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im sure you could fool some people by putting duc stickers on one of these megelli 250r
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iqarus posted:im sure you could fool some people by putting duc stickers on one of these Go the whole hog and put Harris or Spondon stickers on it, that was the first thing I thought when I saw the trellis swingarm.
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Jun 3, 2013 13:16
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Shouting Melon owns a VTR250.
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Jun 3, 2013 13:45
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iqarus posted:im sure you could fool some people by putting duc stickers on one of these In my experience you could fool most people by leaving all of the manufacturer stickers on any bike and just telling people "Yeah, it's Ducati"
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Jun 3, 2013 17:44
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nsaP posted:In my experience you could fool most people by leaving all of the manufacturer stickers on any bike and just telling people "Yeah, it's Ducati" This is true. I've had people ask if my bike is a Honda, despite the giant YAMAHA sticker on the windscreen.
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Jun 3, 2013 17:46
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Pretty much. Half the people where I work think my 675 is a Ducati because it's red and doesn't have a Japanese name.
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Jun 3, 2013 22:44
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Here4DaGangBang posted:Shouting Melon owns a VTR250. Shows what I know!
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Jun 3, 2013 23:19
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Someone asked if my all-black SV650 was an Iron 883.
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Jun 4, 2013 00:04
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I refuse to believe that is real.
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Jun 4, 2013 00:08
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BlackMK4 posted:Pretty much. Half the people where I work think my 675 is a Ducati because it's red and doesn't have a Japanese name. I owned a red Ducati and there were a number of times people implied it was Japanese. Apparently there are two companies that manufacture motorcycles: Harley Davidson and Japan.
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KodiakRS posted:I owned a red Ducati and there were a number of times people implied it was Japanese. Apparently there are two companies that manufacture motorcycles: Harley Davidson and Japan. "Never trust a bike whose name ends in a vowel" - someone whose Triumph's pistons tried to make an escape through his crankcase.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:"Never trust a bike whose name ends in a vowel" - someone whose Triumph's pistons tried to make an escape through his crankcase. Husaberg for life
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goddamnedtwisto posted:"Never trust a bike whose name ends in a vowel" - someone whose Triumph's pistons tried to make an escape through his crankcase. Can we sometimes trust Harley, then?
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Jun 4, 2013 19:49
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That poor, poor kickstand.
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Jun 4, 2013 19:55
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Man, that is a lot of stuff bolted to that freedom machine. But I guess the broadest shoulders should carry the heaviest burden
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Icept posted:But I guess the broadest shoulders should carry the heaviest burden that's some socialist bullshit right there.
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Jun 5, 2013 21:02
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The journey ends, when you stop BELEVN.
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Jun 5, 2013 21:54
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It says 9ELEVN
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Jun 5, 2013 21:56
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AncientTV posted:It says 9ELEVN IT DOES?!
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TheScott2K posted:IT DOES?! Holy poo poo. That's even better. 
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Jun 5, 2013 22:09
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What's with the padding below the windshield? Or are those pockets? What the hell.
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Jun 5, 2013 22:25
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Yep they're pockets. In case you haven't experienced a pocket, you put stuff in them. That's pretty much a stock looking Ultra Classic with a couple catalog accessories. The only thing "stupid" is the plate number, but as far as vanity plates go I wouldn't look twice at that one.
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Jun 5, 2013 22:28
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clutchpuck is right, that is a picture of a motorcycle.
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Jun 5, 2013 22:41
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Are these heavier than a Goldwing/concours/big bmw?
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Slavvy posted:Are these heavier than a Goldwing/concours/big bmw? Well it is a Harley  E: According to the HD website, shipped weight is 882lbs. "In running order" is 911lbs. That just makes the plate even better.
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Pope Mobile posted:Well it is a Harley 400kg coupled with all of 65hp. Sweet mother of god.
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Slavvy posted:Are these heavier than a Goldwing/concours/big bmw? Comparing apples to apples: Goldwings are 904lbs wet, Yamaha Royal Star Ventures are 805 dry (so 850ish wet?), Victory Vision Tour is about 850 dry (so right up there, wet), Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager is about 880 dry. There's nothing really super-extra-heavy about the Ultra when you look at other similar bikes. The Concours and Ks are on the "sport" end of touring, so they're all a couple hundred lbs lighter.
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yeah but a goldwing also has like 160ftlbs torque Harley tourers, man. 900 pounds of ostentatious chrome with no balls to lug it around. They're like a racist old man's two-wheeled Florida donk.
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BMW K1600GTL is listed as 768 wet.
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Xovaan posted:Harley tourers, man. 900 pounds of ostentatious chrome with no balls to lug it around. They're like a racist old man's two-wheeled Florida donk. This is ignoring the million lbs of torque right off idle. Have you rode one? They're set up really well for what they're indended to do. The newer ones with the TC 103 put like 90 lbft to the ground at about 3k RPM, stock. In their element - basically open highway - they run pretty effortlessly however fast you want to go. Yeah, they're heavy, but when you're pushing air on the interstate at 85mph, the weight isn't really a big factor. They'll keep right up with a 450lb 100hp Buell with boxes, at least when the rider decides he wants to turn more than 2500 rpm. Their heft lends them well to towing and not getting blown around on the plains.
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I guess you're right - when you tow them to Sturgis the weight really does help keep the trailer from moving around 
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Z3n posted:I guess you're right - when you tow them to Sturgis the weight really does help keep the trailer from moving around That's cold right there.
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I can't get behind trailering to anywhere but the orv trails. Especially a bike built to cross continents.
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90ftlbs of torque off the line is still pretty boring. My bike weighs nearly 500lbs less and does that too.  In other news, an ex-Buell marketing director added me on LinkedIn and it made me giggle!
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I made the mistake of talking about bikes with my barber today. He and another dude were talking about his son's admittedly sick looking sportster, with some wicked-rear end skulls air brushed on the tank. I mentioned I had just bought an sv650 and was really enjoying it. He asked if that was "a crotch rocket". I told him no it was a standard, and then had to explain what a "standard" riding position was. I mean, its sitting underneath my crotch and is pretty fast, but that's true of any fast bike I suppose. All fast bikes are crotch rockets. edit: Uh are these not available in America or something? Why would you do this to me Honda? ADINSX fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Jun 6, 2013 |
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ADINSX posted:I made the mistake of talking about bikes with my barber today. He and another dude were talking about his son's admittedly sick looking sportster, with some wicked-rear end skulls air brushed on the tank. I mentioned I had just bought an sv650 and was really enjoying it. He asked if that was "a crotch rocket". I told him no it was a standard, and then had to explain what a "standard" riding position was. I think we must all accept that to a vast majority of Americans, bikes are either Harleys or "crotch rockets". I ride a Sportster and have quickly realized this when people say "It's just good you didn't get a crotch rocket!!!". When I explain that I have always loved the Sportster styling but that it's my starter bike, and that my lottery bikes are a CBR-1000/1199 Panigale/BMW S1000RR they get very confused... especially when I try to explain that I plan on partially transitioning with a KTM 690SM. Unless they're hip. Then they just grin
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I think we must all accept that to a vast majority of Americans, bikes are either Harleys or "crotch rockets".
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Retarded Pimp posted:Or dirt bikes, if I have to explain the KLR to someone, I've given up saying dual sport, enduro or on/off road and just say dirt bike now. The next question is usually "You can ride that on the street?". "It's like a really big, street legal dirt bike."
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