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allways thought theyd finally woken up to those cunning sneeky jap prpaganda ads , with these . A bit late though . Previous decade ' The West ' had kept em pretty pragmatic .



In YOUR Eye , too . Tojo .

Backs Against the Wall .



The Final Stockade .



course NORTON adds were a differant Veign , but the pinko leftey niny nany hip Govt had sunk both effectively . in 75 . Probly thought they were offensive to the Japanese , Moslems & Feminists .

Perelli Licquerish Soft Track Rear Tyre .



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And I always thought these were unreliable old junk .

Mustve been a lot of atrocious riders & mechanics about , or toatal neglect & abuse by degenerates .

We think we might know where they mightve got the idea here , from . :wink:



He's forgotten to put the Lights and Indicators Back On . :wink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjI5Ex31Kbw

I know I am a silly old fart, however I've promised myself that one day I will ride a modern 1000cc bike on a race circuit. I know there is a problem with that. The old bikes I've been riding impose a limit, so you cannot get into too much trouble. In my youth a Triumph 650 was good for about 25,000 miles, then required a rebuild. The unit 650 Triumph eventually handled well, however nothing like the bikes we can buy these days. I have a habit of working up to the corners when braking on race circuits and getting on the gas progressively earlier coming out, until I can get around almost out of control. Doing that on a modern superbike might be fraught with hazard ? I wonder how far inside the limit the guys riding modern bikes actually stay these days ?

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I know I am a silly old fart, however I've promised myself that one day I will ride a modern 1000cc bike on a race circuit. I know there is a problem with that. The old bikes I've been riding impose a limit, so you cannot get into too much trouble. In my youth a Triumph 650 was good for about 25,000 miles, then required a rebuild. The unit 650 Triumph eventually handled well, however nothing like the bikes we can buy these days. I have a habit of working up to the corners when braking on race circuits and getting on the gas progressively earlier coming out, until I can get around almost out of control. Doing that on a modern superbike might be fraught with hazard ? I wonder how far inside the limit the guys riding modern bikes actually stay these days ?

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Where you might have worked up to the point of no restraint on the old nail, lack of restraint will get you killed in a New York minute on a modern machine. It's still all about applying only the maximum allowable power. You just get there a lot quicker now. I always tell younger guys they will probably never realize the full potential of a 600cc 4-cylinder, so why do they want something bigger? I have a friend who rides Harleys because they are slow and he can't get into much trouble. However, he is still convinced his old 750 3-cylinder 2 stroke would be right in there with modern machines. Not even close.

I have not ridden my Commando on the track, but I have ridden my 996 based Ducati there for a couple days only. And I have ridden a lot (100s) of different modern-ish bikes on the road.

I know full well I am the limiting factor, even with my Norton. There are plenty of guys who could get much faster around the track on it than I could, and if I pushed too hard I am sure I could get it into as much trouble as I could my Ducati.

But, as Danno said, it is how quick that happens, and how you approach reaching and riding within your personal limits.

Plenty of on board rubbish on U Tube . Some of them even know how to ride, :lol:

Local racer ? ( Wobbler ) road a Fransis Barnett would give them , most all , a good go , Downhill .

The ' oon the tank ' ( side ) bum out , under the screen emulations at 60 - 100 Ks are bewildering .
The odd twerp apparently forgets to turn the throttle off , freezes , or brakes off straight ahead .

So Another roadside marker marks where he met his demise .

If youve still got your liscence , tailing round in practise , as long as theres no beginners , or cadgeing a draft from a top liner after a chat , if he's touring rather than setting the lap record should do it .
Unless youve got two left feet .
Wots your shifting foot ?
Biggest bug beer might be getting the instruments in the teeth if you ' tested ' the brakes , in the vertical .

That Said I saw a big whizz bang come out of the shop with brand new tyres last winter , spin up & spit him off ( very mildly . only $ 2000 damadge at 5 mph ) with the cold engine wanting revs
and wot looked like preservative laden tyres . Theyed done 50 yards total milage , at that point.

Be Best to take a 675 out first - the whole hysteria & mayhem ( throttling & harmonization ) should be comparable , at half the weight . :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :wink:

Its Mainly the pick up shifts and braking thatll be more zot blang . A Corner is still a corner , and a horse is still a horse , even if someones stuck a skyrocket up its nether regions . :roll:

It's obvious that you always have to adapt to the bike and you don't get to be a good rider by riding a bad bike. My feeling is that a modern sports bike creates good riders, however I cannot see how that happens on public roads. I think that if I tried to do what I see some young guys do while I am out driving, I would be scared shitless. A while back I had a ride on a friend's VFR400 Honda. It went around corners as thought it was on rails. However her boyfriend on a Suzuki GSXR1000 passed me about 40MPH faster as I entered a corner and went round with absolute disregard for the forest on the outside of the bend.
When I race I never stick my neck out where there is something I might hit if I fall off. On public roads, that is everywhere.