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DO 👏NOT👏GIVE👏CGI👏RENDERS👏ATTENTION👏 It's the only way they'll go away.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:DO 👏NOT👏GIVE👏CGI👏RENDERS👏ATTENTION👏 I'm with this guy. Not a render:  Considering Harley has the most brilliant marketeers in the world, I'm utterly astounded that it hasn't occurred to them to stick lights and a front brake on one of these. Market it as a flat tracker for the road, heritage authentic vintage blah blah, absolutely crush the Scrambler and other wannabes by selling the real deal. Plus the engine is mechanically similar to the street twin models making the logistical side of production a lot easier.  Those pipes are goddamned sexual. Nearly every bike nowadays has styling that's incredibly conceited and fake-looking aggression-in-a-can bullshit. Simple designs that reflect an actual purpose or performance engineering are so much better. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Feb 1, 2017 02:09
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Slavvy posted:I'm with this guy. welcome to the Harley XR1200: Regular street flavor:  Full one off race series version:  They raced as an also ran series during some of the AMA events and for 2 years during the Indianapolis MotoGP. If you really wanted to a the time, you could have bought the bike from Harley, Bought the racing kit from Vance&Hines and then just ponied up the cash for entry if you had a racing license in the AMA. all lovely photos below by yours truly at the Indianapolis MotoGP from 2012. https://goo.gl/photos/fBzz2SK4cwwdZWB99 https://goo.gl/photos/RmtE4W6FRNDyAsTo9 https://goo.gl/photos/nCvYrjJfzLRKJewW7 https://goo.gl/photos/VtUBQZomiEcf2M7MA https://goo.gl/photos/t7anEJL65vMMeUFq6 https://goo.gl/photos/hMajxVvE5M1vdj37A https://goo.gl/photos/9bpv4MGpL7vAQEjw6 Skreemer fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Feb 1, 2017 02:21
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They also tried it in the 80s with the XR1000, with an engine closely derived from the XR750 race bike. That one didn't sell well either. I'd be surprised if Harley tried making another race inspired bike while the trend could actually sell.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:32
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Oh yeah they took some "finesse" to get around the corners. Here's turn 2 at the Indy GP, first lap:
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Feb 1, 2017 02:42
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:DO 👏NOT👏GIVE👏CGI👏RENDERS👏ATTENTION👏
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Feb 1, 2017 03:36
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Skreemer posted:welcome to the Harley XR1200: I like the XR1200 but a gussied-up sporster isn't remotely the same thing seeing as it weighs twice as much and isn't really in the spirit of what I'm talking about at all. The XR1000 sold like poo poo because it was the 80's and there wasn't a booming hipster trend to cash in on nor a misguided sense of nostalgia for poo poo that never existed. Now is quite literally the perfect time, they have like a 5 year window to cash in before the next trend takes over.
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Feb 1, 2017 04:48
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Seriously. Once upon a time a "concept" car or bike was an actual prototype, wasn't it? Now it's just an intern's photoshop. There are many different levels of "concept" used in design, ranging from pen-and-marker sketches up to working pre-production prototype. None of them are any better or worse than the others, they're just used at different stages in the design process. Additionally, the design concept isn't the only prototype used in the process. There are engineering prototypes with various levels of fidelity, testing things like the powertrain and suspension, that are developed simultaneously with the external/aerodynamic/ergonomic design. If that Lotus bike were being developed for real, that rendering would come in about the stage where the engineers have a rolling mockup of the bike's mechanical parts that doesn't look anything like the concept except in like wheelbase and general configuration, and the designers have a clear idea of the aesthetic they're going for but haven't yet optimized it around the hardware. This is about the time that they would start seriously going back-and-forth, adjusting a radiator angle here and a panel line there, to balance both teams' requirements. The specific rendering we're talking about, of course, is not meant to be a production bike so the designer has a freer rein to do whatever they want. As a result it's actually a little more resolved than it should be, which is why it looks kind of "off". It's basically a design concept made hyper-realistic without all of the realistic engineering underneath -- like the uncanny valley of motorcycle design. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Feb 1, 2017 06:03
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Slavvy posted:I like the XR1200 but a gussied-up sporster isn't remotely the same thing seeing as it weighs twice as much and isn't really in the spirit of what I'm talking about at all. I thought we decided the next trend was kicking rad 90s splash graphics on dual round headlight 600 and 750cc Japanese race replicas?
