What do you guys consider as riding a Motorcycle "hard"? For instance people often tell you that the engine will last longer if you don't ride the bike hard; so what do you all consider to be "hard" riding?
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Riding a Motorcycle Hard
- Thread starter TdotMurderer
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Off the top of my head and in no particular order:
-Often pulling away from cold starts and revving the **** out of it.
-Often shifting to red line and beyond, or hitting the rev limiter repeatedly
-Overloading the bike
-Putting it away wet (i.e. lack of maintenance), this is the other half of riding it hard
-Most any stunting
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-Often pulling away from cold starts and revving the **** out of it.
-Often shifting to red line and beyond, or hitting the rev limiter repeatedly
-Overloading the bike
-Putting it away wet (i.e. lack of maintenance), this is the other half of riding it hard
-Most any stunting
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I used to think strafing apexes, dragging knees and pegs in the mountains in Tennesee and North Carolina and Georgia was riding hard.
Then I did my first trackday. Four days later I entered my first race. By then end of of the first lap of the first race, I was riding harder than I ever had up tillt hat point in my 28 yrs of riding.
After 3 more races, I sold my 05 GSXR1000. It quickly dawned on me that even though I thought I was riding the wheels off of that GSXR, I had never even made it break a sweat. The bike's astronomical capabilities were being wasted on the street, and I was paying for it with higher insurance rates and less comfort when riding.
Funny thing is, the more comfy bike I replaced it with, has 60 less hp, weighs almost 40 lbs more, and I am faster on it down in those very same mountains, than I ever was on my GSXR, or any of the sportbikes that came before it.
Don't get me wrong, if you love a sportbike on the street, by all means. But not me...not any more. Too narrow of a focus, and I find more comfort and more accessible performance riding somethign else
Then I did my first trackday. Four days later I entered my first race. By then end of of the first lap of the first race, I was riding harder than I ever had up tillt hat point in my 28 yrs of riding.
After 3 more races, I sold my 05 GSXR1000. It quickly dawned on me that even though I thought I was riding the wheels off of that GSXR, I had never even made it break a sweat. The bike's astronomical capabilities were being wasted on the street, and I was paying for it with higher insurance rates and less comfort when riding.
Funny thing is, the more comfy bike I replaced it with, has 60 less hp, weighs almost 40 lbs more, and I am faster on it down in those very same mountains, than I ever was on my GSXR, or any of the sportbikes that came before it.
Don't get me wrong, if you love a sportbike on the street, by all means. But not me...not any more. Too narrow of a focus, and I find more comfort and more accessible performance riding somethign else
Go on one of "the assassin"'s group rides.
You'll use every single one of your horses and the bike will go home whimpering.
espro
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What does that mean exactly
Holmes
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I agree... except the stunting part, dropping it while stunting yea but not stunting itself.
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Bigevildoer
Guest
Riding in the wrong gear. i.e. put it into 6th at 50 km/h. Bike's engine will chug and lurch (depending on bike of course - cbr125 maybe not). That's lugging.
Too high a gear and not enough revs.
frekeyguy
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Riding a bike hard? --> depends on the bike?
Like a Jap 4-cycl bike? -> Mine hits the rev-limter A LOT now...
I have a smart *** comment.....which I prob. shouldn't be making....
Like a Jap 4-cycl bike? -> Mine hits the rev-limter A LOT now...
I have a smart *** comment.....which I prob. shouldn't be making....
Veej
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+1....sooo many timmy bikes out there....only get taken out on warm summer week-ends after 50 rainfalls to clear the salt off the roads.
RedDogDarren
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The track is so far from me that I hardly ever go back. So you're right.
RedDogDarren
Well-known member
Pretty sure it means you popped a Viagra before your ride.
MzIndependent
Active member
Go on one of "the assassin"'s group rides.
You'll use every single one of your horses and the bike will go home whimpering.
been there done that funny my bike was not whimpering but rather begging for more twisties.
Meh:
I don't bother with trackdays, and I love racing, but if I could only ride one or the other, racing or street riding, I would always choose street.
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