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Nice Triumph!Tsal said:
Of all the standards, though, this one gives me some mean MAS. The offset stripes do it for me.Invalid Link Removed
Ducatis are sexy as hell and very nice! However, they are not practical and that's what I personally value in a moto.
Oh, I totally understand ya, Phil!Philbiker said:
Please, no flames from either makers, but it reminds me if the ol' "one mans Fender is another mans Alembic Series II" thingey.
What do ya mean? I've toured a few thousand miles in a week, carried breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner, heck even a case a beer once!
I've looked at motorcycles for years, and I enjoy riding them, but the six-inch steel plate in my left leg that I got 50 years ago (courtesy of a motorcycle-car interaction) keeps reminding me that having more sheet metal wrapped around me in traffic is really a good thing. I can never quite convince myself that I want to be that vulnerable in traffic.
Maybe that's why my bicycle never left the garage this summer, either.
Maybe that's why my bicycle never left the garage this summer, either.
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
The wind was blowing sideways today, with rain and the occasional random snowflake. It was a good morning for a ride to work. Getting home will be equally entertaining. There's no better commute entertainment than blasting past people all hunched up in their metal cocoons on a motorcycle when it's crummy out. They are warm and dry and sleepy and miserable and I'm cold and wet and wide awake and laughing.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Yeah, I know those looks. I got caught in a blizzard in Portland, Oregon on the bike. It was a yellow sportbike, not that the specific bike matters all that much. But, you don't really expect that out in the snow. I was down there for work, and when it was time to head back north to Seattle, there was still a lot of snow on the ground, snow in the air, and a pretty well plowed off path on the freeway with only a bit of slush. Ripping past people in SUVs creeping along in the slow lane was an absolute blast. I occasionally found a tar snake and wicked it up a little to get a good squirm out of the back tire. That freaked a few people out. It sure was fun. It sure was dumb. I probably won't do that again, but I will ride in all kinds of awful weather. I love it.But the looks you get when riding in the flurries.
Man...that Suzuki is really cool...what is that?10 Years old post...
I definitely have the MAS:
That's a GSX1400, produced 2001-2008. Not that much power but nice low-rev torque.
I'm doing a restromod on a 1971 Yamaha CT1C. Stage 2 porting on a 1973 CT3 reed valve top end, Close ratio gears from a 1975 MX175, LOTS of mirror polishing aluminum, custom paint theme (metallic burnt orange frame, flat brown tanks & rear fender, chevy engine blue accents), custom leather seat, 90/10 Street/Dirt tires, expansion chamber exhaust with custom fabricated stinger + cherry bomb muffler, complete 12v system, street bars, full LED lights, etc, etc, etc...
I know it is a joke of a bike to most riders... but I'm looking for a sub 200lbs 30hp back road twister that can handle dropping off the blacktop onto a sandy trail.
Here is the titled ghost I started with... I have my work cut out for me
I know it is a joke of a bike to most riders... but I'm looking for a sub 200lbs 30hp back road twister that can handle dropping off the blacktop onto a sandy trail.
Here is the titled ghost I started with... I have my work cut out for me
