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Jesus Christ. EDIT: New Page. Here it is before it got stolen, for those who are just joining us.  IMGUR album. Someone find me some good funeral music. Seriously, I am thinking about going to the shitheads court date now just so I can watch him get sentenced. Akion fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Oct 12, 2015 |
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Akion posted:Jesus Christ. In response to the discussion about why people would gently caress up a bike like this, my guess would be camouflage? If the authorities and previous owner are on the lookout for a bike of a certain description, changing its appearance by making it look like poo poo seems like a smart idea. I mean, how could that piece of poo poo be the good-looking bike that went missing only recently? Sucks dude, I hope the thief gets a worthy penalty.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:44
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Akion posted:
Good funeral music. Sorry buddy. 
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Oct 13, 2015 09:37
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Chris Knight posted:you'll spend 10 minutes trying to get onto Highway 10 because none of them can accelerate their suburban tanks fast enough to make it into the rare gaps in the traffic. Which is strange it's still like that because modern SUVs actually have some go to them. The 2015 Escalade is 0-60 in 5.6 seconds and the 2011 Infiniti QX56 is 6.4. Not sports cars, but faster than a stock Integra. People just don't wanna put the pedal to the metal. Shadowlz fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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Oct 13, 2015 13:14
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Shadowlz posted:Which is strange it's still like that because the modern SUVs actually have some go to them. The 2015 Escalade is 0-60 in 5.6 seconds and the 2011 Infiniti QX56 is 6.4. Not sports cars, but faster than a stock Integra. People just don't wanna put the pedal to the metal. They're too busy watching the likes tick in on their instagrammed scenery.
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Oct 13, 2015 13:24
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Nothing like having a 2nd bike stolen. Woke up to a 1983 Suzuki FA50 being stolen. Best part about all this is that it was parked next to that same Buell Blast. Once again proving someone would rather have a 1983 Suzuki FA50 over a Buell Blast.
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Here4DaGangBang posted:In response to the discussion about why people would gently caress up a bike like this, my guess would be camouflage? If the authorities and previous owner are on the lookout for a bike of a certain description, changing its appearance by making it look like poo poo seems like a smart idea. I mean, how could that piece of poo poo be the good-looking bike that went missing only recently? Except nobody rides anything that trashed looking (people usually have the decency to spraypaint things evenly, or in a way that makes sense) so it just attracts attention. Minkee posted:Nothing like having a 2nd bike stolen. Who in the gently caress steals an '83 FA50?
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Oct 13, 2015 14:24
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Minkee posted:Nothing like having a 2nd bike stolen. One of these is a quirky, somewhat unique bike made by an interesting company. The other is a Buell.
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Oct 13, 2015 14:49
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Akion posted:One of these is a quirky, somewhat unique bike made by an interesting company. Wait did you just say Suzuki is an interesting company? It's the 13th but not Friday what is going on
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Oct 13, 2015 15:41
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Well in comparison to a Blast...
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Oct 13, 2015 15:53
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clutchpuck posted:Wait did you just say Suzuki is an interesting company? It's the 13th but not Friday what is going on Longevity and success might be an interesting new idea for some companies, Mr Buell rider.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:28
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Interesting... the company who brought us the VStrom and the same GSX-R every year for the last 10 years. That's an interesting thought I suppose.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:38
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Chiche, tell me about your insurance fraud when you left a 300 lb bike with a siezed motor on the side of the 101 for 3 days. Somehow I missed the conversation that got you your new red text.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:42
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Akion posted:Jesus Christ. Man, that gave me that sick feeling all over again. Looks like it was dipped in acid. That happened to me a couple years ago. It looked like this:  And when it got found, it looked like this: 
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Oct 13, 2015 16:47
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 what an unbelievably lovely spray job. They picked almost the worst possible colour too.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:58
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Frankly I am astonished that they masked the black bits as well as they did.
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Oct 13, 2015 17:00
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They repainted the black bits black.
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Oct 13, 2015 17:31
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Haha, not sure whether that is more or less astonishing.
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Oct 13, 2015 17:33
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The police should be allowed to pull you over if you have a lovely paint job.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Chiche, tell me about your insurance fraud when you left a 300 lb bike with a siezed motor on the side of the 101 for 3 days. Check my posts in "what did you do to your bike to say?".
