Re: Superbikes: A new way of life

One should look at this expenditure this way- its an expense essential to utilize the potential of your bike. No gear, no tricks.
As an analogy... if your sbk is a house.. gears is the furnishings and interior decor. Absolutely must to make your expensive house livaeble. U dont let your guests sit on floor of ur 1 crore flat. Do u. Budget for gear. And use it properly. Discard em once their lifespan is over even if they are looking good.

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hi all,

The damage to the eye in this case is one of the less known/ thinkable one.
Otherwise even at low speeds the open visor invites all sorts of foreign bodies including living & non living which can change a situation in no time.
a bee/wasp getting inside or a flying stone etc.
such encounters on increased speed becomes that more dangerous.
so i Never keep my visor open while i'm moving; infact i am looking for good eye gear to wear inside the helmet.

cheers & ride safe.

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All The Gear, All The Time.

Half a kilometer is still plenty of distance in which to go down on a puddle of diesel or patch of sand, or have some idiot in a car plow into you. You can maybe get away with not pulling on all the armor/boots/etc for a short trip like that, but the helmet should not be optional. It takes bare seconds to pull it on and fasten it, just like it takes bare seconds to have your hand come off the clutch (or for the clutch cable to break) while you're twisting the throttle, and cause you to loop the bike. Then who's the dumbazz? That's especially true when you start talking about bikes with displacements over 500cc, and triply true for true super- and hyperbikes like Hayabusas, Ninjas, and GSXRs.


On a more general note, a question for you superbike owners: what kinds of measures do you take to keep people from fooling around with your bike while you're inside a restaurant/store? Exotic bikes attract all kinds of attention, and there's always some idiot who wants to pretend they own one of these instead of the beat-up Apache they really ride. So how do you keep them off? How do you prevent people overcome with envy from breaking something just because they think it's not fair that you can afford a bike they can't?

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If I talk about myself for my CBR650F, first we generally ride on Sunday Morning. So it is less exposed to crowded surroundings. I personally don't like to act strong. When I didn't own a big bike, i also liked getting close to these bikes. I would not touch anybody else's bike, but would love to give a close stare. I generally don't stop people from touching it or getting close to it unless somebody wants to sit on it. In that case depending upon what I feel about the guy, I can either say a polite No or just ask that individual to be careful. Generally a polite request has always had a favorable return.

Rachit

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Understood that that would probably work if you're out on a Sunday cruise. The problem comes when you're riding daily, using the bike to go to the store/work/movies/dinner and have to leave the bike unattended for more than a few minutes.

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Well parking out of sight is definitely an issue. Even I would avoid places where we have to part the bike out of sight for long.

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I don't know why you would say that superbikes don't stop as fast as normal bikes, even with brembo brakes and all. Are you kidding me, the braking distance on a sbk is significantly smaller. If it takes you to brake from a similar speed you should get your brakes checked.

And as for soft tyres slipping in the wet, pirelli's rosso range are great in the wet. I can drag knee on them when it raining.

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Guys,

I'll be buying my first (and probably, my only) superbike next year. I have a few questions that have arisen in my mind, i'd appreciate if you guys could shed some light:

1. I currently ride a CBR250R on which i have 40% NCB, I'm NOT going to sell my 250r. Assuming i buy a PREOWNED superbike and get insurance transferred to my name, but when the time comes for the renewal of superbike's insurance, can i get NCB of cbr transferred to this new superbike's insruance at the time of renewal?

2. If i buy, lets say a legal import CBR600RR, Where will i get these repaired in case of crash? Who will give repair estimate to the insurance guys? since these bikes aren't sold officially in india.

3. I don't have access to high octane fuel. I'll be using regular RON 91 ONLY. As far as i know, only CBR650F is rated to run on regular petrol. All other superbikes need RON 95 or above. Will it be harmful for the engine if i use regular petrol, on lets say, R1 or hayabusa?

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Can't help you on #1, but:

2) Buy or download a copy of the service manual for the bike (not the owner's manual; the shop manual). It'll list all the part numbers. You can use those to order parts through Honda dealers. You'll probably have better luck going through large dealers in major cities, which may be an extra hassle, but at least you'll be able to get parts, and they should be able to handle the repairs. Most of your crash damage is likely to be fairing lower panels and mirrors anyway unless you do something *really* stupid, and those are something you can probably handle installing yourself. As for estimates, the CBR1000RR is sold in India, and you'll likely be paying roughly equivalent cost; you may have to spend some time working with your insurance agent to work out the specifics.

3) Most fuel in India is at least RON 91, which should be sufficient to prevent pre-ignition. Here in the US at least, "regular" is only 87 Octane. You can use fuel system cleaners from time to time to reduce carbon build-up, the presence of which can act as a catalyst for pre-ignition by creating hot spots on the piston crown. BCPL and several other companies also sell a 97 Octane fuel, but that is likely only available in larger cities (I've never seen it at BP pumps in Bhubaneswar for example).

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Good post dude. Huge appreciation.
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