Interesting & different point of view - me likes.

But I would digress a bit. its a nice prose, a flight of fancy - but will not come from the heart till you put a couple of thousand km on a pedal powered machine :-)

While the point is valid, I think it could have been put across in a better way.

For me -

Superbike - A 2 wheeled powered vehicle representing some of the cutting edge technological know-how known to men. It is the ultimate form of a motorcycle.

Superbiker - A person fortunate enough to ride such a bike. Nothing more and nothing less.

And according to me, a bicycle or its rider has no relation with a superbike.

No one really cares whether a small 150cc bike owner has very very good riding skills. He will still be not getting his well deserved big bike.

On the other hand, a person who has a big bike will be respected everywhere. Because people tend to think that he must know something more yaar!


What Sunny wants to say is that, one must utilise full potential of a small bike in order to command a bigger bike.

I can see the confidence in that statement by you ever since you started cycling yourself, had this been your motorcycling days...

(oh, and did i catch you in a Swift somewhere where you were supposed to be on a bike

My conception.

1. Superbike - A two wheeler with more than a thousand cubic centimeters of engine and earth-shattering performance.

2. Superbiker - NOT someone who is fortunate enough to ride a bike of the above mentioned class.
Its not his ride, but the way he rides, the passion in his heart, his love for his bike, his commitment to riding, and at last, the respect he has for the entity called 'Biking'.
Its not actually 'Superbik-er', its 'Super-Biker'.

A different POV.

Searched Oxford dictionary on a whim. There is actually no word called "superbiker".

LOL - you wrote it now, I replied now. I've earned every 3600km of mine on the cycle!

erm - that xbhp birthday G2G I worked the hardest for it - cycling 60km that day! Else the swift does the duties its supposed to - which place are you referring to, eh? Specifically batao!

Seriously, what i thought when i clicked on this post was, "here, is another guy talking about 1000cc superbikes!, will they ever stop?". but when i read the post, it actually spoke my mind.

thanks for the great article on the real super-biker.

its not that hard to distinguish. just look at the back wheel of the big cc bike and it will tell you the entire story.

No chicken strips = rider

massive chicken strips = poser . most people ive seen ride big bikes in india fall in the second category

good article Sunny.
isn't the biker in the pic Kenda?


Abhi

the above two posts sum it up. But then to each his own. If a faired superbike owner has chicken stripes i pray to lord that he is in a learning phase.

good presentation..... maybe a view or point.....
no idea what Sunny wants to convey or why everyone is saying good-good.....

With all due respect, why try to define a biker/superbiker?
A guy who owns a litre bike may take it for a 5 min spin only, but none of us can put a number/quantify the pleasure that it gives him.
One might find fulfillment in stunting on a big bike, while another would find it totally unacceptable. Some might take it to the Rohtang pass, while some only upto the next roundabout. Its still the same smile plastered on their faces.

Biker is a Biker

As far as you ride safe and following traffic rules; how does it matter what bike you have and what you do with it?? It's an individuals bike and he can decide what he needs to do with it...What do you expect John to ride his bike to your home everyday and convince you that he's a superbiker or biker. Well I'm not his fan nor do I know how he treats people. But how does it matter to me for what he uses his bike for...whenever he's on two wheels; he's a rider...doesn't matter. Keep It Simple Silly.

I ride my bike everyday to work and on weekends to; does everyone on xbhp who own's a superbike do it?? Just coz I ride everyday; you'll classify me a biker or superbiker?

Well I took loan to realize my dream to buy a big bike; how does it show how rich or poor I am. It's my vehicle I'll use it show off to a few girls near a collage; i'll go on long rides to hills. Why should I justify what I do; as far as I'm following safety norms and traffic rules

Yes, just coz one has money abusing other bikers on roads or trying to take risks for a show off is not right. As you might put others life at risk, trying to do so.