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over the weekend, I was out riding with my usual group hitting all three twisty roads IL has to offer
anyway, there was a new guy with us (new to the group, not new to riding) and he was riding an 05 GSXR1000. When we pulled into the first stop, he was riding behind me, and as he dismounted from his shiney new Red/Black Gixxer, I was checking out the bike, and he walked over to my lowely SV and started looking it over, and then he looks up and me, and says to me, damn it looked like you were really having fun out there. Rowing through the gears, carrying lots of corner speed. See us on liter bikes, we just put the bikes in second or third gear and know that we can make up lost ground in the straights, but man it looks like you were really having fun out there. and boy was I. I have been lusting after a new bike for next year, but then I realized how much fun my bike is, and also realized that it isn't the tool, it's the technique. Yeah, my SV can't hang in a highway shootout, and I wouldn't want to go for a long highway ride on the bike because of it's lack of wind protection. But damn, it's a fun bike to ride.
So my question is this...
Which would you rather do.
Ride a fast bike slow
or
A slow bike fast
P.S. please don't turn this into a safety debate, don't ruin the happy.
So my question is this...
Which would you rather do.
Ride a fast bike slow
or
A slow bike fast
P.S. please don't turn this into a safety debate, don't ruin the happy.