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1985's future of motorcycling: Suzuki Falcorustyco  quote:The Falcorustyco had no frame like a normal bike. The front and the rear swing arms were attached to the 500cc square four engine. Not the RG500 Gamma engine - According to Suzuki it was a new water-cooled four-stroke power plant with 16 valves and three cam shafts. Which happens to be the father of this 1986 Suzuki Nuda:  quote:Had the engine from a GSX-R 750, chain driven 2 wheels, also hub steering. Which happened to be the grandfather of this: GSX-R 1300 Hayabusa 
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So many concept bikes of the future from 80's to today have the horizontal front fork look. If the engineers ever figure out a way to make that happen and get longevity expect all kinds of goofy poo poo on the road. About the closest that's ever really hit the street that I know about is the all electric Tron bike (all yours for a cool $55k). Who knows what sort of lifespan that's even good for.  http://www.gizmag.com/electric-lightcycle-parker-brothers/19897/picture/143170/
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Hub-center steering's an actual thing though.  There was a HCS cafe racer on bikeexif a while ago too. Apparently HCS gets rid of suspension travel problems when your bike is leaned all the way over and the forks are compressed. It comes at the cost of feeling "connected" to the road through the forks, though, since the handlebar setup is way more complicated with HCS. They look rad as hell, though. I'd ride the hell out of that first suzuki up there. An observer fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Sep 6, 2012 |
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TheScott2K posted:Publicity stills of the new Ninja 300. That is a fine looking little bike. I've been giving some thought to downsizing from the big thou lately, might be worth jumping on one of these when they show up at dealers. e: Apparently the curb weight is 172kg w/o ABS, 174kg with  She a bit of a fatty.
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Sep 6, 2012 05:25
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How do they manage that? The 650 without ABS is 180kg. Is an engine with half the displacement really not more than 8kg lighter?
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Sep 6, 2012 09:42
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There's only so much weight you can get rid of that smaller displacement bikes just are naturally fat. Think of them as cute chubby babies.
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Sep 6, 2012 10:01
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That's why big singles rule. Ktm 690 Duke? 150kg without fuel.
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Coredump posted:That's why big singles rule. Ktm 690 Duke? 150kg without fuel. My Savage Bobber I did a couple years ago was my favorite single. I loved the sound and feel of that thumper. It was light as hell too. Stock it weighed 160kg but with all those super heavy harley style fenders front and rear I must took at least another 30kg of weight off.
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Sep 6, 2012 13:58
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Please quote all weights in Stone. tia
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Sep 6, 2012 14:24
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Please quote all weights in Stone. tia It was about 23 stone. Sorry for the confusion.
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Sep 6, 2012 14:29
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Whatever you weigh them in, your stones must turn to gravel after some distance on a big single.
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Sep 6, 2012 15:23
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What is/was this and how do I get one
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Synonamess Botch posted:What is/was this and how do I get one Stellan Egeland's Harrier: http://www.seservice.se/mainpage_en.htm Staying on topic, this is quite old but I love this concept bike: http://www.naulapaa.com/ram_01.html
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I would have thought the tires would catch fire and burn
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BlackLaser posted:Very Well Done Bike Is that a SV?
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Ringo R posted:Staying on topic, this is quite old but I love this concept bike: 
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TheFonz posted:Is that a SV? The kickstand, frame, wheels and engine aren't SV. It looks like a single or P-Twin. Ninja?
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Pope Mobile posted:The kickstand, frame, wheels and engine aren't SV. It looks like a single or P-Twin. Ninja? 08+ Ninja 250
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Ola posted:Whatever you weigh them in, your stones must turn to gravel after some distance on a big single. I am always impressed at Ola's grasp of puns and wit, especially for someone whose first language isn't English.
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It took me a minute before I noticed Layer Dan at the end of the bar.
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Babby's First Gixxer. 
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Collateral Damage posted:Babby's First Gixxer. I NEED one of these to corrupt my best friends 4 year old. My baby touring bike, out in the world. 4930 mile roadtrip, complete. 
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BlackMK4 posted:08+ Ninja 250 Some dudes gf caught him cheating and burned it to the ground. Old, but  http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-beer-tent/66134-beware-tail-dragon-if-ever-nth-carolina-usa.html#post622021 
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5 commercials in, and T-Mobile finally dubbed in the sound of a Ducati over footage of a Ducati riding around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aVBFyQPkv4
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BlackLaser posted:Some dudes gf caught him cheating and burned it to the ground. Trying to figure this out, the guy who made the post is on the red bike? The pictures make it look like he's way over in the wrong lane.
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Looks that way to me too. Was he really in the wrong lane and blaming the other dude for crashing into him?
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He's on the right side of the yellow, eh? I mean I know people hate harley's here but hate the one that hit him. He's clearly on his side of the road. nsaP fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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Sep 7, 2012 21:38
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Yeah you're right, perspective playing tricks on my eyeballs.
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The lack of gear after spending all that money on a badge and chrome is just mind boggling.
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Bondematt posted:The lack of gear after spending all that money on a badge and chrome is just mind boggling.
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Yeah, what threw me off (har har) was the first picture where you can't see the yellow line for some reason. Weird.
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Bondematt posted:The lack of gear after spending all that money on a badge and chrome is just mind boggling. Don't worry, I'm sore their leathery skin, resulting from years on the hard, open road, protected them just fine.
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Bondematt posted:The lack of gear after spending all that money on a badge and chrome is just mind boggling. Lack of gear regardless of amount spent is always mind-boggling, but in this specific case I wonder which of his traumatic injuries could have been prevented. The broken back for one, but I wonder about the ribs. Also I'm surprised at the apparent lack of serious skin injuries
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Schlieren posted:Also I'm surprised at the apparent lack of serious skin injuries Me too. Every picture showing one of them hitting the ground you can see they land on bare skin. Random stuff from tumblr:   
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That looks like it's going to be a hell of a fun night.
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Frankston posted:That looks like it's going to be a hell of a fun firefight. Edited to account for shower of embers into the plush super-flammable van interior.
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What is the product they're advertising? Flames? e: oh 
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Schlieren posted:Lack of gear regardless of amount spent is always mind-boggling, but in this specific case I wonder which of his traumatic injuries could have been prevented. The broken back for one, but I wonder about the ribs. Also I'm surprised at the apparent lack of serious skin injuries I don't understand how this could have helped prevent a broken back? Do you think a leather jacket with armor would have kept things straight when he racked his whole body across the bars?
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