| Author | Message | ||
     Pwnzor |
Brad... have you seen this? | ||
| 86129squids |
"... blank as a teenager's search history"- LOL! So far I've not seen any hotties rubber necking as I roll by, nor any major predators taking down prey. I suspect I'd be caught by that cheetah, though.  Thanks, brother Matthew! You made my Saturday morning coffee even more enjoyable. Forgot about the drain plug BTW... might have to take a pocket fisherman riding with me out in the mountains, bring some trout back to the TWoS campfire.  Didn't know about the brake pressure switch on the fork action. Next major service I may have my guy install some better fork springs. (It handles pretty dang good, but I'd like better response from harsh hits.) I find the power to be fully adequate, can't lie and say I'd not love more though. There are some PC800 geeks that have discovered they can get taller overall gearing by switching in a VT1100 final drive- I'd love to get that done, but finding a good donor would require research and $$$. For anyone curious about all things PC800, here's my go-to link. Some wild things in there if you dig. I do know a guy who took a wadded PC and actually made it into a track bike, safety wired and all. Nobody could figure what the heck it was without all the Tupperware.  https://www.douglasvanbossuyt.com/personal/hobbies /motorcycle/honda-pacific-coast-pc800-links-and-in formation/ | ||
| Pwnzor |
What I found most interesting is that they turned to the Acura design team for this. Looking at it now, it makes sense. Honda has always been the one to fill all the holes that needed filling... and even some that didn't. | ||
| 86129squids |
Yeah- didn't know that about Acura's involvement either. "Honda has always been the one to fill all the holes that needed filling... and even some that didn't." Also agreed. I've noticed, over the years lived loving motorcycles, that the "big 4" each have certain personalities or approaches to design and engineering. Suzuki and Kawasaki traditionally go for high performance, brute horsepower- think of how many drag bikes that used their engines over the decades. Yamaha and Honda tend to find very different and innovative paths to their products. Most folks don't know that the original 1975 GL1000 was intended to be a "musclebike", to challenge the Z1900's of the day. It took a few years for owners to realize that they had a great platform to build a tourer- especially after Craig Vetter and the other aftermarket folk figured to build coachworks for them. Now look at a GoldWing. Heck, even Froggy will attest to their significance now. (In a similar move to calling in Acura for the PC800, engineers from the CBR sportbike departments were called in to help with design for the first iterations of Frank's gen. GoldWing. Also for the S2000 convertible coupe.) I grew up a Suzuki kid, but over the years I've gained a serious appreciation of the products from "the tuning forks company". The V-Max, the FZ generation sportbikes, the advent of seriously competitive 4-stroke MX'ers, even the GTS1000 (which I'd still love to acquire)- all were examples of innovative engineering and admirable design execution. Thanks again for the video find- I'll watch it again for things I might have missed. | ||
| Ourdee |
My first street bikes were an RD250 and an RD350. I only weighed 86 pounds back then. |
