I know what made your bike so fast! you must have a stereo that goes DUMPF DUMPF DUMPF DUMPF at 200db - well thats what the local acne pilots round these parts in their Shitroen Saxo's think anyway
Don't you just love Garmin
I did have my Ipod going
Riding with the faster boys..
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I did have my Ipod going
casperghst42
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You're absolutely right, I got a colleague on a Duc 998S who is mindbogglingly fast, but he admits that he does not want to compete with the GS on anything but flat tarmac...
As I say everyone can drive fast in a strait line, it's the corners which makes it fun.... and I'm one of the slow ones.
Casper
I struggle to overtake anything over 600cc, yea I pull right up to them on the bends and they hold me up, but even the girl on the zxr600 pulls away from me as soon as the straight appears 
lovin this line as well
how did ya get a 135 out of it
Simple. I thrashed the tits off it. It was a very long straight road, no junctions. No hills (it's Norfolk). Excellent visibilty. Quite bumpy though (it was an unclassified road). I did complain to the lads that at that speed, I had to turn my iPod up... LOL LOL
I realise that speedo's are not totally accurate. A few behind me reckoned I was doing 145. I told 'em that was impossible.
And as for the rear end slide, YUP, I was obviously beyond my & the bikes limits. It certainly made me slow down for a while, although it put the heart rate up a few notches......
It's an 05 reg, done just over 10,000 miles. It's normally ridden a lot more sensibly. That's why I might take the ZZR next time. It just doesn't feel right thrashing a GS that hard, for that long
.Next time, the ZZR will have Nitrous on too (pictures to follow when fitted)....
Told you I was still an 'ooligan.....
I struggle to overtake anything over 600cc, yea I pull right up to them on the bends and they hold me up, but even the girl on the zxr600 pulls away from me as soon as the straight appears
Look at the rev counter. See that red line?? Don't change up until the needle reaches the red bit. Keep the throttle WIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDEEEEE open too.....
david a hall
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been a very entertaining thread, be careful what you put on public forums though.
Naturally, everything that I type is pure conjecture, rumour, and downright untrue.
billynomates
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This is true I go out occasionaly with 2 different groups of sports bike riders and yes down long straights they do overtake but round bumpy holed tarmac they have to back off and this were the GSA makes up for its lack of top end grunt.
The other reason is most of them may only ride twice a month and only do 50 odd miles to the nearest cafe by the time they've rejell'd with there bikes and got the tyres warm there back home.
Damn it!
You almost had me (half) believing you for a moment until this post
In reality your just another fantasist.
You almost had me (half) believing you for a moment until this post
In reality your just another fantasist.
patzx12
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coming down from the NW200 me on the GSA took a load of back roads.
Raining going at a fair pace.
Buddy on a SP2 was nearly crying at the end of it.
Raining going at a fair pace.
Buddy on a SP2 was nearly crying at the end of it.
Mutley
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Anybody who can't keep up with a GS whilst riding a Ducati St4s is either a big girl's blowse or has taken out one of the spark plugs.
You guys in here kill me you really do
You guys in here kill me you really do
flash of the gap
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Element of truth..
Thats not far from the reality but there are still flaws in that. Race rep bikes in their correct environ ( a circuit ) are in their element, but even then a more capable rider could be quicker on a GS than a race rep with the same power to weight ratio. In the road environ (which frankly is not a good place for a race rep) the GS should win hands down on most occasions for those reasons quoted above, however you can put two different riders on the same bike down one piece of road and there will always be a disparity because of different skill levels. Otherwise super stock racing would have all 16 bikes crossing the line in a perfect line a breast.
Thats not far from the reality but there are still flaws in that. Race rep bikes in their correct environ ( a circuit ) are in their element, but even then a more capable rider could be quicker on a GS than a race rep with the same power to weight ratio. In the road environ (which frankly is not a good place for a race rep) the GS should win hands down on most occasions for those reasons quoted above, however you can put two different riders on the same bike down one piece of road and there will always be a disparity because of different skill levels. Otherwise super stock racing would have all 16 bikes crossing the line in a perfect line a breast.
I don't care if Philip McCallen is riding a GS... An average 600cc sports bike rider will be quicker from point A to point B unless point A is a field and point B is a river. Stop dreaming that you guys are riding gods its your sports bike riding mates that have probably only passed their tests.
FFS blag a ride on a modern 1000 cc sports bike with sorted suspension, and then do the comparison. Unless you've used one in earnest you have no idea how slow a Gs is in comparison, unless you are off road, or crossing a ford.
elevensies
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i agree, i can tell the difference when i get of my GS and onto my S, it feels like the GS is broken.
Not taking anything away from the GS mind you, it does go well on our roads for a heafty lump, but come on, its not a sports bike, never was never will, no matter how many times you add Full Anus exhaust and KnB filter etc, if you loose some weight of ya gut first it will be faster than adding useless items on.
Not taking anything away from the GS mind you, it does go well on our roads for a heafty lump, but come on, its not a sports bike, never was never will, no matter how many times you add Full Anus exhaust and KnB filter etc, if you loose some weight of ya gut first it will be faster than adding useless items on.
Yea I do that, it seems to induce a pain in the ribs though, maybe I should leave wife at home
Mutley
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