Author Topic: Voting has started for October's bike of the month! (Read 9423 times)

heffay · « **on:** September 18, 2006, 01:18:10 PM »

Hey everyone! sorry this took a while. forgot all about it while i was in nebrasska this past weekend.

i broke the rules a little bit this month... only one person actually came out and said that they accept... thank you proteal. but, 3 others replied to this thread so i cut them some slack.

I really don't wanna be a stickler on the rules but, the accept rule is there so that we don't get a winner that is not a regular user... it is more for rewarding the members that actually pay attention to the site.

SOOOO... from now on... if you don't accept... you don't get in.

the pictures of each bike are below... enjoy and vote!

heffay · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2006, 01:20:42 PM »

mikeb4

heffay · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2006, 01:24:39 PM »

andy harrison

heffay · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2006, 01:25:08 PM »

6pk runner

heffay · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2006, 02:17:42 PM »

Bump!

ElCheapo · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2006, 02:30:31 PM »

Teal I voted for the other guys

cben750f0 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2006, 11:54:40 PM »

GO THA F's!!!!!

Loudpipe · « **Reply #7 on:** September 26, 2006, 08:29:16 AM »

Love the Super Sport, but had to go with Andy's bike! So nice...

Ratfink · « **Reply #8 on:** September 26, 2006, 07:12:06 PM »

Ditto yo.

bill440cars · « **Reply #9 on:** September 26, 2006, 07:17:44 PM »

Not knocking Andy's 400 but, ya gotta admire the styling of that F3 of 6pkrunner's!!

Later on, Bill

cben750f0 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2006, 03:53:23 AM »

again... GO THA F's!!!!!!!

peace

nickjtc · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2006, 10:10:50 PM »

Andy's bike. Squint your eyes just right and it could be a modern, multi-cylinder, Manx Norton.

Very tasty.

cleveland · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2006, 04:46:34 PM »

They all look better then mine, but Andy's is just plain sick! Nice bike.

ElCheapo · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2006, 06:46:43 PM »

I am suprised at the results, was nearly a land slide

Nice bike, but I did not expect a landslide ?

GroovieGhoulie · « **Reply #14 on:** October 11, 2006, 03:04:48 PM »

Quote from: ElCheapo on October 09, 2006, 06:46:43 PM

I am suprised at the results, was nearly a land slide Nice bike, but I did not expect a landslide ?

It's the allure and charm of the 400/4! LOL!!!

ProTeal55 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2006, 03:39:16 PM »

I actually thought I had a chance.
Guess i was wrong - oh well

cleveland · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2006, 04:01:31 PM »

You did......but then they posted his bike.

All kidding aside, yours is the direction I am planning to take my bike. His goes WAY beyond anything I could ever hope to accomplish. Those pipes are just sick!

GroovieGhoulie · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2006, 04:28:19 PM »

Quote from: cleveland on October 11, 2006, 04:01:31 PM

Those pipes are just sick!

They're factory too. Wacky, huh?

heffay · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2006, 04:33:02 PM »

well, i voted for you pro

cleveland · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2006, 04:45:06 PM »

Quote from: GroovieGhoulie on October 11, 2006, 04:28:19 PM

Quote from: cleveland on October 11, 2006, 04:01:31 PM
Those pipes are just sick!

They're factory too. Wacky, huh?

Really? That's the part that made the bike, visually that is. I thought he spent a ton of time and skill molding them to look that way.

GroovieGhoulie · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2006, 10:07:06 PM »

Quote from: cleveland on October 11, 2006, 04:45:06 PM

Quote from: GroovieGhoulie on October 11, 2006, 04:28:19 PM
Quote from: cleveland on October 11, 2006, 04:01:31 PM
Those pipes are just sick!

They're factory too. Wacky, huh?

Really? That's the part that made the bike, visually that is. I thought he spent a ton of time and skill molding them to look that way.

