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i didn't know there was such a thing as a water cooled bike before the war. that's awesome.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:i didn't know there was such a thing as a water cooled bike before the war. that's awesome. Scott made watercooled two-strokes in the 1920s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scott_Motorcycle_Company Classic Bike did a write up of riding one of them - two gears and about 5 different chains flying all over the place. Crazy crazy stuff.
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echomadman posted:This is loving awesome.
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I hate that ultra-stubby tail look. The rest of it is pretty OK though.
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Ola posted:New school: If you're 60 maybe
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blugu64 posted:If you're 60 maybe I'd say when you've bought this sort of bike you've gone beyond a motorcycle and are really just driving around a two wheeled convertible car with funny steering.
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It's a kind of bare bones version with only one GPS.
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? Chrome brake fluid reservoir is my guess.
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Looks like it has buttons too. From left to right: 1. Call stewardess 2. Massage on/off 3. Tonic dispenser
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8ender posted:I'd say when you've bought this sort of bike you've gone beyond a motorcycle and are really just driving around a two wheeled convertible car with funny steering. lmbo Dug done got called out. looool. content...
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? I wanted to encircle everything I couldn't place but had to stop from exhaustion half way though.
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? Ugh
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? new school on/off/standby
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8ender posted:I'd say when you've bought this sort of bike you've gone beyond a motorcycle and are really just driving around a two wheeled convertible car with funny steering. Cars aren't that clustered, this thing clearly sprouts wings and a jet turbine
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? Turbines/Wings/Cockpit initialize The Up/Down switch on the left side is obviously used for the flap during take-off/landing.
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? It's a chrome cover/aux switch assembly. Say what you will about Goldwings but they are a fantastic motorcycle. It does everything I want, I'm comfortable and I can ride all day and night. Ride one before you render them as 'old man' bikes. The three key places are ignition, gas door (you know, like every bike ever), and a lockable storage cubby on the right side. Pretty high end stuff.
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Hughmoris posted:What is this? I count three places to stick a key and have no idea whats going on. Someone please explain everything in this photo. Its like the goddamn space shuttle.
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5/29/2009 Monthly Friday Night Ride in San Francisco. This picture was taken 5 minutes before the group took off, before several more people showed up. Click here for the full 8517x1746 image. That night one motorcyclists went to jail for no plates and doing wheelies. A cop lit him up on the bridge after he did one, then he did 2 more, weaved in and out through traffic, did two more, then made a turn and then the cop followed him. Next thing I see is him in cuffs. Charles 1998 fucked around with this message at 16:23 on May 30, 2009 |
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Bet this is fun to ride...
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I have rigged up a HD helmet cam of sorts  here is a video of my commute from home to work. With heavy breathing and commentary. http://www.vimeo.com/4907288 watch in HD for full glory http://www.vimeo.com/4907982 part 2
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HNasty posted:I have rigged up a HD helmet cam of sorts Nice quality video. Are you using the new HD camera from VholdR or just a homemade setup?
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A custom Hayabusa V-8 in the back of an Ariel Atom. I did a trackday with the company that is prototyping this. It was a beautiful piece of machinery. Also Oregon Raceway Park is awesome, waiting to see if I get any action shots from the day. It wasn't running right the day of the trackday, the oil pressure sending unit was not working and it was having mis-firing issues. The owner says it puts about about 350 HP.
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4/20 NEVER FORGET posted:A custom Hayabusa V-8 in the back of an Ariel Atom. I did a trackday with the company that is prototyping this. It was a beautiful piece of machinery. Also Oregon Raceway Park is awesome, waiting to see if I get any action shots from the day. Is there a reason they went with two 'busa motors instead of a smaller I4 that would have given them the same power? Besides "Check this poo poo out!", of course.
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Weight, tuning potential http://www.h1v8.com They can make 400hp from a "stock" hayabusa v8, which can be swapped into an atom and still weigh significantly less than the supercharged I4 it replaced Then there's the massive amount of bolt on modifications out there for the hayabusa engine To contribute to the thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TjR5uQoKNQ Apparently a 1993 CBR600 with regular Pilot Powers.
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FlyinDoc posted:To contribute to the thread:  Click here for the full 1024x683 image. Me and my friend at Thill...he drags elbow and I pass him on the outside.
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Absolutely, there's a lot more to going fast than dragging things. I'm still impressed by that video though, given the age of the bike and given the tyres are single compound pilot powers, rather than slicks or any of the multi-compound road tyres around now. Thunderhill looks like a great track from what I've seen on youtube, wish we had a track like that here. FlyinDoc fucked around with this message at 04:13 on May 31, 2009 |
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FlyinDoc posted:Absolutely, there's a lot more to going fast than dragging things. The single compound PP's were advertised as leaning up to 50.6 degrees in the dry. The dual compounds lean up to 51.2 degrees in the dry. Let's face it, that .6 degrees doesn't really make a difference. Here's the OG elbow dragger:  French 250GP racer Jean-Philippe Ruggia in 1988. Remember, when you see the yellow flag, put your elbow on the ground to make sure that they know you saw it!
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I didn't realise the difference was that small, especially with Michelin saying there's a 20% increase in grip between the two. Now that I think about it though, I suppose grip needs to increase exponentially once you go much past 45° Edit: 20% softer, my bad Nice to know my tyres are capable of a fair bit more lean angle than I use, even at trackdays FlyinDoc fucked around with this message at 08:55 on May 31, 2009 |
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More HiDef helmet cam footage, this time at least 50% less boring than my commute. Watch till 1:33 if you want to see a GS500 do 100MPH with a fat man on board. OH AND DON"T FORGET TO CLICK THE HD BUTTON to view it in its full glory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ZJQTegvy4
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HNasty posted:More HiDef helmet cam footage, this time at least 50% less boring than my commute. Watch till 1:33 if you want to see a GS500 do 100MPH with a fat man on board. OH AND DON"T FORGET TO CLICK THE HD BUTTON to view it in its full glory. The music oh god the music, why  What camera are you using?
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dietcokefiend posted:The music oh god the music, why Also requesting pics from your camera setup, also in the future I'm setting all my videos to rod steward.
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dietcokefiend posted:The music oh god the music, why There is no exhaust note only wind noise, I'm gonna work on fixing that problem. My camera set up is very simple: Its one of these http://www.tourmaster.com/xcart/catalog/TB-12-Nylon-Tank-Bag-p-138_32.html + one of these http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog/images/Joby_Gorillapod_SLR%20Mini-Tripod_Grip_SLR_Cameras.jpg + one of these http://wasthatmycue.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/sd780b.jpg
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dietcokefiend posted:The music oh god the music, why Ha, the music was awesome - I was having Grand Theft Auto: Vice City flashbacks.
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HNasty posted:There is no exhaust note only wind noise, I'm gonna work on fixing that problem. I can't find the video, but a Fifth Gear behind the scenes clip showed them pinning a remote microphone next to the exhaust to pick it up over the wind, which they then amp up during editing. Maybe you can get a similar setup.
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HNasty posted:More HiDef helmet cam footage, this time at least 50% less boring than my commute. Watch till 1:33 if you want to see a GS500 do 100MPH with a fat man on board. OH AND DON"T FORGET TO CLICK THE HD BUTTON to view it in its full glory. dogg just link it as such: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ZJQTegvy4&hd=1 Twenty-Seven fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Jun 1, 2009 |
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