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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:17 pm
by winger
Paul

I'd say the way you view an 800 is how i view my S!!!under a thousand cc,your words mate not mine!!!,plenty of fast bikes under a 1000,,as for small bikes,i've got to go to Portsmouth docks in a weeks time to collect a 600,but then it ain't my only bike.

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:19 pm
by Ade B
rule number one never let you heart rule you head on anything
that rules out motorcycling, marriage and children then.... :wink:

what you have there is a cartesian duality (always wanted to say that on a motorcycle forum)..

Mind/body split innit.

Paul, ride your 800 loud 'n' proud..

my 600 R6 was faster than I could manage comfortably on a twisty road and caned the S in outright performance.

Ade

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:19 pm
by Jason M
winger wrote:Paul

I'd say the way you view an 800 is how i view my S!!!under a thousand cc,your words mate not mine!!!,plenty of fast bikes under a 1000,,as for small bikes,i've got to go to Portsmouth docks in a weeks time to collect a 600,but then it ain't my only bike.
What have you imported then Chris?

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:26 pm
by winger
It might be a pile of shite!!! so i'll have a look at it first!!!

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:28 pm
by Jason M
winger wrote:It might be a pile of shite!!! so i'll have a look at it first!!!
Well I'm only up in Southampton so you could drop it off at mine if you don't like it :wink:

I didn't think Harley made a 600 :lol:

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:30 pm
by winger
It might get pushed in the dock if i don't!!!

Re head and heart I'm looking for a non abs/esa K1200s it's a bland as dishwater across the frame four,and not pretty to look at,but it's good two up,doesn't try and tear us off the bike at 130 and will get the job done,likeing it doesn't remotely come into it!!!.

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:17 pm
by Gromit
I wouldn't worry too much about any perceived performance deficit the 800S may have - in fact up to 100mph I'd say it's pretty damn nippy and off the line easily as quick as an 11S; 85ish bhp in a sub-200kg bike is a better power to weight than an 1150R/GS. Torque figures aren't too shabby either.

Then again, if we could get MZ to shoe-horn their 1000S motor into the F800's chassis. ;)

Bottom line is the F800 is a fantastic bike and loads of fun - you enjoy it Paul. :)

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:32 pm
by Dog Tyred
Off up to the West coast of bonny (and probably wet) Scotland this weekend with a mate who has just bought an F8. He loves it, so far! really tractable engine, etc. Previous bike was a Daytona 955i but he was frightening himself to death every time he went out on it ! Final straw was going past the parked up rozzers at 130mph on the A38:shock:

Hopefully I may get a go on it at some time :wink:

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:53 pm
by winger
I realise the name of the game is to come on here and blow smoke up peoples ass's!!!! but i heard all this stuff before when not so long back about Buells!!!,how light they were,handel??? fantastic!!! pheww really were the biz!!! old Chris'y here got poo poo'd,still got yours Rich,Peter???

Nice bike(BM800) when your climbing motorcyclings greasy pole,or should that be greasy spoon on a sunday,there two things that biker's after cubes or HP,when you've got either then it's time to buy other stuff as well,you wait till you go to Flash's next and Paul is keeping up, but he's rideing on the stop!!!!

Archie's yer man look at his two bikes,talk about smarter than the average bear!!!!

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:21 pm
by Archie
winger wrote:Archie's yer man look at his two bikes,talk about smarter than the average bear!!!!
Not according to my missus!!!!

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:50 pm
by Paul
And.... relax. :shock:

Paul :wink:

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:05 pm
by PBBoxer
Agreed Jason,

Good luck Paul, the 800 is a great bike.

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:46 pm
by Gromit
Paul wrote:And.... relax. :shock:

Paul :wink:
What he said :)


(the Buell was fun though) ;)

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:34 pm
by adamski49
The 800 is for girls.... :lol: [Puts large wooden spoon back in the drawer]

Paul, I have to say the F8 looks like a great bike and you seem to have all the angles covered with the 'dump it in the spring' plan if it doesn't do the job. It's not unlike a modern K75s and I've had enough of those to know they do everything but pump out large BHP.

Go for it, you'll enjoy it!

Adam :) (With the big cojones and obligatory thou :wink: )

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:28 pm
by gus
F**kin ell i,ve had lawn mowers with a bigger capacity than a 800 :!: :lol:
Then again i,ve had a go on the latest gxr750.Farkin hell :!: Mental :!:
Enjoy what ever floats ya boat mate
But you do know that in the top trumps game capaicity is everthing."F **k me 1100,that s the same as a car engine ":!: is the response i get.
Dont matter if you wear a skirt or a set of 70,s flares really.
Gus
Blowing some fuuny smelling smoke up ya arse. :wink: