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[lykuno]

Would you ride one of these?

 

[Uwe]

Would you ride one of these?

Maybe if I was younger. I'll be 66 this year. The older you get, the more brittle your bones become and the slower you heal.

That said, the kid riding it is dressed appropriately for the inevitable crash, and (no surprise) he has a Red Bull logo on the back of his jacket.

-Uwe-

 

[SaVAGeSoot]

Would you ride one of these?

100%
Might have to file for divorce first, but right after that, I'm getting my crotch rocket out again and then one of these for "normal" riding.

 

[SaVAGeSoot]

OEM AF

 

[Uwe]

OEM AF

What's that thing some people around here say repeatedly?

"If it has an electrical connector on it, buy it from the dealer."

-Uwe-

 

[SaVAGeSoot]

What's that thing some people around here say repeatedly?

"If it has an electrical connector on it, buy it from the dealer."

-Uwe-

The crazy part is that Dan kept contacting the supplier who insisted that they were from same factory and "stock"..... we just took half the order!

 

[Uwe]

The crazy part is that Dan kept contacting the supplier who insisted that they were from same factory and "stock".

Can you think of a word that "supplier" rhymes with?

-Uwe-

 

[SaVAGeSoot]

Maybe if we eliminate the supp

 

[davisev5225]

Maybe if we eliminate the supp

... that would be a lier, or "one who lies in ambush". I think you're looking for liar, or "one who tells falsehoods".

 

[stefdds]

 

[stefdds]

There may be hope! ???

 

[Uwe]

There may be hope! ???

Rolled back to 1970? No, sorry, not gonna happen, nor would I support that. The only emissions equipment on cars in 1970 was a PCV valve. Cars and trucks were really filthy back then and they absolutely did need to be cleaned up.

Rolling back to somewhere in the noughties would be reasonable. By then, emissions had been cleaned up big-time, and my contention is that we reached the point of diminishing returns on the ever-tightening standards about that.

-Uwe-

 

[Eric]

^ that guy should be made to jog behind a fully deleted diesel pickup

 

[Eric]

 

[Crasher]

For us in the UK and THEM across the channel (ohh that so precious strip of water) EU4 petrol should be the roll back point, here it is classed as an Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle plus it is reliable and cost effective, EU5 causes reliability problems (clogged inlets) and EU6 is just daft, they made it so strict that petrol engines started producing Diesel like particulates that need a filter, simply stupid. As for Diesles, I don’t know, EU4 isn’t bad with EU5 better and EU6 just criminal, why? Because the systems go wrong and people remove them, openly advertising and boasting about it whilst the authorises do nothing as they think the annual inspection will pick it up but it doesn’t. So we end up with EU6 cars with EGR, DPF and SCR deleted where the stench from the tailpipe is vile, far nastier than a 60’s Diesel.

 

[Uwe]

Back when I was in high school (mid 1970s) the fastest cheap bike was the Yamaha RD350. It was reasonably tame in stock form, but of course, very few people left them stock because they wanted them to be just as fast as the big boys who could afford a Honda CB750.

So they'd get the cylinders ported and put exhausts with crazy expansion chambers on them. I rode such a bike once. Since it was absolutely gutless right off idle, I opened the throttle pretty wide. Nothing much happened as the RPMs slowly rose. Then it finally hit the engine speed where the porting and expansion chamber did their magic and the front wheel came off the ground instantly. Somehow, I managed not to crash. I returned the bike to its owner and said: Nope, not for me!

My own first bike (a few years later in college) was a 1974 Suzuki GT185. I left it stock. No porting. No expansion-chamber exhaust for me! It was not fast, which is probably what kept me from dying at age 19.

-Uwe-

 

[Crasher]

When I was 15, my ailing grandmother made me promise to not get a motorcycle when I was 16 and I didn’t which is definitely why I am still here at 61 with the nickname Crasher.

 

[SaVAGeSoot]

When I was 15, my ailing grandmother made me promise to not get a motorcycle when I was 16 and I didn’t which is definitely why I am still here at 61 with the nickname Crasher.

Back in early '05, I had to dismount my 1 month old '05 Kawi 636 while travelling ~200kph in order to not be with it when it got to a fast approaching telephone pole.....
I needed to re-grow an ass cheek, a bunch of back\knee\elbow matter, etc. as a result, but the Kawi incurred over 14k worth of blemishes ..... it only took a few months before I was able to walk and sit properly again, so I went and got another one that I still have today.... I've managed to make it to 47 while dialing back a little on the street riding hooliganism to avoid having to bail in such a dramatic fashion again..... thus far.

Can't live in fear

 

[davisev5225]

I ride motorcycles, but I went the Harley route. I have no need for speed, that's what my Audi is for.

 

[Mike@Gendan]

Did no-one on Trump's team think it might be worth removing the Easter Bunny for this address?

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