Blown away by a sportbike in the twisties...

[Bedifferent]

The R3T is IMHO easier to ride in the twisties, it lays over and responds reasonably quickly in the turns left to right, like many others have said these bikes are out of their depth in a race with the big sports bike ,we were passed the other day by a guy on a brand new Ducati 1299 Penigale ,on our favourite road he effortlessly rounded us up on a set of S bends at warp speed we got to talk to him at the Café we always stop at for a Coffee , a mature rider and nice bloke as well ,it has over 200HP from the factory and 3 riding modes anti wheelie control ect a real Italian Stallion,

Two of the "cruiser" guys I ride with also have Ducati's. No way would I ever think I could compete with that or anything like it. Just happy to be riding something different with more brute force than most other cruisers. I kind of enjoy being an oddity.

 

[Fingers]

I think all Rocket Captains like to be a bit of an oddity.

 

[TriumPhil]

Really the most important thing overall here is that a rider know full and well not only what or where his operational limits are, but also is intimately familiar with the overall performance envelope (particularly with respect to the given riding conditions) of whichever motorcycle he captains. In plain English, don't ride over your abilities and know both the performance parameters and the limitations of the machine you are riding under any specific set of conditions.

 

[bruce aussie]

You've gotta know what you and your bike can do and what you and your bike can't do and that's about it really.

 

[Robm422]

True, but in order to improve, you must push your limits a little bit, from time to time.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

True, but in order to improve, you must push your limits a little bit, from time to time.

NO point in Road Racing on public roads nothing good is going to come from it you could easily end up in jail the hospital or dead and for what ?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Like this!!

That made me laugh till I was coughing. The HD couldn't even stay in his lane, much less keep up

 

[40mmrrsmith]

Beware of changing front tire sizes on ABS systems. Learned the hard way. BTW I have a brand new master cylinder if anybody needs one.

I was going to order a kit but a new master cylinder would be even better. Pm sent.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

An 800 lb british sumo wrestler!!

AN 800 lb MMA fighter is more like it

 

[IMFASTTOO]

With the right set up you can get 30 mph faster, then shift into 5th gear and push her higher.
But it still won't corner like a sport bike.

Sport bikes are only fun when your racing and not comfortable street rides a Hot Rod Rocket is the most fun Ive had and its a great everyday good handling badass comfy cruiser