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Local PD (Charlotte/Mecklenburg NC) are now using Enduro/Dual Sport bikes...Thought CA might find it interesting. They gave up the big Harleys a few years ago in favor of BMW cruisers, now this. This is a screen cap from my GpPro on my ride today. 
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DILLIGAF posted:Local PD (Charlotte/Mecklenburg NC) are now using Enduro/Dual Sport bikes...Thought CA might find it interesting. They gave up the big Harleys a few years ago in favor of BMW cruisers, now this. They use dual sports to patrol parts of the bay too.
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Marv Hushman posted:Seriously, in Cali? I thought that was about the price of a modest condo out there. It was, then that whole housing collapse happened when people realized that a house in the rear end-end of nowhere, no matter how nice, wasn't actually worth 500k.
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Spiffness posted:Lots of people seem to really worship that Porsche consulted on that engine
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DILLIGAF posted:Local PD (Charlotte/Mecklenburg NC) are now using Enduro/Dual Sport bikes...Thought CA might find it interesting. They gave up the big Harleys a few years ago in favor of BMW cruisers, now this. Seeing your posts here and on Rideit is confusing as hell 
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lancemantis posted:Lots of people seem to really worship that Porsche consulted on that engine It is a pretty nice jab at the "purists".
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Weird, you don't see that many carbed ones with a big MIKUNI sticker.
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AncientTV posted:Seeing your posts here and on Rideit is confusing as hell Must be my evil twin.... 
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Someone uploaded Leather Boys on to youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOgIuc5-eY&feature=related The title sounds like a movie about gay bikers, but it's really an interesting slice of life British film from the mid 1960's about... a gay British biker. Well, there's one anyway. Armyman25 fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Jul 9, 2011 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5zHL5uxEOU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SIh9Q2new http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Classic%20Racers/suzuki_rk67.htm 50cc, 2 stroke, 2 cylinder, 14 speed, Suzuki GP bike. 2ndclasscitizen fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jul 9, 2011 |
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I remember reading about that bike. The ridiculous gearbox was so they could constantly keep the bike in its narrow powerband. Such a ridiculous bike, but so awesome.
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Long way from home this one: Spotted in Sydney CBD.
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Jul 10, 2011 09:33
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Wait around for that rider and offer to buy them a beer, the stories would be worth it. Edit: wait, flat motor, bmw, never mind. It was shipped there.
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nsaP posted:It was shipped there. Well yeah, it's in Australia.
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I know I posted about this way back when he was still in the design phase, and again when he was trying to work out the kinks, but he is now in production. He builds these to order and they are awesome. I present to you the Desmohog. Ducatti 900ss Cylinders on a Harley BT lower end. His reason for doing it? Just Because. http://crossbreedcycles.co.uk/default.aspx (My host)   
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That is absolutely gorgeous. I really want to have the time and skills to do a custom build like that at some point.
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I went to watch the pro flat track race in Hagerstown, MD last night. None of the pictures I took of the actual racing came out, but I took a few when my dad and I wandered the pits at the end of the race. One of the Ducatis that was racing. Didn't make the main, but still cool to see them there.  The top 3 bikes about to get a post-race inspection. My dad and I talked to the winner, Kenny Coolbeth (#2), and he said he had no brakes by the end of the race. That might have been because he had the rotor glowing in almost every turn.  Johnny Lewis came in second riding this Kawasaki, which I'm pretty sure is using a Ninja 650 engine (maybe the 636?). He was an extremely fast rider, but he was definitely down on power from Coolbeth's factory-tuned Harley.  A close up of one of Bill Werner's Kawasakis. Bill Werner was a mechanic for the Harley teams for almost 40 years, then retired and started his own team using Kawasakis.
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That definitely looks like a 650 engine
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lancemantis posted:That definitely looks like a 650 engine Yes, it is a 650 engine. It fits the rules for use, and he started using them as a way to make flattracking cheaper. I thought I'd share this:  Pretty awesome, tire testing.
