Grumpy Old Bastard
The models are pretty much identical. Frame, tyres, weight to 2kg., everything bar the displacement of the engine.Originally Posted by ckai
If it wasn't for the different engine characteristics, you'd never know the diff. I could have been riding my own bike.
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Hardcore Biker
Those Kaimai twisties are my new pornography, went for a quick zip over them around 6:30 tonight and managed a quick cool off from the rain on the way back. Be careful going over them now I've just finished jizzing all over them. Slippery when wet!
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Grumpy Old Bastard
"No replacement for displacement..."
Many years ago I knew a dude who said that. This was back in the olden days, when Triumph was king. You lot wouldn't remember them days but I do.
This guy owned a Thunderbird (or "Chunderbird" as they were affectionately known...). He worked on the waterfront in d'Auckland.
One of the other dudes working there bought one of these new fangled Japanese ("Jap Crap") 250cc 2 smokers. He boasted to Mr Chunderbird that his 2 fiddy would drag the Chunderbird off from a standing start. Mr Chunderbird quoted the above - no replacement for displacement. "You can't give away 400cc and still win a dragrace!" he boldly stated.
So the scene was set, and one evening after work, the drag race was staged.
Guess who came second? Three times?
Turned out there was a replacement for displacement, dinnit?
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
she said she would !!
2 strokers where my buzzz in the day, had a rented garage with a Kawasaki KR 250 ( weapon) RGV 250 ( awesomeness
) PE250T modded for the road (
) also had a Triumph TC2500 that I had played around with, a real sleeper had heaps of fun with boyracers
I Used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass
Blue is BETTER
Whatdya mean back in the days when Triumph were king? They still are. They just take memberships so none of the numbnuts know of the awesomeness.
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Hahahaha, what he said
Genuine hp
Didn't you read the rest of his post about the jappa blowing the Triumph into the weeds?
"Sorry Officer, umm.... my yellow power band got stuck wide open"
Blue is BETTER
Back in the old days. You forgot that part. Obviously back when horses were invented.Didn't you read the rest of his post about the jappa blowing the Triumph into the weeds?
Grumpy Old Bastard
Quite true. I seriously thought of a 675. Until I sat on one...
But there's no "still" about it. Remember, there was a large hole in between these bouts of popularity.
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Hardcore Biker
Indeed, they're bloody torture racks on the lower back.
Blue is BETTER
About the time when they started having holes in the engine for the oil to get fresh air wasn't it?That was deliberate. It more satisfying giving up a crown and getting it back when you want, rather than keeping it and getting bored. Keeps ya on ya toes see.
Like I said, membership onlyI get sore back and arms riding on the old mans GSX650F. And on a cruiser...it feels like someone bashes my tail bone with a hammer.
Forum whore
Yep, that is a feature installed to keep sports bike riders off our cruisers
Blue is BETTER
Figured as much.Yep, that is a feature installed to keep sports bike riders off our cruisers
Likes Jiggle in the Wiggle
I shall keep my mouth shut.....Yep, that is a feature installed to keep sports bike riders off our cruisers
Genuine hp
Back on track guys, any of you 'keyboard warriors' riding this weekend?
"Sorry Officer, umm.... my yellow power band got stuck wide open"
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