Super Motards

[Hitcher]

Technical question: What's the difference between a motard and a retard?

[swanman]

Interesting it looks as if there are quite a few of us who like the motard concept. I agree with comments that the factory motards as a rule look a bit well, crap. The KTM's pretty much look the part apart from that angular edge styling. What that means is that many motards are custom made at home which also begs the question how well are they put together. But the idea of that grunt, wheelying, lightness, quick steering and jeez change the tyres and have a crack off road! ALso where many bikes are looking a wee bit samey samey, the motards stick out well. I believe the scene in Europe is pretty big too, though here in NZ it is still in its infancy. Certainly I see this as a market segment which is going to grow.

So when I sell the R1 a motard it will (probably) be, unless a bargain pops out of nowhere for something else.

[sAsLEX]

I believe the scene in Europe is pretty big too, though here in NZ it is still in its infancy. Certainly I see this as a market segment which is going to grow.
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there was a taste of the motard champs on sports cafe on wed!!! aaron slight apparently came second

[k14]

Yeah he finished up 2nd in the NZ champs which were at taupo yesterday. Apparantly the first round (of a 3 round series) was the first time he had rode a bike for 4 years.

If I had the $$ i would grab one of these:

[Coldkiwi]

Technical question: What's the difference between a motard and a retard?

a retard is one who rides a motard.... or a squid that is thinking of selling his/her squidmobile to by a motard (so it is insinuated around me anyway!).

Once a retard has ridden his motard for so long that he won't go to anything else, he upgrades his motard to make it a super motard - and in the process becomes a super RETARD because he know thinks he can out corner anyone.

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=k14]Yeah he finished up 2nd in the NZ champs which were at taupo yesterday. Apparantly the first round (of a 3 round series) was the first time he had rode a bike for 4 years.

Still cann't get that No1 plate . Will be runing out of room on the front number plate on his bike soon LOL {PT}

SENSEI

[avgas]

Technical question: What's the difference between a motard and a retard?

one has 2 wheels, the other stops the spark comming in time....silly hitcher

[Coyote]

Husabergs look awesome. Saw one at TSS a while back. The enigine looked so simple, almost nothing was above the cylinder

[NordieBoy]

I've got some motard pics on my site.
But don't look unless you really mean it as there's 481 thumbnails coming at ya

Go here

[NordieBoy]

ask enigma how he broke both his feet!!! wasn't a nordie but some thumper

What?
Both feet?
"Oh fcuk it kicked back and broke my foot, I'll have to try with the other"?

[sAsLEX]

What?
Both feet?
"Oh fcuk it kicked back and broke my foot, I'll have to try with the other"?

he was a bit younger than present and the bars broke his feet as he went past them!!

[Coyote]

I've got some motard pics on my site.
But don't look unless you really mean it as there's 481 thumbnails coming at ya

Go here

Whoa, awesome. Lucky I have broadband now

[NordieBoy]

so Swanny, off the idea of a hog then? some of those cruisers you were looking at were nice, but i wondered how long it'd be before that'd go and you moved on..!!

These look like fun tho! Wheelie city for one..
Can you throw off-road tyres on these and hit the dirt too? Or is there something that has made them 'road-only' bikes?

Road wheels and generally bigger front brakes.
Bung the dirt ones on for the off road stuff or maybe not...

[Coyote]

Poor Cannondale, gone bust now

[moko]

Can you throw off-road tyres on these and hit the dirt too? Or is there something that has made them 'road-only' bikes?

Not sure what`s happening with them right now as the factory`s in the shit but some of the CCM models came with 2 sets of wheels so you could use them for both.