Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:31 pm
Yeah, I guess your first few posts came off a little strong. Your M3 does 0-60 in what? 4.5 Sec? Conservatively... Keep in mind that my cruiser, which weighed 550 lbs, I weigh 300, and it only put out 50 hp, and 50 ft/lbs of torque, yet it still got me to 60 in under 6 seconds... My friend's Hayabusa can do it in under 3. Either way, it's insanely fast for those who aren't used to it (I drove a 96 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo before that).
What you might want to do, since you're interested in speed, is start off on something like the Ninja 650R. That's got a nice seating position, is much quicker than my cruiser, and is still more or less nice enough to give you a break when you screw up.
Another thing to keep in mind... When you squeal tires in your M3, you're scraping pegs on a bike, and can't go any further. When you hit the brakes hard enough to activate the anti-lock brakes in the M3, you've just either locked up your rear wheel (very dangerous) or pulled a stoppie (just as dangerous).
It WILL take you some time to get used to it, and it will be more dangerous than in a car, we're just asking you not to be a squid and go out and buy the fastest bike around just to go fast. What you'll learn is that bikes are about the corners, dropping in, leaning, coming out, that's the best part of the bike...
Wrider
PS. Saw a test somewhere where the top speeds of the ZX-14 and the Hayabusa were tested. (ECU chips flashed to bypass governors.) The ZX-14 had more HP, but worse aerodynamics, so the Hayabusa is still the fastest production bike ever made...
What you might want to do, since you're interested in speed, is start off on something like the Ninja 650R. That's got a nice seating position, is much quicker than my cruiser, and is still more or less nice enough to give you a break when you screw up.
Another thing to keep in mind... When you squeal tires in your M3, you're scraping pegs on a bike, and can't go any further. When you hit the brakes hard enough to activate the anti-lock brakes in the M3, you've just either locked up your rear wheel (very dangerous) or pulled a stoppie (just as dangerous).
It WILL take you some time to get used to it, and it will be more dangerous than in a car, we're just asking you not to be a squid and go out and buy the fastest bike around just to go fast. What you'll learn is that bikes are about the corners, dropping in, leaning, coming out, that's the best part of the bike...
Wrider
PS. Saw a test somewhere where the top speeds of the ZX-14 and the Hayabusa were tested. (ECU chips flashed to bypass governors.) The ZX-14 had more HP, but worse aerodynamics, so the Hayabusa is still the fastest production bike ever made...
