Now that she's mine. Full report when I've eaten, by which time (hopefully) my arse will have stopped aching. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo, Kawasaki ZX-6R J1 BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
Depends what you've been eating, iwt. -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day.
Right, what with the one that got smashed in to a scaffolding lorry and the other one, which got smashed in to a whole variety of things, I've been riding ZX-6Rs for 7.5 years now. I've done 50-odd thousand miles on them, commuting, track days, a little light touring. My ZX-6R is a comfy old slipper. The Aprilia is not a slipper. It's a stiletto. Made of glass. That's too narrow a width fitting. Bad things about the Aprilia, and there are a few: - It's hard to keep at a constant speed in a 30/40 limit - In very slow traffic it sounds like it's going to stall - It gets incredibly hot - to the sort of, "Ow, ow, my leg's burning!" stage - If you try to sit in a straight line 30 miles on a dual carriageway or motorway it becomes *insanely* uncomfortable. - The mirrors show you nothing of what's behind. - Although the seat is quite big it's slipperier than a well oil weasle salesman, so the only possible seating position is with your crotch forced against the tank. - The vibrations make your fingers go numb after a while With all of these things by the time I'd done my first 40 miles on it I was convinced I'd made the worse bike buying decision ever. Then I took a break, had something to eat and tried again. Once I got a bit more in to the whole V-twin I started enjoying myself a bit more. It's lovely filtering through slow traffic, because it feels so narrow and agile and even though I can only use the first 6,000rpm before angry Mr Flashy Red Light appears and shouts, "NO MORE FUN!", I could amuse myself seeing how fast it would get from whatever speed up to 100mph. Very fast. Very, very fast. Oh yes. And fuel consumption seemed good - I put 15 quid in and the warning light still wasn't on 120 miles later when I pulled in to stretch my legs. And then I hit Hartside pass - twisty roads with not much traffic. After the first few sweeping bends I was ready to forgive this bike anything. I have never been on another bike that corners like it. It turns like it weighs nothing at all and then drives out of the corner perfectly. I probably wasn't any fast over Hartside than I normally would be, but the bike made me feel like a riding god. I was cursing angry Mr Flashy Red Light and I have to wait 400 miles for him to go away The only note of discord is that my 6R, comfy old slipper that it is, is very forgiving about me touching the brakes mid-corner, and I think I use a little gentle braking as a comfort blanket sometimes. The 'Prilly made it *absolutely* clear that it wasn't going to stand for that sort of thing ... no, I sharn't be doing that again. So, on to next week and the commuting ... -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo, Kawasaki ZX-6R J1 BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
It's a litre bike. It's a sports litre bike with sport litre bike gearing. And an Italian vee-twin motor. Probably because it's been shined up with something. If it's like a Tuono seat then it gets better once that's worn off. <surprise> Well, mine's an older RSV Tuono, not a Mille, but I never had that problem. In fact, the only Vee that ever gave me tingly hands was my TLR. Fours, OTOH...
Silver -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo, Kawasaki ZX-6R J1 BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
The Tuono will have a more upright seating position. He just needs to develop some abdominal muscles, and put less weight on his arms. It'll also be less of a problem when you start chucking it around a bit (not into the scenery, though).
pansy foo foo erm, you should be able to do that fine. not that you need to with the engine braking, if you're in the right gear.
Heh. As I spend more time with it I'm getting used to it. I was just a *long* way from Kansas during my first day with it. Bear in mind that I've gone from knackered brakes, where the lever could come back to the bar with no significant loss of speed, to hit-a-brick-wall, state of the art, radial super-stoppers. I was possibly just being a little squeamish, but it definately felt like the front end was trying to tuck under. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo, Kawasaki ZX-6R (Offers?) BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
Ah, then they'd be as good as the back brake which, I notice, is either on or off. Just as well I never use the back brake, really. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo, Kawasaki ZX-6R (Offers?) BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
Strange you should say that. Some EV was utilized in extremis the other night for something it was never intended for. It's a good product.
