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Interesting motorcycles, not XS650
- Thread starter Kevin Werner
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He was right about the high speed wobble, that's what did mine in.
As I recall the biggest problem I had with the Kawasaki was if you rode it nice a gentle like in city traffic then came to open highways it would stumble a lot till you opened it up in lower gears.
I also recall my wife at the time had fun out accelerating the young teens from the school where she worked as the AV Tec as they pulled out of the parking lot at the school! It may not have had a real high top-end but could get there pretty fast!
Bought myself a modern bike. Newest motorcycle I’ve ever owned. 2010 Triumph Scrambler.
Owner was selling it so he could buy a Ducati Formula 73. Never heard of that before.
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tre...a-73-first-look-the-scrambler-goes-paul-smart
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tre...a-73-first-look-the-scrambler-goes-paul-smart
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Very cool!
Good choice. Are those carburetors?
On a 2010 they're fuel injection throttle bodies disguised as carbs.
Correct, fuel injected air cooled. After riding xs’s and shovelheads for so many years it’s weird riding without all that vibration. It’s the newest bike I’ve ever owned. This guy only has 2900 original miles and still on the original tires after 16 years. I absolutely love the sound of that Arrow exhaust and the 270 degree crank.
Good chioce Sir, said the man from Triumph; No really!
Influencer Freddie Dobbs has a 2010 Bonneville. He’s ridden it far and wide, most recently beyond the Arctic Circle and he doesn’t know the business end of a wrench. About a year ago he made a series of videos about trying to have it repaired after it was all but used up. It made me want one. It’s probably good for 200K miles in the hands of someone good with a wrench. Anyway Freddie Dobbs is trying to wear his out a second time.
I thought this was an AI creation at first. I thought how did I miss this then I read the wiki page and realized we weren't invited to the party. No soup for US. Too small of a market for the largest disposers of income during the time when the naked bike and street fighter scene was really taking off? I bought my Triple a year after this debuted and would have bought a Ducati Monster because the engine and frame design was dead sexy but not that sexy ( don't tell Speedy I said that). Weren't people stripping off their fairings and instilling mx bars to achieve this stance back then or am I wrong. I think this is some Mandela effect shit.
A logical follow on to the V-Max a popular "muscle Bike" in the vein of hotrod muscle cars.
Cuz a good street machine has gobs of torque to quickly launch and run out a block or two with a throaty rumble.
That supposes the V-Max was logical...
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