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Title: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 08, 2007, 11:53:59 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-Ducati-Monster-S4RS-White-Red_W0QQitemZ170097876150QQihZ007QQcategoryZ49988QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I would kill for this bike!!!  ( no seriously, this bike is a major factor in my reenlistment, and seeing as I'm an 11B................ :icon_rolleyes: )
When i get this bike, i'm going to become the biggest squid ever!!!!  Matching jacket, helmet, gloves, socks, boxers all of it!!!!!!
My girl told me she thought I was more in love with the S4RS than her.............I respectfully decline to comment on the subject matter.  And besides the bike rides better :o
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: ledfingers on April 09, 2007, 02:23:13 AM
in my personal opinion if a bike rides better than your girlfriend, you're not doing something, or anything, right. jmo.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Turd Ferguson on April 09, 2007, 06:36:25 AM
The Monster is the original naked sport bike.  I absolutely loved mine.  I still curse the day I sold it, but the money went to good use...

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c391/KSUDanimal/2.jpg)

House > Monster (though only slightly...)
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: GS Jenn on April 09, 2007, 07:57:04 AM
A monster will be mine, just as soon as I finish paying for law school. Except mine will be black. Possibly with the red stripe.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 09, 2007, 09:19:40 AM
I guess I can see a house taking precedence  :icon_confused: :laugh: :laugh:   :thumb: :thumb:  Ok maybe it's not a better ride than her, but the monster won't Buddha Loves You about how fast you go :laugh:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Wrecent_Wryder on April 09, 2007, 09:54:43 AM
G5
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Turd Ferguson on April 09, 2007, 09:58:36 AM
Or the Bimota version, the Tesi 2D.  Very similar bikes (made in the same factory) and both use 2 valve Duc motors.

(http://www.rubbermag.com/bikes/imgs/05_BIM_Tesi2D_1_600.jpg)
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: RVertigo on April 09, 2007, 10:37:47 AM
Quote from: GS Jenn on April 09, 2007, 07:57:04 AMPossibly with the red stripe.
Hurray Beer!
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: cafeboy on April 09, 2007, 11:51:56 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on April 09, 2007, 10:37:47 AM
Quote from: GS Jenn on April 09, 2007, 07:57:04 AMPossibly with the red stripe.
Hurray Beer!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :cheers:
(http://images-partners-tbn.google.com/images?q=tbn:zmDfbXGiTQMurM:www.bier1.de/images/Red%2520Stripe.JPG)
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: nightrider on April 09, 2007, 02:28:52 PM
You would re-enlist for a motorcycle?  :cookoo:

There are easier and faster ways of making $13,000 my friend.  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 09, 2007, 02:48:03 PM
No I wouldn't reenlist just for a motorcycle.  It's just playing a major factor in that I'm willing to switch branch/mos to meet the monetary bonus needs I have set forth. :thumb: :thumb:  I'd reenlist if they made me pay :thumb:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: natedawg120 on April 09, 2007, 03:20:11 PM
Quote from: cafeboy on April 09, 2007, 11:51:56 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on April 09, 2007, 10:37:47 AM
Quote from: GS Jenn on April 09, 2007, 07:57:04 AMPossibly with the red stripe.
Hurray Beer!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :cheers:
(http://images-partners-tbn.google.com/images?q=tbn:zmDfbXGiTQMurM:www.bier1.de/images/Red%2520Stripe.JPG)
:cheers: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: blue05twin on April 09, 2007, 03:52:33 PM
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dlchris1/1130343355.jpg)
Is the ultimate naked bike
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: BOSS500 on April 09, 2007, 03:59:01 PM
i personally like the suzuki GSR600 and the MV brutale  :thumb:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 09, 2007, 05:39:48 PM
I've seen the brutale........it's a mean looking bike but MSRP is higher than the S4RS although it does pump out about 15 more horse :icon_twisted:  The only thing I gont like about it is that the headlight makes it look too much like someone just ripped the fairings off of a brand new sport bike and let it go at that :flipoff:  Past that they are very similar bikes.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Alphamazing on April 09, 2007, 07:03:10 PM
Quote from: spcterry on April 09, 2007, 05:39:48 PM
I've seen the brutale........it's a mean looking bike but MSRP is higher than the S4RS although it does pump out about 15 more horse :icon_twisted:  The only thing I gont like about it is that the headlight makes it look too much like someone just ripped the fairings off of a brand new sport bike and let it go at that :flipoff:  Past that they are very similar bikes.

