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<blockquote data-quote="Mad as Fish" data-source="post: 131501" data-attributes="member: 396"><p>It's all done by power rather than capacity nowadays. We are a long way from trying to get the ton out of a 250, a quest which resulted in some very dodgy bikes indeed. My Suzuki GT250 was meant to be able to do it, with the help of an optimistic speedo, but persuading it to go round corners was not such a simple matter.</p><p></p><p>There is a much more stringent testing procedure now which includes the need for proper instruction. I think the first bike you are allowed on once passed is a 34hp, quite a big bike for when I was learning, but they are different machines altogether today. These bikes can be tuned down 750's even, but mostly around the 500 mark, which means you get the feel for a bigger bike while constrained in performance.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I've lost a cousin and a friend to biking accidents. The first was knocked down on a moped and would probably have been OK if he had the speed to keep up with traffic, while the second got pissed one dark night and rode into a railway bridge, not much you can do about stupid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad as Fish, post: 131501, member: 396"] It's all done by power rather than capacity nowadays. We are a long way from trying to get the ton out of a 250, a quest which resulted in some very dodgy bikes indeed. My Suzuki GT250 was meant to be able to do it, with the help of an optimistic speedo, but persuading it to go round corners was not such a simple matter. There is a much more stringent testing procedure now which includes the need for proper instruction. I think the first bike you are allowed on once passed is a 34hp, quite a big bike for when I was learning, but they are different machines altogether today. These bikes can be tuned down 750's even, but mostly around the 500 mark, which means you get the feel for a bigger bike while constrained in performance. And yes, I've lost a cousin and a friend to biking accidents. The first was knocked down on a moped and would probably have been OK if he had the speed to keep up with traffic, while the second got pissed one dark night and rode into a railway bridge, not much you can do about stupid. [/QUOTE]
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