The following exerpt was taken from Pete Brissette's 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R review...
"I'll admit, I've been expecting some not-too-distant future where an event horizon appears -- like a 200 horsepower street-legal sportbike -- signaling the inevitable end of the ability for anyone with a motorcycle endorsement on their license, regardless of how long they've been licensed -- to waltz into any dealer and ride away. Maybe I'm a touch paranoid. Nevertheless, I know I'm not the only one with such concerns, however irrational".
Yes Pete you are not the only one with a "touch" of paranoid concerns that border on the irrational side of things. I gathered from the paragraphs that preceeded and followed the one listed above you were indeed making a point as to the ZX-6R's good manners. However, I think your statements carried a doubled edged sword if you will. The increasing number of young men killed, injured or maimed on sportbikes is alarming to me. This is not to say that I'm against the technology we have available to us today. In my mind the factory production rule in roadracing and MX was and is the greatest thing that happened to us, the consumer. When I think of what we rode back in the 70's I get a ear to ear smile as I stroll through todays showrooms. The point is, if enough of us get killed or injured out there the insurance companies and/or lawmakers will put the hammer on us in some way shape or form. And that you can take to the bank.
Brad Kizer
"I'll admit, I've been expecting some not-too-distant future where an event horizon appears -- like a 200 horsepower street-legal sportbike -- signaling the inevitable end of the ability for anyone with a motorcycle endorsement on their license, regardless of how long they've been licensed -- to waltz into any dealer and ride away. Maybe I'm a touch paranoid. Nevertheless, I know I'm not the only one with such concerns, however irrational".
Yes Pete you are not the only one with a "touch" of paranoid concerns that border on the irrational side of things. I gathered from the paragraphs that preceeded and followed the one listed above you were indeed making a point as to the ZX-6R's good manners. However, I think your statements carried a doubled edged sword if you will. The increasing number of young men killed, injured or maimed on sportbikes is alarming to me. This is not to say that I'm against the technology we have available to us today. In my mind the factory production rule in roadracing and MX was and is the greatest thing that happened to us, the consumer. When I think of what we rode back in the 70's I get a ear to ear smile as I stroll through todays showrooms. The point is, if enough of us get killed or injured out there the insurance companies and/or lawmakers will put the hammer on us in some way shape or form. And that you can take to the bank.
Brad Kizer