Similar in the sense of liter naked bikes, but their engines are totally different.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 09, 2007, 07:18:16 PM
OK I got to looking....That is  a mean bike!!!  But it really doesn't look like there's anymore than a negligable performance difference :icon_confused:  And, it's 3k more than the S4RS.   I know this sounds pretty squidly, but i also want a bike that people recognize and even non-riders know what a ducati is.  I can just imagine being on a brutale and people asking me if thats a ducati :laugh: :icon_confused:  Yeah I'm a f%$king squid.............
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Alphamazing on April 09, 2007, 08:00:57 PM
Triumph Speed Triple. Even car guys know wtf a Triumph is.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 09, 2007, 08:16:10 PM
True!!!  and it's a damn sexy bike, but I seem to remember that the power/weight ratio was lacking   :icon_confused: :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Alphamazing on April 09, 2007, 08:25:08 PM
Quote from: spcterry on April 09, 2007, 08:16:10 PM
True!!!  and it's a damn sexy bike, but I seem to remember that the power/weight ratio was lacking   :icon_confused: :icon_confused:

It has more than enough for you, from what I've read...

(http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photos/streetfighters_hp.JPG)
(http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photos/streetfighters_torq.JPG)
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 09, 2007, 08:34:31 PM
LOL yeah probably :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:  I'll probably end up with the S4R :thumb:
Side Note:  holy shaZam! I can't wait to see that new Desmosedici RR  :o :o  I'd never get one ( It'd be a gaurunteed suicide  :icon_rolleyes: ) But that is a damn sharp looking bike!!!
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Wrecent_Wryder on April 10, 2007, 12:25:40 AM
O5
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: ohgood on April 10, 2007, 02:11:06 AM
Quote from: spcterry on April 08, 2007, 11:53:59 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-Ducati-Monster-S4RS-White-Red_W0QQitemZ170097876150QQihZ007QQcategoryZ49988QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I would kill for this bike!!!  ( no seriously, this bike is a major factor in my reenlistment, and seeing as I'm an 11B................ :icon_rolleyes: )
When i get this bike, i'm going to become the biggest squid ever!!!!  Matching jacket, helmet, gloves, socks, boxers all of it!!!!!!
My girl told me she thought I was more in love with the S4RS than her.............I respectfully decline to comment on the subject matter.  And besides the bike rides better :o


You know what man, you just made my day. Really.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Affschnozel on April 10, 2007, 05:02:18 AM
That DUKE is one mean machine,it's a hybrid motard/naked with V-twin engine,I am drowning in my drool.... :laugh:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 10, 2007, 05:40:17 AM
??????  I made you day???????  WTF????
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 10, 2007, 05:53:24 AM
That Duke looks pretty sharp.  And I can't find any bad reviews :o  except it vibrates a little............  What I can't find is a price tag :dunno_white:  Also while it certainly has very sharp and modern lines, the Monster beats it.  Thee monster has a more fluid and sleek look :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Turd Ferguson on April 10, 2007, 05:54:12 AM
Quote from: Affschnozel on April 10, 2007, 05:02:18 AM
That DUKE is one mean machine,it's a hybrid motard/naked with V-twin engine,I am drowning in my drool.... :laugh:

http://www.990superduke.com/

It pisses off old ladies and makes little infant baby Jesus cry.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Alphamazing on April 10, 2007, 08:27:04 AM
Quote from: Affschnozel on April 10, 2007, 05:02:18 AM
That DUKE is one mean machine,it's a hybrid motard/naked with V-twin engine,I am drowning in my drool.... :laugh:

