I used to be heavy into the motorcycles, and Ducatis of the era (late-'70s to mid-'80s) were visibly longer than Japanese sportbikes and had a reputation for slow steering. What the magazine testers meant by "slow" was you had to really push (countersteer) on the bar to get the bike leaned into a corner, then it would track like on rails in one sweeping arc with always that sense of the bar pushing back against your palm like it wanted to stand up straight again.
I never rode one, but I did ride Japanese bikes that were short and twitchy and dived instantly into turns and you could change lines 5 times whether you wanted to or not. It was fun, but could wear you out in short order because the bike was always dancing..there was no sense of stability, of the bike staying in one spot long enough for you to check a mirror. I think Grant designs that Ducati-like stability into Rivs, and it's more pronounced in the longer ones. You get that sense that you're "in" the bike and carving through a turn, not "on" it with the thing moving all over the place. I believe this is what you mean by swoopy and I like it, too. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/51039c4a-ae13-4c7f-aa14-3fae5c1b0398%40googlegroups.com.
