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kraftwerk
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Sold the K1 this evening - phew!
I've been looking at replacements all last week and figured I owed it to myself to try the Hayabusa experience. This arrives on Friday...
It's a 1999 RX full-power model - complete with 220mph clocks - in very rare Suzuki racing colours and only 13.9k miles covered. I'm planning on having the wheels powder-coated white, but we'll see.
Joe's off to Ibiza with her friends in the last week of June - the perfect opportunity to hit the Swiss alps. Been checking routes all day today.
Waaaa-hoo!
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Nice Guy Eddie
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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I guess Goodwin was right then. Still at least its off your 'done that' list.
I'll buy you a pint if we can see evidence of you reaching the double ton on the new beast.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice Guy Eddie wrote: | | I'll buy you a pint if we can see evidence of you reaching the double ton on the new beast. |
I want to see Whistle ride pillion first!
That looks great, and I am glad you got the "full fat" version...
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Keep the wheels orange. They match the bus.
That is the first ever 'Busa I've ever thought desirable; that livery shouldn't have been so rare compared to the tedious usual paint options.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Glad to hear that you sold the K1.
Your time together reminded me of Claudia Schiffer. An absolute cracker from Germany who.......No......Sorry, I've lost my train of thought there. Mmmmmmmm Claudia......
Hope you have a longer lasting relationship with the 'busa' and that when it comes to parting time, it's on your terms!
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kraftwerk
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| Nice Guy Eddie wrote: | I guess Goodwin was right then. Still at least its off your 'done that' list.
I'll buy you a pint if we can see evidence of you reaching the double ton on the new beast. |
Funny, I didn't see the Goodwin piece until after Dave pointed it out. I wasn't sure what you meant, Ed. Yes, he was absolutely spot-on.
As for maxing it, well... I'm not so sure about that. Didn't get anywhere near max on the Blackbird. Indicated 145-or-so was as fast as I got and that was momentary, at 6am, on a deserted back-road in Oxfordshire - on the way to Prescott last year, actually.
Thing is, if one gets caught doing those sorts of speeds, one's going down. I'm fairly certain I'd like to avoid that.
This guy gets pretty close to max...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4a2cgi0IOY
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| kraftwerk wrote: | | Thing is, if one gets caught doing those sorts of speeds, one's going down. I'm fairly certain I'd like to avoid that. |
Not if you turn sharp left on your way to the Alps. I'd avoid the A5 though - only two lanes each side and always very busy. |
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kraftwerk
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: | | Not if you turn sharp left on your way to the Alps. I'd avoid the A5 though - only two lanes each side and always very busy. |
That is fine advice...
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Seems like a good excuse for a ring trip!
As for maxing out a hayabusa, There is no way I would be brave enough to hold at more the half throttle.
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kraftwerk
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I'm pretty sure I don't want to do the 'Ring on a bike, less a bike like the Hayabusa. I'm itching to get there on the SL, though.
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Blarno
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| kraftwerk wrote: | | I'm pretty sure I don't want to do the 'Ring on a bike, less a bike like the Hayabusa. I'm itching to get there on the SL, though. |
On or in?
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kraftwerk
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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It's one of life's great ponderables. 'I'm on the train...'; 'I'm on the bus...'; 'I'm in the car...'
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I just had visions of Joe driving and you perched atop the bootlid, surfing round Karussel...
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kraftwerk
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| Blarno wrote: | | I just had visions of Joe driving and you perched atop the bootlid, surfing round Karussel... |
Don't give me any ideas.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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That looks the dogs that does.
Slightly different concept to the K1!!
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