Wes Siler's discussions

Unrideable with those ergos. Read more

Does this still count as a “Tonti” frame? Would a Guzzisti care to weigh in?

*227bhp. Read more

That’s the same output shaft location as on the petrol-powered S1000RR. And since that bike is a copy of conventional japanese practice, the same location of the output shaft on 99.9% of sport motorcycles. They did that so no chassis geometry or chain tension stuff is changed at all. Read more

The Empulse is about as fast as a 650 twin. It’s a sporty all-rounder, not a superbike. Read more

I find the lack of Christmas cheer in your comment offensive. You should consider revisiting it with maybe 30-40% more “ye olde,” “hallelujah” and “baby jesus” references, please. Read more

Look who’s dragging knee! Read more

I’d ride the pictured bike. Read more

I don’t get it. Read more

The smaller Suzuki motor is about putting 800cc parallel twin performance in a 650cc parallel twin. Read more

Ick. Just get a 1299 if you want an expensive current bike. Read more

S1000RR is so overated. Save yourself $12k and buy a low mile 2005 GSXR1000 off Craigslist. Much better bike. Read more

I’ll always write about bikes a little bit, but I have no interest in doing it as my main thing ever again. Read more

I suppose it’d be possible if they were able to take full advantage of the increased contact patch(s), but I’d like to see a full engineering breakdown of the forces and vectors and whatnot before being convinced. Read more

Anything can wheelie. Doing that on a machine with so, so much weight over the front end will be a very deliberate act. Read more

507lbs bike with 68bhp. Read more

Thanks for the lecture. Does it look lighter to you? Read more

Seriously, they were way too heavy already, at 865cc. Read more

They publish full performance figures everywhere outside the US, but skip any numbers here due to liability concerns. Guess that’s what you get when you willingly sell GSX-R1000s to 17-year olds. Read more

Congrats! Read more