RSV4 RF vs. R1M

[Shaman]

[video=youtube;6ImoDvnscjY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ImoDvnscjY[/video]

Seems pretty damned divisive to me still... Baron Von Grumble is mostly a street rider and Al Fagan is a British Super Bike racer as well as a Fast Bikes journalist tester. Pick your poison...

Notes: the european R1 has a lot more power than the north american version, at least before restrictions are removed, and the euro RF does not have magnesium case covers or carbon fiber trim unlike the RF Factory sold here, so is a bit heavier.

 

[RockerGuy]

Look at dem plates...

 

[Shaman]

Look at dem plates...

Yeah. Horrible. :/

 

[Neil_V]

Part two

[video=youtube;pK2mXKsGyGw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2mXKsGyGw[/video]

 

[inreb]

Look at dem plates...

Yeah. Horrible. :/

Cruel and unusual.

 

[LoneRonin]

Cruel and unusual.

only thing worse is the Learner permit..."look at me, I'm a noob!!"

 

[inreb]

only thing worse is the Learner permit..."look at me, I'm a noob!!"

I would rock a fake learners permit if it's not illegal. At bike gatherings I would talk to people like I'm Keith Code.

 

[Shaman]

I would rock a fake learners permit if it's not illegal. At bike gatherings I would talk to people like I'm Keith Code.

So, saving the masses from Xenu and the space aliens?

 

[RockerGuy]

I had to put one of those in my car the first time I drove lol

 

[mkehl604]

We have those stupid L's for new riders in BC. Though I don't think I've ever actually seen someone put one on their bike.

 

[mxs]

Yeah. Horrible. :/

That's the same they think of our car front plates ... LOL

 

[mmmnaked]

Id take the R1 solely on it being a fresh design.

 

[Shaman]

Yeah, but...

Also there is virtually nothing the same between 2015 and 2016 RSV4. Handgrips, a little of the bodywork, switch controls... that's about it.

 

[Dresden]

I was in love with the 2015 R1 at first, but the more I see and hear it now, the more I dislike it. Can't speak for how it handles.

Sounds like a 250cc; yuck.