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2ndclasscitizen posted:sounding like an F1 car doing 60kph). I thought this was the entire point of getting one of those bikes.
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SaNChEzZ posted:/babby bike rant This is why I've found the Ninja 300 far more tempting than it probably should be. Slow enough to let you WOT up through the first couple gears while staying relatively safe/legal, extra power and midrange for practicality, fantastic styling, and extra tech like EFI, slipper clutch, and ABS. And yet, the $5,500 MSRP is incredibly hard to justify when something like the CBR500R is supposed to retail for nearly the same. Vanilla but sensible starts to win out and guess-I'll-just-get-a-used-SV. 
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I'm just glad we're finally kicking all the carburetors to the curb and putting EFI on everything across the board. My "beginner bike" search was pretty much limited to the Ninja 650 and 2003+ SV650 because I absolutely did not want a carbed bike. Fortunately I love my 650R.
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New Images of the KTM SuperDuke 1290 got released.  
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Nov 14, 2012 02:43
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Those are some wonderfully scrubbed slicks.
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Nov 14, 2012 02:48
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For all you complaining that we aren't getting crazy-powerful 250s or 500s or whatever just remember that except for models carried over from the 1980s (EX250, EX500, GS500, TU250, all the 250 cruisers) we haven't gotten ANY 250-500 bikes of note in many years, until very recently. The market would never have insane 250s without already having established sane 250s. We gotta start (over) somewhere.
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nsaP posted:Request: Does anyone have the mootmoot video? You mean this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIg85OlXh0I
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Our favorite lovable urchins are back, this time it's a day in the life of WOW BOY chino, he is such a stylish rapscallion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1C4A-D6p1M
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Their name is stupid and I hate the badboy act, but goddamn those wheelies are legit. edit: still don't understand the dead arm swing thing
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AncientTV posted:Their name is stupid and I hate the badboy act, but goddamn those wheelies are legit. Haters can't comprehend.
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lil baby anime posted:I thought this was the entire point of getting one of those bikes. Yeah, I kind of like the idea of a bike that's just puttering casually away from a stoplight at an average sports car's redline. Also, four little baby pistons smaller than those in an entry level vespa 
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Collateral Damage posted:Dirtbike running on compressed air out of "standard" (assuming 200 bar, 15 litres) scuba tank. Interesting, although I think the quoted 100km range, 140kph top speed is a tad optimistic. I bet if you landed on a sharp rock that bike would take off like a rocket ship.
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Sagebrush posted:Yeah, I kind of like the idea of a bike that's just puttering casually away from a stoplight at an average sports car's redline. It's cool that you like the idea, cause that sounds like the least fun bike ever to ride. Some comedian's bike. 
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The wheels on that Superduke 1290 are loving gorgeous and I will pay lots of money to put them on my Duke 390 when I buy it.
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HNasty posted:It's cool that you like the idea, cause that sounds like the least fun bike ever to ride. They're pretty fun actually
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People disagree over what's more fun to ride, small and nimble traffic torpedoes or bowel loosening torque monsters NEWS AT ELEVEN
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HNasty posted:It's cool that you like the idea, cause that sounds like the least fun bike ever to ride. Ooh, here comes HNasty, Arbiter of Taste, Objectifier of Subjectivity, Ultimate Selector of All That Is Good and Worthy What's up with the orange wire cage over the timing chains? Is there any reason at all to run the side open like that? I like the exhaust, though -- it looks like medieval plate armor.
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Sagebrush posted:Ooh, here comes HNasty, Arbiter of Taste, Objectifier of Subjectivity, Ultimate Selector of All That Is Good and Worthy Those Ducati engines use belts, its not that uncommon to run the belts with a clear window or even open to the air for styles sake. The orange running graphics just show the path of the belts, I reckon.
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:
That's kind of too small to make out the stuff on the tyre clearly - is that a chunk missing up the top right of the rear tyre and the middle down to the threads inside?
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It was down to the threads about an inch wide the entire circumference with a 4" wide chunk down to the threads
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Sagebrush posted:Ooh, here comes HNasty, Arbiter of Taste, Objectifier of Subjectivity, Ultimate Selector of All That Is Good and Worthy Someone buy me this as a title please. Also ya it's a ugly rear end belt cover, makes the bike look a bit silly but that aluminum tank cancels them out.
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With regards to smaller bikes, and relative fun-ness, I agree with James May on this; A PenguinScotty posted:New Images of the KTM SuperDuke 1290 got released.  Single side swing arm, and those loving wheels, and the exhaust and and and. FUUUCK.KTM - We don't do subtle. ReelBigLizard fucked around with this message at 09:10 on Nov 14, 2012 |
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:
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HNasty posted:It's cool that you like the idea, cause that sounds like the least fun bike ever to ride. Goddamnit, I want that. Except with red where the gold is. Is this a ZRX? 
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BlackMK4 posted:Is this a ZRX? Nope, the current special edition-model Z1000 
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Sweet jesus, I need that in my life. Talking a metric fuckton of money here?
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The current special-edition Z1000 is a normal Z1000 with a different paint-job. That's a one-off for bike shows. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/N.../_/R-EPI-138609 But holy gently caress if it existed would I be looking to trade my Speed Triple in for one
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ReelBigLizard posted:With regards to smaller bikes, and relative fun-ness, I agree with James May on this; A It's the whole more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow thing. I've had fast cars and they are great when you are on the track, on the street they are just ok. But a slow car is great on the track and pretty drat fun on any fun stretch of road.
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I'll agree with that as well. When I graduate my first purchase is gonna be a supermoto because not being able to take my bike more than 70% into its rev range without risking a speeding ticket is doing terrible things to my restraint. 
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ReelBigLizard posted:With regards to smaller bikes, and relative fun-ness, I agree with James May on this; A For the record I'm not saying no small bikes are fun to ride, I love riding small singles and I think punchy twins in small cc and light weight would be lots of fun. What I'm specifically saying is small cc bikes with engines that need to revved to the sky to get them moving would not be much fun, imo. A small bikes that's got tons of low down power but peters out at say 50MPH sounds like a much better ride. 
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Whoops someone left their Ducati parked out in the rain  Anyway the 2013 RSV4R makes me think dark and unnatural thoughts (as does Max Biaggi but that's a matter for another thread in another forum):  Thumbnailed due to hugeness.
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Looks like the new Caponord is coming with more RSV4 lookingness.  It's a step up in prettiness but, to be fair, the 1000 was no beauty queen.
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PenguinScotty posted:New Images of the KTM SuperDuke 1290 got released. What's up with the exhaust, there's something under the seat with an Akropovic label but the exhaust appears to be exiting near the wheel.
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My ride home from work. Cue Miami Vice / Hotline Miami soundtrack. PS: that speed is in km/h - HARDCORE
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Aargh posted:What's up with the exhaust, there's something under the seat with an Akropovic label but the exhaust appears to be exiting near the wheel. Dual exit exhaust, one per cylinder.
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Sure is bizarre that it doesn't have the same exhaust can on each path, though. Or is there another Akrapovic hidden behind the carbon fiber or something?
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Looks like it. Keep in mind that's just a concept, it'll need a cat if it's ever sold state side. But being KTM, it'll be an easy fix!
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