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Scott LaVelle. OWNS9
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Good old "Isle of 9". Doesn't seem like he's dead though. "Just" permanently trashed his body.
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Jun 3, 2018 17:55
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Yeah, nice vids but not the ones I was looking for.
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Jun 3, 2018 18:04
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Keetron posted:Yeah, nice vids but not the ones I was looking for. Ghostrider? Also not dead but there were incessant rumours of his death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwicTKbWam4
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Jun 3, 2018 20:16
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While we're jerkin each other off on memory lane. Who's got the videos of the racers hauling balls on public roads (I remember a TL1000 being involved) with calm voice over? Love to see that poo poo again.
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Jun 4, 2018 05:59
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I'd also like to see that video of the Euro dudes screwing around on a kart track on 250s and maybe supermotos. At one point they have four or five dudes on one bike, dragging knees in corners. There's also a caterpillar bucket full of water and a dude in it getting dumped out. As a thanks in advance, have different blast from the past: Nicky Hayden and Max Biaggi playing on sumos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHC8HQyKgE
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Jun 4, 2018 07:39
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here's one of my favorite classics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKy99TIMa8
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Jun 4, 2018 08:10
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Sagebrush posted:here's one of my favorite classics I wonder how close a modern superbike would come to that lap time? I mean they all make considerably more power than an 80s NSR (~150hp) and probably have tricker suspension, but obviously weigh a lot more and are on street tyres.
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Jun 4, 2018 08:54
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In the 1988 US MotoGP at Laguna Seca the fastest lap was 1:29.2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_United_States_motorcycle_Grand_Prix And the current motorcycle record is held by Casey Stoner at 1:20.7: http://www.weathertechraceway.com/pace-car-driver/mazda-raceway-laguna-seca-0 9 seconds is a relative eternity on a track that short, but at the same time it's pretty incredible that 30 years of development have only led to an 11% improvement in lap time. Especially considering the tires they were running back in the 80s. Those NSR500s were fast. And note that the current record is also for a race-prepped track bike. I'm positive the NSR500 would still beat any modern superbike if they had to run street tires.
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Jun 4, 2018 09:08
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BKing Andy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff3Etpube2E Called my dad, he knew instantly what film I was talking about. I could have done that to begin with but the old man is hospitalized and often cannot pick up. A sad story in that he has to do away with all his bikes due to the accident in april that left him wheelchair bound.  Here is a picture of him on the track of about 4 years back. He turned 70 last year and we had many plans to ride. He now told my mother that he will keep his gear so he can sit on my buddyseat, so who knows?
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Jun 4, 2018 11:13
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This guy was a regular poster on the B-King forums, then one day mentioned he was riding to the shops. Never posted again, and sleuths on the forum found out someone had failed to yield at a roundabout and killed him.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:40
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Spiffness posted:While we're jerkin each other off on memory lane. I think this is it. main key word to find it is "barges" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN89yhyLOeg
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Jun 4, 2018 21:33
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GriszledMelkaba posted:I think this is it. main key word to find it is "barges" That's the Fast Bikes magazine crew, featuring Shakey Byrne, who most recently posted this pic after crashing his BSB superbike during testing. https://twitter.com/67Shakey/status/1002861140387516418
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Jun 4, 2018 21:45
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GriszledMelkaba posted:I think this is it. main key word to find it is "barges" Bingo! Nice, TY.
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Jun 4, 2018 22:38
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Jun 7, 2018 02:15
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Is that a makeshift tow?
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Jun 7, 2018 03:54
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GriszledMelkaba posted:I think this is it. main key word to find it is "barges" God I miss Schiller-era Fast Bikes magazine. Schiller himself (the guy doing the voiceover, and also who did the 80s hair metal guitar noodling over their videos) was a prick of the highest order but he knew what made a great magazine. Also launched the racing careers of Shakey Byrne and Rob Frost (both road testers for the mag and riders in that vid), and was apparently the guy who got Chris Walker his first factory race. Anyway the year this vid came out (which was a bit of a low point for superbikes - 916 excepted it was the height of the "way too much engine in nowhere near enough chassis" era) they gave "Bike of the Year" to a Chinese moped done up like the bike from Easy Rider with the apehangers and Stars and Stripes tank, because even though it was a hardtail with 6 foot front forks they said it easily out-handled all of the usual suspects (and Ducati had stopped letting them have loan bikes for... some reason).
