Usually because relying on speed to get you out of trouble’s rarely the best option, if ever. If you evaluate your surroundings correctly, most of the time you’ll never have to rely on speed getting you out of trouble. The problem with relying on speed for city riding is that the emergency situations you’ll most likely encounter aren’t good for goosing the throttle. Parked cars pulling out to street in front of you, animals crossing your path, children, etc. aren’t good for speeding out of those situations, especially dealing with animals and children where even swerving’s not an all too appealing option. Trying to figure out and guess what another living thing is going to do when they’re faced with their “oh shit” moment’s a crap shoot at best. Basically, if you’ve got time to evaluate a situation and come up with speed out of the situation, you have time to emergency brake and not have to hope to <insert your deity here> that you’ve chosen the right choice of action.
No, haven’t sat on the kawa 650. I prefer suzuki because I’ve got a case of first bike love… The only other kawa I’ve ridden on was one buddy’s 2007 ninja 250 and another buddy’s 08 ninja 250 (only in a parking lot). Other bikes i’ve ridden were the beat up hunkers at the MSF… While the ninja 250s are nice rides, I still prefer my sv650s over them… most likely due to the “everyone loves their own bikes” syndrome…
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If there’s anything more important than my ego
around, I want it caught and shot now…