ok maybe a dumb question but i've only ever riden a CB500 for my test and a GSXR750.

whats the difference if you can put it into words between riding something like a
SP1 - 2, Ducati 998

and the usual rev boxes like the GSXR750 etc

cheers

 

personally i feel more in control with a twin, you've got engine braking for a start a big help when goin into corners, you've got the torque/grunt to make a cool sharp harp out of the corners , instant power when opening the throttle, dont have to wait 4 it to wind up.handlin is spot on! my sp1 is the best bike ive ever ridden ive had R1's blades etc but nothin compares to the old SP1,
but after all that its your own personal choice its not everyones cuppa tea
get on one and ride it to make up your own mind

 

cheers mate will see if i can get a test at a local bike dealers, going down there tomorrow
always nice to hear about other peoples experiences though

 

sounds sad but i remember me first ride on a sp1
i was shoutin fcukin hell and laughin in my helmet lol
still do now

 

didnt use my GSXR very often and was sometimes a couple of months between rides, the 1st 5 minutes used to scare be shaaatless everytime

 

jesus JB how could you stay off a bike for so long?

 

:blonde: ive joined a blike site buy misteke lol

 

yeah something i ask myself every time i see one lol

 

voooooooooooooooooooom and hang on i think is the one ill prefer

 

LOL that happened to me when my mate let me ride his Turbo`d hyabusa except I didnt laugh I genuinely thought I was going to die

When I took my helmet off my mate was actually worried at how white I went

 

lol im always larfin in me helmet! the best is when you do a backfire in the middle of town! made a bloke drop his briefcase! or when ive got me knee down and you see people starin in amazment!

 

know what you mean!

 

lol or get ya knee down next to a car going right on a roundabout, dodgy but very funny after!

 

Nothing drives like a twin, mate. A twin has torque, low and mid end power, and if it's a 4 valve twin, it even has high end power. Once you rode a Honda SP1 or a 916, 996, 998 or SuperSport from Ducati, every other japanese 4 cylinder bike seems empty, without taste and without character.
Of course they are powerful, but what's important on a bike is the feeling and the character : and nothing can beat a twin. And fook me : the SOUND of a twin !!!! (if you want i can make you hear one of my Ducati with free carbon exhausts )
Not to speak about design, in which of course Italian bikes are far far above japanese bikes, on which they change stickers colour every 6 months and you feel like your bike is old fashioned ROFL
To finish, find me a better looking bike than the Ducati 916 / 996 / 998 family
But keep in mind they are really tough and precise machines, very hard to learn at the beginning, harder to ride than jap bikes, but much more efficient once you know how to use them. Their chassis is much more precise, handling is far above what japs can do, but on the other side they are harder and less comfortable... it's a choice
Remember what the great Giacomo Agostini said about bikes : "a 4 cylinder is NOT for bikes, it's a car engine."

 

btw, if you want to see (and hear) me on my Ducati 1000 SuperSport, here is a little video

http://www.l-tech.fr/transfer/petrucci_ducati.wmv

 

I've got a duke 748s and it's my first twin and I love it. I dont think I could ever go back to a 4 cylnder bike now. It's just fook me it's uncomfortable. I went dow to bournemouth and couple of weeks ago and my arms and wrist are still killing me

 

i want a 748 next, is it worth the pain then?!

 

Ride a Ducati one time, and you'll never ask again if they are worth the pain

 

very tempting! dunno if i would regret sellin my gixer though!

 

i know more ppl that regret Ducati after having bought jap bikes rather than the contrary mate

 

i want one! do u know if the 748 is a lot quicker than a gixer 600?

 

You cant compare a 748 to a GSX-R600 ................ they arent in the same league

600 suzook is MILES ahead

 

To be honest, I sometimes regret buying the Duke, I know I could have had a brand new gixer 1000 for the same money but it just hasn't got the same presence as a duke thundering down the road. I've ridden the old shape gsxr 600 and I'd have to say the 748 would munch it, not to sure about the new one tho. With a chip and cans I've seen a 748 push over 110bhp so there's good power there. It's just the handling I cant seem to get over, I've gone into a couple of corner way to hard, just slam it down and it's so stable, my mate wasn't so fortunate trying to follow me in on his R1 tho

 

think i mite go for a 748 then, gonna get a red one and hav the fila graphics put all over it