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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #175 on: August 02, 2017, 02:31:07 PM »
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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #176 on: August 02, 2017, 03:07:50 PM »
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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #177 on: August 02, 2017, 09:28:21 PM »
http://www.rc51forums.com/forums/61-suspension/39641-guide-ohlins-forks-front-suspension-rc51.html

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Good luck finding Road and Track forks.  I passed on getting Dan Kyle's last pair several years back.  Maybe that was a good thing since I sold the bike.  I did get the rear shock and it did make a difference.  Dan got his butt handed to him by the IRS for tax evasion, so I don't think he's still the go to guy for Ohlins.  If I had kept the RC longer, I might have sprung (pun intended) for the cartridge kit.  I have it on my FZ-09 and it made a night-and-day improvement.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #178 on: August 02, 2017, 11:38:05 PM »
So, you buy his bike and if you do mods and get it how you like it and he grows homesick for it to be in his garage again and he can buy it back at that point without you really having a say...you have to sell it back to him then...

That is pretty messed up in my opinion.  Having the right to buy it from you when you want to sell it I can understand him having first chance at buying it...

So, are you going to share any photos of the bike or just tease us about it?
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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #179 on: August 03, 2017, 05:21:56 AM »
http://www.rc51forums.com/forums/61-suspension/39641-guide-ohlins-forks-front-suspension-rc51.html

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Good luck finding Road and Track forks.  I passed on getting Dan Kyle's last pair several years back.  Maybe that was a good thing since I sold the bike.  I did get the rear shock and it did make a difference.  Dan got his butt handed to him by the IRS for tax evasion, so I don't think he's still the go to guy for Ohlins.  If I had kept the RC longer, I might have sprung (pun intended) for the cartridge kit.  I have it on my FZ-09 and it made a night-and-day improvement.

Couldn't believe that story on Dan.  I used them for all my ohlins on my cbr1000 before that.  Since that happened they are still doing great work with ohlins.  I mainly deal with Mike wheeler aka Lord duck hunter though.  He did the refresh on my ohlins rear and will do the ohlins 20mm upgrade this winter for me



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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #180 on: August 04, 2017, 07:17:00 AM »
Kind of glad they are still going. They really know their Ohlins. They also had great parts for the RC51.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
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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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #181 on: August 04, 2017, 10:46:18 AM »
I don't have the bike yet...If I do do it, it won't be until September. But it has Ohlin FG832s and an Ohlin HO 204 rear...I am pretty sure I am going to do it...sorry to be a tease

So, you buy his bike and if you do mods and get it how you like it and he grows homesick for it to be in his garage again and he can buy it back at that point without you really having a say...you have to sell it back to him then...

That is pretty messed up in my opinion.  Having the right to buy it from you when you want to sell it I can understand him having first chance at buying it...

So, are you going to share any photos of the bike or just tease us about it?

I don't understand this? For clarification, I went and saw the seller's bike and did not buy it. Time passed, I got my CB running, and realized that I do indeed need more speed. I texted the seller and found out he still has the bike and is still willing to sell it to me. I told him that it appears he is not in a rush, and wondered if he'd be willing to sell it to me in September (it is possible that he will sell it to somebody else, but I doubt it, I am taking that risk by waiting)...so yeah I am a tease and I might have a sweet RC51 in September...there would be no "buy back" option....It would be mine. All the mods are already done to it.
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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #182 on: August 04, 2017, 02:11:58 PM »
Yeah Chris, THAT bike is completely dialed in.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
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)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: RC51 or CBR1000RR
« Reply #183 on: August 04, 2017, 08:46:45 PM »
Chris, I was catching up on the thread and responding to the July 6 post...
The text message sounded like he could buy it back from you, I must have misread it.
Wonder if some bikes would have better return on investment if you enjoyed them before selling in 3-4 years or longer?  Only way to make any money on investment seems to be those with higher risks, you certainly will not get any return trying a savings or other bank investment accounts.

So, how about some pics of your bike updates?

David


I don't have the bike yet...If I do do it, it won't be until September. But it has Ohlin FG832s and an Ohlin HO 204 rear...I am pretty sure I am going to do it...sorry to be a tease

So, you buy his bike and if you do mods and get it how you like it and he grows homesick for it to be in his garage again and he can buy it back at that point without you really having a say...you have to sell it back to him then...

That is pretty messed up in my opinion.  Having the right to buy it from you when you want to sell it I can understand him having first chance at buying it...

So, are you going to share any photos of the bike or just tease us about it?

I don't understand this? For clarification, I went and saw the seller's bike and did not buy it. Time passed, I got my CB running, and realized that I do indeed need more speed. I texted the seller and found out he still has the bike and is still willing to sell it to me. I told him that it appears he is not in a rush, and wondered if he'd be willing to sell it to me in September (it is possible that he will sell it to somebody else, but I doubt it, I am taking that risk by waiting)...so yeah I am a tease and I might have a sweet RC51 in September...there would be no "buy back" option....It would be mine. All the mods are already done to it.
David- back in the desert SW!