What would you do? 900 swap or 750 motor work?

[dusty]

As a board we should come up with a more acceptable term for the smaller displacements that people don't take as much offense to but that we can still have fun with.

Hmm...should we start another thread?  Anti-liter, Non-liter, lessthan-liter, sub-liter, no-water-so-what-difference-does-it-make-liter...etc.  Just thinkin...   

[ducpainter]

Maybe the smaller displacements should be referred to as "numbers challenged" to be more PC.  Really though I don't think Norm's intention was to belittle women in any way.  My first bike was a 750 and I loved it but as far as power goes it really was lacking. (im kinda big too so that didn't help)  Ducati air cooled twins of any displacement are not exactly revered for their high HP numbers. 

As a board we should come up with a more acceptable term for the smaller displacements that people don't take as much offense to but that we can still have fun with.

OP good luck with the swap and hopefully your budget allows for a few internal mods while you have it all torn down.

...or we could require slightly thicker skins.

[The Bacon Junkie]

Why do we need a term for them? Just call 'em 750's, 695's, 620's... Etc...

What I took umbrage with is when people use a term that in and of itself isn't derogatory, but that manner in which it is used makes it so.

Now if someone said to me, "you ride like a girl" and my friend Terry* was standing next to me, I'd take it as a compliment. She's ridiculously fast and skilled and makes veteran riders on liter bikes quake in their boots on the track.

So you see, it's all in the tone (hard to convey in forum setting) in which remark is stated. 

*name changed to protect the innocent. 

[Monsterlover]

indeed

[mdriver]

I'm not sure if people assumed from my post that I was one of the offended. But I was merely seeking clarification.  Which I received. I've always thought of my 750 as just that, a 750. I've also always felt that people who think the displacement of a bike is equivlant to its masculinity are either having a good time or are just plain ignorant. 

I'll be at Deals Gap Oct 4-9th so I'll get to see for my self if the opinions hold true.

FWIW, my car is a Miata

[junior varsity]

popular car for the Gap, actually.

[The Bacon Junkie]

FWIW, my car is a Miata

Always liked the Miata.  My dad had a '66 MGB, and the Miata is the closest thing to an old British sports car in the modern era.   

If I were able to have a play car, it would probably be a Miata. Or a Lotus Super 7. Or maybe a Porche 914....   

[mdriver]

If I were able to have a play car, it would probably be a Miata. Or a Lotus Super 7. Or maybe a Porche 914....   

Westfield makes a sweet super 7 kit that uses a salvage miata for a donor car. I've been wanting to build one for years. http://www.flyinmiata.com/westfield/

[The Bacon Junkie]

Westfield makes a sweet super 7 kit that uses a salvage miata for a donor car. I've been wanting to build one for years. http://www.flyinmiata.com/westfield/

REEEAAALLLLY....?   

 I'll have to check out the link when I have a little time to pay close attention to it. That could be dangerous ( as in I would spend way too much time and $$$ kind of dangerous). 

[greenohawk69]

Why do we need a term for them? Just call 'em 750's, 695's, 620's... Etc...

What I took umbrage with is when people use a term that in and of itself isn't derogatory, but that manner in which it is used makes it so.

Now if someone said to me, "you ride like a girl" and my friend Terry* was standing next to me, I'd take it as a compliment. She's ridiculously fast and skilled and makes veteran riders on liter bikes quake in their boots on the track.

So you see, it's all in the tone (hard to convey in forum setting) in which remark is stated. 

*name changed to protect the innocent. 

...it is unfortunate that you decided to be negative and assume the worst from what the individual had posted.  You should see what us Harley riders have to put with on this board...   

As was stated earlier, maybe a little thicker skin is in order.   

[kingbaby]

...it is unfortunate that you decided to be negative and assume the worst from what the individual had posted.  You should see what us Harley riders have to put with on this board...   

As was stated earlier, maybe a little thicker skin is in order.   

AMEN!
These guys think the H-D guys are elitists. 
  Funny part, I don't hardly ever hear them talk about other bikes, but most of them say they like Ducati's, weird.

Keith King