{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":0.0,"endTime":0.689,"body":"It's"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":0.689,"endTime":4.039,"body":"more fun to ride a slow"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":0.689,"endTime":4.039,"body":"bike fast than a fast bike slow."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":13.952,"endTime":16.642,"body":"Welcome to the Throttle \u0026 Roast"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":13.952,"endTime":16.642,"body":"Podcast. I'm your host, Niels"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":16.642,"endTime":19.732,"body":"Meersschaert. In today's episode,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":16.642,"endTime":19.732,"body":"I'll be looking at the best"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":19.732,"endTime":23.396,"body":"motorcycle is usually not the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":19.732,"endTime":23.396,"body":"fastest. Most of us aren't"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":23.396,"endTime":25.736,"body":"racing motorcycles"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":23.396,"endTime":25.736,"body":"professionally. In fact, a good"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":25.736,"endTime":29.456,"body":"portion of us have never taken a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":25.736,"endTime":29.456,"body":"bike onto a track. Yet we often"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":29.456,"endTime":32.676,"body":"peruse the spec sheets of the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":29.456,"endTime":32.676,"body":"newest bikes and ogle at the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":32.676,"endTime":35.756,"body":"horsepower and torque figures..."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":32.676,"endTime":35.756,"body":"or even just the displacement."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":35.501,"endTime":39.291,"body":"And while these quantifiable"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":35.501,"endTime":39.291,"body":"numbers make it easy to compare"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":39.291,"endTime":43.261,"body":"one motorcycle to another, they"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":39.291,"endTime":43.261,"body":"tell only a portion of the story."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":44.141,"endTime":46.841,"body":"And they may not mean that it's"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":44.141,"endTime":46.841,"body":"the best bike."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":47.088,"endTime":49.408,"body":"So let's start with"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":47.088,"endTime":49.408,"body":"displacement. This is usually"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":49.408,"endTime":53.368,"body":"one of the first things that"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":49.408,"endTime":53.368,"body":"people will use to describe a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":53.368,"endTime":56.328,"body":"motorcycle. They'll say, \"Oh,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":53.368,"endTime":56.328,"body":"how big is your bike?\" And"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":56.328,"endTime":59.488,"body":"they're referring not to the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":56.328,"endTime":59.488,"body":"size of the bikes physical"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":59.488,"endTime":62.508,"body":"exterior dimensions. Most of the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":59.488,"endTime":62.508,"body":"time, they're usually referring"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":62.508,"endTime":66.088,"body":"to the displacement of the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":62.508,"endTime":66.088,"body":"engine. So you might respond and"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":66.088,"endTime":72.129,"body":"say, \"Oh, I've got 1800 CC or"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":66.088,"endTime":72.129,"body":"I've got a 900 CC or even a 300"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":72.562,"endTime":77.922,"body":"bike.\" And that's a description"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":72.562,"endTime":77.922,"body":"of the displacement. In general,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":77.922,"endTime":82.482,"body":"a larger displacement bike has"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":77.922,"endTime":82.482,"body":"more power than a smaller"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":82.482,"endTime":83.022,"body":"displacement bike."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":85.322,"endTime":86.382,"body":"And the most important thing is"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":85.322,"endTime":86.382,"body":"that the engine is in cars all"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":86.382,"endTime":90.522,"body":"the time. 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And the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":93.862,"endTime":97.142,"body":"very largest displacement motors"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":93.862,"endTime":97.142,"body":"that we have on the market today"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":97.142,"endTime":100.032,"body":"tend to be in large size"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":97.142,"endTime":100.032,"body":"cruisers."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":106.989,"endTime":113.814,"body":"A lot of American cruisers, for"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":106.989,"endTime":113.814,"body":"example, would put this into"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":113.814,"endTime":118.384,"body":"cubic inches and it might be 119,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":113.814,"endTime":118.384,"body":"117 cubic inches. And I'm going"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":118.384,"endTime":121.114,"body":"to put this into a liter. 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In fact, my BMW"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":133.958,"endTime":139.138,"body":"R18 is named R18 because it is"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":139.138,"endTime":143.943,"body":"an 1800 and two cc engine. But"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":139.138,"endTime":143.943,"body":"of course, the largest"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":143.943,"endTime":147.563,"body":"displacement engine on the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":143.943,"endTime":147.563,"body":"market today is the Triumph"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":147.563,"endTime":154.623,"body":"Rocket 3, which is 2500 cc's."