Horsepower included , or not. At least you will have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery at harley speeds....;)
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Horsepower is not everything you know. I've had some of these machines speed past me at well over my safe travelling speed of 85kmh. Most have the highly modified unbaffled engines too and one can hear them in the distance, accelerating away on the down hill stretches for the most part of a hundred kilometer journey. Fascinating.
that would explain the need to stop at every watering hole on the 100km journey to allow those fire breathing engines to cool ..... and for the rider to come down off of the nerve tingling, adrenalin pumping high that accompanies riding such a rapid , rabid machine . My hat is off to those brave men who battle the beast every time they throw a leg over ....
I guess hp isn't everything. My MT-01 makes less than 90hp max and only about 50hp at 2500RPM (a bit over 100kmph). But, it makes a max of 150Nm of torque and over 140Nm from 2000RPM upwards so passing/hills are not a problem. Open the throttle and it surges forward. Lean it over and it goes around corners. Pull the brake lever and it stops. And it doesn't mind loping along at sensible speeds, unlike my RC8 that just begs to be ridden too fast.
it's definately nice to have a choice of what to ride depending on the mood and destination. I would take either the yammy R1 for playing on the hills or the old trumpy bonny for just cruising with the missus for a bit of a break from the house and kids and a stop for a coffee if that's what the day offered.
And as you said , the modern sports bikes just aren't happy unless you are wringing their necks and cranking them over in the corners , but that isn't the be all and end all of motorcycling.
Nothing more relaxing than a nice leisurely cruise on a bike away from traffic , or sitting on the side of a hill with a pack and a rifle and admiring the view....
Might blow the cobwebs off mine tomorrow, if it looks like staying fine... the oil drip is from the Landy..
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Choices, choices...
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Take the Honda.:thumbsup:
Would love to see the torque figures of the 114 fatbob next to all the rice rockets.
I kicked the tyres on a Livewire today. Holy shit fuck. Talk about quick! See a gap, semi-pin it and you’re there. The acceleration from stopped is unbelievable. Doesn’t have the top end of a rice rocket, but for a city commuter in traffic, just brilliant. No gear changes to worry about, a ton of engine braking (regenerative) in sports mode, over 200 km range with a conservative riding mode, a very impressive bit of kit. But the price point in NZ just kills it, which is sad because once you’ve ridden it, it’s hard to walk away from.
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kinda cool.
guess you could pretend you riding whatever ya like,just play the right noise.
one of the guys at work wouldn't believe the "mean v8" that just went past was a tesla.
til he googled it
I'm happy to conclude that my perspective of a motored bicycle is not near to the present direction of thought. I'm happy to admit, that I'm of no benefit to this discussion. All speed though, to those who relish in the modern ' motorcyclist'.
There’s quite a whine when you give it some, they’ve used straight cut gears I think in the reduction or 90 degree gearbox. When you’re stopped at lights etc, there’s a haptic pulse you feel every few seconds, like you’re giving it tiny twists on the throttle. It just reminds you that it’s alive and ready. It really is pretty neat, but smaller than I imagined.
Would be an interesting ride.
200ks on a charge with conservative riding might be 150ks with a bit of blipping. That's not even close to good enough for any sunday ride. Only commuter distance suitable really - a big limitation until better batts come along.
Trying to get the Km’s up so I can take it for first service, weather and life conspire to slow that up however today’s ride to the Catlins and Kaka Point was an enjoyable ride, Mrs Finnwolf likewise enjoyed the trip.
Still like the bike, a great wee bike, only niggle is selecting 6th sometimes doesn’t go smoothly ie shift lever doesn’t want to click up from 5th on first go from time to time, from what I’ve read on line it’s a bedding in issue and improves as time goes by.
rode an electric m/cycle today for the first time . Well if you can call it a m/cycle . just a little thing obviously designed for commuting with a top speed of 70k or so and styled along the lines of a honda monkey bike .
What a strange sensation ...... completely silent except for a tiny amount of tyre and wind noise . I found it quite unnerving myself ....
Neat little machine and would be magic for short running around but after a history of british classics and jappa race bikes with all the fruit and race pipes I think it would take a while for me to get used to the lack of engine/exhaust noise , particularly as I always found that a part of the attraction of bikes.
I mean , even on a pushbike you can hear the sound of your heavy breathing but this was just so quite it was eerie.....
I would like to have a spin on this.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...0?bof=MaBQJENB
Finnwolf it does get better I have 6000km on mine without a false neutral between 5th and 6th from about 3000km. Clutch adjustment helps too. I rode mine with plenty of changing between 5 and 6th now its super smooth.
this thread reminds me of the old story...
how do you make a racehorse run faster????
feed it to a greyhound...
Took the Interceptor in for 500km service today, a great ride in warm sunny weather up to Dunedin and headed back vis Brighton and Taieri Mouth - Waihola road, a nice ‘puts a smile on your face’ ride.
Not quite as good as a successful hunt but still up there.
Just back from Burt Munro Challenge rally on the Royal Enfield, shit there’s some mad buggers on the race tracks! Absolutely fearless and insane!
Mrs Finnwolf and I got a really wet arse between Edendale and Invercargill, it fair bucketed down, thankfully we weren’t staying in a tent!
Anyway that’s got nothing to do with shooting and hunting....