01-15-2018, 11:14 AM
mickey, your comment here...
Quote:CB and the XSR are very comfortable to ride but are bi-polar in their attitudes. The CB laid back, smooth, comfortable, quiet while the XSR is raucous, energetic, wants to run and act crazy. It's impossible to ride it sedately, not because the motor isn't capable of doing that, but because the exhaust note encourages you to accelerate just to hear it. One is an older gentleman the other a teenager with tats and piercings. One plans on being in by dark, the other won't be in until the club closes.
...is spot-on. The only thing I would add is it's not just the exhaust note, but the overall feel—the cadence—of the motor that encourages you to accelerate.
Earlier in this thread someone said I could just ride my XSR at lower speeds, rather than buy a slower bike.
Nope. Won't work. Riding the XSR slowly takes all the fun out of it. At that point, I'd rather ride a bike that is designed to be ridden at slower speeds, so it will feel happier there. The XSR fuels and does everything just fine at slow speeds, but it feels grouchy. It's not in a good mood, and when it is in a good mood it's really fun, so that's the mood you want it to be in!
Quote:CB and the XSR are very comfortable to ride but are bi-polar in their attitudes. The CB laid back, smooth, comfortable, quiet while the XSR is raucous, energetic, wants to run and act crazy. It's impossible to ride it sedately, not because the motor isn't capable of doing that, but because the exhaust note encourages you to accelerate just to hear it. One is an older gentleman the other a teenager with tats and piercings. One plans on being in by dark, the other won't be in until the club closes.
...is spot-on. The only thing I would add is it's not just the exhaust note, but the overall feel—the cadence—of the motor that encourages you to accelerate.
Earlier in this thread someone said I could just ride my XSR at lower speeds, rather than buy a slower bike.
Nope. Won't work. Riding the XSR slowly takes all the fun out of it. At that point, I'd rather ride a bike that is designed to be ridden at slower speeds, so it will feel happier there. The XSR fuels and does everything just fine at slow speeds, but it feels grouchy. It's not in a good mood, and when it is in a good mood it's really fun, so that's the mood you want it to be in!