Busby Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) Watched the F1 at my mom and dad's today so decided to ride over the bike - first time out this year! I'll do some fly-by's and tunnel runs when I get the time but thought I'd post a couple of gentle accelerations for now. I deliberately set the shift lights to 10k as I didn't want to be going completely banzai! You don't get much of the sound which is a shame but the tunnel run vid's will fix that! https://youtu.be/Q3MaxGqzcV0 Edited May 29, 2016 by Busby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) Ahem, you hit 13k at one point Nice one. Enjoyed that! Is that a RSV4? Really want a super sports bike, but need to cut my cloth on the naked to start with. Edited May 29, 2016 by JonC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 At 13k it's still got another 1500rpm in reserve Yeah, it's an RSV4 RF. The 1000's are silly fun and the V4 is something really special. There are a crop of brilliant naked bikes around at the moment. You could also go "sports naked" like the MT10, Speed Triple R or (my favourite) a 1290 R KTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) I have a MT09 which is sublime, but have a demo day on the MT10 in late June. Never been one for the STR personally, although I do get the legend. The KTM is awesome, huh. Neat and compact like the MT but packing 50 bhp more. Edited May 29, 2016 by JonC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Busby - it sounds great .... once it's spinning. At low revs it doesn't sound anything like I'd imagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 The MT09 seems to get brilliant reviews from anybody who has been anywhere near one! Be interested to hear what you think of the MT10 - I thought it was the star of the bike show at the end of last year and I expect that it will be brilliant. The KTM is just mental and I think it would be the ideal stablemate for the RF Scotty, the video doesn't pick up the noise well at all. It sounds bonkers from about 3k but you only really get the screaming at about 8/9k on the video. When I find a good place to set it up I'll do a drag run away from the camera on a tripod so you get a better idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Audi drivers hogging the outside lane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Sounds awesome - fantastic bike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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