Very surprised at how different a sportbike is than a standard - Page 5

Homeslice · 03-15-2011, 01:19 AM

I prefer the forward riding position........The wind props you up. So you're not slouching like so many guys do on standards & cruisers. Especially the retards with ape-hanger customs. From a side view it's like their body is curved in a "C" shape, because both their arms and their legs have to reach far forward. Looks like all their weight is on their tailbone. Retarded.

A sport riding position takes the impact forces off your back & tailbone, and onto your abs & thighs where it belongs.

jtemple · 03-15-2011, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

I prefer the forward riding position........The wind props you up. So you're not slouching like so many guys do on standards & cruisers. Especially the retards with ape-hanger customs. From a side view it's like their body is curved in a "C" shape, because both their arms and their legs have to reach far forward. Looks like all their weight is on their tailbone. Retarded.

A sport riding position takes the impact forces off your back & tailbone, and onto your abs & thighs where it belongs.

I found the sportbike riding position to be very comfortable and controlled, as long as the pace was good. Tooling around town sucked, though.

Avatard · 03-15-2011, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

I've owned a bunch of different bikes, the fastest being an FZ1. Also had a ZRX1200, Bandit1200S and even an old 1993 ZX6D....but the CBR F4i I picked up (for $1,600 bitches!!

) rides so much differently than anything I've owned it really took me by surprise.

4 pages in, and no one else has said it...odd.

What bike? I see no bike.

No pic, no bike.

Dave · 03-15-2011, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

4 pages in, and no one else has said it...odd.

What bike? I see no bike.

No pic, no bike.

pics were in the other thread

goof2 · 03-15-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

4 pages in, and no one else has said it...odd.

What bike? I see no bike.

No pic, no bike.

http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?t=18533

Kaneman · 03-15-2011, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

4 pages in, and no one else has said it...odd.

What bike? I see no bike.

No pic, no bike.

My bad, my bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSQ62EwLL1I

azoomm · 03-15-2011, 10:13 AM

Josh, come on down here with it sometime.

Archren · 03-15-2011, 05:00 PM

This thread makes me miss my little CBR. So did riding Sean's 675.. those bikes handle like they're on rails.

But I do like the option of triple digits in third gear...

Particle Man · 03-15-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Archren

This thread makes me miss my little CBR. So did riding Sean's 675.. those bikes handle like they're on rails.

But I do like the option of triple digits in third gear...

What? I couldn't hear you over your clutch...

pauldun170 · 03-15-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

What? I couldn't hear you over your clutch...

03-15-2011, 01:19 AM	#1
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I prefer the forward riding position........The wind props you up. So you're not slouching like so many guys do on standards & cruisers. Especially the retards with ape-hanger customs. From a side view it's like their body is curved in a "C" shape, because both their arms and their legs have to reach far forward. Looks like all their weight is on their tailbone. Retarded. A sport riding position takes the impact forces off your back & tailbone, and onto your abs & thighs where it belongs. Last edited by Homeslice; 03-15-2011 at 01:26 AM..

03-15-2011, 05:00 PM	#8
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	This thread makes me miss my little CBR. So did riding Sean's 675.. those bikes handle like they're on rails. But I do like the option of triple digits in third gear... __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

03-15-2011, 10:13 AM	#7
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	Josh, come on down here with it sometime.