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"Mr Rogers said Osborne's "grossly excessive" speed was just a short burst to overtake a lorry and insisted he had not been racing with Bolger."



Wow, Mr. Osborne needs to fire his attorney if this is the best excuse he could come up with. Accelerating even a ZX-12R to that speed would take much more than a "short burst", not to mention how long it would take his friend's ZX-7R to get there.

 

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What I'm saying is that he made it sound like he just rolled the throttle on for a second or two without shifting. I know these things accelerate quickly, but it's not like it instantly gets up to those sort of speeds while using the power to pass trucks.

 

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Re: Bikers responsible for anti-moto laws.

"When will the motorcycle industry realize that the future depends on the public's perception of us???"

They realize that now, and the public's perception of us is the highest it's ever been. I solated incidents like this will not change that.

"Why is it that the only time we see motorcycles in the news is when IDIOTS do stupid things on them?"

Because it's the NEWS- when was the last time you saw a positive news report about anything?

"When will the manufacturers realize that they are putting themselves out of business by catering to the Ultra Fast latest greatest crowd? "

Will Never Happen- this same argument has been used for the last 20 years for both motorcycles and high-performance cars and it keeps not happening.

"They keep making fewer bikes for entry level riders and more bikes for experienced riders."

Wrong. Look at the number of entry-level cruisers, dirtbikes, standards, naked sportbikes, etc. available today. This number has seen huge increases recently. The only thing that has changed has been the performance levels of pure sportbikes.

"Have you ever noticed all the high-performance bikes for sale by owner with less than 3000 miles on them?"

Yes, and it's usually because they grow tired of them and move on to cruisers or sport touring bikes. Talk to some of these people and they will tell you this.

 

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Re: Bikers responsible for anti-moto laws.

Look at the increasing Chinese/Taiwan motorcycle manufacturers and you will see a plethora of 250-400cc bikes. They are still available in the numbers that they used to be, just not from the Japanese. Add to your list of Japanese small bikes the Kawasaki Ninja 250 the Suzuki GZ250 and you've got a pretty wide variety of bikes to choose from.

There are still a couple entry-level DP bikes available for short people- the TW200 comes to mind, and I am sure there are others.

I guess entry-level depends on how you define it. Unfortunately a 300-400cc motorcycle is nearly useless for any use other than in-town. Highway riding on one of these, especially in areas that have a 65mph speed limit, is sketchy at best. The rider who buys one of these smaller bikes ends up selling it in two months because he immediately outgrows it. Today's 600-750cc cruisers only make about 40-50 hp, which is about the same as a GS500 or Seca 2, which most people classify as entry-level, and offer much lower seat heights than either, considerably more comfort, and also highway riding capability.

 

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Of course, these two dweebs are nowhere near as dangerous as the old man that killed nine people in Santa Monica yesterday. It's funny how people demand horsepower limits and helmet laws but believe that stricter licensing for old people infringes on their rights...