Yep. Factory 400/4 exhaust. Still doesn't diminish his work on the rest of the bike though.

heffay · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2006, 07:09:37 AM »

and that's why the 400's were and always will be the bees knees!

firecracker · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2006, 07:28:14 AM »

So... are there aftermarket pipes like that for a 750?

Man, it's hard to look away from those headers.

BEAUTIFUL!

cmorgan47 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2006, 08:44:14 AM »

Quote from: cleveland on October 11, 2006, 04:45:06 PM

Quote from: GroovieGhoulie on October 11, 2006, 04:28:19 PM
Quote from: cleveland on October 11, 2006, 04:01:31 PM
Those pipes are just sick!

They're factory too. Wacky, huh?

Really? That's the part that made the bike, visually that is. I thought he spent a ton of time and skill molding them to look that way.

it was the signature of the bike. dead sexy.

though when my dad saw mine he said it looked like a comb-over.

nickjtc · « **Reply #24 on:** October 12, 2006, 09:20:46 AM »

Quote from: cmorgan47 on October 12, 2006, 08:44:14 AM

though when my dad saw mine he said it looked like a comb-over.

Now that's funny!

cmorgan47 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2006, 06:01:57 AM »

Quote from: El Huero Loco on October 13, 2006, 12:21:33 AM

Those bikes are dope though. I'd knock the purists on their ass and swap the pipes out if it were me. Sell 'em

you sir, are out of your god damned mind.

sorry. i've had this argument a few times. that and the tank are about all i'm keeping stock.

GroovieGhoulie · « **Reply #26 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:24:29 AM »

I think that among the stock tanks, the 400F's tank is the best looking.

I also LOVE the 400F exhaust and think it's dead sexy. It's pretty much the reason I chose the 400F over a 550. It looks amazing and is more efficient than the 350's 4-into-4s, being (reportedly) responsible for 2-3 of the 400's 5hp over the 350.

Having said that:

The only downside to the 400F's exhaust it the fact that it's not the most efficient design they could have used. Ideally, the header pipes should be equal-length when they get to the collector, and the factory pipes are unequal length (due to design needs and styling). Also the collector box itself is sadly compromised for ground clearance. The angle (shape) of the collector is rather sharp as it angles to the offset silencer port and the exhaust gases from pipes one and two have to be forced sideways into the silencer, which at high RPM, would hinder flow.

The Yoshima exhaust, as ugly as it is, is arguably the best 400F exhaust, but for my build, I'm going to stick to the stock exhaust header with a different silencer.

tsflstb · « **Reply #27 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:51:16 AM »

I ditched the orginal exhaust and went with a Kerker. I agree the stock pipes are much better looking, but they weigh a ton. I think it was about 22 lbs for the stock exhaust vs. about 8 lbs for my current setup. Those 14lbs mean I can super-size my fries without worrying now.

nickjtc · « **Reply #28 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:17:17 AM »

One of the things I like about Sophie is that her tank is kinda, sorta the same shape as the 400 one. Hmmmmmm... I wonder what a set of 4 into 1's would look like? Hmmmm.

cmorgan47 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 13, 2006, 09:06:30 AM »

Quote from: GroovieGhoulie on October 13, 2006, 07:24:29 AM

but for my build, I'm going to stick to the stock exhaust header with a different silencer.

me too. little shorty pipe right under the foot.

GroovieGhoulie · « **Reply #30 on:** October 13, 2006, 10:11:55 AM »

Quote from: cmorgan47 on October 13, 2006, 09:06:30 AM

Quote from: GroovieGhoulie on October 13, 2006, 07:24:29 AM
but for my build, I'm going to stick to the stock exhaust header with a different silencer.

me too. little shorty pipe right under the foot.

I'm thinking of a true megaphone roughly the same size and shape as the factory silencer, (but no baffling, an open megaphone design), with the headers and pipe painted flat black, like Honda's '60s GP racers.

News:

Poll

we narrowed it down to 4... who's will it be?

Author Topic: Voting has started for October's bike of the month! (Read 9423 times)

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