QUOTE(PedangGila @ Apr 12 2018, 09:00 AM)
Yeh, I'm like drooling at that z900 SE but really I don't think I can fully utilize the bike potential even at 50%. Sure I have pushed my vulcan to its max speed but anybody can do that when you have the whole straight to yourself. Zigzagging or splitting at speed more than 100kmh is beyond my comprehension really, at least with an easyrider.
z900 was my first bike, my experience prior to z900 was basikal. bought the bike as soon as pass lesen B and now 6 months already, total clocked 16k+ KM as of today, & hit the top speed of 245km/h almost every weekend. I can share my personal opinion that z900 is super tame beginner bike. Honestly i feel it's the best choice of beginner bike for me at least.
1. front brake bike is so weak, you still got time to release back the front brake when u realised u should't do it (good for beginner, if it wasn't for the weak initial bite, i would have lowsided or crashed so many many many times)
2. power is super tame. Anything below 6k-7k rpm i no longer feel any "kick" to it. And if you're revving over 6k means you're already grabbing a considerable throttle, and you mean to speed up anyway.
Don't mix up "fully utilising your bike potential", and being stupid. Nobody ask you to lanesplit when there's a speed difference of more then 20km/h - you can, but why the fuck risk it? Being stupid means trying to cut other kapchais or another superbike dangerously, or at town roads, traffics etc.
fully utilising your bike means taking it to KKIC, genting perez corners at 75-80km/h to feel the G-force. Both have risks, same as you spending your rm1mil to buy TOTO or buy a house and hope to resell it for higher? Which 1 is bodoh risk?