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    Quote Originally Posted by James Deuce View Post
    Paul's is the TR6A I mentioned.
    oops,.. it is too......


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    Hah! Sold!
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Deuce View Post
    Hah! Sold!
    Ssh!! Don't tell anyone yet, or I might get pipped at the post...

    But if all goes well, tractor city, here I come!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krayy View Post
    Ssh!! Don't tell anyone yet, or I might get pipped at the post...

    But if all goes well, tractor city, here I come!!!!
    I ride all these exotic machines and when I jump back on the tractor sometimes it takes a few k's to get used to it again.

    They aren't the sort of bike you should judge on a quick test ride.

    But then I get the mojo back and start hurling it into corners and getting air in my driveway again it's still my favourite bike of all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    But then I get the mojo back and start hurling it into corners and getting air in my driveway...
    ... and then you wake up with a start and realise that someone's been riding a 2-stroke up and down your street for the last ten minutes?

    I get that too.

    Dagnabit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    ... and then you wake up with a start and realise that someone's been riding a 2-stroke up and down your street for the last ten minutes?

    I get that too.

    Dagnabit.
    Sunshine, I can do shit on that bike that your ol' pig just dreams about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Sunshine, I can do shit on that bike that you ol' pig just dreams about.
    Like standing quarter-miles that last longer than 13 seconds?

    Yeah, dontcha hate it when the fun's over too soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    Like standing quarter-miles that last longer than 13 seconds?

    Yeah, dontcha hate it when the fun's over too soon.

    If quarter mile times were higher than about 14th on my list of importance I'd consider one - or a Busa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    If quarter mile times were higher than about 14th on my list of importance I'd consider one - or a Busa.
    But, le horreur! Busas are ugly.

    None if it has any worth if you're not lookin' good in the process.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    But, le horreur! Busas are ugly.

    None if it has any worth if you're not lookin' good in the process.

    You cannot fail to be impressed by the way the machine can be jeckyll and hyde at the twist of a wrist and it's my favourite 'cockpit' on a bike.

    Just go internal mode and switch to light speed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Just go internal mode and switch to light speed.
    But Big Dave, speeding is illegal.
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    One thing I've always admired about them - they handle - despite the steering having a very extreme sport bike rake plus the wheelbase being very short. On paper they should flip over under acceleration and almost fall over in corners.

    Yet bastards on them keep passing me around the hills!

    Bastards are always smiling when they stop as well.

    Bastards who ride them are also very happy to chat about bikes in general and have usually had an assortment of brands of bikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    On paper they should flip over under acceleration and almost fall over in corners.
    They do.

    However, I've been assured that that's because the one I rode was 'set up wrong'.

    So I have reserved judgment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    They do.

    However, I've been assured that that's because the one I rode was 'set up wrong'.

    So I have reserved judgment.
    The English press that you hold in such high esteem rate them as THE best cornering motorcycles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    The English press that you hold in such high esteem...


    Anyhoo, like I said, I'm quite prepared to believe that the one I rode was just set up badly.
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