Top Reasons Crotch Rockets Suck
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Top Reasons Crotch Rockets Suck
You heard it here first! We're looking for a Pulitzer Prize with this one, ha! Enjoy!
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10-05-2011, 01:24 PM
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No way I can go with a Harley. What am I to do with all my fresh white sneakers,shorts,Icon racing jacket,and $700 fullface helmet.
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10-05-2011, 02:07 PM
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I came from a sportbike background, and I still have a rocket in my garage.
Here is my list for sportbikes on the STREET. On the track they have no equal.:
1) They are only really fun when you are breaking the law.
2) Most are designed to allow you to drag a knee with good posture, this makes them pretty uncomfortable for normal upright riding.
3) Putting a passenger on one really sucks unless the passenger is VERY skilled at being on the back of a sportbike. Unskilled passengers are way easier to give rides to on a Harley.
4) If you live in a flat part of the country, you can't even use a sportbike in the way in which it was intended. They were not meant to race from light to light...everything about their design is chosen to make them corner well.
5) With the right exhaust they sound AMAZING when you are up high in the rev band, but they are totally uninteresting to listen to at idle.
I LOVE sportbikes, but I made the swtich to my Harley for the above reasons and I'm VERY VERY happy with my choice.
Here is my list for sportbikes on the STREET. On the track they have no equal.:
1) They are only really fun when you are breaking the law.
2) Most are designed to allow you to drag a knee with good posture, this makes them pretty uncomfortable for normal upright riding.
3) Putting a passenger on one really sucks unless the passenger is VERY skilled at being on the back of a sportbike. Unskilled passengers are way easier to give rides to on a Harley.
4) If you live in a flat part of the country, you can't even use a sportbike in the way in which it was intended. They were not meant to race from light to light...everything about their design is chosen to make them corner well.
5) With the right exhaust they sound AMAZING when you are up high in the rev band, but they are totally uninteresting to listen to at idle.
I LOVE sportbikes, but I made the swtich to my Harley for the above reasons and I'm VERY VERY happy with my choice.
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10-05-2011, 02:07 PM
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ARRRGGGGHHHHH all my posts are double posting!!!!
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#6
10-05-2011, 02:17 PM
I used to ride slants too. Sportbikes suck because:
1.) I kept getting mistaken for a Power Ranger by little kids looking for an autograph
2.) Nothing fun on the bike is legal.
3.) Nothing legal on the bike is fun.
4.) ***** + sportbike + pothole = sterile.
5.) When it's time to wrench on it, you need a set of sockets, a rocketship manual and a particle accelerator.
1.) I kept getting mistaken for a Power Ranger by little kids looking for an autograph
2.) Nothing fun on the bike is legal.
3.) Nothing legal on the bike is fun.
4.) ***** + sportbike + pothole = sterile.
5.) When it's time to wrench on it, you need a set of sockets, a rocketship manual and a particle accelerator.
#7
10-05-2011, 02:41 PM
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Very enjoyable. Can't wait for the movie version to come out.
Why doesn't anyone talk about the obnoxious sound the crotch rockets make? When they finally can be heard they sound like a bumblebee on acid.
Why doesn't anyone talk about the obnoxious sound the crotch rockets make? When they finally can be heard they sound like a bumblebee on acid.
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10-05-2011, 02:55 PM
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They [sportbikes] are only really fun when you are breaking the law.
Which is EXACTLY the reason I would never own one. I have trouble keeping my cruiser within ten MPH of the speed limit as it is.
Sportbikes by their nature require you to push the limits, your own and the bike's.
Not that I don't take chances (I'm a no-helmet guy) but I'm at the point in life where I don't deliberately want to see how close I can come to getting my *** kicked.
Which is EXACTLY the reason I would never own one. I have trouble keeping my cruiser within ten MPH of the speed limit as it is.
Sportbikes by their nature require you to push the limits, your own and the bike's.
Not that I don't take chances (I'm a no-helmet guy) but I'm at the point in life where I don't deliberately want to see how close I can come to getting my *** kicked.
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10-05-2011, 02:58 PM
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10-05-2011, 03:03 PM
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Personally, the feeling of taking second gear to over 80mph on a sportbike with an engine screaming at 15,000 rpm is an experience that is unbelievably incredible.
But then again I love ALL motorcycles.