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I can't imagine why somebody wouldn't want to ride that thing for more than a thousand miles. 
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Problem for the guy I bought mine off of is that he was pretty short and the connies are not really made for vertically challenged people. He ordered his so he really couldn't sit on it first. His loss, my gain!  Although being from Ft. McMurray, losing a few K $$$ isn't really a big deal. It's not much of a stretch when I say that most people that work in the oil sands are pulling in 6-figures $$... he was for sure as he was an Electrical Engineer. Edit: And yeah, Backfire, 2010 Neptune Blue.
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Aug 22, 2012 16:27
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Nice bike, you should put that GIF on your Geocities page.
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Aug 22, 2012 19:33
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Not my bike, but the local utility company had an electric motorcycle on display for a few hours. The two models in the brochure claimed a range of 58 miles and 28 miles. The one in the picture has a top speed of around 68, and they take about 2 hours to charge. So I'm not sure who they're selling these to really. But album here for anyone curious. It was just sitting out, and wasn't a demo or anything, so I have no idea what it sounds like.
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Aug 23, 2012 03:47
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follow that camel!! posted:Not my bike, but the local utility company had an electric motorcycle on display for a few hours. The two models in the brochure claimed a range of 58 miles and 28 miles. The one in the picture has a top speed of around 68, and they take about 2 hours to charge. Looks like the 1990's idea of a THE FUTURE bike. It's no Empulse.
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Aug 23, 2012 04:02
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A guy at work has a Vectrix (we get some special deal on them, and charging points in the car park) and it's completely silent apart from tyre noise. Although I'm no fan of superscoots, it actually looks okay, certainly no worse than any of the petrol-driven ones, and seems to have the requisite comfort, storage space etc - his only real complaint is that it's really loving heavy (and he was a BMW rider before this).
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Aug 23, 2012 15:57
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I spent a year on an electric scooter, basically a dinky china scooter with the engine stripped out and replaced with locally sourced hub motor and a big LiFePo battery. Apart from the obvious build quality issues that comes with anything chinese it was excellent for inner city commuting, topped out at 50kph and would run 40-50km on a full charge. I'm currently on the fence about if I should sell it or keep work commuting on it, since my regular commute is barely 4 km through city traffic, which isn't even enough to get the motorcycle up to temp.
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Aug 23, 2012 16:24
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follow that camel!! posted:Not my bike, but the local utility company had an electric motorcycle on display for a few hours. The two models in the brochure claimed a range of 58 miles and 28 miles. The one in the picture has a top speed of around 68, and they take about 2 hours to charge. I like how it looks semi-sleek it looks until the ugly eye-stalk-turn-blinkers come shooting out of the front of the fairing. 
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Aug 24, 2012 01:12
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Ola posted:Nice bike, you should put that GIF on your Geocities page. Hah, I see I did save it as a GIF. That at least explains some of the compression looking odd. Thanks. 
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Aug 24, 2012 03:39
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Hi I bought a drag bike and now complain constantly about not being able to turn or get good gas mileage. Then I get a nice empty road with a high speed limit that lets me reach the VBoost and I remember why I bought it, and that I would absolutely buy it all over again. It's a bit like that feeling when you first start to drop on a roller coaster... but you get to operate the roller coaster and ride it at the same time.    It looks right at home in a mix match of sport tour and cruisers.   Halo_4am fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Sep 4, 2012 |
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Sep 4, 2012 03:30
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Halo_4am posted:Hi I bought a drag bike and now complain constantly about not being able to turn or get good gas mileage. Then I get a nice empty road with a high speed limit that lets me reach the VBoost and I remember why I bought it, and that I would absolutely buy it all over again. It's a bit like that feeling when you first start to drop on a roller coaster... but you get to operate the roller coaster and ride it at the same time. I remember my first experience of V-Boost, I was riding pillion on my friend's new Max. It was like the Millennium Falcon hitting light speed. There's nothing quite like it.
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Sep 4, 2012 21:59
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Linedance posted:I remember my first experience of V-Boost, I was riding pillion on my friend's new Max. It was like the Millennium Falcon hitting light speed. There's nothing quite like it. It is something all together different. There are bikes out there with more torque and more horsepower, and those bikes get better mpg's and have better handling. Yamaha knew what they were doing when they made the VMax launch at 6k though. It's almost perfectly timed so that you're pretty much done with your shifting and just hunkered down with the throttle open and then out of nowhere the sound of the engine changes, the bike shifts about, and you're hoping you have a good grip on the handle bars. The first time I hit it my jaw literally dropped open and I muffled into my helmet 'hooooly shiiit' then eventually remembered to shift up to 4th and 5th gear. There are mods available that change it down to 3k so you can hit it more often, but it's kind of nice to leave it as a once in awhile thing so I intend to leave it at stock 6k activation. I still get that odd feeling in my stomach like I'm falling half the time I use it.
