Azat Posted December 27, 2002 Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 I am not a big fan of any of the rice choppers. I have never been on a bike but the thought od riding throughout the west on a bike is certainly appealing. I do like Harley Davidson bikes, but more than that I like the custom bikes from Jesse James' West Coast Choppers shop. http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/images/bikes/martins_el_diablo/f.gif I also like the bikes from Orange County Choppers http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/occ/images/bikes/customRigid/rigid53/rigid53Right.jpg But Most of all I like Bourgets Bikes http://www.indianmotorcycleohio.com/indiancleve_jul01/bikes/bourget/bourget_stock/2001bbwlb_canredgfx/2001lowblow01_69k.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted December 27, 2002 Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 oh ya, lets not forget Billy Lane and his shop in Florida http://lichterphoto.com/mimages/ecomm/buildceleb/blanei/b1210400.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted December 27, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 Hey guys and gals, just thought I might start a new thread and my latest topic of interest - Sports Bikes I have always had an appreciation for the way motorcycles accelerate and how much fun they are, but have also been aware of the fact that becoming a regular bike rider, one is almost guaranteed having a serious accident, if not death. Anyhow, a few weeks ago, a couple of my friends came over with their new bikes, one riding the Suzuki GSX-R1000, voted internationally as the best (as a sports-bike). I asked for a ride, and I must say, I was blown away! These things accelerate with venom and rev to 15-16 grand (not this particular one, but the other guys, a GSX-R600). The GSX-R1000 has a 4-cyl 1ltr engine that developes around 120KW (cant remmember exact figure) and only weights around 165KG! I mean, my Camry develops less than 100KW and weights over a tonne. So, since then I have seriously started contemplaiting getting a bike licence, with the only problem, being the fact that it really is a dangerous recreation, no matter how careful one is. But they p!ss all over any super sports car when it comes to acceleration, and cost pennies in comparison. The Suzuki GSX-R1000 costs US$10000. And many also look downright sexy. Post you thoughs here, while taking a look at these: http://bikepoint.ninemsn.com.au/content/amcn/ComparoDumb-DumberVIa.jpg Top 4 sports bikes comparison http://www.motorcycledaily.com/gsxr1000side2.jpg The Suzuki GSX-R1000 http://www.amasuperbike.com/image/ivy954ft.jpg And my fave - The Honda CRB-954RR 'Fireblade' (a little less powerful and lighter than the Suzuki) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted December 27, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 I suspect these 'rice choppers' would rape any Harley (or the bikes you posted) from point A to point B or around a racetrack, but probably not in a straight line or the decibel count. And I would rather be seen in a tight bikini, rather than one of those.... On a side note, how mad (good) does this sound: Acc: Hey mum, Im going out tonightMum: Are you taking the Camry?Acc: No, Im taking the 'Blade (Fireblade) LOL, too good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted December 27, 2002 Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 For sure juggs. These are not bikes for racing or anything like that. These are (I know it sound dumb) works of art. Especially after one sees the price for these. Some of the Jesse James bikes and Billy Lane bikes go for over 100K US. It is nuts. The only 'rice chopper' type bike that i found "sexy" was an old 1980s Ducati that a coworker of mine owned at one point. It looked super. Oh by the way, thanks for the image in my head of you in a tight bikini. Not a pretty picture at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubo Posted December 28, 2002 Report Share Posted December 28, 2002 Dear bro Accelerated,I thought I was the only bike nut here. I ‘ve been riding for years now even on rain, hail and snow. As of matter of fact my bike is inseparable from my underwear. I simply love the thing and I ride Suzuki SV650-great bike, handles great. My previous bike was a missile Yamaha YZF 600 but I found, it had too much power to be useful on public roads. It is actually a race bike and as such you need real miles under your belt before I recommend R1, GXR750 or 1000 sport bikes to newbies.Start modest and develop your riding skills before jumping on a race bike. Most young riders simply don’t have the skills to ride them properly and they unavoidably crash them on first year. Get the SV650 sport and it is so popular that it became a cult bike. You want more stats on SV go to real enthusiast site and find out.http://svrider.com/The best bike site on the net period! Check it out.PS. If you worry to much about the danger then it is a good indication that you may not be suited to ride motocycles.You need little insanity in your character to want it otherwise stay away and stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted December 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2002 quote:The only 'rice chopper' type bike that i found "sexy" was an old 1980s Ducati that a coworker of mine owned at one point. It looked super.Well, Ducati is an Italian brand, so technically its not a rice chopper, but their sportsbikes are indistinguishable from Jap brands to most people. quote:I thought I was the only bike nut hereWell, I have only become one over the past few weeks quote:Start modest and develop your riding skills before jumping on a race bike. Most young riders simply don’t have the skills to ride them properly and they unavoidably crash them on first year.Yes, the bike laws here, in the first year only allow newbies to ride bikes with an engine capacity of less than 650cc and also of certain minimum power/weight ratio (ie. not race bikes)... quote:If you worry to much about the danger then it is a good indication that you may not be suited to ride motocycles.You need little insanity in your character to want it otherwise stay