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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:if that's the diesel i think it is, i read a review in some magazine and they didn't like it much. i don't remember all their complaints but one was that it uses a CVT and therefore you get an irritating monotonous drone out of the engine everywhere you go at every speed. Having driven a bunch of CVT-equipped cars, few things will make a car boring faster than one of those gearboxes. Presumably the same applies to bikes.
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Weinertron posted:Aren't there 3.7 liters in a US gallon? Thats more like $7.50 per US gallon. drat, I failed at math...I was comparing it for cost at 1 pound/1.5 US dollars, not 1.3. 
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Weinertron posted:Aren't there 3.7 liters in a US gallon? Thats more like $7.50 per US gallon. Yep, Gasoline has been 35 cents/gallon ($0.09 or £0.06 or 0.07€ per liter) during my lifetime. Kenny Rogers fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Apr 7, 2010 |
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Jabs posted:I recall a road trip in November of '98 to Southwest Missouri during one of the periodic super-low dips in prices. On the way south from I-70 I stopped for gas and paid $0.87 for regular. According to the sticker on the pump, $0.52 cents of that was Federal, State, and Local taxes. That year and a half or so in the late-90s of just absolutely ridiculously low gas prices was awesome. Too bad I wouldn't be old enough to drive until after it'd ended.
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redscare posted:Having driven a bunch of CVT-equipped cars, few things will make a car boring faster than one of those gearboxes. Presumably the same applies to bikes. one of those few things would be making it a diesel.
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I've seen this guy a few times at the work parking lot now. I guess if you feel a hi-vis vest might cramp your style, you could always go with the hi-vis bike option. It practically glows.
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Apr 7, 2010 21:00
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Linedance posted:I've seen this guy a few times at the work parking lot now. I guess if you feel a hi-vis vest might cramp your style, you could always go with the hi-vis bike option. It practically glows. oh man, I used to have a GI Joe who was part of cobra who looked *exactly* like that! He was my favorite. He had this sweet visor that swept down. here he is: First on the left, bottom row (he's in the middle of the package)
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Linedance posted:I've seen this guy a few times at the work parking lot now. I guess if you feel a hi-vis vest might cramp your style, you could always go with the hi-vis bike option. It practically glows. Bike couldn't be more visible if it was one giant firetruck-green hazard stripe, I love it.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:if that's the diesel i think it is, i read a review in some magazine and they didn't like it much. i don't remember all their complaints but one was that it uses a CVT and therefore you get an irritating monotonous drone out of the engine everywhere you go at every speed. Aw, that's too bad. I really like the look of it and a diesel bike would just be the bees knees.
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redscare posted:That year and a half or so in the late-90s of just absolutely ridiculously low gas prices was awesome.
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My first trackday, just rode around in 3rd gear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePFcLQy_kZY
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:oh man, I used to have a GI Joe who was part of cobra who looked *exactly* like that! He was my favorite. He had this sweet visor that swept down. That would be Alley Viper, and he was the loving poo poo.
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Boat posted:That would be Alley Viper, and he was the loving poo poo. they're like the Cobra Health & Safety corps or something.
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Linedance posted:they're like the Cobra Health & Safety corps or something. CalTrans employees
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Linedance posted:they're like the Cobra Health & Safety corps or something. Actually they are Vipers trained for urban combat. They carry riot shields, and... oh wait. You guys are joking. http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/89/alleyviper.shtml
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Crayvex posted:Actually they are Vipers trained for urban combat. They carry riot shields, and... oh wait. You guys are joking.
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http://www.wimp.com/engineworks/
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Phy posted:Bike couldn't be more visible if it was one giant firetruck-green hazard stripe, I love it. And it's still invisible to 17-year-old girls.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:And it's still invisible to 17-year-old girls. So is everything else but their phone.
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It's not just the 17 year olds. Today I talked to a 30-something woman who was complaining about the no texting while driving laws being unsafe. Why? Because now instead of holding it up and "looking forward" while driving, she has to keep it down where cops can't see. I wanted to smack her.
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I put a pair of Cobra F1r slipons on my Ninja 250 recently, and here's a recording. Tell me what you guys think. I'm deaf so all I can do is feel the louuuudddd thrumming of the exhaust. Does it also sound good? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbe7_iMffbY
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I like it. Sounds great walkin dude.
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That's great. It explains why everybody's been staring at me when I'm on the bike. My next goal is to find slip-ons for my Ninja 500. Yay for routing the ears of everybody around me!
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the walkin dude posted:That's great. It explains why everybody's been staring at me when I'm on the bike. BRAPRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAP - Hey, everybody's checking us out. - Yeah they think we're pretty cool!
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Ringo R posted:BRAPRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAP FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!
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I purposely try very hard to never even turn my head when I hear a throttle blip of any kind, especially from a POTATOPOTATOPOTATO
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Street cred is my singular purpose on life. Getting approval from hearing people as a deafie When I was 8 years old I had a bicycle with a handlebar-mounted radio. A radio. I got it in order to fit in among my hearing peers, even thought I couldn't comprehend the difference between music types on the radio. Yeah. It continues, but this time around, I get motherfuckin' bass.
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Linedance posted:I've seen this guy a few times at the work parking lot now. I guess if you feel a hi-vis vest might cramp your style, you could always go with the hi-vis bike option. It practically glows. That is awesome and I would ride the poo poo out of that
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the walkin dude posted:Street cred is my singular purpose on life. Getting approval from hearing people as a deafie You're like a blind person dressing like a pimp. This is a compliment
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Linedance posted:while trying to find out more about that VTR paint scheme (is it factory?) I came across this: Is that part of the stock induction, or is there a small Roots-type blower mounted on that thing?
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Bucephalus posted:Is that part of the stock induction, or is there a small Roots-type blower mounted on that thing?  Definitely isn't stock judging from the pics I've seen. VMAX engine with a blower, that's gotta be good for at least 300HP and a goddamn mountain of torque  EDIT: Any excuse to post this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VlaYedQyw KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Apr 10, 2010 |
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Doctor Zero posted:Nobody can hear my engine over my stereo anyway. Please tell me that you don't play "Bad to the Bone" at full volume.
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KozmoNaut posted:EDIT: Any excuse to post this video: This is the only image coming to my mind watching that youtube clip. gently caress
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Christobevii3 posted:The guy in front looks like he's SegWaying to Comic-Con.
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Crayvex posted:Please tell me that you don't play "Bad to the Bone" at full volume.
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KozmoNaut posted:Supercharged VMax The supercharger reminded me of the kids on bicycles at the beginning of On Any Sunday. 
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Christobevii3 posted:That looks like it'd be the most fun thing ever to roll with a gang of pit bikes.
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