just learned to ride a motorcycle yesterday and had to compare the experience with driving the S.

in short, while the bike is amazingly fast and mobile, i was surprised how much more fun it was to use the stick shift in the car over the manual controls of the bike. i'm sure that many will disagree, so it's just imo. it was irritating to shift through the gears with my foot in a sequential pattern vs grabbing the stick

plus, the S just felt better when cornering.

but man, sport bike equals death for me. amazing more people don't get hurt riding.

 

the sequential shifting on a bike, while fun in it's own right, will never replace the fun of a beautiful crafted short-throw gearbox such as ours, IMO. Don't get me wrong, I love riding too, but if I had to choose between riding and a great sports car, I would hafta take the sports car.

And yea....our car will corner better than any bike. 4 tires>2 tires for cornering, especially on a chassis and suspension like ours, but I think the exit speed will be a bit better on a bike.

 

Once I bought my S the Ninja sat and collected dust seeing at most a few hundred miles per summer, I recently sold it and do not miss it.

 

driving and riding is two different things..
i like both.. and trust me riding u will get hurt sooner or later

 

I just drove the entire way home from a friends without even hitting vtec just so I could shift more often. It was so much fun. I love the feel of the gear box in the S.

 

For the track, I like my 600RR. For the street, the s2k.

 

While you were learning how to ride a bike, I hit up the canyons yesterday.

The people who showed up at the top of Stunt would've probably had interesting views on this conversation, as there were some exotic machines of the two and four wheel variety. Would've been good to see you there .

 

well maybe let me know next time and i might be up there too

 

this true? my buddy owns an r6 and is always trying to make a competition out of something and I heard that cars can corner better just due to more grip, he says theres no way I would ever be able to keep up with him in a car and hes just so amazingly fast thru the cornes yadda yadda yadda....and it goes on for about atleast 15 minutes.


Just would like to clear this up... and set it in stone so we dont have to have this conversation anymore... honestly its getting old. even if you guys tell me the bikes faster thru a canyon/track doesnt matter can someone just let me know and facts why? please?? ahhh!

 

ever watch the vid of the ariel atom beating the sport bike, only cuz of the corners (the bike was faster in the straights)?