mon-goose Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Some of the bikes currently in my garage... very nice garage that
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Me too. It's been about 8 years now..... Also been off a motorcycle for about 3years now. Got married, bought a house, etc.Was really tough having ridden for over 15 years.This was my last baby.2001 Suzuki TL1000R, did about 34000km in the 18months I had her.Last picture is of my last trackday at Scribante.Still miss her and have to see her quite often as the new owner works nearby my work and commutes on her.Screenshot from a video: Edited June 3, 2014 by Steven Knoetze (sk27) nathrix, Brett and BenReaper 3
forkie Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Some of the bikes currently in my garage... i think its safe to say that I hate you...
Grebel Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 i think its safe to say that I hate you... I think it's safe to say that I am disliking a lot of people on this thread at the moment. forkie 1
GrumpyOldGuy Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) 5.7 litres. Is that possible? Wow, you can pull a trailer (and the car) with that thing Oh, yeah, possible and common. The Yanks dont do "Small" remember. The notion of a 1100cc engine is foreign to most Americans, some have lawnmowers bigger than that. The Harley dealer down the road from me is open 7 days a week till at least 6pm, most nights till 10pm, thats sales, workshop, coffee bar everything, the workshop is like a hospital, you can eat from the floor and they can service 70 bikes a day, everyday, 7 days a week........thats the scope of the business. Here's a pic of the workshop from the showroom floor, theres big glass windows (spotlessly clean) which customers can look trough into the workshop and watch their bike been serviced, hence I took this photo through the glass. Notice the big extractor pipes which are attached to the exhaust when the bike runs, no smelly exhaust fumes clogging up the workshop here. The best of electronic computer diagnostics are available and they will do an oil change in 20 minutes through the drive through section, you basically drive your bike in, two mechanics swarm over it and the oil and filter is changed in 20 minutes and you drive away..........very,very,very popular, I use it myself. I took this photo early one Sunday morning....... Edited June 3, 2014 by GrumpyOldGuy
GrumpyOldGuy Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Flat power curve ... CheckPlenty torque ..... CheckStraight line acceleration .... CheckHandling on the 22 ..... Will love to give it a try though :-) Ha, Ha, yeah, not designed for narrow roads, great for the big open interstate highways around the US though. It must be hell in traffic though and if you fall over,......its tickets, I mean you aint never gonna pick that up on your own.
forkie Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 one question re Harleys: Whats with the tassles? Seriously, my little girls bmx has tassles. Why would you want tassles on a motorbike?
GrumpyOldGuy Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) My guess is that's going to slowly change - from the discussions we had with Yamaha 3 years back, the focus from the big 4 manufacturers in Japan was to slowly move away from Superbikes - there was a big competition during the 90's (98 R1 superbike era) to see who could build the fastest, and lightest Superbike, but now there is a bit of a truce - believe me, if the Japanese wanted to build a 200hp+ S1000RR killer they could! As the Japanese economy stagnates, the focus now is on the 250-300 and 500cc Baby sportbike/commuter market, and it's leaving the Europeans to fight it out on who can build the most trick Superbike. And don't discount the Chinese - those guys are seriously catching up. It won't be long before there is a proper Chinese superbike. Yeah, I hear you, most big companies need the US market which is monsterous, to get economies of scale, and, as the US customer is not into the Superbike market the economy of scale maybe isnt there either?. That said I dont see many scooters here either, BMW has cornered an excellent market on their on/off road bike's and they are very popular, as are the 500 mid range bikes for just day to day commutes, but smaller than that........UH,UH, not many.! Edited June 3, 2014 by GrumpyOldGuy
Guest EdEdEd Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Oh, yeah, possible and common. The Yanks dont do "Small" remember. The notion of a 1100cc engine is foreign to most Americans, some have lawnmowers bigger than that. The Harley dealer down the road from me is open 7 days a week till at least 6pm, most nights till 10pm, thats sales, workshop, coffee bar everything, the workshop is like a hospital, you can eat from the floor and they can service 70 bikes a day, everyday, 7 days a week........thats the scope of the business. Here's a pic of the workshop from the showroom floor, theres big glass windows (spotlessly clean) which customers can look trough into the workshop and watch their bike been serviced, hence I took this photo through the glass. Notice the big extractor pipes which are attached to the exhaust when the bike runs, no smelly exhaust fumes clogging up the workshop here. The best of electronic computer diagnostics are available and they will do an oil change in 20 minutes through the drive through section, you basically drive your bike in, two mechanics swarm over it and the oil and filter is changed in 20 minutes and you drive away..........very,very,very popular, I use it myself. I took this photo early one Sunday morning....... :o :o :o
GrumpyOldGuy Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 one question re Harleys: Whats with the tassles? Seriously, my little girls bmx has tassles. Why would you want tassles on a motorbike? I dunno, maybe it goes back to the first real biker movie "Easy rider" where they rode around with tassles on the handlebars etc, ....... but Yah, ..........I dunno.!
forkie Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 My life feels so sh*t right now!Sorry bud. this is a motorbike thread. no place for negativity. Look at this and feel better ChUkKy, CubeD and Brett 3
GrumpyOldGuy Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 This is my next Harley................it has my name on it already.
forkie Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 This is my next Harley................it has my name on it already. is that the electroglide?
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