New game - guess the bike review

[paturoa]

copy right Kiwi Rider

What is the bike being reviewed? - copied verbatum from KR mag

"After a decade of powder puff dual sport and Adventure bikes, is seems someone has realised there are some riders out there who do actually want to ride their dual purpose bikes off-road occasionally and don't want to arrive home to total up a thousand dollar parts bill for bogus plastic add-ons ruined in the attempt" ... "The bike is now leaner and more manoeuvarable on the dirt without being twitchy on the tar and it's as at home touring back country roads, whether tar or metal, as it is adventuring over rought trails"

[Banditbandit]

KTM ???? (+10char)

[paturoa]

KTM ???? (+10char)

nope
10 chr

[Scuba_Steve]

Quacka???
(Kawasaki)

[paturoa]

Quacka???
(Kawasaki)

Nope

Make and model please ...

[oneofsix]

HD for a laugh

[paturoa]

HD for a laugh

That would be a major laugh!

Edit ... check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeDddvY10FA

[oneofsix]

ok triumph tiger then

[paturoa]

ok triumph tiger then

nope

want some more text ?

[oneofsix]

That would be a major laugh!

Edit ... check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeDddvY10FA

interesting, you got me. I was thinking cruiser but thing doesn't have an excess of plastic. I was expecting trouble when he had trouble getting it off the main stand.

[Scuba_Steve]

for an "out there" guess Ducati Multistrada S 1200???

[Ender EnZed]

want some more text ?

Yes.

Unless it's that new DL650.

[paturoa]

for an "out there" guess Ducati Multistrada S 1200???

Nope - that would be 10's of thousands parts bill !

Think older..

"Let out the clutch and you are in for another pleasant experience. Unlike many modern singles the xxxxxx pull ssmoothly down low"

[paturoa]

Yes.

Unless it's that new DL650.

Certainly not the new 2012 DL!

[Scuba_Steve]

Yamaha Super Ténéré (cause it's got the fancy é in its name)

[paturoa]

Yamaha Super Ténéré (cause it's got the fancy ' in its name)

Older

Wow have you seen the weight of them? They are heavier than the GS1200 Adventure!

[Ender EnZed]

Triumph Scrambler.

[paturoa]

Triumph Scrambler.

Nope,

"Keeping the xxx running smoothly is a gear driven counter-balance shaft just in front of the crankshaft"

[Scuba_Steve]

Older


It's not something like the Honda XR is it???

[paturoa]

It's not something like the Honda XR is it???

warmer but no prize

"Inside the plated bore, a xxxx mm diameter flat topped piston travels through a yy mm stroke"

[Devil]

Suzi DR650

[Ender EnZed]

Honda CRF250X.

[paturoa]

Suzi DR650

Bling to the Devil.

From the Jan 99 Kiwirider

[Scuba_Steve]

well that was a fun game :lol:

[Ender EnZed]

From the Jan 99 Kiwirider

Not the latest issue? I feel cheated. I almost bought a copy before I found this (http://issuu.com/kiwirider/docs/sept11kr).

[Big Dave]

Popular (Vege's) view at the mag is the DR650 is the most versatile bike sold for NZ conditions.

[paturoa]

well that was a fun game :lol:

New one....

"The xxxx lays claim to the highest power and torque in the zzzzz class" ..."Pushed along by a smooth and slop free belt"

Edit: and there is a photo of Bid Dave on it too.
Edit 2: Oh and copy right to KR again

[monkey99]

Aprillia SXV

:confused:

[oneofsix]

Honda Goldwing
:shifty:

[paturoa]

Aprillia SXV

:confused:

Nope it was a DR650....

#2 "It's great fun to kick it down through the gears and let it purr through the drag style pipes"

[paturoa]

Honda Goldwing
:shifty:

smaller and metric

#2 the xxx developes enough grunt for carving up freeway and open road traffic and leaves the tin tops well behind"

[Scuba_Steve]

Honda boulevard (theres no real competition for power in that class :laugh:)

[paturoa]

Honda boulevard (theres no real competition for power in that class :laugh:)

nope

"Very little vibration or buzz was evident anywhere is the rev range and the liquid cooled, SOHC 4 valve per cylinder, 903 cc V twin thrives on hard work"

[oneofsix]

Honda boulevard (theres no real competition for power in that class :laugh:)

You :confused: me. I was just about to post the Suzuki Boulevard as my guess and you dub it a Honda :no:. Shame.

[paturoa]

You :confused: me. I was just about to post the Suzuki Boulevard as my guess and you dub it a Honda :no:. Shame.

"I gave it a real Big Dave size flogging around the city and environs and the bike just lapped it up"

wow, Dave, did you realy write that, sounds more pornographic than bike review!

[paturoa]

"At 235kg it builds up typical heavy cruiser momentum and with the smoothness of the drive train, it chugs along at city boulevard pace delightfully"

[Ender EnZed]

Kawasaki VN900.

[paturoa]

Kawasaki VN900.

And bling to you too!

More?

[Scuba_Steve]

You :confused: me. I was just about to post the Suzuki Boulevard as my guess and you dub it a Honda :no:. Shame.

wow that was a fuckup, Honda make the shadow don't they :facepalm:

[oneofsix]

wow that was a fuckup, Honda make the shadow don't they :facepalm:

yeah. Hey I should have thrown the Keeway in for a giggle.

