Quite right that the last thing any road rider needs is a Superbike, but we do love those big HP numbers, even if you can't use em.
I was out yesterday on my obsolete litre bike, hadn't ridden it for a year. 161 bhp which is a stupid amount of power for the road .Front wheel aloft and barely hanging on thru first and second to 100 mph (7 seconds?)
I can't imagine dealing with 200 bhp, although it should have TC and wheelie control to make sure you only access a portion of 200 bhp.
Road bikes that produce 100 bhp or less , have good torque and roll on, are plenty fast for the road ( as is my 47 Vincent , really)
As a roadbike , the 961 makes more sense than this V4. I get the feeling that Garner is having fun / ego boost with the V4 whereas the 961 is somebody else's dream ( Dreer) and very old hat/yesterday's news these days.
So when I see that V4 I wish all of that energy had gone into making the 961 bulletproof plus arranging a good dealer network
and spares for it. But that wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
There are still lots of old farts like me who would buy the 961 if it was proven reliable and had a dealer within 100 miles or so.
Glen
