental bike i'v seen is the guy who built my engine's bike.
suzuki katana 1230cc, high comp, fully mappable management, 8 injectors, evo 6 wrc turbo with anti lag, custom plenum, lengthened swinging arm etc. road legal. last time it was dyno'd it was producing 321bhp at crank. that was with just 4 injectors and the smaller turbo. its a fuckin weapon. he's taking it to the pod.
he has been b4. last time he was there it was some street bike championship the week before. if he had went the week earlier he would have been quicker than the turbo'd busa that won.
Old 20-03-2005, 10:21 AM
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Fizzy 50,

now they rock ,
Old 20-03-2005, 11:36 AM
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Try riding an RG 500 Gamma, Fookin mental yoke. 500 2 stroke. Piss most of the modern stuff in a straight line. Also have a '80 XT 500 & a '03 DL 1000.
Old 20-03-2005, 12:37 PM
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westy, me n me mates have got an old suzuki TS80...

its a complete piece of shit, but its still good for a laugh :P

its more than fast enough for my liking on the bumpy bits... going 70 (kph ) thru a 5ft x 5ft x 1ft pothole is kinda interesting

the thing that kinda shit me up, is that you'd be in 4th on this Kx only going slow, about 20-30mph and if you give it some throttle it'll still lift the front fookin wheel bit scary for someone like myself who has about 30mins experience total on shitty 50s and 80s and b4 that only ridden a mountainbike when i was about 12
Old 20-03-2005, 06:59 PM
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I've had a few 500 cc mx bikes - they are propper mad!!

The R1 is much more progressive and stable- different beast alltogether....
if you want scary .. try highsiding your mx bike on the road flat out in 6th gear on knobbly tyres!!!
really hurts
DON'T FANCY DOING THAT AGAIN....
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ive done 160mph on a back of a bike, wicked buzz
Old 20-03-2005, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cossy abuser
just sold my 160BHP Gsxr1000 cos it was too slow, try a real bike and get the wind in your hair at 175mph, on a private road of course officer
Christ, what would u specifiy as a fast bike then?
Old 20-03-2005, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Smit
Christ, what would u specifiy as a fast bike then?
550bhp Hayabusa maybe?

http://www.holeshotracing.co.uk/tuni...yabusa_550.asp
Old 20-03-2005, 07:17 PM
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we had this in the other daY...
fairly quick!!!
JUST UNDER 1000 BHP...15 GALLONS TO THE MILE!!
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