... clearly didn't understand what a quickshifter or auto blipper was, had no idea how or what adjustments the semi active suspension made to their bikes and made the ridiculous claim that removing a cat made a road bike illegal. I explained the current MOT test had no emission testing for motorcycles ...

The costs involved for even updating the bikes in this class are not covered by sales. None of them are selling in sufficient quantities. The only way to really afford it is to have millions coming in from other area like heavy industry, or scooters etc.

I think 600 sports bikes will dwindle and die. There does seem to be a little more interest in litre bikes, but sales of those aren't great either.

... tyre on the z1000sx forum. I reckon I've got about 1,000 miles left on the rear M5. The front tyres seem to wear quicker than usual on these bikes so it's likely both will be changed at the same time. I'll see what the prices are at the time. I paid £200 ride in/ride out for the M5s which ...

Nice them blade track bikes.

What about Iannone though? Wow. That move overtaking two bikes was special.

After a year off bikes because I needed a car at the time, I finally got fed up with Birmingham traffic and bought a 400cc Suzuki Burgman scooter and it's ace 8) I chose it for practicality as it's just for commuting, it's got decent ...

20BHP. I watched the fast bikes on YouTube where they dynoed this they showed it almost trying to jump off the rollers and out the straps haha

Nobody's saying us mortals could ride it near its limit ,I'm just saying you could ride it and have fun on it Bsb bike or not When performance bikes tested Tom Sykes wsb they said it felt that good to ride it felt uncrashable Yeah I know that Perks and and was never thinking any of us could push ...

Nobody's saying us mortals could ride it near its limit ,I'm just saying you could ride it and have fun on it Bsb bike or not When performance bikes tested Tom Sykes wsb they said it felt that good to ride it felt uncrashable Yeah I know that Perks and and was never thinking any of us could push ...

Isn't it actually too hot to ride bikes in the Australian summer?

Nobody's saying us mortals could ride it near its limit ,I'm just saying you could ride it and have fun on it Bsb bike or not
When performance bikes tested Tom Sykes wsb they said it felt that good to ride it felt uncrashable

Look at some photos of other standard bikes I m confident it will only be 2 or 5 mm and certainly no where near 25mm.

It's normally a couple of mm on most bikes I have owned. Some actually have a little retaining ring stopping you lowering more than a few mm.

If you can't get a manual I would have them set protruding by 2 to 5 mm.

Will be next year now as just thrown a new set of Rosso Corsa on the bike but I do fancy trying the Bridgestone RS10 they are using as oem tyre on the 2016 bikes.

Look a great fast road / summer tyre.

... could be taken over by teams seeking to join MotoGP. However KTM's arrival with a two-rider factory team in 2017 coincides with a new limit of 24 bikes, meaning some existing teams look set to disappear.

... suspect it will be available. Its the graphics on the KRT bike that spoil it. Reading the comments by the team leaders for the design, supersport bikes are on a slippery slope. He said they dont sell well enough anymore to justify development costs when asked if any of the ZX10 improvements would ...

duke63 wrote:Aren't Moto2 bikes already close to 150bhp and only 150kg in weight?

Yes, hence the analogy

Aren't Moto2 bikes already close to 150bhp and only 150kg in weight?

I hope so but exotic materials are already heavily used on top end sports bikes. The R1M has magnesium wheels and engine cases, alloy fuel tank, carbon body work, titanium valves and crank, titanium exhaust headers and is extremely small and compact in design ...