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Hondas are like Toyotas. Used to be engineered like a Swiss watch, now they're "value engineered" i.e. made good enough for most people, for most use cases.
Grand for 100,000km but then everything wears out at once. I had a CBR600F-W from new, best bike I ever owned, sporty, fast, touriffic but it was pretty much wrecked five years later when I'd put 62,000 miles on it. A fúcking self-destruct timer couldn't have done it better, but I'd got my money's worth out of it then I suppose (IR£8000!)
That's an advance on the 80s Honda Superdreams which were in bits after 40,000 miles...
And H - I remember you on your Futura, a long time ago
Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.
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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »Hondas are like Toyotas. Used to be engineered like a Swiss watch, now they're "value engineered" i.e. made good enough for most people, for most use cases.
Grand for 100,000km but then everything wears out at once. I had a CBR600F-W from new, best bike I ever owned, sporty, fast, touriffic but it was pretty much wrecked five years later when I'd put 62,000 miles on it. A fúcking self-destruct timer couldn't have done it better, but I'd got my money's worth out of it then I suppose (IR£8000!)
That's an advance on the 80s Honda Superdreams which were in bits after 40,000 miles...
And H - I remember you on your Futura, a long time ago
If by futura you mean red falco which was always chasing after Rory and Jay lol then I think I know who you are too from looking at that bike. Are you the lad who was heavy into mag, Eoin was it?0 -
Yep that was me...
Ah, the Futura was someobody else
I had a brief spin on a red Falco, probably yours so Had a nice low-down torque (notably absent on a 600, of course) and quite a top-end rush as well
SV1000 has low-down torque, you're just not inclined to use it as there's a horrible clutch vibration on most of them at 2500-3000rpm, and there's nothing much at the top end either - they tamed the TL motor too much - it's just soooo linear, once out of clutch-shredding rev range it doesn't really matter what gear you pick.
I do miss the Triumph 955 motor, you could fully open the throttle at idle going up a hill and it'd just smoothly pull like a train, no vibes, no drama...Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.
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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »Yep that was me...
Ah, the Futura was someobody else
I had a brief spin on a red Falco, probably yours so Had a nice low-down torque (notably absent on a 600, of course) and quite a top-end rush as well
SV1000 has low-down torque, you're just not inclined to use it as there's a horrible clutch vibration on most of them at 2500-3000rpm, and there's nothing much at the top end either - they tamed the TL motor too much - it's just soooo linear, once out of clutch-shredding rev range it doesn't really matter what gear you pick.
I do miss the Triumph 955 motor, you could fully open the throttle at idle going up a hill and it'd just smoothly pull like a train, no vibes, no drama...
Futura was Dave (Howlin's cousin iirc)0 -
Futura was Dave (Howlin's cousin iirc)Hotblack Desiato wrote: »Yep that was me...
Ah, the Futura was someobody else
I had a brief spin on a red Falco, probably yours so Had a nice low-down torque (notably absent on a 600, of course) and quite a top-end rush as well
SV1000 has low-down torque, you're just not inclined to use it as there's a horrible clutch vibration on most of them at 2500-3000rpm, and there's nothing much at the top end either - they tamed the TL motor too much - it's just soooo linear, once out of clutch-shredding rev range it doesn't really matter what gear you pick.
I do miss the Triumph 955 motor, you could fully open the throttle at idle going up a hill and it'd just smoothly pull like a train, no vibes, no drama...
Mad stuff, that was getting on 20yrs ago now. I do actually remember you taking a go of it. Someone ran outta juice on the gap and we stopped as I had a siphon (ehh of sorts) and you had a ging off it lol. It sounded great.
Plentiful torque was the goal as I wanted to get away from screaming revs which is why I traded my new cbr6fs at the time into the gem for the falco. Good times on her.
You should get another triple so Eoin! The delivery and character seem to suit you and riding style. I loved the look and menace of Jay's tl but found the motor as you described the sv's, too linear, il4 like actually. Give me part throttle shunt! That's where the kicks are.
Lenny buy another busa and stop dickin around on pushies ffs:)
Ps Hbd I emember when they replaced yer cbr with a gn250 whilst being worked on or something. You rung the neck out of her on the Sunday spin haha:)0 -
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Jayo had a TL? Don't remember that. I do remember his first few spins when he had an NSR80, rode it like he stole it too, then he got a CBR250RR, had a go on Rory's one over the gap, nice bike if you are young and light and flexible and crazy enough
My first track day was at Mondello in the rain, there were two guys I vaguely knew who were full of themselves, one on a TL1000R and another on a VTR1000SP-2, they were sunny Sunday riders, tiptoed around like they were on ice, I just rode like on the road as usual and passed both round the outside of corners without even trying... :pac: when I did a dry track day I was useless, just couldn't commit enough Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.
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Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.
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Many years ago I was on my way home in Dublin city centre and came across a lad and his girlfriend on a TZR stuck at the side of the road. I had a two-stroke myself at the time so always carried a plug spanner. Whipped out the plug, cleaned it up and it fired up like a good 'un told him to give it some more beans to keep the plug clean :pac:
Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.
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Bumped in this at the shop.
I know the owner but it was my first time seeing this bike.
We made an agreement that when this covid shīte is over,we'll head off for a spin somewhere.
A few minutes later came upon a Garda checkpoint.
Rolled up trying to keep the loud exhaust as quiet as possible and wondering would they say something about no headlight.
Got the thumbs up to motor on!!0 -
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Bumped in this at the shop.
I know the owner but it was my first time seeing this bike.
We made an agreement that when this covid shīte is over,we'll head off for a spin somewhere.
A few minutes later came upon a Garda checkpoint.
Rolled up trying to keep the loud exhaust as quiet as possible and wondering would they say something about no headlight.
Got the thumbs up to motor on!!
Maybe a weekend away together.....ohh er missus........:D0 -
Max Headroom wrote: »Maybe a weekend away together.....ohh er missus........:D
This is her on her other KTM
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