[oneofsix]

And bling to you too!

More?

yes please. I may be a fail at this but its fun. More Big Dave bike porn to :laugh:

[paturoa]

This one is a real classic!

#3 "Whoosh and rrrrrrrrraaaaaaaarrrrrrrrpppppppppppppp, with an intoxicating intake howl thrown in to complete the sensual experience"

and

"Find the right time and place though and its like those vanishing into a black hole sequences in Star Trek. One nano-second you're in here and now - the next your're in another time, andother galaxy, far, faraway"

Edit: This is Ross MacKay porn!

[oneofsix]

got to be off the mark but will start with the Triumph Rocket III

[Scuba_Steve]

hayabusa???

[paturoa]

got to be off the mark but will start with the Triumph Rocket III


hayabusa???

Nope and nope

"So good, so capable, is the motorcycle you are riding that even from 200 km/h plus speeds, slowing down, stopping even, is a matter of gently squeezing the front brake lever and letting the generous discs scrub speed off"

[oneofsix]

Nope and nope

"So good, so capable, is the motorcycle you are riding that even from 200 km/h plus speeds, slowing down, stopping even, is a matter of gently squeezing the front brake lever and letting the generous discs scrub speed off"

Honda Blackbird??

[Oscar]

Popular (Vege's) view at the mag is the DR650 is the most versatile bike sold for NZ conditions.

Don't you mean Vege's view 'cause nobody can get a word in edgewise?
He's right though (for a change).

[paturoa]

Honda Blackbird??

nope

"The liquid cooled xxxx is fitted with a DOHC xxx amd 40mm semi down draft carburettors... "

[oneofsix]

kawasaki KLR600?

[Oscar]

for an "out there" guess Ducati Multistrada S 1200???

We tested that a week or so ago.
The Publisher wanted 200 words from me, so I submitted:

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[paturoa]

"Such is the ease with which you can sprint from 100 to 200 km/h that you tend to focus on its increadible performance potential."

Edit: So that rulz out a KLR on many levels!

[oneofsix]

Yamaha R1?

[Scuba_Steve]

Honda CBR1000rr

[oneofsix]

honda vfr 1200??

[Big Dave]

"I gave it a real Big Dave size flogging around the city and environs and the bike just lapped it up"

wow, Dave, did you realy write that, sounds more pornographic than bike review!


You just have a one-track gutter!

[Big Dave]

We tested that a week or so ago.
The Publisher wanted 200 words from me, so I submitted:

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Yea. I delivered it back to Haldanes. After riding it I'm prepared to overlook the nostrils.

[curly]

kawasaki ZX12R

[Oscar]

Yea. I delivered it back to Haldanes. After riding it I'm prepared to overlook the nostrils.

I'm a heathen.
I want the 990 Dakar.

[paturoa]

Yamaha R1?

Nope


Honda CBR1000rr

nope


honda vfr 1200??

nope


You just have a one-track gutter!

Nope


kawasaki ZX12R

very warm!


I'm a heathen.
I want the 990 Dakar.

nope

"Though we are talking about one of the longest and definetly most stable big-bore sports bikes on the market, the xxxxx rolls round on its low profile 17 inch tyres with the deftness of a machine three-quarters of its size"

[paturoa]

"The bloody thing's even got twin re-settable trip meters so you can keep an eye on petrol as well as trip mileage"

[curly]

kawasaki ZX9R

[paturoa]

kawasaki ZX9R

nope - cooler
"The xxx cc engine can trace its lineage back to the zzzzz released in 1990."

[Ender EnZed]

ZZR1400.

<del>

[curly]

kawasaki ZZR 1100

[paturoa]

ZZR1400.



nope - all around the pigs arse

"xxx is remarkably coy about exactly how much horsepower and torque its motorcycles produce these days, but in top speed terms w're talking around 280km/h"

[Ender EnZed]

ZZR1200.

<del>

[paturoa]

ZZR1200.



boiling

"Starting at the front it has big thick 43 mm front fork legs, complete withe large diametre hollow axle, and huge (Actually 320mm) floating disks"

[Ender EnZed]

It doesn't sound much like it, but just in case: ZX10R?

I'm running out of big Kwakas here. I'll add the Concours 14 and remind you that the ZX14 is the same as the ZZR1400.

[paturoa]

It doesn't sound much like it, but just in case: ZX10R?

I'm running out of big Kwakas here. I'll add the Concours 14 and remind you that the ZX14 is the same as the ZZR1400.

nope - your going to kick yourself

"Twin beam alloy perimeter frame using pressed and welded spars joined to cast alloy steering head"

[paturoa]

kawasaki ZZR 1100

Apologies to all I mised this one !!!!

Bling to curly

ZZR1100 October 1996 Kiwirider mag

[paturoa]

Here is one you'll struggle to get!

#4

"The xxx appears to take is's look from the early indian/ harley flat tracker chapter of the 'How to Draw a Vintage American Motorcycle' book"

"At 318 kg dry it's 35kg heavier than a HD Fat boy"

[paturoa]

"Like the Africa Twin, the xxx looks and feels like it's been stuck in the photocopier and enlarged to 120%"

"OK, so I didn't get round to doing any real, err scratching on the thing, but no matter how hard I tried - even on long sweeping roundabouts, I cou;ldn't get the stand or either footpeg anywhere near the deck"

[curly]

A stab in the dark

Kawasaki vulcan 1500