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This was already covered. We even considered pushing off the bike to transfer away some of your kinetic energy. No need to experiment - you can watch racing footage or riders low-siding and decide for yourself how quickly they stop. I will say it seems they stop a lot faster than I would have...

Wheelieboy, how much faster is your CBR125 over stock now?

Well, that and your perforated underwear :)

If you know the collision is unavoidable your brain may choose to collide with your legs rather than your head. The way the human body collides with something has a lot to do with the severity of resulting injury - it's not just about speed. You can slip in a bathtub and die, and jump from a...

You can even take that concept further and push off your bike (and maybe your passenger too! lol), thus transferring even more of your energy to the bike (I guess this amount can be derived by how high you can jump). So the final part of the equation is with the coefficients of friction. I...

Of course when the brain senses the standard course of action will not work it will go to a plan B. Say you're on gravel and heading toward a cliff and you know you can't stop on time. You WILL lay it down. I'm pretty sure most of these lowsides are not planned though but a result of poor...

LOL i just spit out a bunch of beer!

I think a BMW boxer twin of some kind will be my next bike as well.

^100% correct. On a side note, I've been on a few rides where people just use engine braking to slow down and in some cases it can really catch you by surprise. I highly recommend getting into the habit of feathering the brakes enough to activate the brake light when slowing down to alert...

What about a couple of dobermans?

The naked GS looks like a Ducati from far away if you squint your eyes. The Kawi on the other hand won't be fooling anyone :)

I would check out the choke mechanism first. See that nothing is stuck.

Haha you're right! We don't like the idea of sensible motorcycles. Bikers are crazy wild mofos :) Fact is sometimes you're just drawn to a certain bike. At the moment I'm crazy about the BMW r1200r - but unlike you I don't have a valid explanation.

As a side-note, try standing on the pegs on gravel/dirt. I havent tried this on a sport bike but i expect the bike will be much easier to control once you get used to this position.

No way a VStrom takes more than 5 sec to 100kph - maybe with a passenger and luggage! People like the bike because of the characteristics of the motor which can't be quantified with just 2 numbers, and because it's a do-it-all bike. That's why I would never buy a bike based on spec-sheet alone...

In your example you'd be slowing down the others from getting coffee. A better example would be to go to the front of the line to pick up some napkins and get out.

Pottery Rd reminds me of this road we had by my house when I was a kid in Italy. We would have someone at each corner looking out for cars, and we would take turns going down with anything we could find. The most fun I had was getting sideways in one of those steerable plastic cars for...

The only problem I have with the perforated material is that they'll be able to see the padding that I normally use...

I think OP has a specific fantasy she's trying to fulfill. Might have better luck on Craigslist.

I have a feeling he's laughing pretty hard himself.