11-05-2014, 10:26 PM
(11-04-2014, 10:49 PM)Randy B_imp Wrote: Would you want just anyone riding around on 220+ HP? I know I sure wouldn't.
If you have the ability to handle that kind of power on the street, then you most likely 1. Have the experience to control the bike properly. 2. The money to be able to afford both it and the insurance (because that is going to be a KILLER). and 3. The common sense to not ride it like a total DB all over the place just to show off that "you can ride like a 'stuntah' bro".
My $.02
Leno made the point that "in his day" when the Vincent Black Shadow came out, it was considered to be a deathtrap widowmaker of a bike...with 55 HP. Likewise when I was really getting into bikes in the 80's and the VMax came out with 100 HP, we were sure theyd be ground-looping and shredding tires as they killed their foolhardy riders.
Today's paradigm shift is tomorrow's yawn.