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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #175 on: January 21, 2017, 05:36:25 PM »
No, I cannot take credit for the dapper akbar.
Lol well The bad news is I guess there's enough steampunk hipster douchebags to warrant the need for one out side of the Wilde universe.

I like steampunk!  But the price of copper these days, sheesh.

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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #176 on: January 21, 2017, 08:01:09 PM »
No, I cannot take credit for the dapper akbar.

It's a BRAAP!
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #177 on: January 23, 2017, 06:57:39 AM »
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #178 on: January 23, 2017, 07:02:17 AM »

lol I saw that on Pinterest.


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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #179 on: January 23, 2017, 07:23:07 AM »
No, I cannot take credit for the dapper akbar.
Lol well The bad news is I guess there's enough steampunk hipster douchebags to warrant the need for one out side of the Wilde universe.

I like steampunk!  But the price of copper these days, sheesh.
I like it as well but the people that live it give me douche chills.


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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #180 on: January 23, 2017, 11:30:19 AM »
What was that song line. ?   ?  ?
 Riched up like a Douche...like a bad rumour in the night ?
Wasn't that penned by Springsteen? Always thought it was "revved up like a duce...another runner in the night".

Good variation on Manfred Mann's Blinded by the Light (Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night)

Sorry - it's a Springsteen tune. Manfred Mann did a cover of it.



pretty sure it was Manfred Mann way before Springsteen(Bruce not Jay ::))
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #181 on: January 25, 2017, 03:30:59 AM »
So, did someone end up buying it?

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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #182 on: January 25, 2017, 03:54:26 AM »
My buddy just sold an xs650 and then this happened:


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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #183 on: January 25, 2017, 05:37:30 AM »
 Did they lay it down to haul it or did it fall over ?  Either way looks cringe worthy.

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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #184 on: January 25, 2017, 06:58:48 AM »
Did they lay it down to haul it or did it fall over ?  Either way looks cringe worthy.


Lol they laid it down to haul it... I wasn't there and I imagine it was a bit of a wrestle to get it on its side in that position like that. Very cringe worthy.... also from Brooklyn. When he sent me that picture I had to take a double take to make sure it wasn't our buddy J.W.


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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #185 on: January 25, 2017, 10:14:52 AM »
At least they brought moving blankets  :o

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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #186 on: January 25, 2017, 10:46:38 AM »
One would usually take the tank off, and battery out..
Looks like the door closed.. You get gassed if you drive them with the hatch open..dont ask how I know..
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #187 on: January 25, 2017, 11:20:10 AM »
One would usually take the tank off, and battery out..
Looks like the door closed.. You get gassed if you drive them with the hatch open..dont ask how I know..

I figured there was no way it would fit vertical (insufficient head room) but I agree with Frank -- why not remove the tank and side covers first?
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #189 on: January 26, 2017, 04:42:32 AM »
 And they're starting to get the picture over there:

http://www.xs650.com/threads/deleted-by-poster.48233/
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #190 on: January 26, 2017, 05:51:54 AM »
I'll just leave this here:

http://www.xs650.com/threads/every-d-mn-time-i-get-on-this-d-mn-bike-a-problem-hahaha.48279/
Without reading any further... it's raining today. I think he may have a pathological lying problem too.


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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #191 on: January 26, 2017, 05:55:48 AM »
Could this continuing saga be turned into a TV special ?  Starring, produced by, directed by, financed by, written by....You know who....

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Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #192 on: January 26, 2017, 05:57:54 AM »
He must carry a professional photographer around with him.


Lol also, thank you Scott. Please keep this bull#$%* coming.

Turns out it is him, there's a whole photo shoot on his Instagram.

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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #193 on: January 26, 2017, 06:09:50 AM »
Could this continuing saga be turned into a TV special ?  Starring, produced by, directed by, financed by, written by....You know who....

Ha! Reminds me of "Along Came Polly" when Sandy Lyle tries to do an "E Hollywood Story" about himself. RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman. Had to be one of his most hilarious roles.


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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #194 on: January 26, 2017, 06:33:29 AM »
Could this continuing saga be turned into a TV special ?  Starring, produced by, directed by, financed by, written by....You know who....

Voldemort?
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #195 on: January 26, 2017, 07:35:00 AM »
Could this continuing saga be turned into a TV special ?  Starring, produced by, directed by, financed by, written by....You know who....

Ha! Reminds me of "Along Came Polly" when Sandy Lyle tries to do an "E Hollywood Story" about himself. RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman. Had to be one of his most hilarious roles.


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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #197 on: January 26, 2017, 12:00:08 PM »
I'll just leave this here:

http://www.xs650.com/threads/every-d-mn-time-i-get-on-this-d-mn-bike-a-problem-hahaha.48279/

He said his dash light was out...could it be the bulb?! Oh, and here are a couple of completely unrelated Instagram pics of me!
 People called him on it, he responded like he always does. The thread was reported to the mods (not by him) and it was removed. Not sure if he did it or they did it. People are getting wise to him over there, too.

Rats!! Thread deleted!
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #198 on: January 26, 2017, 12:00:24 PM »
And they're starting to get the picture over there:

http://www.xs650.com/threads/deleted-by-poster.48233/

I think this was the best response on the xs forum thread:

Wow guys - I've figured it out and here's the formula:
 1) ask a simple question posted along with a photo of His Lordship in a fancy pants pose beside a bike (recently its that poor unfortunate '77-D owned by this maroon)
 2) add a little bit of irrelevant bragging about cars, shoes, houses, cologne, nose rings, man-purses etc etc etc which has nothing to do with the lame@ss technical question
 3) receive useful advice from someone along with a comment that the irrelevant stuff is....you know, irrelevant
 4) go nuts on the responder with all sorts of snotty accusations blah blah blah
 5) add A HUGE SH!TLOAD of bragging about trips to Paris, hanging with models, meeting the President, shopping for a new home in "Cali", blah, blah blah.....ad nauseum....
 5) get all self-righteous about being rich and important and it's a free country and "nobody's gonna run me off", blah blah blah
 6) make lots of dark threats about private messages etc etc etc etc
 7) someone (recently its usually Fred) steps in to try cool things down
 .....then rinse and repeat.

 This process has been done many times about everything from carburetor problems to weak brakes to hard starting to oil leaks to now, how the f@cking light switch works.

 What's next....what colour should the air in my tires be?
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Remnants of the Wilde One 1972 CB350F
« Reply #199 on: January 26, 2017, 12:15:20 PM »
Can we keep him from moving to California? We don't want him.
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