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Sep 4, 2012 22:46
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So how different is the V-Boost thing than secondaries opening up on a modern bike like the ZX14 or Concours 14? That asked, I secretly lust for a V-Max and will someday own one. Might be a newer gen though although the older ones have a soft spot in my heart. I think I still have a sales brochure from when I almost bought one brand new in 1999/2000 or so. slidebite fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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Sep 5, 2012 00:41
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I don't know the difference exactly. This is the first I heard of secondary/sub throttle/butterflies on bikes like those. A quick read and it sure sounds like a very similar thing, but because there are many threads asking what they do I'm inclined to believe there's some fundamental difference. If not in tech then in application. The engine pitch changes and you just blast when the V-Boost hits. Very similar to the way you feel a turbo charged v6 going to work as you just punch it in second gear and the gforce pushes you back a bit. It's the same sort of sensation but it seems like it hits at the top end of the natural power band. So when you would normally be settling down and in you actually start to accelerate even faster. I've been pining for the older and smaller one and was sad when it was re-designed. I don't like the mass of an 1800+ anything and hate that trends continue going up. You should not be able to get a smaller engine in a Scion than in a Triumph Rocket III. The gen-II has improved handling (not necessarily good handling) and fuel injection which have been badly needed on the max, but I wasn't willing to trade the nimble frame for them. I plan to own this bike until I'm old and broken and buy a Goldwing or trike or whatever.
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Sep 5, 2012 02:50
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slidebite posted:So how different is the V-Boost thing than secondaries opening up on a modern bike like the ZX14 or Concours 14? The V-boost butterflies are essentially like crossfeed valves. Below v-boost they are shut and each carb supplies it's own cylinder with air/fuel mixture. As they open to full, they permit each cylinder to draw all the air/fuel mixture from both carbs on that bank. Don't know if that's the same or not but it's awesome. a picture: 
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Sep 6, 2012 20:46
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Ah, so essentially it's like suddenly increasing the carburetor bore and jetting by about 1.4x its base value. Welp 
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Sep 6, 2012 21:43
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Here's a video of it in action on an 85 that's about as close of a representation I can find on youtube. You can hear the difference in the bike at the top end and see there's enough torque that he actually continues increasing speed as he shifts. He's proper dragging and climbing so he keeps it in vboost rpm's through all shifts once he gets there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUkik6KQMhk Personally I hope I never get that good at it - seems it would take all the fun out of it :P I probably don't have much to worry about considering all my drag practice is against nobody and is done on rural stop sign controlled roads with 50+ speed limits and expressway on ramps.
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My new bike! (colour from my phone is pretty washed out... she's a lot more red than that!) I think I'll call her Vanna on account of her number plate being almost all vowels... Wow, now this is how a motorcycle should feel... and sound. Mightily impressed, and I haven't even been on the motorway yet. Everything is just so effortless (except for maybe the hydraulic clutch... a bit heavy, that). I got her for a fair bargain, 14.5k miles on the clock, full service history, alarm, heated grips, a few age related marks but overall pretty decent shape. Even most of the paint is still on the engine! It'll need a new rear tire probably by spring (the pilot power on the back is pretty hexagonal in profile, will be replaced with a pilot road 2 to match the front), and a rack and box for the back. As the English say, I'm well chuffed!
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Sep 9, 2012 16:44
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Got my cibby back after a bin in march, I've forgotten how to ride a sportsbike. All of the revs, it's hard after riding a sumo. 
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Sep 10, 2012 08:30
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Linedance posted:My new bike! Nice. I've always had a soft spot for Ducati. Is that a Rider Scan I spy in the fairing? Those seem so popular in euroland, and I've never seen one in the states. I'm considering getting one because now that I know they exist they just seem so useful.
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Sep 10, 2012 16:29
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Euro-trip setup, comprising all my poo poo for 6 weeks away. It's more organised than it looks; I pack normal people clothes, waterproofs, thermal gear, bike cover, pump etc loose under bungies to allow quick access. p.s Austria is gorgeous.  
