@lal-au0 wrote:
@the_hawk* wrote:Yes I have one and there is nothing quite like rideing with the wind and the noise, total freedom and it makes you forget about the rest of the world.
It's one of the things that I plan to buy in the future as the weather is perfect for riding here,(just have to work out where I can park/store it).
With the exception of minor interuptions from time to time from concered people making sure we are kept safe as you can see on the left.
How things have changed,(back in the mid 70's we used to have the side roads blocked off and escorts at
the front to make certain we didn't stop in their towns),
that's a car with 2 wheels. could you pick it up? i bet you can't cos it probably weighs more than 300 kilos.
i drove a 200 kg chopper cos i have ducks disease. i have naturally rather big muscles (peasant stock) compared to other women but i could hardly pick up the bike when i dropped it.
If it's around 300 Kgs then you only need to lift around a quarter of that to put the bike upright.
I had a chopped honda CB 750 and I never had a problem picking it up,(they are a bit over 200 kgs and the
six inch extension made it more awkward).
I weigh 73kg and certainly don't have big muscles,(just adequate),
one should be able to pick up the bike if it drops, there is no point in having a bike you cannot pick up.
also i had a look at the performance. i had a yamaha 535. i also had a book with all the stats about the yamaha choppers. i read it. turned out my bike was the fastest cos the bigger ones are to bloody heavy to be any faster than mine. mine exceeded 180km/h on the autobahn downhill.
I had to do 180 once to pass an idiot trying to play chicken,(it was on the GS 750 which was an ex cop bike)
There was never any trouble picking up the others I've had,(Yamaha TX 650,XS 650,Suzuki GS 750 and the last
one I sold two years ago was a light weight Yamaha 250 Virago "fun" bike which was great for "throwing" around
roundabouts,(just before we moved up here)
