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« Reply #45 on: May 14, 2008, 09:14:29 AM » |
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This looks very bad! can it be true!?! If it is, it wont take long curve to open the filter
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« Reply #46 on: May 14, 2008, 12:33:01 PM » |
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Okay......The first person to get their 696 has to immediatley head for the twisties and find out if it's their boot or the oil filter that hits. Then come back and post the results for us.  |
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« Reply #47 on: May 14, 2008, 03:25:25 PM » |
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Definetly his boot! Look at the angle the shoot is taken from, and look at where the engine ends compared to where the pegs are..
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« Reply #48 on: May 14, 2008, 06:17:54 PM » |
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The plane won't take off. There's no wind over the wings  |
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« Reply #49 on: May 15, 2008, 07:16:56 PM » |
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Whos excited!!! Big release tomorrow !! Ill be [moto] soon..
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« Reply #50 on: May 15, 2008, 10:31:56 PM » |
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Our dealership still doesn't have it yet.... *cries*
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« Reply #51 on: May 15, 2008, 11:14:17 PM » |
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I know that somebody is allready crashed one
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« Reply #52 on: May 16, 2008, 11:54:57 AM » |
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my dealer does......   cant wait til they get MINE in.... red/ red frame..... oooooooooh d**n seems like ive been waitin' forever....!!! |
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« Reply #53 on: May 16, 2008, 12:02:15 PM » |
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Oooohhh.... I want a white one!
No, wait, I want black one!
No, white. BLACK. er... I wonder if the wifey would like one too. Our anniversary is next week and all...
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« Reply #54 on: May 16, 2008, 01:39:07 PM » |
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saw the bike today. What i like a) new dash b) swing arm c) seat d) new engine e) light clutch pull (assume it has the APTC* system as well) What i dont like a) SUPER thick trellis b) Ugly subframe c) STILL HAS COFFIN RESOVIORS?  e) I think the gas tank is smaller yet. |
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« Reply #55 on: May 16, 2008, 01:54:15 PM » |
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I thought the same thing at first, that it was his boot touching down. Then I realised how his left foot is positioned on the bike, how high up and back it is...  So imagine where his right foot would be on the other side of the bike. I think it is the oil filter touching down. If it's not the oil filter scrapping pavement, then tell me where the oil filter is. It's obviously his boot. An oil filter scraping wouldn't smoke like that. The oil filter is in the shadow between the camera and his foot. |
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« Reply #56 on: May 16, 2008, 02:09:18 PM » |
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Okay......The first person to get their 696 has to immediatley head for the twisties and find out if it's their boot or the oil filter that hits. Then come back and post the results for us. I just had a look at my 696. The filter is sorta in that position, but I really think it's well out of the way, the photo is misleading, as his black boot is indistinguishable from the black oil filter. If it *was* the filter then the filter would be hanging out as the perspective of the oil filter is all wrong in the photo - i.e. it's the boot behind we're seeing scrape. The downpipe looks as likely to scrape as the filter (and that's also well out of the way too). I tried to take photos, but they didn't come out well as it's dark here. I can take photos in the light tomorrow. Note the journo also says it's his boot - wouldn't he want the scoop if he identified a design flaw? |
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« Reply #57 on: May 16, 2008, 02:20:26 PM » |
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I will say that the charcoal filter on the bike in the 'boot scrape' photo is fugly. Fortunately, it's not required in the UK: (but we do have to put up with the tax disc (above rear sprocket  )) Here's my bike  |
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« Reply #58 on: May 16, 2008, 03:16:39 PM » |
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Good damn! I just saw it again after the Seattle premiere a few months back. Ugh!!  Worse than the first time. LUCKILY, that's what Monsters are for.. Modding!! I'm going to test ride it Tuesday at lunch. The store isn't too far from some twisties so I'll report back. |
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« Reply #59 on: May 16, 2008, 05:26:04 PM » |
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I'm not convinced that I love it, but it certainly is growing on me. The original Monster elicited reactions just as strong back when it was introduced as the new Monster is now.
My BMW Z4's design caused much gnashing of teeth when it was unveiled, as did that of the 7-series. You wouldn't believe the hate heaped upon the cars and their designer Chris Bangle. Many didn't think they should even be called BMW's. Now, they just look like BMW's to most people.
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