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Aesquire
Posted on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 08:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Older BMW R1000RS has always appealed to me. I'de have to look at the used market, & find one as advanced as possible, with the looks I'd like. Perhaps a Triumph Speed Triple, or a first year Suzuki SV650. I don't want an inline 4, I've had them & I'm tired of the buzz.

The Japanese do make fine bikes, and if the Honda V4 of Sabre/Magna fame didn't have a fragile bottom end, I'd pick a V65 Sabre.
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Impulse_101
Posted on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

After seeing a triumph 955i for the first time today I have to say that I really like that bike. It's a nice design and with a little work it could fit the bill as either a sportbike or a sport tourer.

It's now on my list. I think the wife might really like the Daytona 600. I just have to get her through Riders Edge first.

JT
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Blake
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 01:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rocket,
THAT'S the new Duc Monster 1000 I want!!! If they could actually build that, I'd be looking for one.
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Rocketman
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 03:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Did any of you look at the design stuff on Ducati.com?

one more cup of coffee for the road

Rocket
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Rocketman
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 04:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've trawled the net for pic's of Heikki Naulapaa's Project M2 but can only find this one at ducati.com, more's the pity.

Project M2

The pic's published in MCN UK a couple of weeks ago showed all of the Project M2 and it looked just as radical as the 1000UL above but imo it was much nicer to look at than the UL.

If you really want to blow your mind LOL you could visit Rhinoceros Gallery and click on vehicle design where you will find all sorts of cool and interesting two and four wheeled stuff.

Rocket
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Rocketman
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 04:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

More design from Heikki Naulapaa, the Aprilia Ram ST3.

Ram ST3

Rocket
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Rocketman
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 04:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Then of course there's the much less radical, in such company, rumoured redesigned Ducati 999 with revised aerodynamics that Ducati deny will be out later this year.

Revised 999

More likely to be produced than the 1000UL or Project M2 me thinks <grin>

Rocket
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Kaudette
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 04:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If I had a bigger garage & some more $$$.

MV Agusta Brutale (when they come out with the 1000)
Sportster 1200S
Buell XB12S
Triumph Racer (below)
Oh, and a Lotus Elise 190!

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Buckinfubba
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 08:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

rocket
is that a coffee machine. I will give it up for the zx10. I went to the kawi store yesterday and look at sat on drooled at it. I tell ya this the zx10 has got to be great in the corners, they got the weight distribution down real low.

but I still stand on my theme of souless computer generated designs. those pics you put up are a perfect example of this. yeah they are cool and all I guess, but they just don't make my soul stir.

now the bike right above this post is cool beans.
I don't know I just like curvy lines and I love to see an engine. you know , handlebars, frame engine, and wheels...lets go ridin
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Gonen60
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 09:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

brian, whats the price on the ZX10?
it's one awesome speed machine.
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Buckinfubba
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 12:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

list is 10,999...they had 11,999 on it and I ask why. Hesaid well shipping and set up. then I told him I worked over here at tilley's and said damn thats very harleyish of ya ...we had a laugh. and he said well anything is negotiable
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Bigj
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 12:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Roadracing World did an extensive track comparo of the GSXR1, the CBR1, and the ZX10 in the current issue. The ZX10 put the motor on them on the straights. It only weighs 430 soaking wet, too. 161 rwhp.
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Glitch
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 01:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

if i could have one right now i'd be one i could ride one handed...
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Rocketman
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 07:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well Bubba what isn't designed on a computer these days! I know what you mean when you say soulless wrt to Japanese rides but the truth is some do have souls. I mean real souls. They're just different from Buell souls I guess.

Incidentally, I don't believe the 100UL and Project M2 Ducati's were designed on a computer. I believe they were first penned by their designers.

As for the Triumph above, I would feel like I was taking a step backward if I bought an old Triumph. Mind you, that one above does look rather spiffing old boy.

Recognize this race winning British machine and its infamous pilot?

Mystery Manx

Rocket
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Bomber
Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

kinda dark exposure, but it looks like Sheene and an Norton from here

ROcket's right, btw, darned near everything is designed, at least in part, on a computer . . . . hand renderings are rarer and rarer, and designing on a computer saves so much time and money it would be silly not to do so, if you're planning on more than prototypes . . . .
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Rocketman
Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 06:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Bomber that is Sheene's race winning Manx. Built for Barry by Fred Warmsley.

Rocket

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Fullpower
Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 07:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ZX10 has 2.67 pounds per horsepower. damn thats gotta be a rush. has anything that powerfull ever been sold to the public before?
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Bads1
Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 08:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ok I would have to say if I was going to buy other then BUELL it would be a MV AGUSTA BRUTALE.Exotic as hell to me...and has character.
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Buckinfubba
Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

your right rocket....that don't mean my ol crogidy ass has to like it....

I know some of the new jap machines have soul...the zx10 is right up my alley.

and sheen on a manx....aaaahhhh
the manx has been and always will be my dream.

I think I like the older bikes because they are more of a challenge to ride.
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Impulse_101
Posted on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The ZX10 may be too much engine and too little bike for most riders. I wouldn't turn down a track day on that bad boy, but I wouldn't want one on the street.

JT
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Xb9er
Posted on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 01:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If not a Buell, a Britten V1000.

Mike.
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Battleblue03
Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 02:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i would have to go with a jap bike TL1000R, if not a duck, have to stay with a v twin.
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Bigdaddy
Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 09:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I wouldn't mind a TL1000 myself. Sweet ride, sounds great when kitted out, reliable, and they're now very reasonably priced.
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Fullpower
Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 04:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Triumph Speed Triple. the essence of naked.
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Naulapaa
Posted on Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 03:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hi everybody,

I just noticed some of my projects on this page...

If there is still somebody who's visiting this old page and want to see more of my stuff, check my website http://www.naulapaa.com !
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Rocketman
Posted on Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 11:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Heikki thanks for the email, and welcome to the BadWeB. How did you find us? Perhaps your creative talents have an interest in things Buell?

Any chance of a pic of the Hurricane?

Thanks for dropping in and leaving the link. Nice

Rocket
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