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Holy hell that's awesome. Wanna get knee down on that.
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Z3n posted:Yes, it is a 650 engine. It fits the rules for use, and he started using them as a way to make flattracking cheaper. Bearing in mind that trees don't tend to grow on angles. Still looks like a hell of a lot of fun
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Spiffness posted:Holy hell that's awesome. Wanna get knee down on that. I don't know if you could go fast enough. The banking is so insanely steep. Maybe by cutting up and down it? I have no idea.
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Z3n posted:I don't know if you could go fast enough. The banking is so insanely steep. Maybe by cutting up and down it? I have no idea. Maybe YOU couldn't go fast enough  Some of us have SV650's
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Just put the other knee down. Next.
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Lessons in trackday passing etiquette. http://youtu.be/Hh1hCKSTAdA To give a little background, the guy getting passed is a mod on the forum with lots of track experience and the "bad" example rider is another forum member loving around with him in I group; the "bad passer" regularly podiums in local WERA events.
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nsaP posted:Just put the other knee down.  content: a shot of my honda ruckus in an urban setting 
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I saw a whole crew of these roll by the other day, at the clusterfuck of the Fairfax/Olympic/San Vicente intersection. All different colors, some stretched to like 12 feet long, it was hilarious.
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frozenphil posted:Lessons in trackday passing etiquette. You're goddamn right that looks like a bad pass...no tire transfer to prove you were there.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Long way from home this one: Spotted in Sturgis SD:  Is that a NZ plate?
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frozenphil posted:Lessons in trackday passing etiquette. Considering how slow this guy is going compared to everyone else in the video and his poor choice of lines maybe he should be in a slower group.
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n8r posted:Considering how slow this guy is going compared to everyone else in the video and his poor choice of lines maybe he should be in a slower group. frozenphil posted:the guy getting passed is a mod on the forum with lots of track experience I think it was made as an example video.
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AncientTV posted:I think it was made as an example video. He was being sarcastic because it was a bad example due to differences in speed.
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Z3n posted:You're goddamn right that looks like a bad pass...no tire transfer to prove you were there. The video looks like it's ontop of his helmet, maybe it's me but it didn't seem that close. I was at a trackday riding int and the event organizer passed me close enough we touched and then he took someone else out infront of me.
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n8r posted:Considering how slow this guy is going compared to everyone else in the video and his poor choice of lines maybe he should be in a slower group. Nah, the speed differential is because a bunch of WERA racers signed up for the event and by some freak occurrence A was full and I wasn't, so they signed up for I instead. If you ever want to get humbled, go out on the track with people who actually podium in WERA, much less any pro class.
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clutchpuck posted:Spotted in Sturgis SD: If that's a Harley Dyna, then yes. It's still registered, for some odd reason. 
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I'd wager they had it shipped for the Sturgis Black Hills Rally. Annual attendees don't gently caress around 
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clutchpuck posted:Spotted in Sturgis SD: The perspective in this shot is screwing with me, that tank looks like it's far off in the distance and 4 stories high. content: 
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I am sick of seeing all these amazing tracks you guys get to ride. Here is a video of my local track to help you understand why http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJR5EVIkpQE
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Started going through some post-processing Photoshop tutorials using some of my TT pic's. Tried some faux-HDR type tutorials and had a few nice results First one didn't seem to come out too well, has a bit of extra 'pop' to it though  original: http://i.imgur.com/1gChM.jpg This one came out better, maybe a tiny bit too 'gritty' if anything. I like how the colours came out though.  original: http://i.imgur.com/apAbn.jpg The others I tried doing I just couldn't get right, all ended up being really noisy. Probably going to try going through a few more tonight, I'll post any that come out nice.
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http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Video/moments-casey-stoner-moto-gp-021243047212056 MotoGP turns at 1000FPS (HQ fullscreen this) Ducks fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Jul 12, 2011 |
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