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Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ftx325 View Post
    very nice @Shearer ... they have a lot of presence in the flesh those machines. Bit on the heavy side but beats a straight out cruiser any day. Now just ditch the factory pipes and the ktm orange paint ..?
    Haha. Not likely. I own 2 KTMs and like orange. I think I will keep it pretty standard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    Haha. Not likely. I own 2 KTMs and like orange. I think I will keep it pretty standard.
    Ktm fan eh....I well, I won't hold that against you...at least you've got one bike with the right logo on the tank.
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    What's not to like about this???
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    mate ... i'll give you that one. That is a proper bike by anyone's standard. especially stunning in black. Friend of mine used to have one I rode a couple of times but I never quite gelled with the seating position. It was certainly an exciting ride though, great engine with power all over the show and pulled like a schoolboy out of the corners...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    Gone to the dark side and bought a cruiser.
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    Well it has a cruiser engine anyway. 1670cc, 150nm torque at 3750RPM
    The rest is proper bike. R1 suspension, 6 pot brakes, and alloy chassis.
    An allen key and some GP pipes would enhance it tremendously. Very nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    What's not to like about this???
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    Have always wanted to try on an RC8... Love the aggressive styling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    Gone to the dark side and bought a cruiser.
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    Well it has a cruiser engine anyway. 1670cc, 150nm torque at 3750RPM
    The rest is proper bike. R1 suspension, 6 pot brakes, and alloy chassis.
    Thats bizarre, never seen one before. reverse cone muffler, bevel drive cam, looks like a harley had a one night stand with an old school ducati.
    How heavy is this??
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    Quote Originally Posted by trapperjohn View Post
    Thats bizarre, never seen one before. reverse cone muffler, bevel drive cam, looks like a harley had a one night stand with an old school ducati.
    How heavy is this??
    250kgs dry. Yeah. It was a bit of an odd (but fun) concept. They were $30K new in NZ when they came out. Sort of Japans take on a Buell.
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    They use the engine from the cruiser model and bump up the torque a bit with some tuning , made a new frame and threw sports bike suspension and brakes on.
    They sound awesome with decent pipes and from what I've been told by a couple of guys I know who have owned them , one of them done right up , actually handle surprisingly well for a heavy bike.
    I seriously looked at one myself at one point for a bit of a project.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    250kgs dry. Yeah. It was a bit of an odd (but fun) concept. They were $30K new in NZ when they came out. Sort of Japans take on a Buell.
    Hmmm a tad weighty. Nothing wrong with the concept would assume by just looking at the design that she handled the weight and power quite well.
    By the looks alone its exactly what the early Duke bevels and modern Harley's should or could have been.
    If I know the Japs it will be an improvement on a Buell.

    At 30k I will keep my eyes out for a pre-loved one.
    Very nice.
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    I first rode one about 10 years ago and really liked it but at the time I was a one bike guy and it just wasn't practical. Small tank and no fuel gauge were things I didn't like. They do handle well. Very planted and precise and more nimble than their size would suggest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trapperjohn View Post
    Hmmm a tad weighty. Nothing wrong with the concept would assume by just looking at the design that she handled the weight and power quite well.
    By the looks alone its exactly what the early Duke bevels and modern Harley's should or could have been.
    If I know the Japs it will be an improvement on a Buell.

    At 30k I will keep my eyes out for a pre-loved one.
    Very nice.
    I think Harley finally got it right here.
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    Bit spendy but.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    I think Harley finally got it right here.
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    Bit spendy but.
    I don't see the harley boys riding one of those... not abnoxious enough with the silent hair dryer motor. That won't scare small children and animals or be echoing around the neighborhood from 3k away at 4 in the morning or make much of an impact whooshing into the pub carpark....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ftx325 View Post
    I don't see the harley boys riding one of those... not abnoxious enough with the silent hair dryer motor. That won't scare small children and animals or be echoing around the neighborhood from 3k away at 4 in the morning or make much of an impact whooshing into the pub carpark....
    Well I spy sports mono shock, USD forks and Brembo brakes just point it in the right direction and go (not to sure how far though) just add a tape recording of something abnoxious to keep the harley purists, cough twats happy.

    The Yammies way cool though.
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    I spoke to a salesman in the Harley shop and I said it would be a good idea to buy one and put it in the shed as a collectable. He said that would be a waste as they were such fun to ride. I nearly said "like a real bike" but there were too many big hairy guys in black tee shirts about to make that a good idea.
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