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Limitedx1
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 01:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i have noticed, specifically with wakan and confederate motorcycles that they going to the gas tank under the motor......it took me a while looking at these bikes figuring out where the gas was at. i bet riding one of those bikes with all that weight that close to the ground would be a completely different feel. i know you xb guys get close to that feeling, but those under engine tanks are more concentrated weight in one spot, where the xb is top to bottom perimeter
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Xl1200r
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 01:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wakan is under the seat, just like the BMW F800 bikes.
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Spatten1
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Like the 1980's V-Max.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

and Gold Wing
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Limitedx1
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 02:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)




sorry i was reffering to these two bikes specifically, confederate fighter and wakan track racer. i believe the confederate wriath has the same tank design
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Glitch
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 02:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i bet riding one of those bikes with all that weight that close to the ground would be a completely different feel.
Full would feel different than half full would feel different that almost empty.
I've used several different exhaust systems on my bike, and you can definitely tell a difference when using a light weight exhaust.
The handling is way better with the light weight.
So I guess you would start out with a bike that handles ok, and as you ride the handling gets better?
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Xl1200r
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 03:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Holy f**k!

Those bikes are bad ass. I wasn't aware of those iterations...
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Swordsman
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 03:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wow, that top one looks oh-so-comfy to sit on!

Doesn't Lego make that one?

~SM

(Message edited by Swordsman on July 20, 2009)
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Skntpig
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 03:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It looks like the top one has the fuel in the top large frame tube. Maybe I'm wrong but it looks like there is a filler there.

Edit: It's an oil tank up top.

(Message edited by skntpig on July 20, 2009)
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Buellinachinashop
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 04:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You'd think that the Wraith would have mid-mount controls. Your right foot and ankle better be wrapped in asbetos.
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Limitedx1
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 04:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I just think the look of certain bikes like the ones i have provided look killer with no conventional gas tank
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Slaughter
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Bad-Ass...

...the condition you get after attempting to actually RIDE one of these machines.
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