justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/12/13 at 23:31:10:The Savage is fast enough to get a guy in over his head. It has less than ideal handling, which, for me, is a safety feature. I can Test myself thru a sweeper on it & the handling will tell me when Im going as fast as I can go w/o crashing. If I had a crotch rocket that handled like a scalpel, Id get into corners going way too fast. I MIGHT not crash due to losing control, but Im not smart enough to have fun at lower, survivable speeds IF the equipment will operate at higher speeds. One of these, well tuned & on good rubber will put pegs down in corners I can make w/o screeching tires in the car at a bit over 30 MPH. Theres a nice one not far from home, I guess its not exactly a corner, but its a bit tight to call it a sweeper. Its a fine challenge. POwer & near racetrack handling/geometry covers up the sins of picking bad lines. The Savage exposes them, & I like that.,
Dragging pegs is more dangerous than dropping a sport bike to your knee in corners. If a peg, kick stand or pedal catches the road and bites then you'll likely be tasting dirt right before the bike rolls on top of you. I rode my 2007 Street Bob so hard in corners than I ground a hole in the primary cover on the left side and the lower exhaust pipe on the right. There were more than a few occasions when I needed to lean farther to keep myself at a safe distance from the ditch but couldn't because I was at the bike's angle limit. If you really want to have some fun in the bends but know you'll exceed your limits on a superbike then pick up something along the lines of an EX500, Ninja 250, Bandit 400, SV650, Ducati Monster 750, etc. They can all corner great but don't have the power to put you in a situation that you may not be able to handle. The Ninja 250 is a fantastic bike if you can put up with its lack of power. It handles great, is cheap to buy and maintain, is easy to get replacement parts on and gets great fuel economy.
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