ogden

Ben wrote:
>
> I reckon Bike etc are also talking bollocks. If you look purely at
> the stats then there is only a gnats hair in it between all of the top
> litre bikes and nobody goes round saying a GSXR1000/Blade/R1 is too
> much.

From reading Bike's articles on it (and taking into account McWilliams
in this month's issue) I get the impression it's not so mujch down to
the stats, but the way the thing's been put together as a package.
Stupidly short wheelbase, typical kwak hard rear spering, and a front
end that doesn't quite seem to know where to point, all of which goes
to make something very very daft.

But it's a new bike, and they're journos, so it could all be hyperbole.

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Champ

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:57:11 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:

>Ben wrote:
>>
>> I reckon Bike etc are also talking bollocks. If you look purely at
>> the stats then there is only a gnats hair in it between all of the top
>> litre bikes and nobody goes round saying a GSXR1000/Blade/R1 is too
>> much.
>
>From reading Bike's articles on it (and taking into account McWilliams
>in this month's issue) I get the impression it's not so mujch down to
>the stats, but the way the thing's been put together as a package.
>Stupidly short wheelbase, typical kwak hard rear spering, and a front
>end that doesn't quite seem to know where to point, all of which goes
>to make something very very daft.
>
>But it's a new bike, and they're journos, so it could all be hyperbole.

And journos love this sort of thing (and the public too, I suspec).
The first Fireblades recieved similar press, as did the first
generation R1s.
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Champ
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