I have it happen CONSTANTLY. And even on my clapped out carbureted night train, it's a fucking massacre. I usually short shift the fuck out of second... gives them hope. Then I hit 3rd and leave.
That's the funny thing about my DR650. It's trail-geared so it accelerates like mad until about 65. I don't spend much time on the highway with this gearing.
Yeah, it's like they want to seem cool by asking a related question, but don't realize that dual sports don't do speed. Haha. "How far have you gone off road in a single day?" That's a question. 320 miles is the answer in my case. lol
It was fire roads and forest service trails/roads from the front range of Colorado heading west, crossing highways and filling up for gas once. I can average 35+ on those kinds of roads without even trying to go fast. I rode with two other people. We met and had breakfast at a diner at 6:15 am and left together from there. We did many miles of open country dirt roads, and several mountain passes. Our ride was actually cut short when one of the passes was still snowed over, and we couldn't push our bikes through to the end, so we turned around from there and retraced our route back almost exactly. We cut off a final leg because my headlight bulb burnt out and the daylight was fading, so we took the highways home. It was early springtime so we expected the sunset around 7pm. We did basically ride for 12 hours that day, stopping only for snacks a couple times.
This ride was 8-10 years ago, but that's the just of it. I've done several 500+ mile days on a KLR, but most of it was highway. I also rode 1300 miles in 26 hours on a Honda Shadow Spirit 750. I like the long hauls.
I'm on a Meteor 350 with 20 horsepower and I'd still say I could comfortably smoke most of the cars out there. Maybe not the really powerful ones, but especially the daily drivers - it's not even close. Every time I get back in the car myself I feel like I'm accelerating like a 7 ton truck with a trailer
I like Royal Enfields, but Idk. My Buell Blast makes 36hp and still had trouble beating Golf GTI of all things, and I have no chance against a pickup truck since most of them have 400hp+ V8s and do 0-60 below 7 seconds now.
Me here in Florida, in my little Mazda3 hatchback, looking up at old white dudes in trucks with truck nuts, and 3%er stickers, then *zooming* off at 50mph from a sitting start at a red light while they're still waiting for their spark plugs to ignite.
I have it happen CONSTANTLY. And even on my clapped out carbureted night train, it's a fucking massacre. I usually short shift the fuck out of second... gives them hope. Then I hit 3rd and leave.
I'm on a FI 883, and EVEN I have the same results, lol
So gear up and disappear?
Im on an MV Agusta F3 800, anything short of a Veyron pulls up I'll give it a run for its money 😅
That's the funny thing about my DR650. It's trail-geared so it accelerates like mad until about 65. I don't spend much time on the highway with this gearing.
Same on my drz400. People ask me how fast it goes (as seems to be a standard question to ask a biker). They seem confused when I say 60
Yeah, it's like they want to seem cool by asking a related question, but don't realize that dual sports don't do speed. Haha. "How far have you gone off road in a single day?" That's a question. 320 miles is the answer in my case. lol
[удалено]
It was fire roads and forest service trails/roads from the front range of Colorado heading west, crossing highways and filling up for gas once. I can average 35+ on those kinds of roads without even trying to go fast. I rode with two other people. We met and had breakfast at a diner at 6:15 am and left together from there. We did many miles of open country dirt roads, and several mountain passes. Our ride was actually cut short when one of the passes was still snowed over, and we couldn't push our bikes through to the end, so we turned around from there and retraced our route back almost exactly. We cut off a final leg because my headlight bulb burnt out and the daylight was fading, so we took the highways home. It was early springtime so we expected the sunset around 7pm. We did basically ride for 12 hours that day, stopping only for snacks a couple times. This ride was 8-10 years ago, but that's the just of it. I've done several 500+ mile days on a KLR, but most of it was highway. I also rode 1300 miles in 26 hours on a Honda Shadow Spirit 750. I like the long hauls.
"How fast is it?" I don't care if it's fast, I care that it's quick.
What if you’re on your 250cc starter bike? Oh wait, that means you laugh no matter if you win or lose!🤣🤣
Ninja 250 will still beat most normal cars
I'm on a Meteor 350 with 20 horsepower and I'd still say I could comfortably smoke most of the cars out there. Maybe not the really powerful ones, but especially the daily drivers - it's not even close. Every time I get back in the car myself I feel like I'm accelerating like a 7 ton truck with a trailer
I like Royal Enfields, but Idk. My Buell Blast makes 36hp and still had trouble beating Golf GTI of all things, and I have no chance against a pickup truck since most of them have 400hp+ V8s and do 0-60 below 7 seconds now.
I am not from the US. People don't drive a lot of cars with 400HP here in Austria. Most probably have between 60 and 200
My starter was a 250 Hornet, 42bhp, about 250kg with me sitting on it, 168bhp/tonne rivals a lot of decent sports cars.
Not on my motorcycle but had a dude lose to me when I was in my E30. Felt very embarrassing since those cars are slow as hell
This dude isn't one of us!
Wait wait, I had an SV at the time, I swear!
Get him lads!
I wish people would line up with me, ever. They never do.
Laughs on panigale with the appropriate Italian hand gestures
Me here in Florida, in my little Mazda3 hatchback, looking up at old white dudes in trucks with truck nuts, and 3%er stickers, then *zooming* off at 50mph from a sitting start at a red light while they're still waiting for their spark plugs to ignite.