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From: platypus on 16 Mar 2007 16:13 Mark Olson wrote: > YTC#1 wrote: > >> What is the point in buying a naked bike and then adding a fairing ? > > It's quite a reasonable thing to do if you want an SV650. The riding > position of the SV650S doesn't suit everyone, the naked model was > much more comfortable for me, but the wind blast was tiresome, so I > got the S model. Now, I could spend a couple of hundred dollars on > bar risers and some more on a peg relocation kit, but a much better > solution is to get the naked and add a screen, since it's far cheaper > and it's essentially the same outcome. The money you save by getting > the naked vs. the S will more than pay for a decent Givi windscreen. > >> What's the issue with wind blast at 70... wuss! > > 70 is just about the limit. Ride 600 miles on a naked standard across > Minnesota and South Dakota at 75+ mph and then get back to me. Five years and 30K miles on a Kawasaki Drifter without a screen, much of that done on motorways at 75-95 mph. No big deal. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
From: Mark Olson on 16 Mar 2007 16:34 platypus wrote: > Mark Olson wrote: >> 70 is just about the limit. Ride 600 miles on a naked standard across >> Minnesota and South Dakota at 75+ mph and then get back to me. > > > Five years and 30K miles on a Kawasaki Drifter without a screen, much of > that done on motorways at 75-95 mph. No big deal. You're a man's man, and no mistake. <flutters eyelashes> PS you didn't mention how much of that time was spent inverted. -- '01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7
From: platypus on 16 Mar 2007 16:44 Mark Olson wrote: > platypus wrote: >> Mark Olson wrote: > >>> 70 is just about the limit. Ride 600 miles on a naked standard >>> across Minnesota and South Dakota at 75+ mph and then get back to >>> me. >> >> >> Five years and 30K miles on a Kawasaki Drifter without a screen, >> much of that done on motorways at 75-95 mph. No big deal. > > You're a man's man, and no mistake. <preens(butchly)> > <flutters eyelashes> Eww! Get orff! > PS you didn't mention how much of that time was spent inverted. Only the low-speed stuff, and too quickly for anyone to photograph. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
From: eric the brave ""simonb_at_zapik_dot_co_dot_uk" on 17 Mar 2007 02:11 Lozzo wrote: > platypus says... > >> Five years and 30K miles on a Kawasaki Drifter without a screen, much of >> that done on motorways at 75-95 mph. No big deal. > > But look what the wind blast did to your face. > http://www.freewebs.com/z4p2k/platy2.jpg or http://www.freewebs.com/z4p2k/platy10032002.jpg -- -- ZX10R in the correct colour. Triumph Sprint ST for long two up touring. http://sportstourer.org
From: YTC#1 on 17 Mar 2007 08:04
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:57:22 -0500, Mark Olson wrote: > YTC#1 wrote: > >> What is the point in buying a naked bike and then adding a fairing ? > > It's quite a reasonable thing to do if you want an SV650. The riding > position of the SV650S doesn't suit everyone, the naked model was much > more comfortable for me, but the wind blast was tiresome, so I got the S > model. Now, I could spend a couple of hundred dollars on bar risers and > some more on a peg relocation kit, but a much better solution is to get > the naked and add a screen, since it's far cheaper and it's essentially > the same outcome. The money you save by getting the naked vs. the S will > more than pay for a decent Givi windscreen. > >> What's the issue with wind blast at 70... wuss! > > 70 is just about the limit. Ride 600 miles on a naked standard across > Minnesota and South Dakota at 75+ mph and then get back to me. Pah ! Check the bikes in the sig, the XJR has done 42k, unfaired. Many trips to the continent, last year was a 3000 mile + trip. The same bike is off to the states for 3 months. I get heartilly sick of all the "you can't do x MPH on an unfaired bike bollocks. If you don't like it, don't get one. -- XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GS550, GSX250, 750SS POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 *(Emails to the posted address will be ignored)* "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ Get the Software http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris |