Wes Siler's discussions
Eh, I’d have killed for a manual, but it really doesn’t need more power. Insurance on the H6 was going to cost more per month than the car, which is why we opted for the 2.5. Honestly, it’s plenty fast, helped by a really robust torque curve. I’ve got bikes when I want to play, the car’s about carrying people, dogs… Read more
Oh, so we're talking about a bike that makes 205bhp and weighs 525lbs while costing $25k? Every liter bike made for the last 10 years is faster and any concept of there not being power low down on one is easily made up for by weighing so much less. It's not as if a 1,000cc inline-four isn't a torque monster. If it's… Read more
Kawasaki missed a huge opportunity with this bike. They could have moved motorcycle performance forward in some meaningful way. A new traction control or drive system. Fully-active suspension. Active aerodynamics that compensate for and work with lean. Instead, they fitted a previous-gen TC system to what's on the… Read more
If you make a track-only bike, it's about lap times. That's why tracks exist and it's how performance on them is measured. It's an objective yard stick for overall performance that prevents people from just crowing about something like, I dunno, unusable amounts of horsepower that are actually demonstrated in this… Read more
Is there a point? The next generation of motorcycle performance isn't about power, it's about control. Bikes are already faster than 99.9% of the riding public are able to ride them. Active suspension (in more but name), actual aerodynamics, finer control of power delivery. A lot of that will be achieved through… Read more