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"Prime get mugged territory." ---> Shifts into neutral. :D

If your young and can do it then go for it. UK is in desperate trouble so faced with expensive housing, high tax, institutional corruption and lack of opportunity i strongly recommend pissing off!

I assume you are at a more advanced stage than I am where anything less powerful than the current bike seems like a huge downgrade, so your only choice is either the same power or faster lol. Ive also been listening to a lot of The Prodigy lately although I stopped listening to music on the bike a while ago.

happiest man in the uk

I'm also from the UK. Lived in Switzerland for 5 years, then returned last year. I'm astounded at how hard it's been, still unable to find work as a Software Engineer with around 10 years of experience. I'm now planning to return to Switzerland, though it's now harder. Wishing you success with your relocation to Japan. Keep moving, you'll find your way. Peace

Where is the best meal deal in the UK?

some poor kid got killed at school its horrific daily

japan sounds good until you dont have to live there from a domestic salary, uk will look like dubai after that.

DEI = DIE 100%

I’m a Uni student and visited Japan in September. 100% considering moving there after graduation,

Police always high beaming. Wankers.

Pretty much all the bad news can be related to mass immigration and it ain't gonna get any better.

Get out while your passport still has meaning. Im young too but I am fortunate to be dual citizen as my mum is polish, coming back to the UK sometimes to visit my parents and siblings is shocking, I don't recognise the place I grew up at all.

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Yup, I'm also from the UK and a biker too. Completely agree with everything you said. Everything is fucked here. I can't blame people for leaving. I just wish I had more skills to get me hired abroad. I've already completed a trade course in carpentry at college. But it hasn't helped my job prospects in the UK at all.

heck yeah hit me up when you get your vfr stable

Riding through newport 👌

I did consider it as my first bike, glad I went for the ER6F instead. Much lighter, nimbler, easier to maintain and ride and more comfortable. Taught me that I want something sportier, more powerful and naked and I'm pretty sure I would've struggled much more with the Viffer. Still a beautiful sounding and looking bike and great value but just too much of a boat.

My ZX-12R makes it 5,5L/100Km. Gearing was 17&47. PC3USB has -27% for idle run. Still going strong.

I've had my ZX12ra1 since 2000. I'm now 65 and it's still comfortable. I've been been all over Europe. Oxford panniers and a wet bag on the passsenger seat. Brakes need sorted. I fitted a brembo lever and master cylinder to my front brakes. I run individual braided lines to each caliper directly . The six pots are good and well up to the job. If you have the original tool kit it has a specific tool for removing the spark plugs. The Zx12ra1 was way ahead of its time . Never wanted or needed another bike. There are nothing out there that can compare . I will never sell her.

Gorgeous video, great for daydreaming ♥ Haven't ridden in 15 years, just redoing my expired license and excited to be on a bike again!

Nope, no guilt for encouraging the hobby. But I'd make sure to really push the safe riding agenda: defensive riding, protective gear, rider training, bike maintenance etc. People have no issues encouraging the many exciting dangerous hobbies that can kill or disable you, such as skiing, horseback riding, and many more!

Thats why I never ever 'get someone into it' I just ride my bike without saying anything and let them when they are ready ask me stuff about it.

Sorry but if you wanted comfort and luggage, you brought a sport/muscle bike you should have brought a tourer! Also the later models had radial brakes which fixed the squishy lever issues of the early models

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Try and not be negative bro be abit more positive its a choice be happy. Every country has its quirks. I'm studying Irish language, im about 30 mins from Donegal. But Its insanely difficult to live in Japan as a foreigner, they dont tend to warm to foreigners as much, you be an english teacher there. Social life is a challenge, many landlords refuse to rent to foreigners even if you speak native. Japan is not a cyber punk anime paradise. Foreigners dont tend to stay for long. But in saying that all go for it reach the skies.

I'd certainly feel bad, in the same way as getting a friend into spicy food and they die of an allergy. But I'm not telling everyone to eat only porridge and vitamin pills either 🏍

I feel safest riding by myself

Would be hard not to feel guilty but everyone has free will it was their choice to ride.

Oh you like Japan? Name every anime ever

I'm buying a used 2019 Honda CB500F on finance after I sell my Zontes. No more chinese bikes.