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Feb 1, 2017 07:09
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Mods please change my name to Carburettor Hernia  But seriously, is it a perspective trick or are the carbs just hanging out to the side there? Sagebrush posted:The specific rendering we're talking about, of course, is not meant to be a production bike so the designer has a freer rein to do whatever they want. Such as have the black plastic fairing under the foot controls reach back to perfectly wrap the swingarm, leaving it zero clearance to actually move up and down  I have no idea how I never noticed that one before. Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Feb 1, 2017 07:25
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Feb 1, 2017 10:25
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Safety Gull has give you your first and only warning about wearing a helmet
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Feb 1, 2017 17:31
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An empirical study in gyroscopic stability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ5hV-ESBd0
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Feb 2, 2017 00:44
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Feb 2, 2017 07:03
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What is a kill switch? We may never know.
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Feb 2, 2017 16:27
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Nfcknblvbl posted:What is a kill switch? We may never know. Yeah, it was so stable the guy on the bike could've gently approached it and killed it. Instead he (Netwon's) thirded himself over, which is always hilarious.
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Feb 2, 2017 16:49
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Nfcknblvbl posted:What is a kill switch? We may never know. He says in the comments that the stunta bike didnt have a kill switch. NorthernWheelies1 day ago Maccaroney it was one of those panic moments, lol. the bike was not equipped with a kill switch and I've never turned the key on a sport bike before. also was terrified of being run over and cut up. just watching that rear wheel spin at the end makes me cringe thinking about falling on it! JB50 fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Feb 2, 2017 |
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Feb 2, 2017 19:34
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Why would you ever remove the kill switch
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Feb 2, 2017 19:39
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Sagebrush posted:Why would you ever remove the kill switch So you dont hit it by accident while youre "stuntin"
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Feb 2, 2017 19:41
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Sagebrush posted:Why would you ever remove the kill switch Probably so that you don't kick it accidentally while you're climbing all over the bars doing heel clicks or method airs or whatever it is stunters do.
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Feb 2, 2017 19:43
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Not me, I just like the way he flings himself into the trees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LccSmvnIaz8
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Feb 2, 2017 19:47
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That almost got a lot worse for a moment there, good reflex.
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Feb 3, 2017 08:52
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slight bends in the road are hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvSiLzXynkU&t=21s
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Feb 10, 2017 23:46
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That's a really bad "road", too. Why would you go tearing down it? Zero gear, too, because of course. LOL at that little jump the bike did.
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Feb 11, 2017 00:45
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Coydog posted:That's a really bad "road", too. Why would you go tearing down it? Zero gear, too, because of course. LOL at that little jump the bike did. Maybe he really wanted to off himself in a "cool" way but is a huge gently caress-up of a dude? 
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Feb 11, 2017 01:11
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At least he was wearing a lid.
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Feb 11, 2017 10:14
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Winter in Wisconsin 
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Feb 11, 2017 23:57
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Art.
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Feb 11, 2017 23:58
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Look at this scrub who doesn't know how to adjust the length. That first hole would have worked just fine.
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Feb 12, 2017 00:06
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Coydog posted:Look at this scrub who doesn't know how to adjust the length. That first hole would have worked just fine. That's what she said.
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Feb 12, 2017 00:19
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KTM's videos on getting the new MotoGP bike ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQk6NrWOghc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMMAh8x5jk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NX9qUE43NY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB2zSChJVws
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Feb 12, 2017 01:45
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Anyone have that picture that got posted a ways back of the custom where the sprocket was also the brake disc? I had the privilege of standing next to one in person this weekend, and I want to see if it was the same one (because the pictures I got were rubbish)
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Feb 12, 2017 20:39
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Is this a crash?
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Feb 12, 2017 21:57
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Good to set shervin is still at it.
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Feb 12, 2017 23:06
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Renaissance Robot posted:Anyone have that picture that got posted a ways back of the custom where the sprocket was also the brake disc? Did it have a Swedish name, or maybe Finnish?
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Feb 13, 2017 03:38
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Chichevache posted:Is this a crash?
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Feb 13, 2017 05:04
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Did it have a Swedish name, or maybe Finnish? That sounds about right, yeah
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Feb 13, 2017 06:42
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Chichevache posted:Is this a crash? My back hurts just looking at that.
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Renaissance Robot posted:That sounds about right, yeah Are you talking about a sprotor? Lots of companies make them. http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/drilled-sprocket-brake-kit-sprotor-black-caliper.html
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