i've only ever owned a zx636, but part of the appeal of sportsbikes is that you are on a quest, climbing that uncompromising mountain, striving to get to the pinnacle of performance.  So you kinda buy into the philosophy, the marginal gains science that promises to make you 0.1% faster, the shiny parts, the motogp/wsb attitude.  You sacrifice comfort for it.   
The same happens with cars.
but like cars, there comes a point where you get old and comfort, MPG figures and the ability to hear radio4 creep up your priority list 

i think that's why it's hard to give sports/superbikes up - it's not so much the bike - you have already decided to sell it - it's the 'quest' you are giving up

On days gone by I would have agreed with above....but the new breed of Naked offer performance on par with Sportsbikes with comfort as a bonus...I await the arrival of my BMW S1000r that has more power across the rev range than it's Sportsbike brother...and more power than a 2014 Yamaha R1...not exactly Pipe n Slippers.

When it comes down to it ability is more important than what you ride. A talented rider on a 15 year old 600 will be quicker than an average rider on the latest superbike assuming we talking about proper "biking" roads.

I can understand someone not wanting to give up owning a sportsbike because they still like the way they ride etc but I cant understand the thought process about keeping a bike just becasue it's a sportsbike and that riding something else is less.

Quote from: Gobert on January 17, 2015, 05:42:55 PM
When it comes down to it ability is more important than what you ride. A talented rider on a 15 year old 600 will be quicker than an average rider on the latest superbike assuming we talking about proper "biking" roads.

I can understand someone not wanting to give up owning a sportsbike because they still like the way they ride etc but I cant understand the thought process about keeping a bike just becasue it's a sportsbike and that riding something else is less.

I dont ride a sportbike, because my creaking old bones wont allow me to. 

Quote from: terry950sm on January 17, 2015, 06:13:17 PM
I dont ride a sportbike, because my creaking old bones wont allow me to. 

You need to give people half a chance of keeping up with you....... Buy a BMX

The older I get the faster I was....

Quote from: David W on January 18, 2015, 08:12:31 AM
The older I get the faster I was....

Amen

Serious boys. 
I would love to ride a sports bike, again. My hips are knackered, cant get my feet far enough back to rest them on the rearsets. 
So I settled for an up-right riding position or not ride again. 
I have never been fast on a bike, just wise 

Nuda 900 with open pipe

Decided I'm going to keep my R6 for another year(probably). Mostly coz it involves the minimum of expenditure. #tightwad

That's my reason for not trying overly hard to shift the zx6R

Quote from: coop on January 20, 2015, 09:56:46 PM

I like that 

Yeh, it's nice, that.

Bit chromy.