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  1. #16
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    29th August 2003 - 10:00
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    Aint fuck all compared to my `1991 1.5L Ford Laser. It's got max ICE (stereo radio, well it would be stereo if both speakers worked!) 5sp Manual. When you button off in that baby, well actually you slow down.
    Superdukes. Serving up shame to sportsbikes since ages ago.

  2. #17
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    8th August 2004 - 17:16
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbo600
    Aint fuck all compared to my `1991 1.5L Ford Laser. It's got max ICE (stereo radio, well it would be stereo if both speakers worked!) 5sp Manual. When you button off in that baby, well actually you slow down.
    And when you shift down and start to engine brake, it roars at like 30,000rpm

  3. #18
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    25th October 2002 - 17:30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cookie
    WARNING Dumb newbie question coming up:

    A very sweet bike indeed. I spent a bit of time talking to the owner - nice guy - and I think I may have been converted to the dark side of "Gixxer".

    My dumb question is "why did it not get the fastest time yesterday?"

    Tell me to piss off and read some books if you think that is what I need to do.

    I am guessing it take a bit of practice to control all those horses and not end up going into orbit!
    A std GSXR1000 has difficulty putting its power to the ground in the first 2 gears without wheelspin or flipping, so yes you were kind of right. What would be more eye-opening would be putting a std GSXR1000 and turbo'ed one side by side at 200+km/h and winding them on. Even then from what WT is saying you'd still have difficulty taming the beast.

  4. #19
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    23rd November 2003 - 21:16
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    big red one, rgv's, kdx's
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    I rode a turbo fireblade in 1996 in the states. Scary as scary can be. I dont remember how many HP's it was putting out, but it was to many. If I start really thinking about it, it gets my heart thumping 10 years later.
    Even on a straight, near empty 3 lane interstate it was like trying to gallop a horse through a house. Never again! well maybe never

  5. #20
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    13th February 2004 - 06:46
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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit
    A std GSXR1000 has difficulty putting its power to the ground in the first 2 gears without wheelspin or flipping, so yes you were kind of right. What would be more eye-opening would be putting a std GSXR1000 and turbo'ed one side by side at 200+km/h and winding them on. Even then from what WT is saying you'd still have difficulty taming the beast.
    Dead right man. This thing accelerates as hard in 5th, as my K3 did in second. It's seriously the weirdest feeling.
    Vote David Bain for MNZ president

  6. #21
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    27th August 2005 - 18:30
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    more boost, more booooooooooooooooooost yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahooooo!

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