Who rides motorcycles?

[milkman]

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I'm droolin', that's the one I want, no clutch lever.

 

[Navvet]

I'm droolin', that's the one I want, no clutch lever.

The DCT should be a nice upgrade, but they made the GW smaller with the redesign. At 6' 8" and 300lbs my 2013 F6B took a lot of mods to be comfortable.

I have a feeling I will be going to a Spyder to get the DCT....View attachment 727573

 

[LouNY]

I'm contemplating spend a bunch of money on my Ultra Limited;

A tilting motorworks front end for her;

 

[fishdrivel]

I raced motocross professionally until I went into the army. Bought a Yamaha RD400 when I got out.
I sold the Yamaha when the policeman politely suggested I should quit.
He mentioned that his partner was royally pissed and that I lived in his beat and his partner knew where I lived.
When you drive 85 in a 25 and don't know you are speeding? Not good!

 

[Grumpycat]

You don’t need fast and powerful to be fun

Long ago a wise man told me, “It is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow.”

 

[LHF2019]

Still ride off road some with the XR350 but my street riding came to an abrupt end about a decade ago. Coming home from 3rd shift I broke 2 personal records. Killed my first deer with the bike(wasn't first one I hit) and it was 16 degrees(previous was 18).

 

[fishdrivel]

Long ago a wise man told me, “It is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow.”

I enjoyed telling amateurs "you can't use horsepower to make up for lack of ability"

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I raced motocross professionally until I went into the army. Bought a Yamaha RD400 when I got out.
I sold the Yamaha when the policeman politely suggested I should quit.
He mentioned that his partner was royally pissed and that I lived in his beat and his partner knew where I lived.
When you drive 85 in a 25 and don't know you are speeding? Not good!

YES!
I bought a 76 RD400C green, brand new. The first from my dealer.
in 1984, I bought the first RZ 350 while working at the dealer.
in 1998, I bought the first R1 1000 at Wood's in Austin. Man, was that a coveted bike. Everyone in Austin would do a 180, chase me down, and beg me to pull over. I had inside info that they were coming out with them, and was the first to get my deposit down. Paid MSRP for it.

Also got to ride RZ500 imported from Canada. Very nice and fast for a 500. Would easily whip a vaunted Kawi 500 triple, or even the 750, stock to stock.

OK motorcycle guys, you can sign up for Peacock TV for $4.99/month, and watch the supercross races, starting this Saturday night from Anaheim. It will have to do until flat track starts back up on TV. (I love both).

Nice rides Lou.

Deer hair in the front rim, wow! Now Deere gets all my m/c money. Haha

 

[fishdrivel]

I had a blue 78 RD400, It was much faster than the 76. Still half the HP of that RZ500.
I don't think the RZ was any faster 0-60 but it was almost 3 seconds faster in the 1/4 mile.
The RD was almost 200 pounds lighter so it was a very nimble bike.
I could stop from 30mph in 21 feet!

I hit a deer with a motocross bike. Nasty crash! Deer died or I would have killed it!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Other than paint color, there were virtually no differences between 76 and 78 model RDs. They had 44hp stock, and 1/4 mile time of 14 seconds. I put expansion chambers on mine. It was faster than stock with a port job. The 79 Daytona special had cdi ignition and different heads. 84 rz350 was water cooled and had the power valve exhaust + catalytic converters.