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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #30 on: December 15, 2009, 07:58:09 AM »

I guess I didn't find the Titanium rear rotor all that novel, since Yoyodyne sells them. I just wasn't wowed in the same way about that.

What's lighter than 1098 fans? No fans. And you don't need them on a track bike, only useful when the bikes not moving and its on, such as in traffic.

Kind of hard to reconcile the track related parts, and then, not track related implementation (such as using two headlights instead of track bodywork cut out for a single headlight... Advanced Motorsports in Alvarado has 999 series bike with a single polyellipsoidal headlight that looks like a track/race bike, has tucked-into-the-cockpit fairings mirrors, and everything else that makes it street legal.)


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #31 on: December 16, 2009, 10:14:46 AM »

Quote from: Monsterlover on December 15, 2009, 07:53:09 AM

I looked through all 118 pages.

I have to give this guy the waytogo

He's gone to extraordinary efforts to reduce weight, and I dig that.

I can't wait to see the final weight of this thing, it's going to be really really light.

Seems like everywhere he works on it, he finds a way to shed pounds Pretty much every bolt is now Ti.

He even swapped out the fan for a 1098 fan that saved weight and moved more air.

There's a ton of Corse race stuff on there that I've never even heard of (partially because I don't get into sbk's that much, and partially because the bike is old) The aluminum Corse coolant tank is a work of art. It's mounted in front of the steering stem (designed to be) to accommodate a larger air box made of carbon fiber.

The brakes are killer as are the wheels they're mounted to.

The rear rotor is titanium to save weight (pounds)

It could be painted like a ups truck and I'd still love it.

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If you read carefully, he wasn't shedding pounds.

He didn't know how to read his scale and it was actually ounces.


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #32 on: December 16, 2009, 10:24:19 AM »

That makes sense.


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #33 on: December 16, 2009, 10:26:58 AM »

Quote from: Monsterlover on December 16, 2009, 10:24:19 AM

That makes sense.

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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #34 on: December 16, 2009, 12:39:42 PM »

Quote from: Rameses on December 16, 2009, 10:14:46 AM

If you read carefully, he wasn't shedding pounds.

He didn't know how to read his scale and it was actually ounces.

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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #35 on: December 16, 2009, 12:51:31 PM »

Quote from: MrIncredible on December 16, 2009, 12:39:42 PM

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Inches, millimeters - what's the difference.


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #36 on: December 16, 2009, 12:53:33 PM »

"The Metric Conversion Act of 1975"

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« Reply #37 on: December 16, 2009, 01:11:49 PM »

Aesthetically I don't like it but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I do appreciate his dedication and time spent making his bike unique. That can't be argued. waytogo


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #38 on: December 16, 2009, 01:16:27 PM »

Quote from: arai_speed on December 16, 2009, 01:11:49 PM

Aesthetically I don't like it but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I do appreciate his dedication and time spent making his bike unique. That can't be argued. waytogo

Well, it can't be argued that you appreciate those things, but beauty is not in the eye of the beholder. The ability to recognize beauty is.


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #39 on: December 16, 2009, 01:17:49 PM »

if you get real real drunk it looks ok


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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #40 on: December 16, 2009, 01:20:24 PM »

Quote from: ato memphis on December 16, 2009, 01:17:49 PM

if you get real real drunk it looks ok

Not yet...

Vino!

...almost...

drink

...ooohhhhh...

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Re: Passionate Bike "build"

« Reply #41 on: December 16, 2009, 01:29:42 PM »

once it looks like the bull is moving, or i get squinty eyed and imagine the redness is in my eyes and not on the billet, it looks better. also, then i can't see the headlights, and i'm look oooooh racebike.

then i find my way to the bathroom because estoy borracho.

thanks to neighbor debbie and the christmas booze, i am enjoying it.


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