Older sports bike for the older gentlemen?

[ZRX61]

ZZR11? Cruise all damn day at 140mph..

[Dodgy69]

Not sure older gents should be riding older sports bikes or even new one's come to that. We're not as flexi as we were, ours joints are getting knackered. OK, maybe a short spin now and then.

Classic trackdays maybe, but road use not for me. Plus, compared to modern bike's they're gonna be fairly shite anyway.

[dern]

Plus, compared to modern bike's they're gonna be fairly shite anyway.

That was the assumption I was questioning. We’re given a stream of new stuff but I’d the old stuff (with servicing and fresh suspension) absolutely fine.

[Skub]

compared to modern bike's they're gonna be fairly shite anyway.

That's a whole other thread,right there and for your statement to be always right,depends on lots of things.

[Taipan]

I'm 6'2.I had a 919 Blade and found it cramped. I had a ZX9R c2 and found it quite comfortable. I've never sat on a modern sportsbike though as I have zero interest in them. None of them have a riding position that would suit me. I dislike leaning forward and sticking my feet up behind me.

[Skub]

.... sticking my feet up behind me.

You're doing it all wrong,stuntmeister.

[Taipan]

.... sticking my feet up behind me.

You're doing it all wrong,stuntmeister.

Whenever I've sat on a sportsbike it feels like someones pushed me over! The most ridiculous bike I ever rode was a 916. I only got about 500 yards down the road and then I did a 26 point turn and gave it back.

[wull]

then I did a 26 point turn and gave it back.

[Rockburner]

BMW R1250RS

Gentleman's conveyance

https://www.adventurebikerider.com/arti ... rs-review/

" a very focussed and competent road bike, even if it is so far under most buyer’s radars that it’s almost invisible!"

"As a package the R 1250 RS is impossible to fault – it’s wonderfully responsive and stable to ride and will handle everything from weaving through commuter traffic to hooning around the bends on a summer’s afternoon and everything else in between."

The only real difference between 'sport tourer' and 'sport' is mindset.

Probably the best cross-country bike I've ever ridden, apart from the forks.

[Skub]

BMW R1250RS

Gentleman's conveyance

https://www.adventurebikerider.com/arti ... rs-review/

" a very focussed and competent road bike, even if it is so far under most buyer’s radars that it’s almost invisible!"

"As a package the R 1250 RS is impossible to fault – it’s wonderfully responsive and stable to ride and will handle everything from weaving through commuter traffic to hooning around the bends on a summer’s afternoon and everything else in between."

The only real difference between 'sport tourer' and 'sport' is mindset.

And an extra 40kgs.

[v8-powered]

I realised over the weekend that I've had my Trumpet ST1050 Sprint for 4 years - longest I've kept a bike in a long time, must be something in these Sport Tourer things....

[Horse]

BMW R1250RS

Gentleman's conveyance

https://www.adventurebikerider.com/arti ... rs-review/

" a very focussed and competent road bike, even if it is so far under most buyer’s radars that it’s almost invisible!"

"As a package the R 1250 RS is impossible to fault – it’s wonderfully responsive and stable to ride and will handle everything from weaving through commuter traffic to hooning around the bends on a summer’s afternoon and everything else in between."

The only real difference between 'sport tourer' and 'sport' is mindset.

And an extra 40kgs.

Are you saying that Dern has 'filled out'?

[Skub]

Are you saying that Dern has 'filled out'?

[Whysub]

KTM RC8 or RC8R. Adjustable bars, footpegs and subframe. You should be able to get it to suit you (I did aged 60). The seat maybe thin, but it is perfectly shaped to make riding for 8 hours a day possible.
Rode my RC8 to Slovakia, and a year later down through the Balkans as far as North Macedonia.

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[Mr Moofo]

Buy a Diavel

[Noggin]

Whenever I've sat on a sportsbike it feels like someones pushed me over! The most ridiculous bike I ever rode was a 916. I only got about 500 yards down the road and then I did a 26 point turn and gave it back.

That made me laugh out loud!! LOL I rode a 916 once. Got off a Blackbird onto the Ducati - never ridden a sports bike before!! I described it as riding a 5 bar gate whilst holding onto the bar second from the bottom!!

Bloody awesome bike though. Downside for me was I'm way too short for something with a side stand on a spring! Had to wait for my mate to come back with my bike so he could hold the side stand down so I could actually get off the bike!!!


My old riding buddy had a ZX9r - he loved it. I road it and it felt like a space ship!! But I'd got off a 390 Duke that day! LOL

[Mr Moofo]

The C2 ZX9 was probably ergonomically the best bike I ever had.
But I was nearly 25 years younger

[dern]

KTM RC8 or RC8R. Adjustable bars, footpegs and subframe. You should be able to get it to suit you (I did aged 60). The seat maybe thin, but it is perfectly shaped to make riding for 8 hours a day possible.
Rode my RC8 to Slovakia, and a year later down through the Balkans as far as North Macedonia.
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One of those was on the cards before I bought the superduke and I really regret not taking that path. The one I sat on was way more comfortable than other sports bikes I've ridden (although I only rode it around the car park).

[rodbargee]

Job done, Just ignore the "tourer" part of its model.

[Taipan]

KTM RC8 or RC8R. Adjustable bars, footpegs and subframe. You should be able to get it to suit you (I did aged 60). The seat maybe thin, but it is perfectly shaped to make riding for 8 hours a day possible.
Rode my RC8 to Slovakia, and a year later down through the Balkans as far as North Macedonia.
20201127_175807.jpg

One of those was on the cards before I bought the superduke and I really regret not taking that path. The one I sat on was way more comfortable than other sports bikes I've ridden (although I only rode it around the car park).

ISTR Henry Cole raving about the RC8 as the best all rounder, scratcher, tourer etc...