Quote from: The Buddha on October 02, 2008, 01:00:58 PM
Upon hearing this refusing to be outdone Harley davidson motor announced their new model - The Phallus ... Affectionately also called the duck or the dickhead in interal memo's
Here read all about it.

THE HARLEY DICKHEAD


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Cool.
Buddha.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA
LMAO
One of the funniest things I've come across in this msg board...

Quote from: Roadstergal on October 03, 2008, 10:16:56 AM

Quote from: The Buddha on October 03, 2008, 08:10:53 AMI'd take a inline 4 over a V twin ...

I'm still waiting for the Big Bang, baby.

It might be bad, though, because I have a feeling that once I test-ride one, I'll want it.  Chunky middle and all.



How much does the Colin Edwards addon cost?

I think it comes with a free colon polyp.  ... as well as back ache, wristache, butt ache ...
Cool.
Buddha.

As a trackbike!

Although, if they stuff that engine in the FZ1 - I'm on it like stink on... you know.

The engine is already legendary, it's no potato, patato by any means. Nothing but pure linear powerband up it's redline, I own a V-Strom too. All 90° V-Twins have perfect primary balance...I need to see this in person though?

Primary balance - waaaaaaaaay over rated ... OK yea race bike and blah blah blah ... esle its really a marketing gimmick. Power ... remember we all in here took the GS over the EX500, so we are not hungry for the power of the SV. We want simplicity and ease of maintenance and what not.
Parallel twins have 1 head, 1 valve cover, 1 cam chain tensioner, shorter front to back and are more compact for access and packaging as well as have inherently more front weight bias.
90 V twins basically have primary balance ... The SV still IMHo had one thing going over the ER ... frame. This crap is losing the best thing about the SV.
Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: The Buddha on October 03, 2008, 12:45:12 PM
Primary balance - waaaaaaaaay over rated

Remove the counter balancer (band aid)  from your GS parallel twin and get back with me on this. Built in balance is a good thing, don't kid yourself.

Don't get me wrong, I love my GS, but I think they are looking to capture the edgy entry level crowd with the  Gladius?

Yup ... the edgey really really ghey entry level crowd.
You know Gladiator is the ghey's favorite movie right.
And yes the counter balancer eats power ... however a Vtwin still has a larger penalty ... a whole other cylinder, a whole second head, a whole extra cam chain and an extra 2-3 inches longer crankshaft + many more ...
If I have to lose my counterbalancer, you lose your second cam chain tensioner and get back to me ... even stevens ... not even close, I am going very easy on you ... just 1 barely 5 Oz part. You have plenty more worthless crap banging around in that motor ... that has to be there just cos its a V twin.
Cool.
Buddha.

Budda relax, it's just an internet discussion forum, reread your last post, and remove every line based on your opinion. Then add a line based on something factual...you take yourself waaaaaay too seriously my friend.

I'll take a torquey v-twin any day.  The only thing keeping me from getting an FZ6, other than funds, is that it has an I4 rather than a V twin.

Keep your in-line buzzboxes for mixing paint and impressing the girls at Dairy Queen on Saturday night.   

I'll be keeping all 649cc's of my beautiful 90 degree wanna-be (but better) Ducati engine, thank you!

Exqueze me, but the girls at the Dairy Queen whip off their panties and throw them at me when I go by.

Quote from: Roadstergal on October 03, 2008, 07:52:46 PM
Exqueze me, but the girls at the Dairy Queen whip off their panties and throw them at me when I go by.

this post is worthless without pics.....

Quote from: werase643 on October 03, 2008, 10:48:33 PM

Quote from: Roadstergal on October 03, 2008, 07:52:46 PM
Exqueze me, but the girls at the Dairy Queen whip off their panties and throw them at me when I go by.

this post is worthless without pics.....

Oh dear.....the UK bike press are already calling it a girls bike......  and its not even on the market yet . I said in another post that this bike is going to go down like the Titanic did and I am more than certain it will now.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2008/september/22-28/sep2508-suzuki-gladius-launch-first-pic/?&R=EPI-103114

EDIT: Scroll down the page.

 

Now that I've read this thread, I'm just going to keep saving up for a MONsterrrrrrrr.

Quote from: sledge on October 04, 2008, 09:05:37 AM
Oh dear.....the UK bike press are already calling it a girls bike......  and its not even on the market yet . I said in another post that this bike is going to go down like the Titanic did and I am more than certain it will now.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2008/september/22-28/sep2508-suzuki-gladius-launch-first-pic/?&R=EPI-103114

EDIT: Scroll down the page.

I read that also 

Oh dear, guess Suzuki UK just lost THAT market 

Quote from: werase643 on October 03, 2008, 10:48:33 PM

Quote from: Roadstergal on October 03, 2008, 07:52:46 PM
Exqueze me, but the girls at the Dairy Queen whip off their panties and throw them at me when I go by.

this post is worthless without pics.....

Yep, must post pics..

Quote from: Juan1 on October 03, 2008, 05:58:04 PM
I'll take a torquey v-twin any day.  The only thing keeping me from getting an FZ6, other than funds, is that it has an I4 rather than a V twin.

Dude ... V has nothign to do with torque Torque comes form the fact that twins have higher rotating mass and whatever than 4's. Singles make way more torque than twins, and ther aint no such thang as a V single.

That is a fact.
V twins if anythign have smaller counterbalancers really, it makes power more than torque. V twin = torque is a lie perpetrated by harley, looks like we have swallowed it well ...
Cool.
Buddha.

I don't know, I have actually ridden a Motto Guzzi, HD, SV, V-Strom, Super Hawk 996 and Aprilia, if that was a myth I felt, myth is AWESOME!