Anti Jap bike crap

**awayatc** · 15th March 2010, 06:16

all the japs have ever done is copy.....
they haven't invented a thing...

It is not a question of whether the bikes are any better ,
it is whether the owners are.....

I put my money where my mouth is,
I try not to support copiers.

**avgas** · 15th March 2010, 06:36

Scracha you fool - that was the tractor pull at the local shindig.
I have been down this road in the past with cars. I laughed all the way to bank when I sold my Mitsi Sapporo........where as my mates cried when they came to sell their 80's Holdens/Fords.
Its best to let is rest - just realise that when.
As for the Jappa's copying everything........every now and then they get something designed before everyone else.
Honda CB750
Suzuki RGV250
Suzuki Katana
Toyota Supra
Mazda RX7
Toyota Crown
Suzuki RE5
Nissan Skyline
Suzuki GSXR.......

Also before spouting shit about the Japanese.......What inspired the early Triumph and Harley designs?......since they were not technically the first motorbike manufacturers (only been around just over a 100 years). Sometimes it is a good idea to copy an idea - then cock up with your own design.

**koba** · 15th March 2010, 06:37

Originally Posted by awayatc

all the japs have ever done is copy.....
they haven't invented a thing...

It is not a question of whether the bikes are any better ,
it is whether the owners are.....

I put my money where my mouth is,
I try not to support copiers.

Better get off that computer then...

**p.dath** · 15th March 2010, 06:41

Originally Posted by Lurch

Japs bikes are fucking shite. Gutless, unreliable, made by slanty eyed nepotists. Bloody japs and their bloody bikes.

Where is your Suzuki made SV1000 made?

**Metastable** · 15th March 2010, 07:10

Originally Posted by awayatc

all the japs have ever done is copy.....
they haven't invented a thing...

It is not a question of whether the bikes are any better ,
it is whether the owners are.....

I put my money where my mouth is,
I try not to support copiers.

I hope you don't support Ducait then... the bike that pretty much made them mainstream outside of Europe was the 916 a complete ripoff of the Honda NR750. The 916 was a nicer looking bike, but a ripoff.

- Colour and price!

j/k
- Dual Rectangular front lights
- Single sided swingarm
- Under seat exhaust
- Solo seat
- vents on tail section and side fairings
- location of dual ram air ducts
- upside down forks

The more you look the more you find.

NR750 from 1992

Duacti 916 from only 1 or 2 years later:

Both images above from http://www.diseno-art.com

**Lurch** · 15th March 2010, 07:31

Originally Posted by p.dath

Where is your Suzuki made SV1000 made?

Glad you spotted the sarcasm.

**CookMySock** · 15th March 2010, 07:37

Originally Posted by awayatc

all the japs have ever done is copy.....
they haven't invented a thing...

It is not a question of whether the bikes are any better ,
it is whether the owners are.....

I put my money where my mouth is,
I try not to support copiers.

Er pardon? The japs were instrumental in transforming the performance motorcycle scene.

And as for questioning who is a better human being based on what motorcycle they ride? Wtf with that?

Put foot where mouth is, more like it. All motorcycle manufacturers have built on others' and their own successes and failures - thats what growth is. If there was no japanese motorcycling industry, I shudder to think what we'd be riding now.

Steve

**sinfull** · 15th March 2010, 07:42

I say boycot the events then !

**jim.cox** · 15th March 2010, 07:54

Originally Posted by roadracingoldfart

Hey , i drive a Camry , whats wrong with that ????

A: Its a cage
B: They have horrible front suspension
C: The gear box is no better
D: Often used as company rep-mobiles...
E: All of the above

I pick "E: All of the above"

Originally Posted by roadracingoldfart

Mind you , i dont own a bike anymore either.

Now THAT"S a problem

You need to get that sorted...

**jim.cox** · 15th March 2010, 08:00

Originally Posted by Metastable

e was the 916 a complete ripoff of the Honda NR750. The 916 was a nicer looking bike, but a ripoff.

It aint a rip-off iif it looks nicer

Thats just the Italians selling better Art, as they have done for centuries

And the proof that they are better is refelected in the numbers sold

But back on tiopic - feeling the need to ban one type of bike from a show - and then having to publicise the ban - is bad Karma.

And the smell of that attitude is something that I prefer to avoid

Maybe the local classic Jappa's would like orgainise a Ride-Past - "Tora Tora Tora" and all that

Oh yeah - one more thing you dont get from them pics - the 916 also sounds better

**Big Dave** · 15th March 2010, 08:45

I attended a 'Suzuki only' event over the weekend.

**Ferkletastic** · 15th March 2010, 09:05

Originally Posted by awayatc

all the japs have ever done is copy.....
they haven't invented a thing...

It is not a question of whether the bikes are any better ,
it is whether the owners are.....

I put my money where my mouth is,
I try not to support copiers.

This is seriously the stupidest anti Japanese bike arguement I've ever heard.

So you only ever drive French cars? German computers?

**CookMySock** · 15th March 2010, 09:14

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I attended a 'Suzuki only' event over the weekend.

It's the honda only ones you gotta watch. Soap, shower, etc.

Steve

**AllanB** · 15th March 2010, 09:16

Originally Posted by Lurch

Japs bikes are fucking shite. Gutless, unreliable, made by slanty eyed nepotists. Bloody japs and their bloody bikes.

Yeah, how often do you go into your shed, put the key in the bike and thumb the starter and the bloody Jap bike fires right up, regardless of how long it has been sitting there. Bloody Jap bikes that don't require a half day on the spanners before you ride.

Hell I heard that they don't even need their tyre pressures checking as the factory air is so good it does not alter, unlike that damp English air.