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| Thread ID: 74400 | 2006-11-21 05:17:00 | Let's See Some Pix Of Your Motorcycles! | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 500871 | 2006-11-29 20:57:00 | Actually the power to weight of an F1 car is more like 900 HP to 600Kg including driver... My grandad used to race those old speedway bikes back a few years now... I will have to take your word for it, I guess what I said is a myth that lives within the solo community to make us feel good! :thumbs: However, I will say that they are capable of 0 - 100km/h in 3 seconds on dirt, that is not too bad eh? |
MikeHP (8910) | ||
| 500872 | 2006-11-29 21:07:00 | Well, here goes with my sad little history... I learned on an Ariel 500 single, and later a war surplus Indian lent to me by my cousin. I then had the following bikes: imagef1.net.nz Not an actual photo of my bike, which had a swinging arm rear suspension and a double seat. All my courting was done on the A7 and 40 years later I am still married to the woman who suffered the cold courting conditions... imagef1.net.nz Again this is not an actual photo of my bike, which got sold to buy a fridge for our first child. Sob... I loved that bike. It had after market rear suspension (Thompson?) and wicked pipes that did a superb back pressure burble when I throttled off. Used to annoy the hell out of the boss when I turned up to work - he thought it was undignified. Didn't like my long hair and beard either. Sourpuss. imagef1.net.nz Excellent wee bike. You can tell there was a big child rearing gap between my last British bike and my first saki burner. imagef1.net.nz My first new bike. My wife and I did a lot of touring on this thing, including the rough roads of the Coromandel. imagef1.net.nz My least loved bike. The engine was bomb proof, but it handled like a cow. imagef1.net.nz My second new bike, and the second most loved. Super handler, super reliable, did lots of long trips between Dorkland, Ruapehu, Takaka, and ChaCha on it. I kept it for 13 years until I had a bad accident (t-boned a car that turned across my path at a city intersection when I had the green light and he should have given way - driver was a foreign student who "thought I would stop". I ended up head first through the passenger's window, and particularly nasty fractures). Found out from this event that I have the early stages of osteoporosis, and thought that maybe I should give bikes away at long last... Sob. :( However, lots of happy days on the road to look back on :) And as far as Vincents are concerned, I used to know a guy who had a real wooden peg leg, and it was said that he lost the real appendage in an accident on a Black Shadow... |
John H (8) | ||
| 500873 | 2006-11-29 22:55:00 | Heres my Beast. Attached file: 100_1201.jpg (imagef1.net.nz) (171 KB) And me using my beast! Attached file: 100_1688.jpg (imagef1.net.nz) (82 KB) |
hsv-b0y (5210) | ||
| 500874 | 2006-11-29 23:41:00 | And me using my beast! Attached file: 100_1688.jpg (imagef1.net.nz) (82 KB) Now, THATS impressive. Only time I have ever got that much air is when I have accidently ridden off a cliff, And sadly enough I have done that more then a few times, Usual plan of attack is to look for a soft area of ground, leap off bike, Tell God Im sorry and want to take it all back, Then impact with ground....... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 500875 | 2006-11-30 00:41:00 | Haha. I Know what you mean Metla. Trail Rides are the worst for throwing suprises.... especially when its impossible to tell yourself to go slow. | hsv-b0y (5210) | ||
| 500876 | 2006-11-30 06:02:00 | I will have to take your word for it, I guess what I said is a myth that lives within the solo community to make us feel good! :thumbs: However, I will say that they are capable of 0 - 100km/h in 3 seconds on dirt, that is not too bad eh? I heard it on a program on the Discovery channel one night, the ultimate F1 crashes I think the program was... I know they are, they can go like nuts with a good setup for the track etc, you have to be very gutsy to run them at high speeds |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 500877 | 2006-12-01 02:38:00 | my first roadbike, a 2001 suzuki fxr150.... awesome little machine never needed maintenance and ran on the smell of an oily rag.... could beat a 600cc bike in a drag for the first 50 meters too lol... my brother wrote it off when an unlicenced, uninsured 15 year old girl did a u turn without looking (long story) pic1 (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) pic2 (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) next is my 1989 suzuki gsxr250.... again great fun - tacho (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) starts at 3000rpm. may be one trademe soon pic3 (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) pic4 (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) and now a 1989 honda vfr400... a project me and my dad did... he's riding it to work untill i sit my full licence - this way he 'has' to get a new one when mum sees the $120 a week he saves in gas pic5 (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) pic6 (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) (ignore the bugs on the front) |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 500878 | 2006-12-01 02:55:00 | jeez motorbyclist - such beautiful machines. They make me realise my age - have a look again at the old dunger which was my last bike - near the top of the post. As I say - Beautiful. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 500879 | 2006-12-01 04:41:00 | jeez motorbyclist - such beautiful machines. They make me realise my age - have a look again at the old dunger which was my last bike - near the top of the post. As I say - Beautiful. the ariel? it is beautiful, but i guess i'm more into the new sport bikes than the older ones.... and choppers, especially the mini ones i think are plain stupid but then again i'm more performance orientated, as for me performance = fun look (www.imagef1.net.nz) - i've already picked out my next bike for dad come my passing my full (i sure can't afford one yet lol) has anyone else noticed how some people like older classic bikes while other people strongly prefer the sport bikes? same for cars with the old american classic cars and the new japanese/european sport/boy racer cars |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 500880 | 2006-12-01 06:32:00 | but then again i'm more performance orientated, as for me performance = fun has anyone else noticed how some people like older classic bikes while other people strongly prefer the sport bikes? same for cars with the old american classic cars and the new japanese/european sport/boy racer cars Thats like me :D My dream bike is a Suzuki GSXR 1300 Hayabusa *shudders* to think... that has the same capacity engine as my old car! and shed loads more power :eek: he he, that aught to get me in trouble :lol: Yes, I also have noticed this. I prefer sports bikes like the GSXR range, I don't mind choppers though |
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