Cage equivalents of the biking world [Archive]

Black Bandit

12th May 2007, 21:56

While reading a review recently on the Benelli TnT Cafe Racer, I came across the following:

"A Weapon of Mass Consumption the 1130 guzzles premium octane in volumes only matched by Paris Hilton on a bender or mid-sized SUVs ... with the fuel light coming on around 120km into the 16.5L tank." :eek:

It started me thinking, jeez that bike sounds like the two wheeled equivalent of General Motor's Hummer. Come to think of it, it's got a similar paint job and it's blinged out to the max. Now of course most will consider it most sacraligeous to identify such monstrocity with an Italian design, but you gotta admit - there is a resemblance.

So what of it? Nominations for the link between iconic cage's and their two-wheeled equivalent in the world of motorcycles.

Course if you think I've completely lost the plot all together you are welcome to fire away :2guns: :corn:

P.S. This thread is useless without pics

xwhatsit

12th May 2007, 22:21

That is a fucking horrible looking bike. `Café Racer' my arse.

Black Bandit

12th May 2007, 22:52

That is a fucking horrible looking bike. `Café Racer' my arse.

Aww, I don't know ... still an interesting design. It has its moments and it will turn heads wherever it goes. Just look at the cool key you get with it. :innocent:

skelstar

12th May 2007, 22:56

Ummm.. GSXR1000 = WRX?

Rel inexp but about as good as anyone can use in NZ...and theres f**king heaps of them.

:done:

Black Bandit

12th May 2007, 23:03

Ummm.. GSXR1000 = WRX?

Rel inexp but about as good as anyone can use in NZ...and theres f**king heaps of them.

:done:

Ooo yes. Good one. I can almost feel the GSXR crowd *cringe* :pinch: :shutup:

Motu

12th May 2007, 23:22

My XT600 and Pajero are a good match - a vehicle has to be versatile and useful to me.Both can do serious hard work in a variety of conditions.....good at nothing,but good for me.

Black Bandit

12th May 2007, 23:35

My XT600 and Pajero are a good match - a vehicle has to be versatile and useful to me.Both can do serious hard work in a variety of conditions.....good at nothing,but good for me.

One of these perhaps? :doobey:

skelstar

12th May 2007, 23:38

I would put the CB900 Hornet into a mid-90's aussie V6/V8 category. Strong motor, fast enough to get you into trouble, not out and out sports but you can have a bit of fun getting there. Not much is adjustable and you'd get into trouble if you start pushing it a bit too hard in the twisty stuff.

Sorry to say but the GSF250 BANDIT would be a little like an early Corolla FXGT: wizzy motors that are a hoot to ride/drive, but really they are still a 1600cc/250cc that would struggle against something bigger like your WRX/GSXR1000 combo.

The Lone Rider

13th May 2007, 00:05

It looks like a bumble bee or wasp. Paint some big eyes on the front.

vamr

13th May 2007, 04:43

Gn = suzuki alto?

tipper

13th May 2007, 09:54

Buell XB12 and a T Bucket with a blower.

Waylander

13th May 2007, 09:57

current Vmax with old style Dodge Charger

pleanty of power stock, heaps of power mods available to make it a weapon but best when pointed in a straight line.

sels1

13th May 2007, 11:29

Triumph Tiger = Range Rover - big, comfy and British. (and not a serious off - roader)

Mr. Peanut

13th May 2007, 11:54

nsr250 - rx7

13th May 2007, 11:57

My boss has a RX7 Batty with a V8 in it. I tell him it's gay. But secretly I love it :love:

Mr. Peanut

13th May 2007, 11:58

That's just so wrong, but so good at the same time :mellow:

13th May 2007, 12:13

That's just so wrong, but so good at the same time :mellow:

your telling me! its taboo:shutup:

Black Bandit

14th May 2007, 11:06

Black Bandit

14th May 2007, 11:33

nsr250 - rx7

Yup, I see the resemblance ... :2thumbsup

Her_C4

14th May 2007, 11:39

I would just lurrrve to own that Benelli :love: :love: :rockon: :scooter:

Bend-it

14th May 2007, 12:07

RF900 and Mitsi RVR X3 => People mover thing with Evo2 motor and drivetrain... :Punk:

Both comfy and big, but with the guts for a good blast as well, sleeper vehicles. I bought both on that basis... ohh yeah, and cheap too! :Punk:

I owned them in succession. :)

Sanx

14th May 2007, 12:58

RGV250 and RX7 - Both blow up on a regular basis
CBR1000RR and Honda S2000 - Both are a shitload better than everyone gives 'em credit for (yes, I've owned / own both)
Goldwing and Rolls Royce - big, comfortable, and terrible at corners.

