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>On 15 May 2006 08:07:01 GMT, sweller said ...
>> Having to actually control the bikes and use a certain amount of brute
>> force is not an unknown to me so I dont really notice it (IYSWIM). What
>> I have noticed on both the Turbo and darsys ZX7 is they feel top heavy
>> and Im perched on top rather than a part of the machine; compounding the
>> detachment in the feedback and handling.
>
>Neither of those bikes is exactly top heavy (especially not the 7R),
>so Id guess the Guzzi just has a very, very low CoG?

> Bear wrote:
>
> >On 15 May 2006 08:07:01 GMT, sweller said ...
> >> Having to actually control the bikes and use a certain amount of brute
> >> force is not an unknown to me so I dont really notice it (IYSWIM). What
> >> I have noticed on both the Turbo and darsys ZX7 is they feel top heavy
> >> and Im perched on top rather than a part of the machine; compounding the
> >> detachment in the feedback and handling.
> >
> >Neither of those bikes is exactly top heavy (especially not the 7R),
> >so Id guess the Guzzi just has a very, very low CoG?
>
> err, compared to any other sportsbike Ive owned, the 7R actually does
> feel very top heavy.

>On Mon, 15 May 2006 10:02:04 +0100, darsy said ...
>> Bear wrote:
>>
>> >On 15 May 2006 08:07:01 GMT, sweller said ...
>> >> Having to actually control the bikes and use a certain amount of brute
>> >> force is not an unknown to me so I dont really notice it (IYSWIM). What
>> >> I have noticed on both the Turbo and darsys ZX7 is they feel top heavy
>> >> and Im perched on top rather than a part of the machine; compounding the
>> >> detachment in the feedback and handling.
>> >
>> >Neither of those bikes is exactly top heavy (especially not the 7R),
>> >so Id guess the Guzzi just has a very, very low CoG?
>>
>> err, compared to any other sportsbike Ive owned, the 7R actually does
>> feel very top heavy.
>
>Must just be me then. Cant say I ever noticed that.

> Using the patented Mavis Beacon Hunt&Peck Technique, Bear
> typed
> >On Mon, 15 May 2006 10:02:04 +0100, darsy said ...
> >> Bear wrote:
> >>
> >> >On 15 May 2006 08:07:01 GMT, sweller said ...
> >> >> Having to actually control the bikes and use a certain amount of brute
> >> >> force is not an unknown to me so I dont really notice it (IYSWIM).
What
> >> >> I have noticed on both the Turbo and darsys ZX7 is they feel top heavy
> >> >> and Im perched on top rather than a part of the machine; compounding
the
> >> >> detachment in the feedback and handling.
> >> >
> >> >Neither of those bikes is exactly top heavy (especially not the 7R),
> >> >so Id guess the Guzzi just has a very, very low CoG?
> >>
> >> err, compared to any other sportsbike Ive owned, the 7R actually does
> >> feel very top heavy.
> >
> >Must just be me then. Cant say I ever noticed that.
>
> Theres an argument that any bike with you on it is top-heavy.

> On Mon, 15 May 2006 13:10:53 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel said ...
> > Using the patented Mavis Beacon Hunt&Peck Technique, Bear
> > typed
> > > On Mon, 15 May 2006 10:02:04 +0100, darsy said ...
> > >> Bear wrote:
> > > >
> > >> >On 15 May 2006 08:07:01 GMT, sweller said ...
> > >> >> Having to actually control the bikes and use a certain amount
> > of brute >> >> force is not an unknown to me so I dont really
> > notice it (IYSWIM). What >> >> I have noticed on both the Turbo
> > and darsys ZX7 is they feel top heavy >> >> and Im perched on top
> > rather than a part of the machine; compounding the >> >> detachment
> > in the feedback and handling. >> >
> > >> >Neither of those bikes is exactly top heavy (especially not
> > the 7R), >> >so Id guess the Guzzi just has a very, very low CoG?
> > > >
> > >> err, compared to any other sportsbike Ive owned, the 7R
> > actually does >> feel very top heavy.
> > >
> > > Must just be me then. Cant say I ever noticed that.
> >
> > Theres an argument that any bike with you on it is top-heavy.
>
> heh. Youd have been better off emailing someone thinner and getting
> them to post that comment for you.
>
> Anyway, Ive lost quite a bit of weight since you saw me last, and in
> no way could I be considered a bloater these days, or indeed even a
> semi- bloater.

> Bear wrote:
>
> >On 15 May 2006 08:07:01 GMT, sweller said ...
> >> Having to actually control the bikes and use a certain amount of brute
> >> force is not an unknown to me so I dont really notice it (IYSWIM). What
> >> I have noticed on both the Turbo and darsys ZX7 is they feel top heavy
> >> and Im perched on top rather than a part of the machine; compounding the
> >> detachment in the feedback and handling.
> >
> >Neither of those bikes is exactly top heavy (especially not the 7R),
> >so Id guess the Guzzi just has a very, very low CoG?
>
> err, compared to any other sportsbike Ive owned, the 7R actually does
> feel very top heavy.

>According to my GP, I should weigh 10kg less than I do.
>
>Which is quite possibly true, but when you consider I currently weigh
>75kg, am 56 tall and not particularly fat, Im a concerned what Id
>actually look like if I did lose this amount.

> dwb wrote
> > According to my GP, I should weigh 10kg less than I do.
> >
> > Which is quite possibly true, but when you consider I currently
> > weigh 75kg, am 56 tall and not particularly fat, Im a concerned
> > what Id actually look like if I did lose this amount.
>
>