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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:52 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:51 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:45 pm

Corrected for you
Is Supermofo a salad dodger ?
Dunno, but I am these days, I weigh 40% more than I did when I was racing, it's why I need a 750 to haul my fat arse around.
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:51 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:50 pm
Bobble wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:53 pm The Yam XSR900 looks fun!
Cracking bikes, i'd have another in a heartbeat.
You sold the one you had, you said it was too fast for you.
Yeah that wasn't necessarily my best move :D
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:55 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:52 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:51 pm

Is Supermofo a salad dodger ?
Dunno, but I am these days, I weigh 40% more than I did when I was racing, it's why I need a 750 to haul my fat arse around.
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
There's no point me denying it, I've also got really cautious riding a bike on the road, I'm old, fat and my bottle has gone, but I'm happy, so who gives a crap.
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weeksy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:01 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:51 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:50 pm

Cracking bikes, i'd have another in a heartbeat.
You sold the one you had, you said it was too fast for you.
Yeah that wasn't necessarily my best move :D
What do you think of the new shape one?
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:01 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:51 pm

You sold the one you had, you said it was too fast for you.
Yeah that wasn't necessarily my best move :D
What do you think of the new shape one?
I'm struggling a little with it aesthtically, at the back end mostly as you'd expect. But it has the QS/Blipper which is a benefit and bonus in my book.

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But mostly i think i could like with that.

I also notice they've got rid of the back headers, which means you're instantly better off as they were garbage quality of coating.
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I'm in two minds about the looks, it screams crashed early EXUP streetfighter, the black one looks better.
It'd look better with a half fairing similar to an early FZ750
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:55 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:52 pm

Dunno, but I am these days, I weigh 40% more than I did when I was racing, it's why I need a 750 to haul my fat arse around.
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
There's no point me denying it, I've also got really cautious riding a bike on the road, I'm old, fat and my bottle has gone, but I'm happy, so who gives a crap.
No. I meant that I'm 3 stones heavier than my racing weight.

The GSXR copes very well ;)
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:17 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:55 pm
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
There's no point me denying it, I've also got really cautious riding a bike on the road, I'm old, fat and my bottle has gone, but I'm happy, so who gives a crap.
No. I meant that I'm 3 stones heavier than my racing weight.

The GSXR copes very well ;)
Loser, I'm 4 stones heavier, and I only weighed 10 stone 30 years ago
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:26 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:17 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm

There's no point me denying it, I've also got really cautious riding a bike on the road, I'm old, fat and my bottle has gone, but I'm happy, so who gives a crap.
No. I meant that I'm 3 stones heavier than my racing weight.

The GSXR copes very well ;)
Loser, I'm 4 stones heavier, and I only weighed 10 stone 30 years ago
I'm not sure i'd left junior school before being past that.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:17 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:55 pm
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
There's no point me denying it, I've also got really cautious riding a bike on the road, I'm old, fat and my bottle has gone, but I'm happy, so who gives a crap.
No. I meant that I'm 3 stones heavier than my racing weight.

The GSXR copes very well ;)
Dunno I'm not too bad I don't think, I was 12.5 st when I was 28 and playing football/exercising regularly and I'm 13.3 st this morning at 45 yrs old. I could probably do with losing half a stone and losing a bit of me gut but not too worried.

Like LFG though my riding is much more cautious these days but also like him I'm happy about it :obscene-drinkingcheers:
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weeksy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:28 pm
I'm not sure i'd left junior school before being past that.
I was more like 9 stone when I left school in 1983, I had the fastest restricted moped in mid Suffolk, I think I now know why, I was a racing snake.
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Having gained weight through regular feeding after getting married, at one point I could claim that 1/3 of me didn't actually attend the ceremony and could therefore do what it liked. Wife said 'Fine, as long as it leaves the other 2/3 at home'. :(
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weeksy wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:05 pm Image
That is quite hard on the eyes. It looks like no effort was made at styling and they used whatever was handy. Crashed EXUP nails the look,plus that seat....
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If you imagine a tail tidy on it, it don't get much better coz of that seat. First one looked best.
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It'd look better with a cowl over the rear section of the seat, I reckon.

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Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:55 pm
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Always a first time for everything ;)
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Bigyin wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:15 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:55 pm
I'll keep my gob shut :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Always a first time for everything ;)
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This is what I wanted

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I'm pretty sure someone will be selling a really sorted SV650 at some point in the not too distance future.
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Supermofo wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:36 pm This is what I wanted

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Cool little box on the headstock. Anyone know what it's for?
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