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Jun 7, 2018 08:41
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I'd read a book full of stories like that
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Jun 7, 2018 17:20
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No matter how prepared you are, how much practice you put in, how good your gear is... a tire can always fly out of nowhere and conk you on the bean  https://i.imgur.com/1BgBm2n.gif
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Jun 7, 2018 20:46
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Phy posted:No matter how prepared you are, how much practice you put in, how good your gear is... That guy died, iirc. builds character fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Jun 8, 2018 |
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Jun 7, 2018 22:35
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builds character posted:That guy died, iirc. we all die friend
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Jun 7, 2018 22:46
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builds character posted:That guy died, iirc. Oh, hey, sorry. Not surprising, though. I'll NWS it, can you NWS the one in your quote?
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Jun 7, 2018 23:23
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Is that his helmet flying off or is it a backpack or something?
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Jun 7, 2018 23:29
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MetaJew posted:Is that his helmet flying off or is it a backpack or something? Looks like his Top Box
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Jun 8, 2018 00:36
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So that's what it looks like when God decides to smite someone.
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Jun 8, 2018 01:29
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Should have been wearing a better helmet.
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Jun 8, 2018 04:19
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Could only find a facebook video, but BRC Racing got a 500cc kit running. It's based on the KTM 250/300 2-strokes between 2007-2016 and from what I can tell, reuses the gearbox and side covers but replaces pretty much everything else in the engine. https://www.facebook.com/brcracingcanada/videos/2164025047165837/   if you have $Texas amounts of money to spend
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Jun 8, 2018 16:50
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Slim Pickens posted:
I pretty frequently buy stupid poo poo that costs enough it might raise the eyebrows of the more fiscally responsible, and even I am not dumb enough to buy a 500cc 2-stroke frankenmotor based on a KTM. Do people really miss the CR500 THAT much?
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Jun 8, 2018 17:09
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It's a more modern CR500 with good suspension, chassis, and electric start. Also mo power=mo betta
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Jun 8, 2018 17:10
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Honda confirmed they are bringing these two to the USA this year. The Monkey is hideous and gross and pointless, and they want $4000 MSRP for it.  The Super Cub is cool and good and pretty and I'd love to have one. 
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Jun 8, 2018 18:56
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They've put alloys and styling on a postie and I love it and it'll be hilariously overpriced and people will lap that poo poo up.
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Jun 8, 2018 20:23
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Coydog posted:The Super Cub is cool and good and pretty and I'd love to have one. 
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Jun 8, 2018 21:50
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Slavvy posted:They've put alloys and styling on a postie and I love it and it'll be hilariously overpriced and people will lap that poo poo up. I think it’s going to be like 3300 usd
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Jun 8, 2018 21:53
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I don't really know if that's good or bad but a base model actual postie postie with cable operated drums and spoked wheels costs about 4k brand new here. So I picture that one being like 5k and nobody will buy one.
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Jun 8, 2018 22:07
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Slavvy posted:I don't really know if that's good or bad but a base model actual postie postie with cable operated drums and spoked wheels costs about 4k brand new here. So I picture that one being like 5k and nobody will buy one. And it brakes like poo poo, just like the old models (had one as a kid).
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Jun 8, 2018 23:46
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Gimme dat monkey bike.
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Jun 8, 2018 23:56
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I want a cb1100
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Jun 9, 2018 03:37
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Slavvy posted:They've put alloys and styling on a postie and I love it and it'll be hilariously overpriced and people will lap that poo poo up. Do you genuinely not know what the Super Cub is?
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Jun 9, 2018 03:49
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Do you genuinely not know what the Super Cub is? Yeah I guess not  they're called nbc110 here and are literally a ct110 with efi and modernized handlebar/cluster/switches etc.
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The Honda Super Cub is just the highest-selling motor vehicle in the history of the planet (over 50 million manufactured) so it's easy to see how you could miss it
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