11-09-2013, 06:03 AM
(11-09-2013, 01:51 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol about the smiley
They must have lead you on a group ride around the parking lot or something. I demoed a whole bunch of Yamahas last summer when the Yamaha demo truck was at our local dealer... Tenere, FZ8, Raider, R-1 can't remember what else, about 8 bikes I think. They led us on a pre determined path, never over 35 mph, 9 miles. From those test rides I'd claim all of them sucked. Couldn't judge how they accelerated, how they handled, how they braked, what they sounded like even. It was putt putt putt..aren't these bikes great?
Believe me, I know guys that can rail in the mountains on a scooter, cutting under many sport bikes with clutches and manual transmissions in tight curves, and accelerating like a Banshee out and down the next straight away. I find myself riding my Majesty about 5 mph on average faster than I do my CB.
The demo ride was better than that, just before the Berg I rode a Buda and the leader made sure I got to whack it a few times. On the Berg i was able to keep up, but not much more. We did about 8 miles of mixed roads. The Berg was fafaster than a couple regular bikes.
I know you can ride the piss out of these bikes, and I'll bet there's guys leaving squids in the dust on them. I guess what I'm thinking is that with so little time to ride, I want to get the most out of the time I DO have. And for me, (emphasis on the ME), that means a full-on motorcycle with all that one comes with.