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I took an artsy photograph today:

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And it was about 34 degrees outside at the time too, sooo....

SMN said:
+1

I hate winter. If it were a person, I would punch him in the face now :lol:.

Want to ride!!! :cry:
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...stop being a pansy and just ride! :lol:
 
Epoq said:
...stop being a pansy and just ride! :lol:
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I don't see any snow in your pic, so your statement is invalid. :p

PS:
Does anyone here know anything about Husqvarna 610 TEs? There's a huge thread on them at the ADVrider forums, and plenty of people seem to like them.
Because this offer screams "too good to be true" ... I mean, ok, it might be a bit old, but such low mileage (if it's real)... :eek:
 
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Kiki said:
In other news, remember when Volkswagen acquired 20% of Suzuki? Well, a German designer came up with a concept of a VW motorcycle...
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2 weeks ago i went to an old timer trading fair or whatever you want to call it, and came across this


https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bo/bone/2010/02/15/Fotos-0236_000.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bo/bone/2010/02/15/Fotos-0235_000.jpg

not very clear, but that's an auto union logo! had no idea they ever made bikes :eek:
(it had a DKW engine)

liked this as well, twin cylinder!

https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bo/bone/2010/02/15/Fotos-0233_000.jpg
 
shad_68 said:
I don't see any snow in your pic, so your statement is invalid. :p
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Well alright then, you leave me no choice:

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1st day of January, about 27 degrees and no heated gear. Granted I only lasted for 2 exits on the highway before I had enough, but the fact is I rode it!

What now? :p
 
bone said:
not very clear, but that's an auto union logo! had no idea they ever made bikes :eek:
(it had a DKW engine)
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DKW was part of Auto Union and built fail wheel drive cars powered by their motorcycle engines at the Audi plant in Zwickau from 1931 onwards.
 
Epoq said:
What now? :p
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That doesn't look like there's any snow on the road*... this is not a matter of temperature, but road condition. ;)

*If you did ride through the snow on that though, big props to you.
 
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^ Yeah the roads were alright in my neighborhood but the country road that lead to the highway actually had quite a bit of snow scattered in various parts that didn't have a chance to melt. I toyed with the thought of going over some of the snowy spots just so I could brag about it but decided I'd rather have an uneventful trip instead and proceeded to dodge them as best I could.

One day I'd like to get a dirt bike or dual sport though so I could do some snow riding.
 
Yeah, the thought of a cheap, small winter beater dually with really knobbly tires has become more and more appealing recently. :D
 
I ride to have fun. If it is too cold and the roads are slippery it's not fun anymore. I hate being cold.
I froze my legs, fingers and testies off last time I tried it, plus it gets dark soon and I am too lazy to change my visor. Then I have to open it and freeze my face too...
 
:D

Spectre, it is in our genes since Stalingrad '42 - '43 :p.

No seriously, I hate being cold or wet (both at the time is even worse).
It's like having a headache. Everything you do with a headache isn't fun. It's just stress.
I have no problem admitting that I am a nice weahter rider. Only then I can enjoy and cherish it.
Do you like sex in a snowstorm??? :lol:

I also hate to put on layers of gear and things...

No i don't hate everything, even if it might give you that impression now...
 
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In the winter you do this:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpQyByMV3vY[/YOUTUBE]
 
Even though I'm living on a sub-tropical island it still gets a bit chilly this time of year and since I didn't want to put the bike away for just a couple months I decided to invest in a winter (read: full face) helmet to keep me in the action. After looking at the local stores and finding them all ridiculously expensive and way over my cheap winter helmet budget I went online and bought from the same place that I got my helmet from in the states. This was back in early December. Two months later, and a package mistakenly sent to California, my helmet finally arrived today. I was a little skeptical about how it would look in person since the pictures I saw weren't that great but it looks fantastic!

https://pic.armedcats.net/k/ka/kajun/2010/02/17/003s.JPG

https://pic.armedcats.net/k/ka/kajun/2010/02/17/002s.JPG

It looks even better with some sponsorship. :p
https://pic.armedcats.net/k/ka/kajun/2010/02/17/001s.JPG

I like to call it the America...fuck yeah!! Special Collector's Limited Gold Signature Edition. Seeing how it wasn't raining today I decided to try it out. It was around 60 degrees F and I couldn't feel it at all on my face. Much better than getting frostbite with my open facer.

Modeling it for good measure:
https://pic.armedcats.net/k/ka/kajun/2010/02/17/Snapshot_20100217_000.jpg
 
^ Yeah man, show those locals who's boss... 50cc style! :lol:
 
KaJun, you've just won the prestigious Evel Knievel Award for Awesomeness in the Services of Motorcycling.

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Your super-rad Evel Knievel Escape from Skull Canyon? playset will be in the mail soon.

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Double post, but I just wanted to get this off my chest:

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RC166 motor. 6 cylinders, 250cc, 60hp at 18,000RPM, won all 10 races in the 1966 World Championship with Mike Hailwood.

Also, somebody built an RC174 replica, from scratch, in a shed (Motorcyclist article):

When Honda created its fabled six-cylinder racebikes in the 1960s, it was pushing back the frontiers of the technically possible. Honda's attitude was that if its engineers could imagine it, they could build it-and it would win. The machines they created were the two-wheeled equivalent of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and the first manned mission to the moon in 1969.

Even nearly 40 years later, much of what Honda's race shop achieved remains at the cutting edge of what can be done with metal. That one man attempted to reproduce it in a sleepy English village is staggering. Cold fusion might have been easier.
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Sophisticated hardness testing and metallurgical analysis was conducted on every piece, which revealed some interesting issues. Not a single engine bearing was a standard size, and some of the alloys and surface treatments used were quite unknown to modern science. Soichiro Honda, founder of the company, was also a gifted metallurgist.
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The Six's crankshaft is pressed up from 13 components, each no bigger than a domino. Unsupported, it is so flimsy it can be deformed by hand, yet it would have to spin without deflecting at more than 17,000 rpm. Pressing it together with the necessary accuracy-0.01 degree-would require an elaborate set of jigs weighing more than the complete bike; if even one part became slightly misaligned, the entire assembly would be scrap. Ludovic Surcin, designer of the jigs, likened the task to balancing 13 billiard balls on top of each other-and persuading them to stay put.
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And later, Honda built the jaw-dropping NR750:

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Yep, Honda was awesome. Now they build lackluster, ugly things like the VFR1200F, which is slightly overrated, but it's comforting to know while idiots like me are hacking up CB550Fs the company was pushing the boundaries of engineering achievement.

Yamahas are pretty cool, too. :mrgreen:
 
I would give a kidney for an NR750.

Not my kidney, but I'm sure I can find one somewhere.
 
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