Police FJR1300 motorcycle & Kawasaki ZZR1400 ZX14 - 1

[buddhastaxi666]

Speed is just an easy way for administrators to fiddle with traffic stats and get their bonuses and promotion.

[buddhastaxi666]

I have a 2006 zx14 and live in rural Australia the max speed here is 110 km /h pn my bike thats like doing 70kmh in my car...its using abput 20% of its potential... The problem we have as bike owners is that these bikes cruise at high speed withput strain at 140 to 200+ ...this is besides applying safe riding behaviour like looking ahead, traffic density etc...we all do it so should be decriminalised?

[BikeVisionScotland]

@buddhastaxi666 I rode a Honda Pan European ST1300 for 7 years (great A to B bike)and bought the ZZR1400 for the grin factor. I control the throttle and have great fun within the speed limits, love the acceleration, smoothness, handling and comfort of the bike which just inspires, especially when the skies are blue.

cheers

Neil

[buddhastaxi666]

@BikeVisionScotland thats relevant however there is no challenge picking a line on the big kwacka while doing 70mph, as you can alter lines mid corner at that speed. its not until it is pumping out its mid range torque that you have to stay with the line you have chosen, unless you back off and let that short stroke motor slow you down. Its true they are comfortable extremely torquey and flexible with great engine braking. 140km/h is a safe uniform speed on that bike.

[buddhastaxi666]

I support the police and safe riding however why ride a zzr1400 which does about 3200 rpm at 120km/h ... You may as well be on a big framed 650...no one does the speed limit on a big bike unless they live in germany or the northern terriotory of australia...the zzr 1400 does about 5000 rpm at 160km/h max torque is at 7000... My point is either raise speed limits or stop selling us big bikes which go fast without even trying

[BikeVisionScotland]

@buddhastaxi666 Exactly the same can be said for cars!

cheers

Neil

[assortedcorpses]

@buddhastaxi666 They really ought to reevaluate speed limits for bikers. I would say that we should be given an extra 30kph on highways only. If you want true high speeds, then you really will roads like Germany's autobahns.

[buddhastaxi666]

@assortedcorpses ideally we would not have had our institutions and infrastructures tyrranised by corporate psychopaths we could use our own integrity and judgement of what speed to do and where...wow radical concept...free will with responsibility! when i grew up and first got a license there were no maximum speed limits on the open roads. This state of individual empathy and care has to come back. Yes I would enjoy the autobahn, overtaking slow vehicles doing 250km/h would be fun!

[BikeVisionScotland]

@kjhkent Many thanks, will do our best as always!

cheers

Neil

[BOFFERER]

great to see a video such as this uploaded for no other reason than to offer some further guidance and assistance to riders in improving their riding skills. The running commentary is no easy thing to do whilst doing the actual task of riding in an advanced defensive manor. I am sure this would to 99% of bikers enlighten them to what should be going threw their brain in order to not take the ignorant risks that most of us do day after day in the poor judgement of the road ahead Thanks guys

[BikerDarren24]

That is a loveley route to take, even better when it's blue skies and the suns out. :)

What bike is the instructor on?

[BikeVisionScotland]

@BikerDarren24 Blue skies and the suns out = Bikers heaven!

The other bikes a 2008 Kawasaki ZZR1400.

Cheers

Neil

[BikerDarren24]

@BikeVisionScotland

Thanks Bro, Lovely video's and that Kawasaki is a beast :)

Glasgow to Fort William is another great ride out.

Thanks again.

Darren

[motorman9546]

Neil. thanks for your reply. As Ex job I must commend you and Lothian Borders Police for the tiime & effort you are putting in to @Around the Corner project. You and people like advanced biker are probably doing more for road safety than any enforcement campaign can hope to achieve. Although I realise that enforcement is sometimes the only way to go. Look forweard to the rest of the footage.

[Kevinwigan2]

Very good set of videos.

I'm doing my Advanced Rider with the IAM and it's helped me on 'planning' my ride.

Hope you do more of these videos

[BikeVisionScotland]

@Kevinwigan2 Thanks, and glad you are finding the video's helpful. I will also upload video's of my IAM runs, although these will not have commentary.

There will also be other video's uploaded to this site, promoting some of the most popular bike routes throughout Scotland etc.......

Regards

Neil

[motorman9546]

Excellent series of vids. Lets hope that it has the desired effect. Much better to educate than enforce or pick up the pieces!!! How about a series following more rural areas with narrower roads. Keep up good work.

[BikeVisionScotland]

@motorman9546 Many thanks, this is one of six routes highlighted on the "Around The Corner" web site run by Lothian Borders Police. These will hopefully all be recorded and embedded to the route maps on their site. The Duns River Tour has exactly the type of roads you mentioned, and will try to do that route next.

Regards

Neil