Small Block Guys - Why?

[oldbike54]

Kev, this is all dem big block heads need to know..

 Thought Kev made you promise NOT to show that picture of him 

 Dusty

[Huzo]

Thought Kev made you promise NOT to show that picture of him 

 Dusty

Promise ya', that kid's gonna grow up to be an *** hole ! You can tell by the look across his eyes...

[Kev m]

Thought Kev made you promise NOT to show that picture of him 

 Dusty

I don't think I ever had that much hair.

[Kev m]

Thanks all to those who contributed:


https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/why-some-riders-are-downsizing-to-smaller-motorcycles

[tazio]

 :1:  Nice read, Kev.
You done good, lots of Guzzi love spread throughout the article.
Done more for the faithful than the mother ship has lately.
 

[tazio]

Thought Kev made you promise NOT to show that picture of him 

 Dusty

Nope.
THIS was the one he had a word of prayer about with me 

[Kev m]

Nope.
THIS was the one he had a word of prayer about with me 

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[Chuck in Indiana]

Dang! That guy on the Lario is a handsome fella.. 

[Kev m]

Dang! That guy on the Lario is a handsome fella.. 

I assumed that was all Photoshop. [emoji56]

[M0T0Geezer]

Kev, this is after the fact  http://tinyurl.com/lg4kk8m (great article!) but had to add my two cents:

From my 1955 Triumph Tiger Cub  http://tinyurl.com/lx6qy5k  (1 cyl, 200cc, 220 lbs) to my 2005 Honda Gold Wing http://tinyurl.com/kjoydmc (6 cyl, 1800cc, 920 lbs) I have pretty much had every kind of street bike and scooter one could dream of (but never had a Harley).

   I lift my glass to every one of them: http://dansher.com/mywheels.htm    

Across 60+ years of riding, my best 2-wheeled friend of all , is - unquestionably - my current 2004 Guzzi Breva 750 http://tinyurl.com/7cgs96c (2 cyl, 750cc, 410 lbs].

It is the perfect distillation of what is FUN  and manageable for an old...

'Geezer





 

[kingoffleece]

Well done, sir.

[Mr Pootle]

Britain is a small island. From Lands End to John O'Groats it's only 870 miles. The motorways and major trunk roads, especially in England, are generally overcrowded, and horrible to take a bike on. Our best biking roads are the winding A and B roads, at least, where they don't go through too many built up areas. Big cruisers are not much fun to ride on those roads, and most of us ride for fun, don't we? I suggest that that's why the British, in the main, stick with smaller, better handling bikes.

[Adk.IBO]

As usual, very professionally written!

[Kev m]

Thanks all.

MotoGeez - I totally hear ya.

Kev

[Unkept]

Dang! That guy on the Lario is a handsome fella.. 

I saw your face on my Google+ feed today.




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Famous again Chuck! First the Ford video, now this!

Nice job with the article Kev! I miss riding the B750...

[Trogladyte]

I suppose we all get different things out of bikes. Some folks like surfing on a wave of low end torque, and relaxing on a long ride. Some people prefer the feeling of getting everything the bike has to offer, and taking things close to the limit.

For me the attraction of a smaller capacity bike is that it's limits are easier to reach with my level of ability. My son can ride a bike on the track very fast indeed. But I can't. I enjoy a lower capacity bike, because I can wring its neck and try to get every last horse its got to offer transferred to the tarmac. It feels faster than it is, and its exhilarating!

[Muzz]

Across 60+ years of riding, my best 2-wheeled friend of all , is - unquestionably - my current 2004 Guzzi Breva 750 http://tinyurl.com/7cgs96c (2 cyl, 750cc, 410 lbs].

It is the perfect distillation of what is FUN  and manageable for an old...

'Geezer

I've only got 53 years but the sentiment is the same. AND, mine is in the fast RED colour.

[Northern Bill]

Everything is relative. Yesterday I finally got all the bits together for my T3/Le Mans replica so I rolled it off the hydraulic bench to take it for a test spin. As I rolled it off I thought "Man this thing is heavy". As I backed it off the bench and then moved it around the garage to get it facing forward I realized how much heavier and harder to move around this bike was than my other bikes. Last year I had two bikes on the road. One was a GB500 Honda and the other was a 500 Triumph Cafe racer weighing in at less than 300 pounds (see attached picture)

 Compared to those 2 bikes the T3 is a heavy weight. I also have one other bike and it is lighter still.  It is a 1987 Honda CBX250 that I have stripped down for track use. It is closer to 200 lbs and goes like crazy despite being just over 20 horsepower.  For me, I like B roads with lots of twists.  I know for a fact that on a really tight twisty road I will be able to ride my 250 Honda way faster than the 850 T3.  I know this for sure because I had a Le Mans 4 on the track for a couple of years, and not counting the straights, I was way faster on the 250 Honda.  For a better rider this would not be the case, but for me, and I suspect many of us, the smaller bike would be faster.

[Trogladyte]

500 Triumph Cafe racer weighing in at less than 300 pounds (see attached picture)

 

Lovely looking Triumph, man.