131 Kilowatt Bike !!!!!!

[shep]

I love my electric bike which is a Kalkhoff 8 speed Aggatu but i also love motorcycles, and i have just bought a Kawasaki ZX12R which is 175Hp or 131Kw. This and the Suzuki Hayabusa are the two most powerful standard road motorcycles that have ever been built. 194mph top speed and 0-100 in 4 seconds !!!

Trust me the acceleration is somewhat vivid, like chain yourself to the handlebars and light the blue touch paper. Fantastic fun

I have to say that it does outclimb the Kalkhoff !!!!!!

 

[Scottyf]

Points to the BMW S1000rr with 182hp
Add a decent exhaust to hit over 200hp.

Anyway I do love the zx12r but there very much over kill. I've always liked the 600cc bikes because you get to keep them on the boil more.

But the noise out of a 1000cc v twin is best

 

[shep]

I had a test ride on the BMW and the Aprilia RSV 4, both totally mental

 

[Scottyf]

There all loose your license mental.

Which is why I quite like the little 2 stroke 125cc and 250cc becasue there not very quick but gets you to learn to be quick and are really good fun if your into a high pitched narrow bandwidth fun.

But great bits of kit!

 

[flecc]

Which is why I quite like the little 2 stroke 125cc and 250cc becasue there not very quick but gets you to learn to be quick and are really good fun

A lot of sense in that Scotty, and it also applies to cars. I can have more fun driving my little Chevvy Matiz town car hard than I can have in the more powerful ones I own or have owned, simply because their performance cannot be fully used most of the time.

 

[mike killay]

That is over twice as powerful as my campervan!

 

[shep]

My Toyota Hiace campervan has a 2700cc litre petrol engine and is 140hp, the bike has a 1195cc engine and produces 175hp and a shed load of Torque.

I have normally had smaller bikes and i still have a Suzuki DL650 V Strom which is a V Twin, and i guess this ZX12R is a mid life crisis purchase, but oh boy when you twist that throttle, i am laughing like an idiot in the helmet, such a rush.

I used to race bikes for years and actually finished 4th in the British Endurance Championships in 1997 and 3rd in 1998 then got into a nasty divorce which stopped my racing career, otherwise i would probably have been the next Valentino Rossi !!!!!



( In My Mind anyway)

 

[RoadieRoger]

Good job you have a speed limiter fitted to that ZX12 Shep , it`s called a throttle . My smallest machine is a 1982 Suzuki Roadie that only had 2hp when new ! Just another 2hp from you would improve it no end and you wouldn`t miss it .

 

[Kenny]

There all loose your license mental.

Which is why I quite like the little 2 stroke 125cc and 250cc because there not very quick but gets you to learn to be quick and are really good fun if your into a high pitched narrow bandwidth fun.

But great bits of kit!

I found the same thing and sold my Yamaha FZ600 this year because I found it too fast and didn't feel in full control when I opened it up. I replaced it with a buzzy (16000rpm red line) 4 cylinder Honda Hornet 250 which is an absolute joy to ride as I can fully use the performance without scaring myself.
I'm pretty sure only people like Shep, with race experience, can utilize the power of modern Superbikes safely.

 

[tillson]

I remember attending a crash involving one of these bikes and then searching for the rider's head with a thermal image camera.

 

[flecc]

I remember attending a crash involving one of these bikes and then searching for the rider's head with a thermal image camera.

I never did come unstuck in my many years of motorcycling, but if I had done, this is the outcome I'd much have preferred to ending up in a wheelchair as a couple of friends of mine did.

 

[geostorm]

131 killowatt bike

Yes bags of power, improved technically but lacks character with the oldies they had there own peculiarities .

sooner have Vinnie, bonnie, goldie, road rocket, inter. venom, ss dommie , etc. those were the days. showing my age now, how many can relate to these babes.

sorry for digression.

 

[tillson]

this is the outcome I'd much have preferred to ending up in a wheelchair

Me too.......

 

[Scottyf]

Theres always the horror stories of motorcycles. I've road since 16 which compared to many people isn't that much 10 years experience. From found all my servicing to passing advance riding.

I've always been more confident on a bike than in a car. But I guess that's because I feel more at one with a bike.

I do love bikes as I think it's had to get that feeling of power grip and and thrill for the same cost. But that same passion has landed me in tears with spills and crashes and amfew scares from simply pushing myself to much or not having enough experience. All a learning curve.

When I eventually drove at the age of 23 driving just didn't cut it. As witha bike the bike is only as good as the rider. A car just felt easy.

Still I'm babbling. But they are my first love

I've even been toying with the idea of taking an older aprillia frame and making an electric motorbike!

 

[indalo]

Over many years, I have driven most types of road-going vehicle; everything from an early Mini through various trucks including steamers, buses, tippers, all the way to indivisible load carriers. In those days, I was involved with the ministry in vehicle roadworthiness inspection so got to drive all sorts.

The one type of vehicle I have never been in control of is a motorcycle. In the early 60s, I got a lift as a pillion on the then ubiquitous Honda 50 and that experience put me off motorbikes completely. The friend who rode the bike was a complete lunatic and seemed to imagine he was Geoff Duke when he went out on his little machine. He was really showing off while I was aboard and I have never felt so vulnerable as I did that day in heavy rain on cobbled streets with tram lines. I can't recall when helmets became compulsory but I know neither of us wore one that day.

Fortunately, we avoided any mishap but I made up my mind that it would be 4-wheeled transport for me from that moment on. When I retired, I actually thought about doing CBT and getting my full bike licence but when I'd thought about it enough, I changed my mind for the simple reason that my health isn't so good these days and besides, we don't bounce as well as we used to when we get into our 60s.

Pedelec cycling suits me fine these days.

Indalo

 

[flecc]

Yes bags of power, improved technically but lacks character with the oldies they had there own peculiarities .

sooner have Vinnie, bonnie, goldie, road rocket, inter. venom, ss dommie , etc. those were the days. showing my age now, how many can relate to these babes.

sorry for digression.

Me too, still have soft spots for such as the early Velocettes, Triumphs, Vincents and even such lumbering brute force beasts as the Brough Superior (with the Matchless V twin 1000cc, rather than the JAP engine).

Some eccentricities were a step too far though, I'm thinking here of the fat tyred Sunbeam S7.

 

[Alan B]

I've a Triumph Tiger 1050, a great bike and I've been all over Europe on it, but at the moment cycling is providing more pleasure.
It's a mixture of the physical challenge and satisfaction (and getting fitter), seeing things more clearly because of the much slower speed, and turning routine journeys such as the daily commute into something enjoyable (even in the wind and rain today !).

 

[Jimod]

I've got a Triumph Tiger 955 and I've also been all over Europe on it. Like you though, I've not used it since I got my Kudos. Just today though, I was reading on a biker forum about a nice trip to the far flung corners of Scotland. I can see me and Tiger having a weekend away in a couple of weeks.

 

[geostorm]

Me too, still have soft spots for such as the early Velocettes, Triumphs, Vincents and even such lumbering brute force beasts as the Brough Superior (with the Matchless V twin 1000cc, rather than the JAP engine).

Some eccentricities were a step too far though, I'm thinking here of the fat tyred Sunbeam S7.

Carefull Fleck like me your showing your age, wonderful thing memory,



I think my bike is called a Ez forcer , forger, what were we talking about..........lol.

 

[bode]

I never did come unstuck in my many years of motorcycling, but if I had done, this is the outcome I'd much have preferred to ending up in a wheelchair as a couple of friends of mine did.

Unfortunately, you don't get to choose!