Buncha Assholes and Squids

In my best Monty Python impersonation:


He's a Switch(er)!!!!

Ban 'im!!!!!!






Nope, don't mind you sticking around. And I already knew about the condition on several other boards. :violent1: :horse:

I am on the fzrarchives aswell (probably because I still have the good ole fiz and am lookin for a triumph)....and I find the information and the general chit chat to be similar to this atmosphere.....why is this...i am guessing it is related to the fact that the FZR is no longer produced, but still an good bike all around...the only people that have one are riders that want to mod the poo outta it and riders that just enjoy the ride (since the FZR's tranny may blow at an incling of an 50 mph wheelie)...any squids that join usually buy their R1's (and reck them) within a week....I was somewhat surprised to see over here, that, even with a new bike, you all are tryin to make it better or put your own custom touch to it as well....I guess there will always be the mod-ders in every sportbike site...someone right now is converging an FZR with YZF cylinders....

everyother site, I agree, seems to be more interested in the longest wheelie (which is nice to do), and how they endoed and got the "nice jpb, dumb ass" by the tail of their bike as it flipped on top of them when they tried to pull a stoppy with their brand new , daddy bought me bike :squid:....I dont mind them though...gets me some sweet-cheap upgrades on my FZR :fingure:



so get an older sportbike that is no longer produced and you may find a site like this

I'm sure I'll always be a HD rider, which tends to make me a turd in the pool on sportbike sites. I post on http://easttennesseeriders.com/ too, they claim to be all bike friendly but they're mostly sportbkers and they don't get the cruiser/HD thing at all. (as some here or at TRAT or at T595 don't but hey)

Every bike they see with the rider not in full race gear they have to have a group gear hug and pat themselves on the back and talk about how all their gear saved them.... :horse: They seem to fail to get the whole if you are riding at 90% or more of your skill, and/or the bikes capability you are far more likely to need it than not. (If you are running slicks, you may be living a tad closer to the edge than is safe on the road)

Anyhow, I've found that if you find a site where you enjoy the conversation, hang around. :beer:

cheapbastard said:

kcjones said:

Now, if I could just figure out how to do 2nd gear wheelies with this thing....

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alright kc, let's git this sorted. Exactly what are you doing to bring it up in 2nd? I know you are used to a ZX10, and as I have said earlier, speedy won't come up as easily at speeds like yer 10 would. I find it hard to bring her up much over 60-65mph. It can be done, but needs a bit of work. If you are 55mph or under, she doesn't need a huge amount of clutch slippage, but still a bit more than my R1 used to. You have to remember, speedy is a little chunkier than those ol' rice rockets. There's really nut'n to it once you git the hang of it. I can now power wheelie speedy in 2nd gear around 45mph or so. ;D Let us know what you are doing, I'm sure we can git ya on the right track. ;D

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Right now, I probably need less mechanical sympathy. I went out the day after I posted about being disappointed, and I tried 2nd gear at a slower speed, about 35 mph, and it came up higher and if I would have been sitting back farther, I probably could have gotten it up close to the balance point. I should point out now too, that I don't do real balance point wheelies either, I always need to keep accelerating at least a bit to keep it up.

With the zx10 I could flick the clutch while opening the throttle and it would snap upright, with very little clutch slip. When I tried to do this on the s3 at about 7k rpm it would just bog or only come up a couple inches, that's why I think I probably need to open the throttle more, but with so few miles on it, it's hard for me :gayaway:. I tried in first and it comes up easy with just a flick of the clutch and hardly any throttle at all. Kind of like how the zx10 used to in 2nd ;D.