Topic: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?

[754]

I know the fairing was off, I said just like yours... Should have said naked..
 I could see him coming in my mirror, he was coming up fast.
 Bike had out of province plates.. Dont know if the owner was riding it or test pilot ?
I try to disappear after doing things like that..today they would take your bike away..no questions asked..
 It DID NOT look lke the one in the pic..nice hiding of the rads.

[Terry in Australia]

Nah, it was probably one of these Frank, they're almost as fast as a tired old 836, and they look a bit like their big brother. The kid riding it probably didn't know what a great drag racer you are, she probably just wanted to stay behind you as you wallowed and wobbled past, to make sure you were OK?

 

[754]

Not seeing the side radiators...
 This is reminding me of the time when I told you about my R100RT having a kicker on it from the factory..and you said no way......so I did a quick check on google and found two more right off the bat.
 I took a look and I found 65 ft lbs torque for the VTR... Not that high..
 Like I said at least if not three reasons mine may have more torque than most of them 836,s.. It wasnt like the Monster 900  was running away from me....I expected it to surge ahead and maybe catch up at high revs..

[Terry in Australia]

 This is reminding me of the time when I told you about my R100RT having a kicker on it from the factory..and you said no way......so I did a quick check on google and found two more right off the bat.

Not me Frank, I had two R100RS', they didn't have kickers, but I'm pretty sure the "RT"s did? Of course, you could do what I did and use R100GS parts to put a kicker on an RS too, so not sure what that argument was about? Can you find the thread again?

The VTR1000 has over 70 foot pounds of torque compared to a CB750's 40, 110 BHP compared to 67, has a 1/4 mile time of 10 seconds compared to 13, etc etc etc. Yep, pretty sure you mistook that girl's VTR250 mate, do you wear glasses?  Cheers, Terry.

[754]

I found 65 ft lbs 101 hp , looked again just now saw 71 ft lbs 103 hp at the wheel... 110 at crank...sounds about right..
 Are you not wondering by now why I may have more torque than some other 836,s ?

Btw i should be building at least one motor this year..be Higher compression 750 or 836, rc cam Webers..this time it will get dynoed..... Then we can see how much torque.

[Old Moe Toe]

How about jousting sticks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK9h4gRXX9o

[Terry in Australia]

No worries Frank, my 836 when in it's prime was a beast, Mike Reik's stage III head, Megacycle 125/75 cam, RC 12.5:1 pistons, 29mm CR's, Dyna ignition and coils etc, had way more BHP than a stocker (never dyno'd it either) but duemostly to the bigger cam, noticeably less torque.

It still didn't pull like my VTR1000, it was more like my VFR750, had a nice linear acceleration, but of course, only good in a straight line, compared to modern bikes. Cheers, Terry.  

[Terry in Australia]

How about jousting sticks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK9h4gRXX9o

What a great movie, up there with Mad Max and Stone, I reckon.

[754]

I ran 10.5 -1 rc 315, unported head with a good valve job and springs, Webers.
 The Webers gave far better response.. Better low end.
 The head i suspect worked better low down , but suffered on top end..a tradeoff.
 When I raced it the first year, and then later on (not the whole time) i ran the turbo header..smaller primaries.. Done on turbos for a reason.
 However,  believe as a side effect, it increased torque.... Again at the expense of maybe topend power.
 Although the turbo header is unequal length, it still worked well, and allowed me to drastically lower the bike.
 That did certainly not hurt launching the bike. The motor had started feeling less power and running slower..but lowering it helped..got 2 tenths in the 1/4 mile gain. That surprised me.
  Then I started noticing that if I rolled it on a quite low RPM, it still pulled hard..
 So there it is.. I was pretty happy with it and decided not chasing ET...that having the torque was more fun and more useable..
 And I really have no one elses experience to compare to.. Only ever saw one other bike with a pipe like that, at Sturgis..never got to  meet the rider..
 But this year, I should get dyno time.m

[GV1390]

Bump...I know some of you are buying in a moment of weakness....

Had been shopping for a C5Z for while now as I miss track events so I pulled the trigger finally:








 

[Terry in Australia]

That looks magnificent mate, I don't know anything about Vette's, what year is that one? Cheers, Terry.

[RAFster122s]

Very pretty!  Is that your taildragger in the background of her parting shot? Is that a 150? 

[GV1390]

Thank you, gents! C5 Z06's were produced 2001-04, mine is an 02'. Has some mods done, she definitely scoots! Will be awesome for road racing, has 315 tires on all four corners.

That's my buddies 1946 Cessna 120. We took that to Indy for the MotoGP race actually. He's upgrading the puddle jumper next year.