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Sep 14, 2012 01:34
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I want to see you get that knee down.
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Sep 14, 2012 03:06
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My first  Been riding this in the woods for the past year: 
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Sep 15, 2012 13:40
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Posting the latest picture of my new 636 cuz why not: Soon to come: either a 14/43 or 14/49 sprocket combo with new RK 520 GXW Series gold chain (all three sprockets are coming in the mail, I've to decide which rear to install), and Tuono mirrors coupled with aftermarket mirror mounts. After riding the gently caress out of it, I've deemed the Renthal dirt bike bars to be of the right height, with the new Corbin seat, but they could be a bit wider. I'm keeping the stock exhaust and the ugly Acerbis headlight because it seems to be working with deterring people from loving with my bike while I'm living in the city.
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 BMW R1200R, not mine but I got it as a replacement bike while the tires on my Bonneville are being changed over the weekend. I'm not a big fan of the look, but BOY does it ride great! Everything's so easy and smooth with this one, you feel pretty much invincible... Here's to two sunny days ahead! 
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Cross posting from the 'tard thread cos i'm enjoying it so much. My new 950 SMR   _Dav posted:p.s Austria is gorgeous. It really is a beautiful country, where about's did you go?
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Sep 21, 2012 12:21
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New Scrambler project a buddy and I are working on. 
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Registered Loser posted:New Scrambler project a buddy and I are working on. Yum. How loud is it with that exhaust?
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doppler posted:My first I just went to do a chain replacement on one of those. It barfed a half a clutch rod and a lot of oil when I pulled the sprocket cover. Then again, the owner failed at changing his own chain twice. The second time, the chain just fell off and left him stranded. I really like the gear change indicator on those though.
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"[working title posted:" post="407772023"] This time was through the Tyrolia national parks and the southern routes. Slovenia turned out to be dissapointing, southern Germany is equally as awesome as Austria in parts.
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Bought a weird thing.   1995 MZ Skorpion Sport. Sportbike with a Yamaha XT660 single cylinder engine. Awesomely fun to ride, and the Grimeca brake up front does a great job stopping the bike. Been having a lot of fun with this.
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Sep 25, 2012 07:19
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That front end is goofily lovable. Why does it appear to have 2 exhaust pipes?
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Sep 25, 2012 07:29
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nsaP posted:That front end is goofily lovable. Why does it appear to have 2 exhaust pipes? Yamaha 600 singles have (had?) two carbs and one exhaust per valve. Makes everything nicely overcomplicated.
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Sep 25, 2012 07:37
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My 79 CB650 is almost done.
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front wing flexing posted:My 79 CB650 is almost done. That is one cool-rear end looking motorcycle.
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I have a new (old!) motorbike! 1971 Kawasaki A7 B Avenger 350cc 2-stroke parallel twin! Rotary disc valve inlet! Supposedly 42hp from the factory, 13.8s 1/4 mile Anyway, pictures.    Intend to leave it pretty close to standard for the time being and just tidy a few things up. Replace fork gaiters, new decals, strip the tank and re bog & paint. Enjoy some classic vintage motorcycling in the New Zealand summertime. She rides like a dream. Gearchanges are crisp and positive, the twin leading shoe drum front works great, fires up on first or second kick from dead cold. The noise is something else, its like a having 2 big grumpy chainsaws buzzing away between your legs. The powerband feels gooood, from 5-8k all the action happens. Old-mate-previous-owner was the High-Lord-King of vintage japanese 2-strokes. He had a few early RDs, an H1 & H2, another A7 SS, KR250, a full Kenny Roberts RD350 GP replica build and some more that I can't even remember. Plus a 328 and a MKII (both of the exotic car variety. Think expensive). Ultimate piner! Wild On Thriller! fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Sep 28, 2012 |
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Sep 28, 2012 00:06
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Hello fellow Kiwi! That thing's in really good condition, was it in a garage the whole time?
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Sep 28, 2012 09:38
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Check out my slick new trunk. Uses space age breathable materials.
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Sep 28, 2012 19:33
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Haha I just did the same thing with some straps for some cheap luggage to carry my poo poo around. You can throw a cargo net over the top to keep stuff in.
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Traded my 08 Versys with 30k for this with 10k (even trade, plus $100 for a new set of tires.) I wanted a Sportster but my dad(and money difference, I didn't want to spend anything) talked me into a Japanese bike. And, I test road a C83 and I couldn't stand the way it handled (because it has a giant engine.)
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