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clutchpuck posted:Interesting... the company who brought us the VStrom and the same GSX-R every year for the last 10 years. The interesting part is that they still exist, duh.
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Z3n posted:The interesting part is that they still exist, duh. Turns out you can make a whole lot of money and have a successful corporation without having to make boondoggly halo bikes to please first-world manchildren. See also: Honda.
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How big is the sports bike market for people other than manchildren? Sportsbikes are a toy
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Slavvy posted:Turns out you can make a whole lot of money and have a successful corporation without having to make boondoggly halo bikes to please first-world manchildren. See also: Honda. Suzuki: Bandit 600 all day every day.
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theperminator posted:How big is the sports bike market for people other than manchildren? Sportsbikes are a toy Plus, it's interesting that the two boring-est litrebikes (gixxer and blade) are by far the most popular for mid-level racing because commonality, ruggedness, reliability and being extremely well documented are a lot more important than raw power and exotic technology et al.
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clutchpuck posted:Wait did you just say Suzuki is an interesting company? It's the 13th but not Friday what is going on Lol if you can't recognize that since the 70's Suzuki has consistently changed the face of motorcycling for the better.
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Slavvy posted:Turns out you can make a whole lot of money and have a successful corporation without having to make boondoggly halo bikes to please first-world manchildren. See also: Honda. Honda has evolved past that to making their boondoggly halo bikes worse than their production bikes. It's a really meta marketing strategy.
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Z3n posted:Honda has evolved past that to making their boondoggly halo bikes worse than their production bikes. It's a really meta marketing strategy. It could have been epic 
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Z3n posted:Honda has evolved past that to making their boondoggly halo bikes worse than their production bikes. It's a really meta marketing strategy. I initially defended that bike because it seemed like it was meant to be something you'd buy and track if you were insanely rich and had only made a nod at being a road bike, but then it turns out it's really terrible at that stuff too so I have no idea wtf they were thinking.
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Just once I'd like to see one of Honda's "production-concept" bikes have some sort of reason for being weird. I liked the look of their 700 scooter, too, except that it has scooter foot placement rather than a saddle. I'd have bought it if it had a saddle, despite the fact that all of their 700s are essentially scooters.
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Slavvy posted:I initially defended that bike because it seemed like it was meant to be something you'd buy and track if you were insanely rich and had only made a nod at being a road bike, but then it turns out it's really terrible at that stuff too so I have no idea wtf they were thinking. Huh? Have you seen any reviews of the 213? Supposedly the most incredible bike the testers have ridden, and they pretty much all had that opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AwQTw7qPnM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOFWdVQw_M
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Hmm but would I rather have one RC213 or 10 Superdukes?
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I was under the impression that even if you sprung for the super duper multiples-of-six-digits version you still got less power than a fireblade. Has the internet and Honda's self-sinking marketing strategies misled me?
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In America we get the 100 hp version and the Sports kit (I think $12k) is unavailable for it. I might never understand this. I'm sure there are "reasons" for why the markets got limited power bikes, and why they won't let people who pay TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars on a bike get the full power option Edit: theres a CBR1000rr SP at the dealer near me, that comes with ohlins and brembos that they are selling for $14,900. Can someone explain how much faster around a track the RC is than the CBR SP when they're both ridden by mortals? CSi-NA-EJ7 fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Oct 16, 2015 |
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Oct 16, 2015 03:36
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100 hp is hilarious on a bike like that. That's less than a Street Triple, LOL... How on earth did that come to pass?
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Oct 16, 2015 14:39
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200k for the same power as an early 2000's 600? Sign me up!
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Holy hell, only 100hp?! That thing better weigh in at 170lbs wet, otherwise LOL. I know power isn't everything, but that's really low. I wonder how much faster/slower any sub-$20k liter super sport bike would be in comparison.
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Oct 16, 2015 19:56
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I thought the low power one was 160 and the race one was 215
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It's capable of like 200hp with a kit... that is not available in the USA. I figure if you have that kind of money to spend on a bike, you also have a way to get that kit.
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Day Man posted:I thought the low power one was 160 and the race one was 215 I just checked and the EU and AUS versions are 160 or 215 with sport kit. US version is 100hp and JP version is a laughable 70hp! At least JP can get the sport kit. Yes, you can probably piece the sport kit together yourself in the US, but why the hell should you need to?
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