| If you've never experienced the feeling of complete | | | | safe for anybody to ride. Riding such bikes takes a bit |
| freedom and the sheer thrill of racing down a road on | | | | of skill that only comes with experience. Unskilled riders |
| a powerful sports bike, then you are about to read | | | | on these bikes can be a menace on the streets. |
| about exactly what you've been missing. To put it | | | | Sports bikes are designed to be streamlined and as |
| simply, sports bikes are awesome machines. | | | | aerodynamic as possible, compared to other bikes. |
| Sports bikes are replicas of racing bikes, but they have | | | | The design also has the rider sitting low, which |
| been specially designed by the manufacturers to make | | | | increases the entire aerodynamic quality of the bike. |
| them street-legal and safe. In every other aspect, | | | | The footrests are set further back than on ordinary |
| they?re similar to the machines you see flying around | | | | bikes, which force the driver into this stance. |
| the race tracks on TV. | | | | When it comes to speed, sports bikes have some of |
| Built for fantastic speeds and performance, these | | | | the fastest acceleration around. Some of these bikes |
| powerful bikes can top out at speeds in excess of 180 | | | | have been known to accelerate to speeds of 80 mph |
| mph. Some of these bikes are so fast, they can do a | | | | in just 3 seconds. |
| quarter of a mile in less than 10 seconds. | | | | A fantastic example of a sports bike is the Kawasaki |
| Now, you must be thinking that machines this fast, | | | | Ninja ZX-14. This stock sports bike can reach an |
| when driven on the streets, have the potential to be | | | | astounding 90 mph in 2.5 seconds and a quarter of a |
| pretty dangerous. Well, whether or not the bike is | | | | mile in 9 seconds flat. |
| dangerous depends more on the rider than the bike. | | | | These bikes are head-turners. So if you've always |
| Sport bikes may offer quick acceleration, but they also | | | | dreamed of attracting some serious attention, you?ll |
| have excellent braking and cornering abilities. Used | | | | want to be seen on a sports bike! |
| properly, these attributes should make these bikes | | | | |