Moto Snips & Quotes

[G.Irish]

Bike Magazine (UK)
Speaking of the K6 GSX-R 1000

A rocker switch on the right-hand bar lets you toggle between three maps. One gives full power (186 hp), a second map offers less power (156 bhp) but, rather interestingly, more torque. However if the ECU detects full throttle in this second map it'll automatically revert tot hte more powerful setting. The third setting creates an easygoing 120bhp engine for wet weather, town riding, and mortals.

Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) talking about why he doesn't like bikes

Speaking of co-host James May who likes old bikes:

I was thinking about this the other day, while following a man up the A44 on a motorbicycle of a type I'm sure James would literally get his cock out over - it was a K-reg, so it was a 1972 bike -- and I just couldn't get it. I mean, I just couldn't get it...it's like having the opportunity to buy a plasma TV and saying "No, no old chap, I"ll get a black and white one - and if I want to change channels I'll get up and walk across."

So I just never had any experience of the power. The first time I ever rode a bike was at Silverstone in the mid-Nineties...and I did 100 yards and fell off it. Well, I didn't fall off it - I rode into a metal railing that I couldn't see because the sun was setting in front of me. And that really hurt - I mean properly hurt. So I just thought, "Sorry, I"m really not interested in this at all. I've spent 20 years in a car; never fallen off once. So I'll go back to cars."

And the last reason I don't like bikes is because I really, really like my kidneys and I don't want someone else to have them.

Staff writer talking about his experience racing a supermoto at Pike's Peak:

In the rider's meeting, we get the previous day's injury report - one concussion and another guy with about 10 broken bones, including a compound fracture of the femur. These were classified as minor injuries. Pikes Peak uses Isle of Man standards - which is to say, if you're ever going to move your arms and legs again, you weren't really hurt.

'Don't look down,' says a veteran. No shit. My one consolation is my brand-new pair of Alpinestars Tec 6 moto boots. They make the road racing boots I've always worn seem like ballet slippers and I love the feeling of protection. In the worst-cae scenario, I could still have an open cakset funeral, as long as the undertaker turned my body around under the shroud to show off my perfectly preserved shins and feet.