Because they don’t actually get used as race bikes until after the original owner has crashed it and sold it to a racer/track day rider at 50% of the original msrp.

In short, nothing. A new liter bike is the best dollar-per-performance bargain available.

Yes and no. Fancy traction control sure helps keep the bike from actively trying to eat your soul when you twist the grip. But the feroucious acceleration can still be very difficult to handle. You gain so much speed, in such a short distace, that you become overwhelmed and miss your marks. In other words, it makes it…

All true except for the not dying part. The computer can only do so much.

I pretty much agree, except no electronics are enough to keep one from dying. There comes a point where a vehicle becomes faster than the rider can think, and all the traction in the world wont help you if you hit a tree.

My last bike was a 1974 Triumph Trident with <60 claimed HP and I use to snicker at Kawasaki Mach III’s. Kawasaki is now screaming Two-Hundred-Seven Horsepower at me. Technology is wonderful. God bless engineers everywhere. Be safe, ride safe; you’ve got Hell’s fury beneath your balls.

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