[my name is nobody]

FWIW, for anyone traveling through the bowling Green Ky. area, the Corvette
factory offers a really good tour of the facility. Those guys have kept the faith
after all the years of vette production. They are very proud of the new world class
Corvettes. The Corvette museum across the highway displays vettes of many different years. You can even order your new vette on sight
if you want, and watch/participate on the day your car is built...End Hijack

[PeWe]

Thank you, gents! C5 Z06's were produced 2001-04, mine is an 02'. Has some mods done, she definitely scoots! Will be awesome for road racing, has 315 tires on all four corners.

That's my buddies 1946 Cessna 120. We took that to Indy for the MotoGP race actually. He's upgrading the puddle jumper next year.

I have seen or heard C5, C6 here with a compressor (supercharger) kit mounted.... That's the mod I'd to get installed if my garage should be larger

[kerryb]

In a moment of weakness, I bought a 1985 winnebago.  I've spent the winter putting a new interior in it.  The outcome is I finally have chevy 454 to flog, and the wife suggested we could pull a trailer with a bike on it.  Woohoo!

[kmb69]

A new ZR1 in 2012. It has over 800 miles on it now! 

[itsahonda4]

Ive lost count of the lemons and good ones Ive bought in way too many moments of weakness, but I think the absolutely worst one was in a drunken stupour I agreed with an acquaintance to buy into a Dairy Queen...well we aren't friends or acquaintances anymore. Funny that he wouldn't cover my ]osses.......
Or is it the CBX I bought last week that is just a rattling away like the clutch is gonna jump out the side of the engine any time soon..........
Or the BMW 'barn find' last year that took forever and a ton of parts to make half-decent [isnt that an oxymoron?], before I sold in on at a loss. But I convinced myself it was only a 'paper loss'......
Or the $300 T500 Suzuki Titan that on closer inspection had no bottom in the engine, damn, where did all that aluminum go??
Or the Yamaha R5 350 twin that I bid a case of beer for, and then the guy got mad when I gave him no-name pale anemic low-test crap, ungrateful bugger.....
This is fun, or is it cathartic to confront my bike buying demons.........
 

[Desert-SOHC]

Waiting for my knee surgery I couldn't ride a bike...it was the next best thing to a bike.  1785 pounds with 425hp.

[geoluv]

i bought the Aether Badlands jacket last sunday.  It's $900 .   you can click the picture to check out it's features and buy one if you are so inclined.   i justified it in my mind because i need a race level street jacket, and i feel bad when i try on a bunch of expensive stuff and don't buy anything, and i tried the medium and small on about 20 times each cause I'm kinda in the middle.

There are tons of jackets just as safe for half the price and just as good looking.  I can have armor installed in those pleather $50 faux-moto jacket department store jobs for dirt cheap. 

don't get me wrong it's a siiiiiick jacket, its very very light for how much armor is in it, fits good, looks real nice, really good pit vents, my pits were cold on a 65 degree day on the highway with a t-shirt under.  Its designed to wear on "warm" days even though it's full leather and the leather feels really thick and high quality.  I'm just not 100% sold on the look or the fit on me and its too expensive to keep if it aint "the" jacket I wanna keep.  Thank god i bought it on my credit card.  Im gunna go back and try on other jackets, maybe get something cheaper and get a pair of pants too. 

[Terry in Australia]

$900 and made in China? Wow, can't you buy an old SOHC4 AND and jacket, gloves, helmet and boots made in China for 900 bucks in the US mate? Take that fcuker back! Cheers, Terry.

[seanbarney41]

+1...just bought 2 nice vintage leathers for $25 a piece at the swap meet.  I really don't need them.  Plus motorcycle safety has come a long way in the 30 or 40 years since these were made.  Still rather have some good old leather between me and some possible ouchies.

[kerryb]

Waiting for my knee surgery I couldn't ride a bike...it was the next best thing to a bike.  1785 pounds with 425hp.

Sorry...buying a topless hotrod while you can't ride is not a sign of weakness!  That's called being reasonable.  While you may have a moment of weakness in your knee, it seems your brain is still strong!  Nice ride!  p.s. i hope it's not your clutch knee.  Now if it's an automatic...that might be considered weakness!

[BomberMann650]

Yep, I fell for it.  All the poofter does is make noise and get hot.

[evanphi]

Yep, I fell for it.  All the poofter does is make noise and get hot.

And they're risky!


Signed,

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Audiologist.

I spent 1500 on a new bicycle a few weeks ago. Way over budget for me. But it looks kickass. IT IS ORANGE.