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Offline NUKE

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« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2005, 12:59:04 PM »
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That street bike wannabe POS has no function other than testical substitution.




lol, I don't think it's trying to be a streebike.

And the thing looks pretty cool to me. Looks like it is VERY fast and handles VERY well. What's not to like about it?
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« Reply #31 on: January 23, 2005, 01:05:59 PM »
A funny line from that video:

"you're almost certainly going to crash... so perhapse someone you don't like very much is going to end up with your eyes"

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« Reply #32 on: January 23, 2005, 01:39:19 PM »
lol so true.
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« Reply #33 on: January 23, 2005, 05:45:41 PM »
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So what? Will you get....

 

I didnt think so.

There's a function for everything.

That street bike wannabe POS has no function other than testical substitution.

That gocart of yours, well. Good for you. :aok


Jealousy the most ugly of human traits.:D

The RC-51 won several superbike championships and was a great bike in it's time.

As far as the Go-Kart well it's the closest you can come to F-1 type acceleration and G forces in corners that I know of for less than $14k.

Try it before you judge it man It's a kick .
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« Reply #34 on: January 23, 2005, 06:15:49 PM »
Another load of "if it ain't american its s**t" replies then. You chaps are so predictable!

For the record bikes are way better.

Wombat I bet you scared yourself and thats why its a "stupid crap thing on bikes" .
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« Reply #35 on: January 23, 2005, 06:18:50 PM »
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Another load of "if it ain't american its s**t" replies then. You chaps are so predictable!

 


Who said anything about being it not being American? Maybe you need to be a little less sensitive.
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« Reply #36 on: January 23, 2005, 07:57:28 PM »
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Another load of "if it ain't american its s**t" replies then. You chaps are so predictable!

For the record bikes are way better.

Wombat I bet you scared yourself and thats why its a "stupid crap thing on bikes" .


Been riding bikes since 1968 and racing them since 1972 so I have some saddle time.

Traffic and dodging cages on the freeway can be stessfull but when you get into a full on tank slapper at 120mph you get close to God very fast.

And yes It was stupid crap on a bike my mistake not the machines
but it almost cost me too much.

And skydancer if you have never "scared " yourself on a motorcycle then you either have never rode one or you ride a Goldwing on sundays to church.
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« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2005, 12:46:13 AM »
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Traffic and dodging cages on the freeway can be stessfull but when you get into a full on tank slapper at 120mph you get close to God very fast.



Tank Slappers at 120mph what kind of bike was that and what were you doing to provoke a tank slapper at that speed?

Only bike I've had in recent years that did it when hitting bumps at speed banked over or sometimes even just a straight line was a 97 Suzuki TL1000S partially due to the geometry of the thing and that it didn't come with a steering dampner of any kind.

Great street bike though and fun on track days. Think on its year of release there was a slight peak in motorcycle injuries for the under 30's reminded me of the RG500. Unfortunetly after 97 they took all the character out of it.





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« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2005, 12:56:03 AM »
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My experiance with british cars it that they are really great once you pull the drivetrain and electrics and some suspension parts and put in American and german stuff.  

Brit cars are really pretty.... well... till you showed a picture of that hidious thing.

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IMO, the best Suspensions in the WORLD are designed and produced by Lotus.   Flame away folks.

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« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2005, 08:37:38 AM »
well.... lotus suspensions are fine on light cars.   Bikes are hot and cold and uncomfortable and any fall causes the loss of skin.   You are at the mercy of people in cars and no matter what you say... you will fall down.   You will buy one telling the wife you will save money by riding it to work but after a few miserable days in crappy weather you will dread even getting on the damn thing in the fog or rain.   There are few ideal days on one and soon you realize that.  Most collisions with cars involve little or no damage to the car but major limb damage to you.   You will lie on the street bleeding to death while the soccer mom who hit you stays in the airconditioned minivan and uses the same cell phone she was on when she hit you to summon lifeflight.

most guys love of bikes ends after such an episode or even a bad fall where they lose  a few sqare inches of skin.

racing bikes is ok I guess if you are into that.   I don't even care to watch em.

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« Reply #40 on: January 24, 2005, 10:50:18 AM »
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Tank Slappers at 120mph what kind of bike was that and what were you doing to provoke a tank slapper at that speed?
...-Gixer


Didn't the 02 or 03 R1's have a problem with tank-slapping? I seem to remember several friends getting steering dampeners(SP) after several close calls.
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« Reply #41 on: January 24, 2005, 11:10:43 AM »
This is my new Track Car/Autocross car... this was from from the first of the month :D   Still waiting for the roll bar to come in.. Just finsihed the race suspention with a little drift action there in the photo...  

I still trying to figure out a paint job for it...

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« Reply #42 on: January 24, 2005, 11:43:04 AM »
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Didn't the 02 or 03 R1's have a problem with tank-slapping? I seem to remember several friends getting steering dampeners(SP) after several close calls.


Mine was an 01 and yes they had a BIG problem with tank slappers LOL.

Don't know why but must have been the geometry or something.
A nice ohlins steering dampingner did the trick.
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