Mr.E
Got to keep the loonies on the path...
Im going to attempt to toss this on the pile without evoking flames and bids to self serve myself....
I honestly think the rider has way more to do with a bike's ability to handle on the road than just the bike's reputation among advertising budgets... think about it. 10 years ago riding on the dragon's tail I was frequently up the mufflers of "superior"bikes. Me on a steel framed ninja 750, them on delta boxed yams and all the gixxer kids with their naked asian girl helmets. And then I was also getting passed by far superior riders than myself on ninja 500's and cobbled together streetfighters. My point being that no matter what you ride or how long you have been on two wheels, someone else will always be capable of doing more than less.
I like cb750s. I also like cb500t's. They are still relatively cheap to buy, cut up, and parts are everywhere, thanks more to Honda's ability to crank out gazillions of bikes and parts than to broken ones being plentiful. Truth is, most Cb's I find that aren't running is usually due to the crackhead owner being a moron, and not faulty bike design. For the same parameters, I usually avoid 2 strokes and rare bikes. I can't afford the initial investment, and parts are rare and pricey. Kinda sucks but that's just how it goes.
So I got long winded, and probably off topic, so disregard all I've said, and just learn to ride what you have until you outride (not abuse) the bike. Any idiot can wheelie and rev at red lights, but the number of people in our ranks who can really ride seems to be dwindling. And isn't cafe racing about doing all you can, with what you got?
I honestly think the rider has way more to do with a bike's ability to handle on the road than just the bike's reputation among advertising budgets... think about it. 10 years ago riding on the dragon's tail I was frequently up the mufflers of "superior"bikes. Me on a steel framed ninja 750, them on delta boxed yams and all the gixxer kids with their naked asian girl helmets. And then I was also getting passed by far superior riders than myself on ninja 500's and cobbled together streetfighters. My point being that no matter what you ride or how long you have been on two wheels, someone else will always be capable of doing more than less.
I like cb750s. I also like cb500t's. They are still relatively cheap to buy, cut up, and parts are everywhere, thanks more to Honda's ability to crank out gazillions of bikes and parts than to broken ones being plentiful. Truth is, most Cb's I find that aren't running is usually due to the crackhead owner being a moron, and not faulty bike design. For the same parameters, I usually avoid 2 strokes and rare bikes. I can't afford the initial investment, and parts are rare and pricey. Kinda sucks but that's just how it goes.
So I got long winded, and probably off topic, so disregard all I've said, and just learn to ride what you have until you outride (not abuse) the bike. Any idiot can wheelie and rev at red lights, but the number of people in our ranks who can really ride seems to be dwindling. And isn't cafe racing about doing all you can, with what you got?