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Offline medic09

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Honda vs Triumph
« on: January 11, 2008, 09:05:51 AM »
I saw this over at TriumphRat.net

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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 09:32:46 AM »
I tagged it,, now they will  go WTF does he mean..
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 09:44:26 AM »
I kept waiting for Mr. Bill to pop out somewhere.

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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 10:40:03 AM »
Oh No!!!

I kept waiting for Mr. Bill to pop out somewhere.
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 01:32:36 PM »
i didnt realize the honda was a v-twin
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2008, 02:19:32 PM »
i didnt realize the honda was a v-twin

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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2008, 04:01:21 PM »
I kept waiting for Mr. Bill to pop out somewhere.

I thought that was Bill half way through ;D
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 08:21:04 PM »
Triumph power baby.... ;)

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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2008, 08:35:16 PM »
They attempted this live, but gave up and decided to go with claymation to get the desired results. ;D
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2008, 02:14:08 AM »
Now THAT'S funny  ;D
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2008, 02:35:12 AM »
They attempted this live, but gave up and decided to go with claymation to get the desired results. ;D

Obviously it was the only way they could get a T100 to the finish line without p!ssing it's oil everywhere or/and breaking down ;D
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Re: Honda vs Triumph
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2008, 07:14:51 AM »
You'll notice it was daytime when they had the race...   ;D

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