I'm pretty sure my fifth gen power wheelied when I was getting after it. I eased off rather than get the tire up but my front end definitely lifted.

Do you feel power increase with akrapovic?

It really is a missile.. I have a green/rip decals A2 with just 4900 miles.. I have the same exhaust fitted as yours, a full Ti Akrapovic. I have the oem exhaust bubble wrapped and stored. I have 6 other bikes, but the ZX12R is one of my favourites. 😎 Those of us who own ZX12R’s know what we have.. I love the thing. Last of the old school analogue missiles! 🔥 Nice to see others video and promote the mighty 12R 👌🏼

I wonder what those lines on the road are for? Meh who cares🤭

Here for the ZX-12R videos. You're on the right track with what you said (even if this is my least favorite video).

Yes thank you for putting this out, Ive been in numerous arguments with mongo's about this, heard all the standard rebuttals, even when I mention 'Well how do you safley & effectively accelerate & change gear with 2 fingers constantly hanging on the break" Mongo's! You cover the breaks when necessary like junctions, not all the time, only exceptions I can think of is when filtering , I might do a post about this subject also on my channel, Cheers & subbed! Ride safe

Idk man you clearly have no idea how people ride with two finger brake cover or why and don't even give an argument throughout the vid other than that you need to release the throttle before braking and that you have no throttle control, just moaned about "it's stupid" "it's silly" for the whole video. The only two points you made above are wrong lmao, releasing the throttle while braking in the (comfortable and just as controllable if you're used to it) cover position is easy and the whole thing is still quicker to start prog braking overall. Thinking you are always going to be aware of every danger and with plenty of time spare to pre cover is naive, sure you can predict easy obvious shit like intersections but instantaneous car swerves, hard braking from the car in front of you on your commute, covering the brake is literally taught in adv riding courses as the safer technique to speed up reaction time. Your whole argument is "I'm not used to it so I feel less in control and therefore it is stupid and anyone riding like that is stupid". If you have learned to hold like that and practiced it you do not have any discomfort or worse throttle control, only the benefits you clearly don't understand

The question to ask would be, driving a manual car, do you cover the clutch and brake while driving? No, because how would you? You use them when needed.

I feel you man, I went for a ride today and I couldn't feel my fingers after half an hour. Also generally the road conditions were fine, but then there were some patches of ice and I almost binned my bike because of it. Not going out for a ride again unless it's 10 degrees or more...

Your camera is insane man😳😳

As a 80kg male I find the zx12r too heavy for regular riding. The steering is too heavy and my hands get tired after riding it. It's only great for speeds of over 100km/h. Front brakes are weak. I will be selling it this summer and getting a lighter cbr600f instead.

When I was a wooden top (retired 15 years ago [early]), i had the benefit of all the driving courses. Each course brings new things in to play and "re-teaches" you what you think you know. And then there's the different instructors.

proof that confidence != being correct. revzilla/the shop manual just put out a good video on this, i'd encourage you to go watch it

If I see someone covering the brake and/or clutch for no reason I always assume they are a shit rider. Older europeans tend to do it and yanks do it all the time

This is purely down to preference. I ride with my palms almost flat like resting on a mouse, covering the clutch with four fingers and the brake with two, everywhere. It's comfortable (try placing your hand in a rest position on your desk or chair palm down, the way it lands is in a natural position. It doesn't rest balled up in a fist like your clutch hand does. Two fingers over the brake prevents me from 'whiskey-throttle'. Every now and then I try holding the throttle like you out of interest and it feels dreadful, the throttle feels abrupt and jerky, going over potholes or bumps can cause a slight blip of the throttle. I grew up cycling road bikes and I covered both brake levers with both hands and that habit carried over. You'll also see people who hold the throttle like you sometimes roll onto the throttle in order to reach their fingers over the brake when they panic if their levers are too close, so covering the brake constantly can reduce the time it takes to go from throttle to brake and there's no vague guessing where the brake is in an emergency, because you're already on it just in case. Again, this is preference. What seems 'weird' to you feels natural to us, and the way you hold the throttle looks unnatural to us. Different strokes for different folks.