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TwAn
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Here's mine:
1997 Honda CB1000: It's my first bike (had it for three years now). It's pretty big, but I'm a big guy so...
Next bike: Yamaha FJR1300 (in, say, 5 years from now...)
1997 Honda CB1000: It's my first bike (had it for three years now). It's pretty big, but I'm a big guy so...
Next bike: Yamaha FJR1300 (in, say, 5 years from now...)
tiffles
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silver that is HOT. i want a ducati. ive been on a mates.... rarr
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This is what I want
That is nice!!!!
I'm not a motorcycle guy, but always said if I got one it would be a Ducati or BMW!
koogie2k
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I love motorcycles...but the "other" drivers out here worry me too much to have one......plus my wife said "No!"...
Dizzy
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Real Men wear poofy tight pants and use their Legs to go Fast !
Just realised I have no pics of my latest Bike, so here's some from previous years :
(the new one is schweeeter - custom made in Italy for me after I snapped the old one !)
My old Bike
Me Racing on the old bike
Oh, I also have a 1982 Ford ESP Ghia 5.8L V8 (One of 137 5.8L Manual Ghias made) which now sits under a car cover and is lucky to get started twice a year. My wife HATES it.
As a young(er) hoon, we used to pull 12.1 sec Quarters together.......... sniff sniff.
Just realised I have no pics of my latest Bike, so here's some from previous years :
(the new one is schweeeter - custom made in Italy for me after I snapped the old one !)
My old Bike
Me Racing on the old bike
Oh, I also have a 1982 Ford ESP Ghia 5.8L V8 (One of 137 5.8L Manual Ghias made) which now sits under a car cover and is lucky to get started twice a year. My wife HATES it.
As a young(er) hoon, we used to pull 12.1 sec Quarters together.......... sniff sniff.
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francric
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Dizzy, were talking motorcycles and muscle cars..........you bring up bicycles, legs, and tight pants
Dizzy
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Dizzy, were talking motorcycles and muscle cars..........you bring up bicycles, legs, and tight pants
LMAO.
You can always count on me to throw one in from left-field
I DID throw in the comment regarding my car ! ......
jaxadam
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This is my buddies Custom I'm sitting on. The front light has got to go, but other than that, the bike looks pretty wicked, with a chameleon paint job and some ghost flames.
And I would love to pick one of these up, an '03 Aprilia Mille
And I would love to pick one of these up, an '03 Aprilia Mille
I am a devout Suzuki guy from bikes past but the Yamaha R1 is a very nice bike. You can't go wrong with either. I just wish I had another 11K to get the Ducati because I could be happy just sitting and looking at it as much as riding it.
Real Men wear poofy tight pants and use their Legs to go Fast !
Just realised I have no pics of my latest Bike, so here's some from previous years :
(the new one is schweeeter - custom made in Italy for me after I snapped the old one !)
My old Bike
Me Racing on the old bike
Oh, I also have a 1982 Ford ESP Ghia 5.8L V8 (One of 137 5.8L Manual Ghias made) which now sits under a car cover and is lucky to get started twice a year. My wife HATES it.
As a young(er) hoon, we used to pull 12.1 sec Quarters together.......... sniff sniff.
Do you have a picture of that ford? I don't think I've seen one of those, and I thought halfway decent engines were gone after 1972 or so
bassmonkey
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I have an Aprilia Factory R for the road and a GSXR750K3 for the track. I'm selling my track bike though, as I only did one track day last year.
bassmonkey
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I'm at work. They will be on my home computer, so maybe later.
Pablo
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Well, here in tax-ridden Denmark (there is a whooping 180% tax on cars and bikes... on top of the whooping 25% sales tax!!!) I had to let my baby (a Yamaha TRX850) go, when my baby (my daughter Elisa) came. I rode a boring Yamaha XJ600 for a few years before getting the TRX and to this day it is still one of the most fun and involving bikes I have ever ridden.
I am not sure the TRX ever made it to the States, but it was essentially a project coming from the Italian Yamaha distributor - and put together in Italy as well (as far as I recall). They basically took the 850cc parallel twin from the TDM, gave it a new cam shaft, tuned it slightly and put in a sports bike frame... Sort of a Yamaha Ducati, only with a parallel and not a V-twin.
I don't have pics right here, I just googled this one out for you:
Cheers
Eske
I am not sure the TRX ever made it to the States, but it was essentially a project coming from the Italian Yamaha distributor - and put together in Italy as well (as far as I recall). They basically took the 850cc parallel twin from the TDM, gave it a new cam shaft, tuned it slightly and put in a sports bike frame... Sort of a Yamaha Ducati, only with a parallel and not a V-twin.
I don't have pics right here, I just googled this one out for you:
Cheers
Eske
jaxadam
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Oh wow... that is quite a bike. You definitely need to hold on to that one.
Dizzy
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Nope..... it's still a 351ci Cleveland engine.
The 1971 Phase III XY GTHO was the "Big Banger" out of them all......
They go for over $500k these days.
Here's One :
The Phase IV XA GT was to be the be-all-to-end-all, but Aussie regulations stopped it's production after too many people were getting smeared all over the road. (In those days, tyres, brakes & suspension was NOWHERE NEAR capable of handling the speeds that these cars were capable of)
Then emission control etc etc came in an suffocated all the production V8's.
(Yep, emission control......... something US car manufacturers apparently haven't heard of
)It was pretty easy to bypass, if you wanted to restore the natural V8 oompf.
Although it had PLENTY of natural grunt, mine has had plenty of work done to it
Big Cam, Big Valves, Roller Rockers, Extensive Headwork, Modded Pistons..... etc. etc.
Oh, here's some pics......
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Dizzy said: (Yep, emission control......... something US car manufacturers apparently haven't heard of )
I had to remove the emissions stuff from my Mustang... gave it quite a bit more power above 4000rpm. That car basically looks like a 4door mustang?
I had to remove the emissions stuff from my Mustang... gave it quite a bit more power above 4000rpm. That car basically looks like a 4door mustang?
Dizzy
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Yeah, they have it, even older cars, but modern US cars need serious EC mods to enable International sales, as they are way below today's standards.
Al Gore has an interesting section in his movie that highlights this.
The XD Ford (1979-1982) is an entirely Aussie built/designed car.... but does have some visual similarities with the UK's Grenada & US Mustang.
The ESP was way ahead of it's time with awesome ride & handling from upgraded brakes suspension & steering. Also inluded are Scheel Sports seats.
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