"We can't imagine why anyone would choose [a Hayabusa] over a GSX-R1000 - it's quicker, is easy to handle, just as comfortable and costs about the same."
If you can't imagine that, then I can't imagine why I would believe anything you say in your magazine. Hello, sport bike vs. sport touring bike, jeez, are these guys rank amateurs?
While admittedly subjective, did you miss the "just as comfortable" part?? If sport touring isn't about being more comfortable, what is it about? In other words, if the Gixxer has an equally comfortable riding position, a better suspension and weighs less, where do you make the distinction between sport and sport touring?
I would just love it if you'd say something about weight and wheelbase...
Secondly, the electronic suspension. Anyone who has watched the automotive world for the past 15 years and the advent of electronic suspensions and stability control systems will see this for what it is - a way for the machine make the rider more confident about his abilities than he should be. [/QUOTE]
Harken back to the old days...
I remember when this sort of pap was being used as an arguement against power brakes and power steering.
How about crumple zones, Chronos? Are they a fallacy for the delusional as well?? Taking your 'reasoning' to its ultimate end, we should all be riding hardley runningsons, since their technology certainly won't lull us into false bravado.
Given that this bike also comes with an optional ABS system (again, here designed to make it so you can treat the bike like a car, not a bike) further will give people confidence they should not have, and probably teach them things which are downright dangerous when you are on only two wheels.[/QUOTE]
I'll simply let the statement stand on its own silliness.
This in a bike which is the heaviest of the bunch (and thus is putting the maximum amount of strain on contact patches which are no bigger than those of its competition.)[/QUOTE]
It isn't all about the contact patch - it's more about suspension dynamics. Again, interesting to note that this heavy, long bike - with low rpm fueling glitches - flat ran away from the vaunted competition when the roads became twisty. The worse the roads, the better the K12S. Of course, the S rider was basking in self-delusion, right?
Some of the technical stuff they do talk about, such as the flakey fueling, they talk about as if it were no more serious than some extra wind buffeting around 90mph - try going through a corner smoothly with a flakey throttle, and you'll realize just how *necessary* that is for a bike. [/QUOTE]
Well thank you, Chronos, for pointing this out. I doubt very many picked up on it. The K12S ran away and left the competition in the worst sections of road, even with its fueling glitches. I'm sure that, while the S pilot was disappearing into the distance, the poor self-deluded soul, he
was having difficulty with the fueling. Just think what it'll do once those glitches are ironed out...
Of course, much of the article is simply opinion [/QUOTE]
And your post in retort is purely objective, of course...
Gosh I love it here.
Steve
