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dern wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:02 am

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:49 pm

Taipan wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:43 pm I am really feeling the love for this one!

That's the one I like. They look massive in the pictures, but IRL they're quite petite. The later X is the one to have as it has proper adjustable suspension.

There's something about them but give me an xjr1300 any day of the week...

Just another IL4

Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:22 am Just another IL4

I take it you equate an agricultural engine/gearbox with styling cues from the 30's as character or soul or whatever it is that people assign to inanimate objects.

demographic wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:12 pm Plus my backside is too hairy for arseless chaps.

Damn you for that 'cannot be unseen' image.

Re the OP,I'm in the camp (ha) of liking to look at some HDs,but know very well they don't supply what I want in a motorcycle...today anyway!

Mr.Longbeard's bike is a fine looking thang,but I've never ridden it,so can't comment on anything else.

I'm not a hater,if anything I detest the GS beemer style of bike a lot more than any other. I can say categorically I'll never own one of those horrid,fake,multi lighted,mudplugging barnacles.

Demannu wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:00 am

Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:22 am Just another IL4

I take it you equate an agricultural engine/gearbox with styling cues from the 30's as character or soul or whatever it is that people assign to inanimate objects.

I have owned
Ducati 998s
1159 ADV
Buell Cyclone
KTM 950 SM
Triumph Scrambler 1200
'95 Speed Triple
Ducati Diavel

After 2 x ZX9s and a Triumph Trophy.

So , yeah, I guess so!

I can't read, and I can't write, but I can drive a tractor

Taipan wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:43 pm I am really feeling the love for this one!

Of all the Harleys I've seen that one is the most like my concept of a HD I could get on with. It's not ridiculously long and low and has got fairly sensible bar and footrest positions.

Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:30 pm

Demannu wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:00 am

Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:22 am Just another IL4

I take it you equate an agricultural engine/gearbox with styling cues from the 30's as character or soul or whatever it is that people assign to inanimate objects.

I have owned
Ducati 998s
1159 ADV
Buell Cyclone
KTM 950 SM
Triumph Scrambler 1200
'95 Speed Triple
Ducati Diavel

After 2 x ZX9s and a Triumph Trophy.

So , yeah, I guess so!

So you are a twin/triple officianado,.so have an unhealthy attachment to Mr potato head

Demannu wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:56 pm

Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:30 pm

Demannu wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:00 am

I take it you equate an agricultural engine/gearbox with styling cues from the 30's as character or soul or whatever it is that people assign to inanimate objects.

I have owned
Ducati 998s
1159 ADV
Buell Cyclone
KTM 950 SM
Triumph Scrambler 1200
'95 Speed Triple
Ducati Diavel

After 2 x ZX9s and a Triumph Trophy.

So , yeah, I guess so!

So you are a twin/triple officianado,.so have an unhealthy attachment to Mr potato head

I don't ...
I am merely curious. However I would much rather have an Indian FTR

No, no and yes I think I would.

Fancied owning a Roadking a few times .. A two up cruiser with my better half on a summers evening makes it feel appealing. Reality is, she works evenings so that's as far as I've got to owning one.

Skub wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:23 am
I'm not a hater,if anything I detest the GS beemer style of bike a lot more than any other. I can say categorically I'll never own one of those horrid,fake,multi lighted,mudplugging barnacles.

I'm a Beemer fan, having had a couple of old Boxers BITD, but I swore I'd never own a GS, a mate persuaded me to have a test ride on a 1200 and I hated it. But when the Himalayan started fucking about, I realised I needed a big trailie to replace it and the only thing about was a very clean 1150GS a mate was flogging.

I'll admit I didn't click right away, it took a couple of days but now I wish I'd bought one 20 years ago, it's the plain Jane version without any touratech crap apart from the handguard extensions and it has a Remus and it's chipped. It's just immensely practical and easy to live with.

I don't think I'd like anything newer and you're getting into the how much power does a trailie need argument.

My only experience of one is hiring an 883 Sportster to travel around the States for a bit, ironically stopping in at Bonneville for Speed Week.

Didn't do a whole lot for me, and is obviously only a baby Harley anyway, though I was surprised and impressed by the 60mpg we got. Less impressed or surprised by the 103mph top speed (indicated) on a multi-mile stretch of Utah desert road, chin on tank

Count Steer wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:04 pmPeople who know diddly squat about cars think Ferraris are cool but then people who know diddly squat about computers think Apple products are cool.

FYI, both Ferraris and Apple products are technically cool

Yeah Ferrari do actually make good cars, comparison is not valid.

Apple on the other hand make terrible cars.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:24 pm Yeah Ferrari do actually make good cars, comparison is not valid.

Apple on the other hand make terrible cars.

Mind you...

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:24 pm Yeah Ferrari do actually make good cars, comparison is not valid.

S'my point. (People who know diddly squat about a thing but think something's cool may or may not be the best subset of a population to reference as a guide to what's actually good - or isn't).

Apple? Used to be. Not exactly cool when every pensioner in the land seems to have an iPad though. They're more Saga than cutting edge.

Count Steer wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:52 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:24 pm Yeah Ferrari do actually make good cars, comparison is not valid.

S'my point. (People who know diddly squat about a thing but think something's cool may or may not be the best subset of a population to reference as a guide to what's actually good - or isn't).

Apple? Used to be. Not exactly cool when every pensioner in the land seems to have an iPad though. They're more Saga than cutting edge.

I don't!

Mr Moofo wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:55 pm

Count Steer wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:52 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:24 pm Yeah Ferrari do actually make good cars, comparison is not valid.

S'my point. (People who know diddly squat about a thing but think something's cool may or may not be the best subset of a population to reference as a guide to what's actually good - or isn't).

Apple? Used to be. Not exactly cool when every pensioner in the land seems to have an iPad though. They're more Saga than cutting edge.

I don't!

Me neither.

Have you got a Ferrari though?

Reckon I could put a few miles on this, on a shiny summers day.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175504609195 ... media=COPY

I wonder if I can get white walls for my Bullet.