R6_kid

14th May 2007, 14:57

1999-2002 Yamaha YZF-R6 and Mazda MX5

Both really good out of the box packages. Mid-size power with good handling. Both look really sexy with a few after market bits. Either one well setup will give bigger more powerful opponents a run for their money in the twisties... and if you are a guy that rides/drives one all your mates tell you you are gay.

xwhatsit

17th May 2007, 14:02

CB250RS and later MGBGT with the rubber bumpers (note: I think the pic is of an MGBGT V8, but I don't mean that model :)).

Low-powered simple low-capacity engine. Not very fast in a straight line, but will corner exceptionally well, despite the age and old design. A bit ugly, with the (rubber bumpers/square headlight+tail), but the (bonnet-line/tank) redeems it. Considered by those with WRXs and Evos to be a bit pointless, but those that have them like them for representing the simple bare basics and essence of (motoring/motorcycling).

yod

17th May 2007, 14:09

GN250 and Toyota Corolla - the basic staple diet of NZ drivers/riders....

yod

17th May 2007, 14:14

and the GPz900R and the Nissan Skyline GTR

they both came out of the factory, kicked everyone's ass, and made the opposition go back to the drawing board...

TS99

17th May 2007, 15:05

Triumph Daytona 675 = Ariel Atom

"No doors, no screen, no roof". Both breed with a track focus in mind, and both stand out in a crowd.

bert_is_evil

17th May 2007, 15:22

10 characters

Sniper

17th May 2007, 15:32

Oooooo, I get creepy feelings about this thread

FilthyLuka

17th May 2007, 15:42

italians! bleh...

FilthyLuka

17th May 2007, 15:44

Ugh.... (10 chars)

FilthyLuka

17th May 2007, 15:46

im on a roll today :)

i actually like the K... i feel wrong :(

Horney1

17th May 2007, 15:52

That is a fucking horrible looking bike. `Café Racer' my arse.

Ditto. Looks as if it's already had a stack.

CM2005

17th May 2007, 16:09

Quick rant, then I'll go find a useful comparo.

Vmax and charger? Vmax is jap, charger is cool.
That eyetalian one, USE A 996, they're hotter.

SVboy

17th May 2007, 16:28

I,m going with mx5[1999] and sv650s. Both handle well, with adequate power, and both dont get the credit they are due because they are Japanese...
AND I currently own both!

Puddlejumper

17th May 2007, 21:21

Vespa and vw beetle. Classic passenger vehicles loved by chicks and still around today.61474

61475

xwhatsit

17th May 2007, 22:14

Vespa and vw beetle. Classic passenger vehicles loved by chicks and still around today.61474

61475

That's spot-on, I reckon. Same curvy round bits too.

I wish you could lose the helmet like that on scooters today. How convenient would that be... no gloves, helmet, jacket; just jump on and head down to the café. Wind in your hair. Don't crash, though...

Waylander

17th May 2007, 22:42

Quick rant, then I'll go find a useful comparo.

Vmax and charger? Vmax is jap, charger is cool.
That eyetalian one, USE A 996, they're hotter.
Dude I own a Vmax and I've driven a charger. Trust me they are quite simaler.

Decent power stock but almost anything newer can out do it except in straight lines where it will still take out the unwary opponent. But with certain mods can be made into a true monster.

xwhatsit

17th May 2007, 22:51

Dude I own a Vmax and I've driven a charger. Trust me they are quite simaler.

Decent power stock but almost anything newer can out do it except in straight lines where it will still take out the unwary opponent. But with certain mods can be made into a true monster.

I'm not sure I agree. Different styling; Vmax is super-aggressive dynamic industrial techno stuff; Charger is standard bloated American slab.

Vmax also can go around corners, or so I read somewhere. Charger is strictly a straight-line animal, which wallows around corners like a 70s Kawasaki superbike.

Charger is more akin to some hotrodded Harley. Cool in a bogan-mullet way, lots of power and fat wheels, but way too heavy and disproportionate to handle in any sense of the word.

Waylander

17th May 2007, 22:57

I'm not sure I agree. Different styling; Vmax is super-aggressive dynamic industrial techno stuff; Charger is standard bloated American slab.

