Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:45 pm
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rings very true....the new stuff is SO good, that you have to be mental to get it wobbly??????
Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:42 pm
Strika wrote:Gos just made a comment about watching a dude go peg to peg on an old Z1300 years ago. It got me thinking, as to how we all used to ride the wheels off our old dungers so often back then.
They didn't have very much in the way of suspension,.......or brakes. They steered really weirdly more often than not, and really didn't have much in the way of power, but yet, we used to ride them not much slower I reckon than I do my newer stuff.
By way of comparison, I can remember belting an old GPX750 around Winton years ago. It pogoed in every turn, the brakes turned to shit after two laps, the tyres were a real hit and miss affair ie-aim to hit the apex, but miss it by a mile!!!!Ground clearance was more of a problem than front end grip, although even with only 75-80hp the old GPX could still muster enough power to have the Dunlop K701's on the rear spinning madly onto the main straight!
But we would ride the feckin things until they were bucking and kicking and wobbling all over the place. The frames would flex, as would the forks and swingarm. It was a fairly wobbly old piece of kit to go fast on. But go fast we did.![]()
So what do some of you more............errr............ experienced motorcyclists reckon??? Do you think that we really did ride the old stuff harder, or is it just that the new stuff is SO good, that you have to be mental to get it wobbly??????
Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:05 pm
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frogzx12r wrote:... and I forgot the tyres, and I used to buy for how long they lasted back then too...
Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:00 pm
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Buck wrote:Thankyou for acknledging my youth SmittyYoung Bucks are here.I had the same thoughts on the weekend
Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:17 pm
Smitty wrote:...now really going back...waxed cotton riding wear
dripped on ya when hot and you get VERY wet when it rained....
javaman wrote:.... downgrading to 400cc just to beat the bigger bikes on the road?? What are these 400cc ?
Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:14 am
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Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:41 am
Smitty wrote:[
I have to say your GeePeeX7fiddy must have been a dog
I had no trouble with brakes on mine
(mind you...spent lots making 'em work right but)
200-> 60 at Honda at PI was a doddle
240 down to 170ish for Turn1...no problem
and
only 75hp..??? geezus mine made 105rwhp on a dyno
with zorst and cam and timing degree'd inso yeah , my 140 section Bridgie looked like shit after 5 laps
however
the frame flex on it was no different to the H1 or GPz7fiddy
..guess I was used to it
I was happy with a 1:55 round the Island
the young bucks jumping on a near new Zx6
have no idea..no idea at all![]()
cheers