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« Reply #75 on: October 15, 2010, 01:43:10 AM » |
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I'm with Dolph. Seriously, no one NEEDS a motorcycle to get through life...we WANT motorcycles. Living in Florida doesn't give me the most opportunities to hone my riding skills, but if I get the chance to momentarily twist the loud handle to 11, I'll do it and enjoy it. If Ducati put an 1198 motor in a Streetfighter, I would tend to buy that model unless it were 10K over the 1098.
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« Reply #77 on: October 16, 2010, 05:30:20 AM » |
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« Reply #78 on: October 16, 2010, 08:53:24 AM » |
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Others say speed wins. Wins what, exactly? |
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Nobody said that I did. Everyone says that I would.
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« Reply #79 on: October 16, 2010, 09:21:55 AM » |
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Wins what, exactly?
The top speed race. |
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« Reply #80 on: October 16, 2010, 09:55:40 AM » |
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Personally, I think right around 80 HP and between 50-60 ft lbs of torque is exactly the perfect amount for the street. YMMV. My only problem with 100+ HP land speed missiles is that too many squids by them and drive like idiots making my insurance go up... lol
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« Reply #81 on: October 16, 2010, 10:13:35 AM » |
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I think 100hp is a pretty arbitrary place to draw the line, and says more about how our brains are centered around base-10 finger counting than anything about bikes.  |
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"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."
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« Reply #82 on: October 16, 2010, 10:43:12 AM » |
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it think it's more a power to weight ratio
100hp on a sub 400 lb bike is pretty significant
100hp on a 800 lb cruiser... meager
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« Reply #83 on: October 16, 2010, 10:56:41 AM » |
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it think it's more a power to weight ratio
100hp on a sub 400 lb bike is pretty significant
100hp on a 800 lb cruiser... meager
That's true, 80 HP and 50-60 ft lbs at 400 lbs weight is perfect for me... and not to go off topic... but that subframe on your bike looks fantastic. That bike is absolutely gorgeous. |
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« Reply #84 on: October 16, 2010, 11:05:18 AM » |
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That's true, 80 HP and 50-60 ft lbs at 400 lbs weight is perfect for me... and not to go off topic... but that subframe on your bike looks fantastic. That bike is absolutely gorgeous.
thanks. I think Ducati should do all the subframes like that... smooth and painted to match the main frame |
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« Reply #85 on: October 16, 2010, 11:08:47 AM » |
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I think 100hp is a pretty arbitrary place to draw the line, and says more about how our brains are centered around base-10 finger counting than anything about bikes. Aaaaahahahahaha. Too true. But "One hundred horsepower" rolls off the tongue better than "Seventy four point five seven kilowatts." Hmm... now there's a target to shoot for: 100 kW. |
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I can't wait until Marquez gets on his level and makes Jorge trip on his tampon string.
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« Reply #86 on: October 16, 2010, 11:13:10 AM » |
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Aaaaahahahahaha. Too true. But "One hundred horsepower" rolls off the tongue better than "Seventy four point five seven kilowatts." Hmm... now there's a target to shoot for: 100 kW. 1.21 gigawatts  |
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« Reply #87 on: October 16, 2010, 11:23:33 AM » |
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1.21 gigawatts <begin thread descent into absurdity> There's NO reason for that much power on the street. I mean, really. Even if your tires could take it, you'd never go faster than 88 mph. Hell, you can do that on a 40 hp M620. |
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I can't wait until Marquez gets on his level and makes Jorge trip on his tampon string.
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« Reply #88 on: October 16, 2010, 11:48:30 AM » |
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Run for it Marty!!!
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« Reply #89 on: October 16, 2010, 12:43:59 PM » |
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100 ponies is just fine. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.  |
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