NoYou
07-08-12, 05:17 PM
I've had the CB500 for 3 days now and done a good 600 miles already. I can honestly say i've never had more fun, despite it raining every time i've gone out!
Since i first started riding 3 years ago i've been riding focused sports bikes, An Aprilia RS 125, and a FZR 400. Both exceptionally good bikes! Even when i was scaring myself witless i wasn't even close to the limit on them. Anything I could do, the bike could do better.
Coming down the a338 this morning i realised why the CB is so much more fun than the others! This road was great fun on both the sports bikes. I could chuck them in roll on the throttle and blast out of the corner, the bike wouldn't so much as twitch. The CB, i can chuck it in just the same but as i roll on the throttle and the back gets a bit jittery, in the wet it slides, yet i still come out the other side and i have the biggest of grins on my face which i never got with the others!
It is this very fact that makes it more fun! With the sports bike i could throw anything at it and it would just carry on, with the CB i can actually get to the limit of the bike! (As it stands at the moment anyway!)
I've always idolised the supersport Ducatis and kwakas etc. but now, having ridden this bouncy, floppy and unpredictable lump of a bike, i've finally figured it out! Its not how good the bike is, its how well it matches your ability to ride it!
Since i first started riding 3 years ago i've been riding focused sports bikes, An Aprilia RS 125, and a FZR 400. Both exceptionally good bikes! Even when i was scaring myself witless i wasn't even close to the limit on them. Anything I could do, the bike could do better.
Coming down the a338 this morning i realised why the CB is so much more fun than the others! This road was great fun on both the sports bikes. I could chuck them in roll on the throttle and blast out of the corner, the bike wouldn't so much as twitch. The CB, i can chuck it in just the same but as i roll on the throttle and the back gets a bit jittery, in the wet it slides, yet i still come out the other side and i have the biggest of grins on my face which i never got with the others!
It is this very fact that makes it more fun! With the sports bike i could throw anything at it and it would just carry on, with the CB i can actually get to the limit of the bike! (As it stands at the moment anyway!)
I've always idolised the supersport Ducatis and kwakas etc. but now, having ridden this bouncy, floppy and unpredictable lump of a bike, i've finally figured it out! Its not how good the bike is, its how well it matches your ability to ride it!