[Baketech]

Chain : Don't flame me for it boys, but riding that Warrior sure was fun. I need to turn my brain off pronto!

I get a kick out of riding my bud's Harley....but it fades quickly because I get tired of draggin everything just to go around a corner....

 

[2OHOH2]

Chain : Don't flame me for it boys, but riding that Warrior sure was fun. I need to turn my brain off pronto!

How was the seating? Ergos? Windblast? How do you think it would do on longer stretches?

 

[Chain]

2OHOH2954 : How was the seating? Ergos? Windblast? How do you think it would do on longer stretches?

I only did about 15 miles before we swapped bikes back, but the stock seat seemed reasonably comfortable. I'm sure the aftermarket makes a nicer perch than just about anything the factory will offer you however.

As for ergos, the guy removed the halfway-to-ape-hanger OEM handlebar in favor of a shorter, narrower and much prettier drag bar.

At 6'3'/220, I sit pretty much bolt upright on this bike, feet slightly to the front but not highway-pegs forward, and the wind blast was only annoying when we got onto the interstate and exceeded 75 miles per hour.

I don't know about long stretches; I tend to believe you'd be trading one type of comfort for another. I feel as though the overall seating position of this Warrior is more comfortable than the overall position I am subjected to on the 954, yet the very thing that would provide tiring wind blast on the Yammy (sustained slabbing) is also the very thing that takes weight off your wrists on the 954 and makes it liveable on the highway.

My only solution is to own both.  

 

[ratter]

I think chain might be leaving us soon, selling the blade and buying a cruiser

 

[Chain]

The only thing I'm guilty of right now is a savage threadjack. No jumping ship to a cruiser just yet.

 

[ratter]

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[Bigtoe]

Chain : I feel as though the overall seating position of this Warrior is more comfortable than the overall position I am subjected to on the 954, yet the very thing that would provide tiring wind blast on the Yammy (sustained slabbing) is also the very thing that takes weight off your wrists on the 954 and makes it liveable on the highway.

My only solution is to own both.  

Don't do it man. If you do, get a VTX to go along with the CBR. The VTX is a blast. If you get a VTX, get a C model.

 

[mmeacham]

Baketech : Quote (Chain @ June 08 2003, 11:05am)What gives?

Suspension setup....rider weight....2 huge factors....

Also, there is a MEGA difference between scraping a peg dropping into a corner under engine/braking and draggin one while on the gas apexing a corner....
I never have scraped either.
I was told at my last track day, I had excessive lean angle and needed to get off the bike more so it would come up. I am 190Lbs, stock suspension settings. I did scrape my boots till I got up on the balls of my feet. It didn't help that I am duck footed, toes out.

 

[diatonic]

when i scrape i start questioning my body language (hang off etc) through the previous turn

 

[2OHOH2]

Chain : The only thing I'm guilty of right now is a savage threadjack. No jumping ship to a cruiser just yet.

If you get the Warrior, won't you have to change your name to, uhh, something like 'Belt Slapper'?

 

[ER]

Chain : This subject fascinates me.  Before just yesterday, I had never once scraped a peg feeler (or any other hard part on a motorcycle for that matter).  I certainly don't push beyond 8/10ths on the street because you have to have that built in margin for error, but I have gotten the 954 heeled over far enough in tight turns to scrub virtually the entire rear meat. And I don't hang off.

What gives?

You have to lean the bike over farther than you might think to start touching parts down.  For me, this is usually more than I'm willing to lean the bike on the street, but on the track it's no problem.  If you find a section of country road you know well and have scouted it for traffic (or lack of, really) and debris, you can practice leaning the bike over there.  You have to find a section that's not frequented by cages though...

Just an FYI...the feelers are needed for bikes with the stock scuba-can on them to keep you from high-siding on your exhaust.

I removed my feelers a long time ago. I still had a little more to go before scraping my pegs in this shot.

 

[Chain]

2OHOH2954 : If you get the Warrior, won't you have to change your name to, uhh, something like 'Belt Slapper'?

You know what's coming, don't you? My fav emoticon.

 

[Chain]

ER : You have to lean the bike over farther than you might think to start touching parts down.  For me, this is usually more than I'm willing to lean the bike on the street, but on the track it's no problem.  If you find a section of country road you know well and have scouted it for traffic (or lack of, really) and debris, you can practice leaning the bike over there.  You have to find a section that's not frequented by cages though...

Just an FYI...the feelers are needed for bikes with the stock scuba-can on them to keep you from high-siding on your exhaust.

I removed my feelers a long time ago.  I still had a little more to go before scraping my pegs in this shot.

Interesting stuff ER. Thanks.

Btw, neat pic, that one in the attachment.

 

[NavSport]

Mine are gone too i took one off just to see the feel aftera ride the both came off