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":147.563,"endTime":154.623,"body":"These are huge, huge engines. In"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":154.623,"endTime":157.703,"body":"fact, they're similar"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":154.623,"endTime":157.703,"body":"displacement to many of the cars"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":157.703,"endTime":161.617,"body":"that are on the market today. if"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":157.703,"endTime":161.617,"body":"you look at most regular cars"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":161.617,"endTime":166.117,"body":"that are out there, they're in"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":161.617,"endTime":166.117,"body":"that 1.8 to 2 liter engine size."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":166.137,"endTime":169.54,"body":"That's a pretty common size for"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":166.137,"endTime":169.54,"body":"a lot of even up to like two and"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":169.54,"endTime":173.04,"body":"a half liters. 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And if you look at the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":234.178,"endTime":236.738,"body":"limited series where they add in"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":236.738,"endTime":241.858,"body":"the tour pack, the Street Glide"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":236.738,"endTime":241.858,"body":"Limited is 893 pounds. And the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":241.858,"endTime":247.593,"body":"Road Glide Limited is 919 pounds."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":241.858,"endTime":247.593,"body":"It's almost a thousand pounds in"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":247.593,"endTime":253.093,"body":"a motorcycle. These are big, big"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":247.593,"endTime":253.093,"body":"bikes. Now, ironically, the bike"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":253.093,"endTime":257.169,"body":"that the physically largest"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":253.093,"endTime":257.169,"body":"engine is the Triumph Rocket 3."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":257.489,"endTime":261.149,"body":"But that bike is only about 700"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":257.489,"endTime":261.149,"body":"pounds, which relatively"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":261.149,"endTime":263.209,"body":"speaking is significantly"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":261.149,"endTime":263.209,"body":"lighter than some of these"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":263.209,"endTime":265.949,"body":"others. But a little bit of that"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":263.209,"endTime":265.949,"body":"is because they do try to make"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":265.949,"endTime":269.501,"body":"it more of a... . . . . sporty"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":265.949,"endTime":269.501,"body":"kind of a bike, rather than more"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":269.501,"endTime":275.564,"body":"of a laid-back cruiser weight."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":269.501,"endTime":275.564,"body":"Even my own R18 Classic is 805"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":275.564,"endTime":279.186,"body":"pounds, that's with the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":275.564,"endTime":279.186,"body":"saddlebags and the windshield ."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":279.186,"endTime":282.606,"body":"cruisers will often tend to have"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":279.186,"endTime":282.606,"body":"a very long wheelbase to also"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":282.606,"endTime":287.386,"body":"hold this bigger engine. The"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":282.606,"endTime":287.386,"body":"engine is physically wider, it's"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":287.386,"endTime":291.429,"body":"physically longer, and therefore"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":287.386,"endTime":291.429,"body":"chassis dimensions have to be"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":291.429,"endTime":294.049,"body":"larger to accommodate it, so"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":291.429,"endTime":294.049,"body":"their wheelbase tends to be"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":294.049,"endTime":296.802,"body":"fairly Going back to a couple of"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":294.049,"endTime":296.802,"body":"the ones that I gave as examples"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":296.802,"endTime":300.722,"body":"before, the Street Glide and the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":296.802,"endTime":300.722,"body":"Road Glide, both have a 64-inch"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":300.722,"endTime":305.182,"body":"wheelbase. . . . . . the Triumph"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":300.722,"endTime":305.182,"body":"Rocket 3 is 66 inches, and my"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":305.182,"endTime":311.382,"body":"R18 Classic is 68.1 inches."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":305.182,"endTime":311.382,"body":"These are really long, long"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":311.382,"endTime":313.596,"body":"bikes. And you hear this, and"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":311.382,"endTime":313.596,"body":"you're hearing these numbers,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":313.596,"endTime":315.956,"body":"and you're saying, \"Oh, well,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":313.596,"endTime":315.956,"body":"that's cool, who cares?\" Like,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":315.956,"endTime":318.536,"body":"big numbers, whoop. . . . . but"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":315.956,"endTime":318.536,"body":"there's some issues with this,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":318.536,"endTime":321.944,"body":"and this is sometimes getting a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":318.536,"endTime":321.944,"body":"large displacement bike . . . ."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":321.944,"endTime":325.564,"body":"and I'm using the cruisers just"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":321.944,"endTime":325.564,"body":"as the extreme, but you could"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":325.564,"endTime":327.964,"body":"move this into saying, let's say,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":325.564,"endTime":327.964,"body":"a 1200cc versus a 900cc bike . ."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":327.964,"endTime":334.027,"body":". . . . versus a 900cc bike, the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":327.964,"endTime":334.027,"body":"relative idea still applies. 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