Don't worry mate... I fully understand what you mean.
I tend to hang back from sports bike riders when you can see they are not comfy with what the bike is capable of and I know what I am capable and comfortable doing with the strom.
Never a chicken strip when I had the anakee 2's fitted (but the K60's hardly show wear to the edge yet I am banking over further then before.
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Like you, I can plod along and keep with a lot of the sports bike boys on a sunny Sunday but, I tend to choose lanes and ruff roads that would be a sports bikes worst nightmare.
Put me on the local national speed limit roads around where my parents live and I'll eat an R1 and tidy rider for breakfast (and have done on many occasions) and I'll hold my hands up and admit I'm not a fast rider... I've been described as a steady rider.
I do believe you are relating to the strom ability to be a comfortable bike but also a bike that's easy to learn how to ride briskly with confidence and not a bike that scares the $hit out of the average rider.
Bikes with 150+ BHP do have their place... and yes it's called a track if you intend to use each and every pony.
The public roads are not the place to be show boating and racing each other. 3 bikers have died in in Wales according to BBC Wales since last wed... all on fast sports bikes, now there most likely are other factors to consider, but no one I know with a sports bike pops to the shops 1 miles away without giving it a blast. these fast powerful bikes are designed for egos that need to be indulged and receive a dose of adrenaline.
Doesn't mean the rider can corner for a damn.
But for what it's worth yes the strom's size and 645cc V-twin engine leads you to believe it's going to be some big heavy soft, that has some pretensions of going offroad, but lacks any real power for anything.
The strom handles well, not just for a big tall bike, but well for any bike, sure the suspension is a little on the soft side, but she'll hold on the twisties and with the engine with a serious case of multiple personalities, roar, snort and growl her way out of the corner.
So to sum up, I'm a steady rider, with a capable bike, that inspires confidence and as a package can be riding my strom alongside some fat bloke on a cbr (etc) in his race (gimp) leathers whipping his arse with a ridding crop to see if he can go faster.
Oh and if the strom ain't got enough get up and go, you may (like me) need to get up and get your fat arse to the gym.