Is motorcycling allowed?

[Andymann]

My fiancee rides a 250R Ninja. Awesome starter bike. she would be happy with the 300.

There is also now a 400.......

 

 

 

I suspect she's going to be even happier with your RD :-)

[Andymann]

How trick was this back in 1984

 

https://dirtbikemagazine.com/jeff-wards-1984-factory-kawasaki-sr125-two-stroke-tuesday/

[Hairy]

How about a few more pics of your bike please!?!?!?

Forgot to attach to my previous post. 

 

2016 model. Couple of upgrades.

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I do agree, they have said though that it is the most powerful Ducati streetbike ever built and that it would be competitive if run in MotoGP.......

It is an amazing piece of kit that looks fast out the blocks.

This years WSBK might even be worth watching with the Yammie going well, this new Duke and now also a proper factory Honda team.

I think a proper teammate in Haslam will give Rea a few headaches too.

It start next weekend I think too.........

I call BS on that one. I reckon it'd be off the back of the field, to be honest. 

[sawystertrance]

Nee man Hairy, where is this going?

[dirtypot]

I call BS on that one. I reckon it'd be off the back of the field, to be honest. 

 

Like the old CRT bikes

[Hairy]

#AskingFor-a-Friend!

Nee man Hairy, where is this going?

[DR ◣◢]

How about a few more pics of your bike please!?!?!?

 

Just need to find some! 

[DR ◣◢]

Look, I know a lot of guy's don't like Harley's and although I'll probably never buy one I do find myself contemplating them every so often.

Real beauty you have there Maxxis. [emoji108][emoji1690]

 

This was the only one that really appealed to me. Took very little in terms of cosmetic upgrades to make it mine.

[DR ◣◢]

a good couple of upgrades, she looks good

 

I took a seat on the 2018 street road and found that the pipe was in the perfect place to burn your right leg .... does not look like you have that issue at all?

 

No issues there. I've burned my leg on the top of the rear cylinder before. What happens when you quickly hop onto a warm bike in shorts to pull it around the house.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

I call BS on that one. I reckon it'd be off the back of the field, to be honest. 

 

Probably.

Ducati are really playing up this V4R so if it is a failure they will have some serious egg of their face!!!!!

[bertusras]

Probably.

Ducati are really playing up this V4R so if it is a failure they will have some serious egg of their face!!!!!

 

Their dilemma is that it's the first year of an entirely new platform. I don't see them winning the championship on their first attempt, perhaps next year when they've been able to refine the package. You've got to remember that the KRT effort has been winning for the past four years, and they've not had to change much. Heck, they had to work with less last year as JR65 got hit with rev-limit penalties as he was wiping the floor with everyone. Instead of complaining about it, they focused on getting the bike through the corners faster and smoother. Ducati have gone and smashed as much power as possible out of a V4 platform in an attempt to catch up.

 

Rea was comfortably faster [in the first test] than anyone else, and even Bautista managed to embarrass Davies as a debutante on the new V4R, by riding it like a proper MotoGP bike, and not waiting until you saw death, brake, hope you make the corner and then climb on the gas as hard as possible.

 

I don't think there's going to be much of a shake-up this year to be frank. The KRT/JR65 package is just on another level.

 

Edit: Brain and fingers not in sync

Edited January 16, 2019 by bertusras

[DR ◣◢]

Some more pics as requested @Hairy

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Their dilemma is that it's the first year of an entirely new platform. I don't see them winning the championship on their first attempt, perhaps next year when they've been able to refine the package. You've got to remember that the KRT effort has been winning for the past four years, and they've not had to change much. Heck, they had to work with less last year as JR65 got hit with rev-limit penalties as he was wiping the floor with everyone. Instead of complaining about it, they focused on getting the bike through the corners faster and smoother. Ducati have gone and smashed as much power as possible out of a V4 platform in an attempt to catch up.

Rea was comfortably faster than anyone else, and even Bautista managed to embarrass Davies as a debutante on the new V4R, by riding it like a proper MotoGP bike, and not waiting until you saw death, brake, hope you make the corner and then climb on the gas as hard as possible.

 

I don't think there's going to be much of a shake-up this year to be frank. The KRT/JR65 package is just on another level.

 

Agreed, the fact that it is a frame less design with the engine as a stressed member is going to bite them hard in their development too.

 

I am not a big JR65 fan, he is a bit too arrogant for my liking. He has been on the best bike by some way, not to say its all about the bike but he basically does time trials.

I was chatting with a friend and described it as modern day Playstation bike games, where you start last, get to first and then basically ride to see how fast you can lap.

BORING!!!!

[Allrounder]

Some more pics as requested @Hairy

 

I am wondering about the 883 more and more!! The mat black look is and lines are just so pretty!! 

[gummibear]

Some nostalgia .