Bike Reviews and my thoughts from today

**Zapf** · 8th January 2005, 15:47

hay SC no reason not to get a set of leathers now since you ride a HD :love2:

**2_SL0** · 8th January 2005, 16:07

Originally Posted by sels1

Speaking of health...(Salmonella) Campabacta was the word I couldnt remember in our conversation yesterday....

Dude did you have that, ooooooooooah, me bro had it not long ago, I have had a very very graphic description already, NOT PLEASANT. It went something like this

**Sensei** · 8th January 2005, 17:00

Hey Stonechucker/ VTwin must have just missed you Guy's as WT had said you had just gone for a blast . Brought new Tyre for the GSXR. Thank's for great price WT .Good to hear you had a try on the GSXR1000 .Now you know why people rave about their motor's . Never got to do 296 on the R1 I took for a blast but I hear they have better top end then the GSXR . No good if the GSXR is all ready there waiting

LOL . Hope to hook up next time down your way . SENSEI

**StoneChucker** · 8th January 2005, 19:46

Firstly, I was wondering what happened to you Sensei, and yes, Next time for sure. Sels1, thanks for that info. On further investigation I confirmed what I thought, and it's Campylobacter, but I'm not spelling obsessed, so I'll let you off

Now, I don't ride the Buell yet, and I think making up my mind is going to be near impossible, because I'd be selling an :love2: R1 :love2: . Now that just seems silly to me...
What I might do is, wait a few months, and buy the Buell as a second bike

**Blakamin** · 8th January 2005, 19:56

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**marty** · 8th January 2005, 20:01

speaking of HD reliabilty, has anyone else seen the 'making of the v-rod' doco? no wonder it costs $40000

**James Deuce** · 8th January 2005, 20:09

Originally Posted by Zapf

hay SC no reason not to get a set of leathers now since you ride a HD :love2:

Yeah good point!

If you're going to spend the better part of $20K on a bike, buy some f__king gear.

I'm sick of paying compulsory health insurance premiums for people who don't want to take responsibility for themselves. I thought your little bingle would have been enough to wake you up.

All meant in the best possible taste, of course.

**onearmedbandit** · 8th January 2005, 20:09

Best of both worlds SC, 'powerful' R1 for mind bashing fun, comparatively 'gutless' Buell for more mundane, but just as fast if not faster twisties. And thats the key word to those who defended the charge against the 9, 'comparative'.

**Sensei** · 8th January 2005, 20:17

Sweet as SC The Ducati S4R verus Buell would be like the GSXR motor against the other's . Having owned Ducati's I'd have to say I would go with the Buell for that rawness the Duke's lack . Excellent bike's but have riden a couple of Buell's & if the new XB12R's are better than the other's on offer then it would be a done deal >
SENSEI

**sels1** · 8th January 2005, 21:38

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

and it's Campylobacter, but I'm not spelling obsessed, so I'll let you off

Right you are. Actually I copy/pasted it from google so I'm not the only one!

For the price of the Buell you would think they would throw in a free set of leathers or something eh?

**sels1** · 8th January 2005, 21:41

Originally Posted by Judderbar

Dude did you have that, ooooooooooah, me bro had it not long ago, I have had a very very graphic description already, NOT PLEASANT. It went something like this

Not me - a family member had it a while back - wasnt pretty

**StoneChucker** · 9th January 2005, 00:22

Hehe Jim, I know what you mean, and I will get some gear. But, I pay ACC too, so it's not like you're paying, and I'm living it up...

Someone needs to design a bike that sounds like a HD, feels like a Buell and goes like an R1.
I'll let things simmer for a while* before I make a choice.

*an undefined period of time which terminates with me acting on a whim, which may or may not be totally unsensible so long as it is stupidly enjoyable

**Blakamin** · 9th January 2005, 08:23

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

Someone needs to design a bike that sounds like a HD, feels like a Buell and goes like an R1.

They went one better and stuck the 996 superbike engine in a Monster
Sounds like a Duc, feels like a Monster and goes like a superbike!!!

S4R... 117hp, 99.1Nm

ask Lynda!!!!

**James Deuce** · 9th January 2005, 08:42

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

Hehe Jim, I know what you mean, and I will get some gear. But, I pay ACC too, so it's not like you're paying, and I'm living it up...

No, that's not what I'm saying at all. Thanks to the actions of a few, a system that was put in place to avoid a litigious society, has become a "right" to pay for the clean up when people don't behave in a responsible manner in the first place. Thanks to this approach we now have the OSH Nazis making sure the untrustworthy children are meeting safety requirements.

Yes, I've paid twice at times, and at one time when it was being deducted from your pay to cover employer contributions I was paying 3 times.

Burns cost more than bones to fix. Just because we call friction burns "grazes" doesn't make them something other than a 2nd or 3rd degree burn.

**Hitcher** · 9th January 2005, 16:56

Originally Posted by matthewt

A moderately skilled rider on any bike would make some of the people on here feel a bit slow on only a moderately twisty road.

A moderately twisty road, like this one ????

LOOL!

I'm guessing... Highway 38?