this is once serious piece of kit
it will rip your arms off and beat you up with them if you don't respect her
but treat her right and she'll blow your mind
after being on the 600 supersports for a while I've had my eye on a 1000, initially I liked the R1
but then Honda decided to release a Repsol race rep 1000 RR Blade thats just driving me nuts
So as I was in Scotland on Family business I took the chance to go try a 900 blade
to see how I felt on the bigger bike, well I've got a grin like a cheshire cat right now
harder work in the bends controling the power and extra weight but on the straights oh boy something else
braking was good and positive, mixed in with the engine braking it stops on a dime
but forget the back brake as the back wheel is normally 3" off the ground
keeping the front wheel down was an issue till I got used to feeding the power in
grab a handful like you do on a 600 and all you will see is sky, this was about the only time the back brake was useful
but once you get used to the power delivery and torque in the low end its so much fun
managed to light up the back end a few times coming out a bend but a bit of counter steering easily controlled that
overall I'd have to say a lot more work to ride but the end result when you get it to work
is well worth it there really is no sensation to compare to it
I'd hoped I would not like the honda, although its driving me nuts that little devil in me is saying go do it
my sensible head is saying caution is it really worth the step up, well after today little devil took a major leap forward
the beast in question
it will rip your arms off and beat you up with them if you don't respect her
but treat her right and she'll blow your mind
after being on the 600 supersports for a while I've had my eye on a 1000, initially I liked the R1
but then Honda decided to release a Repsol race rep 1000 RR Blade thats just driving me nuts
So as I was in Scotland on Family business I took the chance to go try a 900 blade
to see how I felt on the bigger bike, well I've got a grin like a cheshire cat right now
harder work in the bends controling the power and extra weight but on the straights oh boy something else
braking was good and positive, mixed in with the engine braking it stops on a dime
but forget the back brake as the back wheel is normally 3" off the ground
keeping the front wheel down was an issue till I got used to feeding the power in
grab a handful like you do on a 600 and all you will see is sky, this was about the only time the back brake was useful
but once you get used to the power delivery and torque in the low end its so much fun
managed to light up the back end a few times coming out a bend but a bit of counter steering easily controlled that
overall I'd have to say a lot more work to ride but the end result when you get it to work
is well worth it there really is no sensation to compare to it
I'd hoped I would not like the honda, although its driving me nuts that little devil in me is saying go do it
my sensible head is saying caution is it really worth the step up, well after today little devil took a major leap forward
the beast in question