Vmax also can go around corners, or so I read somewhere. Charger is strictly a straight-line animal, which wallows around corners like a 70s Kawasaki superbike.

Charger is more akin to some hotrodded Harley. Cool in a bogan-mullet way, lots of power and fat wheels, but way too heavy and disproportionate to handle in any sense of the word.

lol the Vmax is esentiallywhat a horodded harley is mate. The only real reason it handles as good as it does is shorter wheel base with decent-ish rake and trail. Not making long distance calls to the front wheel you know?

Put in the flexible as hell frame, soft suspension, and exhust tube swing arm and the thing wobles all over at anything over 75kmh in 50kmh corners.
It's much better than a cruiser for response and the like but quite unstable in anything other than a stright line at speed.

cowboy

17th May 2007, 22:59

BOSS HOSS & CHEV TRUCK. Just cool toys

mnkyboy

18th May 2007, 02:38

Not really in the big league of bikes nor cars, My VN250 and my Daimler.

Both are slow, consume a lot of gas (comparativley), comfortable, quite reliable and oh so much fun to cruise in.

(forgot to mention they both brake like buses :shit: and they're both sexy red)

NSR-Dan

23rd August 2007, 18:14

I,m going with mx5[1999] and sv650s. Both handle well, with adequate power, and both dont get the credit they are due because they are Japanese...
AND I currently own both!

No the MX5 doesnt get credit because its a hairdressers car that gay men, men going through their mid life crisis and women going through menopause buy, cause its cheap and a convertible.

EJK

23rd August 2007, 18:27

And obviously

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Hold on a sec! They are both BMW :shit: lol

James Deuce

23rd August 2007, 18:38

mbazza

23rd August 2007, 19:20

My XT600 and Pajero are a good match - a vehicle has to be versatile and useful to me.Both can do serious hard work in a variety of conditions.....good at nothing,but good for me.

Worried, I've owned both of these at the same time in the past. Cheers.:crybaby:

banditrider

23rd August 2007, 20:57

Concours vs Bugatti Veyron?

EJK

23rd August 2007, 21:08

Concours vs Bugatti Veyron?

How about the Maseratti Quattroporte? lol
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Cynos

24th August 2007, 08:59

While reading a review recently on the Benelli TnT Cafe Racer, I came across the following:

"A Weapon of Mass Consumption the 1130 guzzles premium octane in volumes only matched by Paris Hilton on a bender or mid-sized SUVs ... with the fuel light coming on around 120km into the 16.5L tank." :eek:

It started me thinking, jeez that bike sounds like the two wheeled equivalent of General Motor's Hummer. Come to think of it, it's got a similar paint job and it's blinged out to the max. Now of course most will consider it most sacraligeous to identify such monstrocity with an Italian design, but you gotta admit - there is a resemblance.

Holy crap... are you sure the Benelli is actually a production bike? Seems more likely from looking at it that the Autobots have a new two wheeled recruit.

banditrider

24th August 2007, 12:00

How about the Maseratti Quattroporte? lol
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Ride a Concours and then tell me what you think :laugh:

Now how do I get a drive in a Bugatti & a Maseratti...

nudemetalz

24th August 2007, 12:24

DeTomaso Pantera and Moto Guzzi V11

Both have (for the time) up to the minute Italian styling and good handling, but powered by a big lazy engine.

xwhatsit

24th August 2007, 13:02

DeTomaso Pantera and Moto Guzzi V11

Both have (for the time) up to the minute Italian styling and good handling, but powered by a big lazy engine.

<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>Elvis shot his De Tomaso when it wouldn't start.

...

Yep, sounds like a Guzzi :dodge:

banditrider

24th August 2007, 13:05

<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>Elvis shot his De Tomaso when it wouldn't start.

As you would.

McJim

24th August 2007, 13:15

Concours vs Bugatti Veyron?

Bugatti Veyron = Ducati Desmosedici 4 Cyl roadgoing GP replica.
Concours = Shopping mall on wheels...seriously, that's what a concourse is. :Pokey:

nudemetalz

24th August 2007, 13:16

<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>Elvis shot his De Tomaso when it wouldn't start.

...

Yep, sounds like a Guzzi :dodge:

Funny you should say that.
My Guzzi wouldn't start the first day I took ownership of it.

When you buy Italian you only get styling, you don't get reliability with it.....

(My old Alfa was like that too....)

James Deuce

24th August 2007, 13:20

DeTomaso Pantera and Moto Guzzi V11

Both have (for the time) up to the minute Italian styling and good handling, but powered by a big lazy engine.

