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Road_Thing
| Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:41 pm: |
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Court: Well, yeah...my distinct preference is to descend gradually and then land with the wheels underneath me rather than any of the other possible re-entry modes. The older I get, the slower I heal... r-t |
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Tripp
| Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:34 pm: |
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![km](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/496363/18257.jpg) |
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Tripp
| Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:37 pm: |
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oops 1st try, wrong bike, but cool anyway cagiva raptor |
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Tripp
| Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:40 pm: |
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kk, this is a black panther![mzbaghire](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/496363/18258.jpg) |
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Tripp
| Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:43 pm: |
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but back to street fighter check this ![cagiva raptorx](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/496363/18259.jpg) |
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Jst
| Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:06 pm: |
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Tripp, I know the NA importer for MZ He offered me a left over 2001 panther for his cost plus $100.00. If only I wasn't married. Of course if I had taken him up on his offer I wouldn't be. JT |
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Tripp
| Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 01:40 am: |
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LOL , the unique exotics are always the best! wish i could have one too |
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Redstripe
| Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 08:03 am: |
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Tripp; You'll have to see the Cagiva in real life. To me, it's very disappointing. Very "plasticky" and way over-styled. Nowhere near the basic ergonomics-like design of the designers' first: "il mostro". Should be a great ride though, it seems... |
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Rick_A
| Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 12:54 pm: |
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Are those bars above the handlebar and instruments for flip protection? ![](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/biggriney.gif) |
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Tripp
| Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 12:55 pm: |
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that's a drag, maybe if u stripped it and customed it out-a buell is cooler anyway! |
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Tripp
| Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 07:21 pm: |
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that's weird huh, i dunno what thats for it kinda reminds me of the predator, lol |
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Olaf
| Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:38 am: |
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you should see this site for some nice stuff http://www.street-machines.net/ |
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Tripp
| Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 11:43 am: |
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holy sh*t, those are some crazy tailpiece/exhausts! those are definitely not cookie cutter jap bikes, some are almost as cool as buells |
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Miguel
| Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 12:45 pm: |
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Hers how we do it in England, GSXR 1100 new rear sub-frame Ducati Monster seat/tail-piece and one funky exhaust.![GSXR`Fighter](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/496363/18398.jpg) |
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Tripp
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:56 am: |
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i got this from uk bikerweb honda xaxis{xaxis} |
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Tripp
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:57 am: |
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oops {xaxis} |
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Tripp
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:58 am: |
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![1,xaxis](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/your_image.gif) |
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Tripp
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 01:00 pm: |
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k ![1,xaxis](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/your_image.gif) |
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Tripp
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 01:04 pm: |
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pic too big check out bikersweb.co.uk new bike section it's cool |
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Mikej
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 01:10 pm: |
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Is this what you were trying to post? Or the Ducati girl? |
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Peter
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 02:39 pm: |
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Tripp, You can link to another site's pictures. Example. Writing this; \imagelink{http://www.bikersweb.co.uk/New%20bikes/honda2001/01TMS2-007.gif} Will give you this.
It doesn't matter what the size is, as it is not stored on this site. PPiA |
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Tripp
| Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 04:43 pm: |
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ooooooooooo, cool, thanx for the tip, cool bike huh? |
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Tavs
| Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 07:10 pm: |
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This is a Bimota Tesi frame that's been 'fightered. Looks absolutely awesome! |
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Tavs
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 09:06 am: |
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Let's try this again...
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Mikej
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 09:26 am: |
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Why does the phrase "high speed wobble, aka: tank slapper" come to mind. Is that thing built and being rode????? |
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Mikej
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 09:33 am: |
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Suspension article I just found:
Quote:Unfortunately, the actualization of this hub-center steering system was not optimized. Although the hydraulic steering linkages were dropped for mechanical linkages, the sheer number of moving parts resulted in a certain amount of slop. Four spherical joints and six rolling bearings must be moved to steer this bike. The inclusion of 10 bearing surfaces made for significant flexibility which is undesirable. Much of the design problems with steering probably had to do with the fact that Bimota had to design the steering system to work with an engine not optimized for the situation. While the hub-level front swingarms had the shortest force path to the frame, they had to be bowed to allow the wheel to turn. This bowing coupled with the diameter of the swingarms meant that the front end of this motorcycle was much wider than a forked unit. While riders do not complain of dragging the swingarm in turns while leaned over, one liability of this design is the width of the system. Steering is also further complicated by the trunnion tube hitting the swingarm at either extreme. Thus, compromises must be made to allow steering as well as rigidity. The limited number (300) and exotic price ($40,000) of this motorcycle relegated it to only a few. Yet it served to prove the viability of a hub-center steered system and the benefits of truly separating braking and suspension forces. It was and continues to be an influential design, heralding the emergence of hub-center steered designs.
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Bomber
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 10:01 am: |
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Mike . . .if it's really a tesi, yes and yes . . . . |
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Hootowl
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 10:02 am: |
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I'm reminded of the Yamaha GTS1000A, a production bike they made for all of two years. They didn't sell well. |
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Turnagain
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 10:57 am: |
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$13,000 in '92 for the GTS with the Radd front end was a major factor for it not selling well. The one at my local shop sat there for over a year. |
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Bomber
| Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 11:18 am: |
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they felt a bit vague-steering, but that is likely more to the tolerences in manufacuturing than the design, I'm thinkin . . .. . . and, yeah, 13 large WAS a lot fro a design that fixes a problem that most of us are so used to that we don't even see it as a problem |
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