Which scenario breeds the better rider?

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Originally Posted by FT BSTRD

There was actually a study on this. I'll see if I can find it.

The conclusions of the study were that it was more dangerous for riders to switch from a sportbike to a cruiser than to switch from a cruiser to a sportbike.

The reasoning was that the performance envelope of a sportbike is much broader than a cruiser. A cruiser rider has mentally locked in stopping distances, corner entry speeds, and traction variables for their particular bike. A sportbike's performance envelope exceeds these locked in variables.

A sportbike rider also has mentally locked in shorter stopping distances, higher corner entry speeds, and better traction variables compared to the performance envelope of a cruiser.

The end result is that a sportbike rider is more easily able to accidentally exceed the perforance envelope of a cruiser than a cruiser rider is able to accidentally exceed the perfornace envelope of a sport bike.

I agree with this 100%. Having been on sportbikes all my life, then taking friends cruisers for a ride you immediately see that the brakes suck, the thing drags hard parts at 20% lean angles and you cannot manuever all that well.

It is just easier to ride a lighter bike fast.