What do the de Tomaso car company and Moto Guzzi (+Benelli) have in common?

The same guy ruined both companies! Ironic.

STOP COMPARING CARS AND BIKES.

I can't keep vomiting like this. Something bad will happen.

*caution*

24th August 2007, 13:35

Concours vs Bugatti Veyron?

Surely one of these would be more appropriate....

McJim

24th August 2007, 13:46

I can't keep vomiting like this. Something bad will happen.

Yep - if you keep vomiting and you feel a ring in your throat swallow quick....it's your arsehole! :rofl:

avgas

24th August 2007, 14:11

T72 ---- Mammut

avgas

24th August 2007, 14:14

avgas

24th August 2007, 14:19

I'm not sure I agree. Different styling; Vmax is super-aggressive dynamic industrial techno stuff
I sadly have to agree a bit here, VMAX is Japan attacking america and germany.
This was a head on approach with a big bore, japanese engine. V4 (euro) not V2 (american)
Im thinking Toyota Tacoma. Looks american, sounds american.....completely japanese

avgas

24th August 2007, 14:26

nudemetalz

24th August 2007, 14:37

Im actually gonna compare my bike to the Espace.
Very practical vehicle, comfy seats, roomy, simple to use.
With a ridiculous engine setup stolen from a racer

Other similar vehicles include the Clio V6, Astra Turbo etc

That was the one with the 750hp V12 wasn't it. That would have been a hoot to see going around the racetrack.

Pancakes

24th August 2007, 15:20

What are you people on? There is NO comparison at all. Comparing a motorcycle to a car (bleah) is like trying to claim intelligent design is the result of a benign God looking to create the perfect reality for Human Beings.

There's more oxymorons in that concept than the phrase "Baseball World Series".

This is a misconception. It's the American Baseball comp sponsored buy "The World" Newspaper or some rubbish. Like Baseball "Coke" series etc.

James Deuce

24th August 2007, 15:22

Very literal chap aren't we?

Pancakes

24th August 2007, 15:27

Im actually gonna compare my bike to the Espace.
Very practical vehicle, comfy seats, roomy, simple to use.
With a ridiculous engine setup stolen from a racer

Other similar vehicles include the Clio V6, Astra Turbo etc

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_official_picture.php?sid=717&page=1

banditrider

24th August 2007, 16:07

Surely one of these would be more appropriate....

Ride a Concours.

avgas

24th August 2007, 16:23

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_official_picture.php?sid=717&page=1
I thought about that, long and hard (i wish it were true). But i cant draw the same conclusion :(:(.
I know is seems sad - but you have to compare it to the original car.
The original GTI was what? It was a car with a peppy motor, good handling - for the youth who like sports. The W12 version is just like getting a AK47 (fuck off gun) and bolting a grendade launcher (BF motor) on it. The fazer is the opposite - you take a family safe, not too obnoxious vehicle (the GTI was allways a boy racer car) and add sugar....lots of sugar.

EJK

24th August 2007, 16:25

Ducati ST4

Wow, spot on match lol
except the colour :)

How about this?
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Pancakes

24th August 2007, 16:39

I thought about that, long and hard (i wish it were true). But i cant draw the same conclusion :(:(.
I know is seems sad - but you have to compare it to the original car.
The original GTI was what? It was a car with a peppy motor, good handling - for the youth who like sports. The W12 version is just like getting a AK47 (fuck off gun) and bolting a grendade launcher (BF motor) on it. The fazer is the opposite - you take a family safe, not too obnoxious vehicle (the GTI was allways a boy racer car) and add sugar....lots of sugar.

I shoulda been less lazy and not just cut'n'pasted a link! Yeah no comparison, just thought it was in the same vein as the racy Espace up there. Golf GTi, great cars tho!

avgas

26th August 2007, 22:11

Agusta and Zonda

Hillbilly

4th September 2007, 05:14

Howz this as a comparison:

Mental Trousers

4th October 2007, 15:53

http://www.suzuki-bikes.com/images/gsxr1000.jpg
http://www.rogerwendell.com/images/silkroad/silkroad_car_wreck_06-01.jpg

b1g-fuLLa

5th October 2007, 09:55

Gn = suzuki alto?

Bahahaha being a bit harsh there don't ya think?

SUZUKI ALTO = POCKETBIKE

We had a suzuki alto once, fucking terrible. Took 5 mins or so to reach 100k! i think i did that in 5 or 6 seconds on the rg150