Switching riding styles

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Am I the only sportbike rider who doesn't feel the need to go as fast as humanly possible to enjoy myself on the street?

All you guys say you need to push it to have fun on a sportbike or you feel like you're wasting the bike's potential.

It's possible to have fun without riding balls out all the time, and I do.
Hell, I've never done track days or felt confident enough to ride stupid fast on the street. It's having all that underutilized performance that makes it feel like a waste.
There are plenty of other bikes that can accelerate, corner, and attain straight-to-jail speeds while not being such cop magnets or enticing me to douchebaggery with all that naughty excess power and ground clearance.

Also, there's the peer pressure angle.
You don't get razzed for chicken strips on a GS, for not being able to wheelie a cruiser, or for not doing track days on a Bonnie.