Nah, Hurricanes were Honda's. CBR250R's IIRC. They had that Ducati Paso fully enclosed fairing thing going on.Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P
See the attached photo.
Yeah, go for it!
Nah, it is too gutless/stupid
Mabye, try it out first
Shut up!
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Nah, Hurricanes were Honda's. CBR250R's IIRC. They had that Ducati Paso fully enclosed fairing thing going on.
See the attached photo.
Last edited by riffer; 9th August 2004 at 20:07. Reason: damn fool forgot to attach the photo!
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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There was also a CBR1000F Hurricane
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VTR250... simple as that!
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That's not fair!!! My TV200 has 35hp and my Dad topped out at 140 at manfield. The bike was on stock gearing at the time, mind, which has been seen to. Two strokes are crazy fun to ride and highly addictive (to certain people anyway). If you do choose to get one, stay away from the higher powered 250s (as in the likes of the TZR250R).
$50 was all that was needed to build me a reasonable learner bike. But as you can see I moved on pretty dam quickly, and as you've got a decent amount of (hard earned, it sounds like) dosh you can ignore that. Good thing you're not the only one who rides to your school. I'm the only one who does at my school and I'm constantly being annoyed. "Sup G is dat your motabike??" "Hey do you ride a motorbike? (whilst walking past, with helmet in hand)"
Hey look out for me riding a tiny little RG50 if you plan to venture into the weird and wonderful land of lower hutt in the next few months. Come to think of it, an RG50 would be perfect if you could find one.
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NO!That's not fair!!! My TV200 has 35hp and my Dad topped out at 140 at manfield
$50 was all that was needed to build me a reasonable learner bike. But as you can see I moved on pretty dam quickly, and as you've got a decent amount of (hard earned, it sounds like) dosh you can ignore that. Good thing you're not the only one who rides to your school. I'm the only one who does at my school and I'm constantly being annoyed. "Sup G is dat your motabike??" "Hey do you ride a motorbike? (whilst walking past, with helmet in hand)"
Hey look out for me riding a tiny little RG50 if you plan to venture into the weird and wonderful land of lower hutt in the next few months. Come to think of it, an RG50 would be perfect if you could find one.
No RG50 for me! I want my Fixxer!
I want to wheelie! And stoppie! And make the homie/white trash kids fear me.
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Look what you've done you irresponsible bastards. Sounds like you're convinced FXR wise (no kidding???). Take off the muffler and all the bogans/homie g's/white trash at school will definitely be impressed. It's not the size of the bike, it's how loud it is that matters with us kids.
Ah they're the ones who stare at you and grunt.
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In 1987 Honda released the CBR "Hurricane" in 250, 400, 600, 750, and 1000cc.
Excerpt from http://powersports.honda.com
"Some motorcycles raise the bar. Others rewrite the rules. In the 1987 sportbike game, Honda's CBR600F, better known as the 600 Hurricane, was clearly one of the latter.
The original 600 Hurricane, of course, set the tone by rewriting every rule of the sportbike game. In a single, class-defining stroke, Honda unleashed the lightest, quickest, most powerful and most versatile middleweight the world had ever seen. Moreover, the perfectly balanced Hurricane answered the needs of street riders as ably as those of racers."
Introduced along with its big brother the CBR1000F, Honda's 600 Hurricane was a revolution. The reason was clearly visible in the Hurricane's aerodynamic, full-coverage bodywork. Less visible was the technological paradigm shift that blew away every other middleweight sportbike on earth and forever changed the way sportbikes were designed and built.
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A lot of people mention that fairings can be a worry if you drop your bike while learning.
From what I've seen at uni which must have the highest concentration of FXR's in the country, the fairings on them seem to be pretty resilient. There are heaps which have obviously been dropped, mine included, and most seem to be just scratched. In comparison the CBR's and other bikes with bigger fairings have big holes and cracks.
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That is because when you crash a zxr/cbr/tzr/rgv(250), you do it right. Also the larger fairings means there are weaker spots near the middle. Also the bikes weigh more so more pressure it put on the fairing in an off. And lastley most fxr you see with minor scratches have been dropped at very low speeds(while learning) i am sure you can ask some KB's out there that if they were binned at a higher speed the fairings would be just as rooted.
As for a new bike hmmmm fxr are of but a vt250 is solid as. Crashed mine twice (once at +-50-60 and the other at +-25 round a corner) and it stood up to it pretty well. New mirrors cost only $25 for aftermarket ones and i think after the second incident i decided to replace one fairing $75(cheaper than reparing at $100) and sprayed the whole bike a better colour for around $200. Also has a bit of grunt if used right and with the different can i put on it, it sounded pretty mean.
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Scratched fairings look cooler.
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And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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BTW that's the result of an 80km/hr lowside on Wellington Motorway through rush traffic.
after I replaced everything else obviously (ie forks, indicators, mirrors, windscreen, etc)
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
BACTERIA
I'd have to diagree with you this time... You said before that if I need setting up my bike I could call in to your place eh? If so, that would be much appreciated.
Oh, and how much did all that damage cost to fix?
Last edited by SPORK; 10th August 2004 at 16:19. Reason: whoos
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It didn't. That's a *post*-fix photo.
Lovely forks, that bike, innit. Can't get a decent pair of forks like that these days. I could just sit and look at them forks for hours, I could.
(sits and looks)
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Sorry, I was asking celticno6 about his damage. Bad quoting on my part I guess. But how expensive are the FXR's to fix?
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