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biggus · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject: 150+ BHP...

Question from a colleague of mine fed up with "The dick heads who scream down my road in Epsom at stupid MPH"

Before anyone gets on their high horse, Ian is a reformed biker Laughing

His question is...

What is more difficult to control, the 150+horses on tap or yourself..

Discuss...
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Flintstone · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

I've never had a bike with more than 133bhp at the back wheel, so I don't know. Rolling Eyes

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Rossi Bird · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject:

Bit of both for me really, not used to the blade yet so control is a major issue. TBH it seems a bit flighty to be ridden sensibly on the road Confused

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Chuffster · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

Well I probably could control the horses, but hey, I like life in the fast lane so would have to yank it and crank it. And you don't need 150+ horses to be a hooligan Wink

For me, I can behave, and at times I do try. then something happens, the red mist comes down, and I am off Evil or Very Mad

, take it thats the natural born racer in me Cool

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Incubus · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject:

yourself, no contest
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AJ · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject:

It's like - "guns don't kill, people do".
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BarryH · Cabbage club member #1 Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 7579

The question should be "How often do you use all the horsepower?"
I bet half the time 98% of riders use less than half the power on tap. Its all about selfcontrol..........

Matty · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject:

yourself, ive ridden a few bikes with more than 150bhp and i found them no harder to control than a lower powered bike, as barryh said its self control thats the problem Wink

ardee · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:

My bike has only 59bhp. I try not to speed yet I often can't resist so I'm guessing the same would be true on a 150bhp bike, although I've never ridden one. Let's face it, the bike doesn't go anywhere by itself and a 150bhp bike will go at 30mph if the rider rides it at that speed, the same as any other bike will.

Windy · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

Not sure what the ninja is but there's no way I'll ever be able to ride my bike to its limit without spending the rest of my life on a track! Tis a confidence thing too, however, the bike has much more get up and go than the firestorm and it's sometimes difficult to resist blipping the throttle when perhaps I shouldn't.
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Jam · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

Not ridden 150bhp myself, but the 133 2007 R6 was great fun... didn't feel remotely uncomfortable riding it

I think a 200bhp machine is a bit of a different matter, specially when it gets down to 170kg Wink

kremmen · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject:

My Rocket is a gentle controllable lady if you want it to be...I don't think I have ever had a problem ( except stopping is a bit of an art if you don't want to sound like hawaii 50. ( ask your parents about tyre sqealing ).

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Tango · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject:

My Blackbird was around 150 bhp..on the motorway it was so easy to do silly speed with out even trying. Embarrassed

guess that qualifies as rider and bike at fault.
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Cyborg · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

My bike only develops 48bhp, so I think you can count me out of this debate.
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ninjabob · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

Yourself - the more power the smoother you need to ride especially in poor conditions.
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Cyborg · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

Only out by a year WD, not a bad guess.
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Morgawr · Pedestrian Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 13

Can control both but sometimes just like to let my hair down (so to speak) and let er' rip

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its all about respect have a blast were its safe i.e. were your not likely to encounter the public then ease it down in the 30 mph but give me a desent strip of motorway or a nice twisty and im gone it just makes me smile yum yum!!!!!!!ZZR1100 still awsome even now
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Well.... I guess this is one way of letting the nanny state government know that they will need to limit the power of bikes. It would seem that some of us are not able to control ourselves!

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Roughie · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

I have no idea what you are talking about my bike just goes broom broom Rolling Eyes

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