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-A.H.
-A.H.
Originally Posted by: HammurabiEngland probably has different laws regarding such things than we do here in America.
Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]It's a measure of the engineering improvements over the years that her 750 turns in numbers close to my 1986 Yamaha FJ1200S. 0 - 60 mph. in 2.8 seconds, 75 mph. in 1st gear. I don't know what the top end is. The speedo only reads up to 265 kph (165 mph.) At that speed, it was still accelerating strongly. The road looked like it was about 1/2" wide, and I decided that I really didn't need to know. I would guess that I was doing something over 270 kph. (168 mph.) by the time I backed off. That was in stock trim. Since then, I've installed .020" oversize pistons, a Stage III Dyna-jet kit in the carburetors, a Dyna ignition system, and done some minor tweaking on the exhaust system. After the rebuild, it dyno'd at 140 horsepower at the rear wheel. So it's probably a bit faster than it was.[/font] :D
Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]You may wanna consider putting it away when...
The attached pic shows the 1/4" of frost I found when I headed to work this morning. I chose the car. I'll be bringing the bike out to my workplace this weekend to put it away for the winter. ~sigh~[/font] :(
Originally Posted by: RaskolnikovToday, I took my motorcyle learner's permit test, registered the bike and went for a ride. [/QUOTE][font=trebuchet ms]Good on yer![font=trebuchet ms]Uhn-uhn. There's some things I just don't wanna try while I'm wearing my full-face skid-lid![/font] :eek:
As I said, you're gonna find that you Jones for 'gettin' yer knees in da breeze' as much as you dig playing your bass. The psych profiles for bikers and rad musicians are very similar.[/font]
[QUOTE=Raskolnikov]I discovered that hocking a huge gob of lung butter over your shoulder is a great way to get the stupid, Volvo driving hippy the **** off your ass.
Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]Uhn-uhn. There's some things I just don't wanna try while I'm wearing my full-face skid-lid![/font] :eek:
Originally Posted by: Raskolnikovhalf helmet with goggles (working on a white scarf to go with that).
Originally Posted by: Raskolnikov... and a half helmet with goggles (working on a white scarf to go with that)...[font=trebuchet ms]Not so long that it gets tangled in the rear wheel![/font] :eek:
Originally Posted by: PonyOne...Those old Yamaha FJ's are pretty slick, I just don't know if I want anything that powerful to start with. ...[font=trebuchet ms]Not unless you have a death-wish!! :eek: