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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #25 on: August 20, 2018, 03:44:38 PM »
What a great pic! I'd frame that one mate. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2018, 02:35:15 PM »
Nice looking HD.  Not so much my cup of tea, but it looks great.  I wouldn't mind having a longer range bike like a R1200GS or Multistrada some day.
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2018, 03:24:33 PM »
Agnostic myself.  They're all good.
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2018, 07:00:07 PM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on August 21, 2018, 02:35:15 PM
Nice looking HD.  Not so much my cup of tea, but it looks great.  I wouldn't mind having a longer range bike like a R1200GS or Multistrada some day.

I chatted with a guy in Sturgis for a bit who was on an adventure bike, don't remember what it was, but it had a lot of ground clearance.  He had it loaded down with various storage bags and cases.  I commented that it looked really top heavy.  His replied that is was, "reeeeeally top heavy".  I'm gonna guess and say it probably weighed close to my Road King.  I would think at some point all that weight on a bike like that would take the fun out of it, especially if you're going to be hitting a lot of dirt roads.
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2018, 07:00:54 PM »
Quote from: Fezzler on August 21, 2018, 03:24:33 PM
Agnostic myself.  They're all good.

Nice!
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #30 on: August 21, 2018, 07:05:04 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 20, 2018, 03:44:38 PM
What a great pic! I'd frame that one mate. ;D

I was in that same spot in 2011, but I can't remember the exact date and time.  The photographer's website has pics going back that far.  I'm going to see if I can find a pic of myself from that year.  I was on my bobber, but it looked different than it does now.
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #31 on: August 22, 2018, 09:10:18 AM »
Quote from: budman on August 21, 2018, 07:00:54 PM
Quote from: Fezzler on August 21, 2018, 03:24:33 PM
Agnostic myself.  They're all good.

Nice!

Also own 2 Hondas, sold one Honda, so 75% of my bike ownership has been Honda.
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #32 on: August 22, 2018, 02:00:28 PM »
Quote from: Fezzler on August 22, 2018, 09:10:18 AM
Quote from: budman on August 21, 2018, 07:00:54 PM
Quote from: Fezzler on August 21, 2018, 03:24:33 PM
Agnostic myself.  They're all good.

Nice!

Also own 2 Hondas, sold one Honda, so 75% of my bike ownership has been Honda.

I’ve got two CB750’s (one in pieces), one Harley and one aftermarket Harley-based custom, so I’m at 50% Honda.
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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #33 on: August 22, 2018, 04:35:22 PM »
Quote from: budman on August 21, 2018, 07:00:07 PM
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on August 21, 2018, 02:35:15 PM
Nice looking HD.  Not so much my cup of tea, but it looks great.  I wouldn't mind having a longer range bike like a R1200GS or Multistrada some day.

I chatted with a guy in Sturgis for a bit who was on an adventure bike, don't remember what it was, but it had a lot of ground clearance.  He had it loaded down with various storage bags and cases.  I commented that it looked really top heavy.  His replied that is was, "reeeeeally top heavy".  I'm gonna guess and say it probably weighed close to my Road King.  I would think at some point all that weight on a bike like that would take the fun out of it, especially if you're going to be hitting a lot of dirt roads.

Even with full bags, I doubt the Multistrada weighed close to your Road King.
Road King - 760.6 lbs DRY
Ducati Multistrada 1200 - 417 lbs Dry; 527 Wet

All good bikes.  Just made for different things.
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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

Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: Oh, yes I did.
« Reply #34 on: August 23, 2018, 01:19:57 AM »
Yeah, the looks of some bikes can be deceptive, my 2001 Yamaha FJR1300 (without all the fruit that came with the later models) weighs 522 pounds, (dry)

Terry's Yamaha FJR1300 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

Whereas my 1995 BMW R1100GS weighs 536 pounds, but if anyone asked me, I would have assumed that the Yamaha would have been way heavier! Luckily both of them carry their weight down low, so both are easy bikes to ride. ;D

Terry's BMW R1100GS by terry prendergast, on Flickr
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)
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