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PaintVagrant posted:I guess the CBR650F, FZ6R, etc sort of fill that hp range gap too. They are just not as light and sporty and not nearly as cool as a loving VFR250 or something awesome like that. I was gonna suggest the XJ6. It seems to be a little more interesting that its predecessor. Which would put it in tbat range as well.
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cursedshitbox posted:DRZs are dumb expensive here too. No fuckin idea why. I've seen the fizzer 400s for like a grand. as for Buell? they're cheap as poo poo here. I'd consider owning one as a beater, but the whole harley thing kills it for me. I'll put nearly anything between my legs, but not that Wait are you saying north america got the FZR400 from the showroom? Why on god's green earth did yamaha think they'd make any money doing that?
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Yup! and they sold like -poo poo-.  I owned this fucker for 3ish years. Spouse liked it so much *he* bought one, and then did nothing with it after realizing what kind of upkeep they require. lololol
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this has been said before but dual round headlights inside a huge fairing as a design trend needs to make a comeback
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Jun 17, 2016 05:26
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Counterpoint: fairings as a whole need to go away as a design trend.
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PaintVagrant posted:It's very frustrating that if you want to transition from a 300cc "sport bike" (in the US) the next bikes up of similar style have triple the drat hp. Nope. Not frustrating. Glorious. I just went from a Ninja 300 to a Street Triple R. Feels so good when your face shield is pressed up against your nose.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Counterpoint: fairings as a whole need to go away as a design trend. Don't you ever get tired of being wrong?
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cursedshitbox posted:Yeah and in the end I have a lovely drz. Eventually we all come to the light: 
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Slavvy posted:According to the tail graphics it's a replica, my mate had one and it just had an rgv250 engine with nicer carbs and a better cdi. "Replica" is badging Aprilia have always used on their hottest street two-strokes including the Nera models - it's supposed to mean "this bike is identical to the GP bike". Also the RS250 always used the RGV engine, although in the later models it was considerably reworked (new power valves, lighter pistons, some other stuff I can't remember)
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BlackLaser posted:
It got better! quote:A wealthy Russian businessman and political ally of Vladimir Putin has become an unlikely viral star after he was filmed picking a fight with a biker and then getting body-slammed. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/06/17/15/33/russian-politician-bodyslammed-after-picking-fight-with-biker
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Japanese rumour mill indicating the 2017 ninjette will be getting a H2-esque makeover:  A powerplant update may also be included but I don't dare to hope what that might mean; it's near baseless speculation at this point in any case. I'm not really expecting to hear anything concrete (or anything else at all really) until November. Even if it just comes with the same old twin, unf
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Does anyone have the over/under on the biker getting radiation poisoning in the next year?
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Unlikely, since the party appear to have formally disowned the drunk driver.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Unlikely, since the party appear to have formally disowned the drunk driver. Good old Machiavelli. If he isn't important to Putin, much better to disown him and seem fair and righteous. Renaissance Robot posted:A powerplant update may also be included but I don't dare to hope what that might mean Haha, it's a sweet dream though. *whistles wistfully, yet turbine-like*
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Went out for a ride yesterday. Then I installed a tail tidy  Also there's a cat. 
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Also I'm gonna be honest, this is the real reason I'm so attracted to the new generation aesthetic Kawasaki is starting: 
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captainOrbital posted:
You're too short for that bike.
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Chichevache posted:You're too short for that bike. if it were a SD I'd be convinced it was Z3n
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I must be the only one who likes having a fender on my FZ
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KARMA! posted:Does anyone have the over/under on the biker getting radiation poisoning in the next year? I read this thinking that buying a new ninja or any other japanese bike will give you radiation poisoning due to Fukushima
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A MIRACLE posted:I must be the only one who likes having a fender on my FZ It's the only thing I've done (to this bike) for purely aesthetic reasons. I hate the look of those weird bulbous things.