Hybrid motard? Uh... no. You are wrong. Dead wrong.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 10, 2007, 08:29:45 AM
Yup, that's pretty much thoroughbred naked/streetfighter  ( I bet it pops a hell of a wheelie  :icon_twisted: ) Anyone know what the price looks like??
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: brett on April 10, 2007, 08:29:52 AM
Alpha, you need to put up a disclaimer before the torque curve of the speed triple because anything that good looking must be NSFW.  :bowdown:
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Turd Ferguson on April 10, 2007, 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: brett on April 10, 2007, 08:29:52 AM
Alpha, you need to put up a disclaimer before the torque curve of the speed triple because anything that good looking must be NSFW.  :bowdown:

Indeed.  This also shows how well the Speed3 freakin' dominates many sportbikes on the street.

-Turd.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Alphamazing on April 10, 2007, 12:13:00 PM
Quote from: spcterry on April 10, 2007, 08:29:45 AM
Yup, that's pretty much thoroughbred naked/streetfighter  ( I bet it pops a hell of a wheelie  :icon_twisted: ) Anyone know what the price looks like??

MSRP is $9999.

Quote from: brett on April 10, 2007, 08:29:52 AM
Alpha, you need to put up a disclaimer before the torque curve of the speed triple because anything that good looking must be NSFW.  :bowdown:

No freakin' joke. I have heard nothing but glowing reviews on that 1050 engine.

P.S. - they look best in white:
(http://www.collinscycle.com/06speedtriplewhite.jpg)
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 10, 2007, 12:16:20 PM
 :o :o  OK that definitely puts it on my radar of prospective bikes!!!!  That's a slick price for that powerful of a bike :thumb:

Hadn't seen the triple in white, that is pretty good looking
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Alphamazing on April 10, 2007, 12:22:32 PM
You could always try and find a used Z1000 too. Motor is based off the old Ninja ZX-9R.

The '03 Black looks the best.
(http://www.z1000.net/UploadImages%5CZ1000_148_4820.jpg)

MSRP on the updated '07 model (which uses an engine based on the ZX-10R, I believe) is $8649. But it isn't nearly as pretty.
(http://kawasaki.com/ImagesMain/Products/Action/204_ZR1000B7F_40139_A.scale.jpg)
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: spc on April 10, 2007, 12:27:50 PM
The older one is definitely a nicer looking bike, but neither of them really do it for me  :icon_confused:
(http://www.turbomonster.com/Wallpaper/TurboMonster800.jpg)

This does it for me!!!
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: nightrider on April 10, 2007, 01:02:20 PM
the crinkled-plastic Z1000 is sweet, are you crazy? I would totally rock that, as long as my feet reached the ground.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Turd Ferguson on April 10, 2007, 04:29:37 PM
Speed3 in white FTW.  I fell in love with the white as soon as it came out.  DAMN I want one.

-Turd.
Title: Re: Ultimate Naked Bike
Post by: Affschnozel on April 10, 2007, 05:19:03 PM
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on April 10, 2007, 08:27:04 AM
Quote from: Affschnozel on April 10, 2007, 05:02:18 AM
That DUKE is one mean machine,it's a hybrid motard/naked with V-twin engine,I am drowning in my drool.... :laugh:

Hybrid motard? Uh... no. You are wrong. Dead wrong.

The concept of Superduke was influenced by the company's supermotard building experience
Duke was a quasi supermotard for the street and now comes the more street oriented Superduke,it's just in it's blood... :icon_lol:
Hybrid is a mix of features,in my minds eye I see some motard in it...
http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/2007/superduke/ (http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/2007/superduke/)