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In Reply to: RE: It's not that Harleys are bad bikes... posted by Story on October 30, 2024 at 09:58:56
Couple of Hondas include a 400-Four that I rebuilt.
But my favorite was the Yamaha SR-500. Single cylinder street bike, kick start only. Not fast but great torque. You could loaf along in top gear, roll into the throttle, and the bike would just go.
I also had the later version, the SRX-600. That bike was faster and handled better but it wasn't as comfortable and didn't have the torque curve of the 500 even though the engine had more displacement.
I never read the Pirsig book although I wanted to.
I sold off all my bike stuff in 1994. Was using the bike primarily for commuting to work and, yeah, that isn't the safest use of a motorcycle.
The fatality rate on Interstate highways is about the same as it is for car drivers, but in the city, the motorcyclist fatality rate is about 4 times higher than for drivers.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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I had a friend once who got clipped on the side sitting still coming out of a Shop-Right parking lot sitting still and lost his leg. I never forgot that.
Another guy was steering through a right turn curved road in Pensy and he was quite the beginner. He steered the bike like a car and went further into the opposite lane at sixty MPH. Big mistake is steering that way and most people don't understand this, I forget what they call it, negative steering or something like that. It's like anti-skate on a turntable in comparison,
RIP
I used to practice it, pretend some object intruded into my lane of travel and I had to avoid it. When it was safe to do so, of course.
You're not really yanking the front wheel around like you would with a kid's tricycle it's more like push in the direction you want to go because the bike turns by leaning.
Few years back, I spent a weekend at my sister's farm. They have a couple of quads, and I tried to steer mine like it was a motorcycle. She and her significant other had a good laugh.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
it takes a certain speed, it probably on the Web, something like after 15 MPH. It's definitely different and unexpected on two wheels.
It's definitely different and unexpected on two wheels.
who don't know what they're doing. I find it quite natural since it works exactly like snow skiing.
you read me correctly.
I've never ski'ed and don't care to.
I've raced 'cycles, have you?
is perfectly natural to others. :)Sorry you've never enjoyed skiing.
Not a racer but enjoy my daily ride, a Honda ST1300. What's yours?
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and not 'enjoyed' because I never had the money to enjoy it. Rich man's game of pleasure, not me. You're fortunate
I don't ride anymore, as I've said before I live in jersey, too dangerous.
Last bike was a CB900F 35 years ago
Now, back to what Ghosty and I were talking about. Do you have any questions for my brother?
Harleys are a joke in terms of any aspect of performance. Where most engineers seek to reduce NVH, they not only maintain it, they patent the noise!
Their sales continue to tank, year after year. Only nostalgic boomers buy them these days with bespoke doo-rags and vests. Those days are numbered.
On rides in the country with wifey on back, I thoroughly enjoy passing big Harley going up hill. They simply can't keep up. ;)
I rode with Ed Sessions a few times; he had a Harley. Played F-ball with Southern Cal as I remember and fought in Vietnam. Nice guy, and the Harley was LOUD! and had plenty of foot stompin' torque for some reason.
Probably not stock, and 40 years ago
His speakers at home were big JBL's, but I told him to get rid of the receiver he had and buy an Adcom. Last I heard he was in jail, I don't know why
if that's what you're trying to emulate.Mac isn't that bad, just overpriced and boring. They put useless "Blue light special" meters on preamps, subwoofers, and even towels! They once advertised such was a "core competency"(!). And inclusion of a compressor circuit they call "Power Guard" for those who cannot hear clipping. They even sell a $1500 backlit empty box : "A must for every McIntosh owner"
People buy them for the light show. Period.
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Later Gator,
Dave
You have to steer those things like a car if you wanna stay between the navigational buoys.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
and three wheelers, although I've never driven one. It's only on two.
My younger brother used to race cycles, here's him on his Bike. He's a nutjob
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