tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post8488579498661894458..comments2024-03-22T18:01:20.065-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: Personal DelusionsT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-34047708167337217842011-06-26T16:54:38.744-05:002011-06-26T16:54:38.744-05:00And you on any bike will always outrun me on any b...And you on any bike will always outrun me on any bike. I'm with you there. I remember when Jack Penton had won his zillionth US Enduro championship, someone made a stupid comment about how it was all about the great bikes. Malcolm Smith said Penton, riding a coffee table, could beat most of the pack.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-91383825007377425612011-06-26T12:43:02.489-05:002011-06-26T12:43:02.489-05:00Anonymous #2 is either messing with you or totally...Anonymous #2 is either messing with you or totally delusional. Last year Yamaha ran a tv ad showing Rossi on the R1 spinning the rear and power sliding through a corner. Other than a couple very good flat track racers I don't know anyone that would even try to do that for fear of getting tossed.<br />A good rider on a slow bike will always outrun a poor rider on a fast bike - something you learn over the years.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-13206476544797249762011-06-23T10:01:24.642-05:002011-06-23T10:01:24.642-05:00No you wouldn't. Put a squid on Rossi's bi...No you wouldn't. Put a squid on Rossi's bike and all you'd have would be a crashed GP bike and an embarrassed squid.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-18069108207665673912011-06-23T09:57:29.596-05:002011-06-23T09:57:29.596-05:00your kidding yourself. the only difference between...your kidding yourself. the only difference between a pro and the rest of us is pros have all the best stuff. give me Rossis ride and I would be in front to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-13542940000869178722011-06-13T14:00:28.500-05:002011-06-13T14:00:28.500-05:00I don't see that as much of a problem for comp...I don't see that as much of a problem for competition-designated motorcycles (mostly off-road bikes). However, bikes like the race-based 600cc-and-up sportbikes, V-Max dragsters, and a lot of the wannabe-Hell's Angels hippo-cruisers require more talent than most of us can manage in a lifetime of training. So, I can't disagree with you at all. <br /><br />The kid I bought my WR250X from completely chicken-stripped the back tire in less than 1000 miles and didn't even breathe on the front tire's sides. A bike like that is only interesting in the corners, but he was screwing around with trying to get more power out of a 250 when he clearly couldn't approach the bike's limits; bone stock.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-49295509106470778192011-06-13T09:57:25.052-05:002011-06-13T09:57:25.052-05:00The problem I see today is that a lot of bikes sol...The problem I see today is that a lot of bikes sold at retail to the general public are capable of performance that in the past only professionals would be expected to handle safely. With the twist of a wrist anyone with a credit card can now go 150+ mph, but there is no accessory that they can buy that tells them how to take a corner at that speed, and there is no option that prevents them from driving beyond their skill level in the first place. We've got professional-level bikes, lots of them, on the streets being operated by amateur-level riders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com