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In terms of the dull banging noise, supercharge noises are fine by me.
 

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Also, there are cruisers I wouldn't object to. God help me I wouldn't buy em or be caught dead riding one, but there are plenty that I'd be more than happy to let sit in my garage for me to look at.
 

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I'd happily fork out my own money for a harley XLCR


also a Vmax, or an MT-01 + Griso if you consider them cruisers. A buell would be everything I want in a bike if they were reliable.

I'm a big, big fan of shaft drive, and you're pretty much limited to jap cruisers if you want a cheap shafty, I'd have a suzuki M50 for that reason alone.

Choppers are gayer than a pair of arseless chaps.
 

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M50's aren't half bad
woud love a cafe racer, maybe a bonneville or an enfield
so many beautiful creations so little money :(
 

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In the middle of a set of S-bends when I had the bike cranked over as far as I dared, I was passed mid corner by a guy on a deus SR500. The shame.
 

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Im having my carbis, jets and all that crap associated with the carbis cleaned for ~$200.

Only bloke willing to do it too.
 

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was looking for parking before work this morning when I pulled up next to one of these at the lights at ultimo


top bloke, nodded, saw L plate and had a chat about how I'd love riding. Said I did, and he said "well then you'll really love this"

gave his throttle some and brought it to redline and set off like 4 car alarms
i could get used to that tbh
 

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That would be fun through a shopping complex lol.
 

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was looking for parking before work this morning when I pulled up next to one of these at the lights at ultimo


top bloke, nodded, saw L plate and had a chat about how I'd love riding. Said I did, and he said "well then you'll really love this"

gave his throttle some and brought it to redline and set off like 4 car alarms
i could get used to that tbh
hehehehe

i saw like, 20 bike riders out on the roads today. i decided to try my luck at some heavy traffic and nothing big happened - except a learner driver pulled out of their driveway and into my path - but i saw it and did the e-brake shit that instructor was on about so NO BIGGY U GUYS
 

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was looking for parking before work this morning when I pulled up next to one of these at the lights at ultimo


top bloke, nodded, saw L plate and had a chat about how I'd love riding. Said I did, and he said "well then you'll really love this"

gave his throttle some and brought it to redline and set off like 4 car alarms
i could get used to that tbh
Rode around for a few min with one in Parra the other day

Sounds a bit odd trundling along at 50, which I wasn't expecting cos they are meant to be wet clutch but he may have converted it I guess

Or it was a 1098/1198 olol
 

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Lol i had to get up early yesterday to get my bike in for servicing, the mechanic said i had a hard clutch, but he said it with a slurred accent or something and it sounded like "You have a hard crotch."

Me, my GF and her father just stared at him.
 

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so why on earth would you want a dry clutch if you weren't a racer?

and perhaps i was mistaken, but those dudes were talking about downshifting without using the clutch - isn't that like...really bad?
 

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nope
just gotta be firm with it, gently roll off the throttle and go up or down and back on the throttle.
at least thats how i think it works
 

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