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Renaissance Robot posted:A powerplant update may also be included but I don't dare to hope what that might mean; it's near baseless speculation at this point in any case. I'm not really expecting to hear anything concrete (or anything else at all really) until November. Even if it just comes with the same old twin, unf A few months before the H2 hit dealers, I attended a Kawasaki technical service school and we took a brand new, never apart H2 engine right down to the cases. While doing that, the topic cropped up of why Kawasaki would spend a considerable amount of money in R&D and testing, as everything is made in house, for forced induction on a very limited production bike with little practical use. The rep said something along the lines of "You don't think they would be doing this for only the benefit of the H2, do you?" Nothing was confirmed or denied, but the topic of small displacement, forced induction engines versus displacement based insurance rates was the next topic.
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I think that had always been the assumption that the h2 was a flagship "look at how good this can get" technology showcase for eventual trickle-down into other bikes. I'll take my 80hp ninja 300 turbo, please
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Jesus. Isn't this the same guy from a few days ago getting into an argument with a cop? How many arguments is he going to get in before there aren't any witnesses and he gets a gun pulled on him..... He did lay that guy out with that right hook though.
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Tbf, that is a very punchable face.
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I don't understand. Why was the dude on the bike following the guy in the Nissan?
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YF19pilot posted:Why was the dude on the bike following the guy in the Nissan? To pick a fight.
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Pretty Cool Name posted:To pick a fight. I get that. But is that all there was? He was dicking around in the dirt lot then just decided to follow some random guy to see if he could start something? It looked like all the guy in the Nissan did was drive by on his way to Wal-Mart. Did the motorcyclist not like how fast he was going and decided to be Upstanding Citizen Vigilante?
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At the very start of the video the nissan passes him a bit fast in a residential neighborhood, that seems to be all it took to trigger the psycho. fake edit: looks like he runs a red as well?
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Pretty Cool Name posted:At the very start of the video the nissan passes him a bit fast in a residential neighborhood, that seems to be all it took to trigger the psycho. It's nice the video includes the beginning so we know for certain he instigated virtually everything. I think manchild is the right term. Also  at his dirt lot stuff. As though a few minutes of sped up POV dirt burnouts is top notch moto vlog content.
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He's an American Royal Jordanian.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fBL6fuM_fg
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Pretty Cool Name posted:At the very start of the video the nissan passes him a bit fast in a residential neighborhood, that seems to be all it took to trigger the psycho. But it's not even a neighborhood. Unless I'm missing something, the Nissan is maybe just driving like any other rear end in a top hat through a Wal-Mart/stripmall parking lot. The only fault I see the Nissan perform is a slightly "fast" left-hand turn where he has right of way anyways, and no other cars around. If anything, the motorcyclist is doing worse by cutting through the parking lot to catch the Nissan rather than the Nissan driver himself who is sticking to the main "roads" of the parking lot. Hell, the Nissan driver even stops for people crossing in front of the Wal-Mart where the motorcyclist seems like he wanted to push through. I'm probably over thinking this grand piece of idiocy, looking for a rationale where one doesn't exist. Motorcyclist pretending to be the Parking Lot Knight and sticking his nose in where he should just leave things be.
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That dude had a thousand opportunities to get out of that situation. He's lucky the dude in the Nissan didnt have anything more than his fists. What an idiot
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Sikh ride, brah
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The Canadian flags really tie this video together
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captainOrbital posted:Then I installed a tail tidy How do you like that speaker? I was killing time in an airport today and they had one in the brookstone store. It sounded good for a fairly small/cheap speaker but they wouldn't let me turn it up to a volume level appropriate for garage use.
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KodiakRS posted:How do you like that speaker? I was killing time in an airport today and they had one in the brookstone store. It sounded good for a fairly small/cheap speaker but they wouldn't let me turn it up to a volume level appropriate for garage use. Now I'm trying to find it and failing, hint please.
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It was like a game of search and find for me, too. Hanging from the handlebar of the black bike on the left. Only the sikh could make a video with so many lame things, and still end up looking like total cool dudes I'd absolutely chill with. Coydog fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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