away and stay safe.Some of my uni friends ride motocycles out of necesseity ie. they cant afford to purchase and run a car, but all who I know owns a motorcycle loves it. One of my 'philosophies', is that a man should try everything (reasonably) in his lifetime, and while Im still unmarried and dont have kids, I figure I gotto give it a try.....Im still making up my mind though, I might not find it very attractive when I the do learners course, and end it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubo Posted December 28, 2002 Report Share Posted December 28, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Accelerated:One of my 'philosophies', is that a man should try everything (reasonably) in his lifetime, and while Im still unmarried and dont have kids, I figure I gotto give it a try..I got kids and a wife and trust me it gets worse,you are more then willing to pack your backpack and skrach the road.Nice quote from Feb,03 Motorcyclist mag.from "Isle of man adventure" article "I can't help thinking of Frank Bascombe,Richord's Ford's narrator in Independence Day,who said, "Nothing is worth doing,unless it has the potential to f..k up your whole life." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 7, 2003 Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 Juggs, this one is for you. Dodge introduced it this week at the Detroit Auto show. 500 HP motor on it. http://wwwi.reuters.com/images/2003-01-06T213346Z_01_GALAXY-DC-MDF179843_RTRIDSP_2_TECH-AUTOS-SHOW-DODGE-DC.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted January 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 Man! Thats one ugly piece of sh!t! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted January 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 OMG! Forget fuel prices and the environment, Detroit is weighing in with the works. Hot on the heels of Cadillac's monstrous V16-engined Sixteen comes news that Chrysler has shoe-horned a 373kW Viper V10 into a motorbike.The one-of-a-kind Tomahawk obviously is a flag-waver for the shaky Chrysler. In fact, it was launched by DaimlerChrysler's US Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche as part of a rev-up for Chrysler delivered at the Detroit motor show. No mentioned was made of the Tomahawk's overall weight but we can tell you that Chrysler claims 0-100kmh acceleration in a white-knuckle 2.5 seconds. And, yes, the V10 is the full 8.3-litre's worth. Nothing was said about the Tomahawk making it into production but Chrysler's Chief Operating Officer Wolfgang Bernhard made a significant comment along the lines of there being "an appetite for such vehicles". Hmmm Only in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted January 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 The Yamaha R1, very sexy http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/motor/images/YZFR1/yzfr1_05_8L.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted April 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 (edited) SLEDGEHAMMER! Gelding The Beast When it was launched in 1999 Suzuki's Hayabusa was the first production roadbike to crack a genuine 300kmh. So what's slowing it down in 2003? Story: Sam MacLachlanPhotos: Helmut Mueller, Stuart Grand and Phil Smith When Suzuki launched its GSX1300R Hayabusa in 1999, it pulled no punches with what its latest and greatest was intended to do. It was built from the ground up to be the fastest production bike on the planet. Not only that, but the new bike needed to be able to give the 300kmh barrier a nudge, because in the eyes of the motorcycle-buying public, that's what any self-respecting 160ps motorcycle should be capable of. The Hayabusa delivered. In fact the bike lived up to the hype immediately. A French journo, equipped with a data-logger, recorded a genuine 304kmh at the world launch of the thing. On a public road. This was back in 1999, so you'd assume that by now, after four years of development, the mighty 'Busa's top speed must be somewhere north of 320kmh, right? Wrong. The '03 Hayabusa has been gelded! And we know, 'cos we took it to Avalon Airfield, along with our Stalker radar gun, to find out. MR SENSIBLEThe debate over what constitutes a 'sensible' top speed for a motorcycle is not a new one, but the Hayabusa's impressive peak velocity inspired varied reactions amongst the world's bureaucrats. Some questioned the need for a machine, which is after all designed for road use, to have the capacity to travel at more than 80 metres-per-second. The reason, of course, is to sell motorcycles. To own a bike that can clock over 300kmh is also to own the bragging rights. "Why hello there. My bike does over 300kmh. Wanna double?" For $17,490 in 1999, any Joe Blow with a full motorcycle licence could own something which out-performed a $250,000 Porsche. Kawasaki, too, strode up to the line with its ZX-12R in 2000, a bike which also had the legs to run to 300kmh, given enough room. It was a funny thing that, because when the big K released its ZX-10 in 1988, it proclaimed it would never build a faster bike - it figured things were getting silly enough. Mind you, Kawasaki had said the same thing about its GPZ1000RX a couple of years previously... Obviously getting used to fibbing by now, Kawasaki released the ZZ-R1100 in 1990 - which AMCN splashed on the cover of Vol 39 No 25, accompanied by its radar-recorded top speed of 282kmh. So, silly top speed obviously sells motorcycles. CASTRATEDAn AMCN trip to Avalon in 2000 (Vol 49 No 22) yielded a radar-recorded top speed of 302kmh from the Suzuki, while another trip in more favourable conditions (slight tailwind) netted 311kmh. Seriously fast. But I returned to Avalon recently, with the same Stalker radar gun and a 2003-spec Hayabusa, and try as I might I couldn't top 296kmh. The reason? The Hayabusa has been nobbled. Castrated. Made a eunuch. And it's no fault of Suzuki. It's all because of politics. Don't get me wrong - 296kmh is plenty fast. A three-kilometre runway disappears pretty quickly at that rate, and the sense of speed is almost overwhelming, even on a flat, open expanse of airstrip. But that's the point. What difference is 4kmh going to make? At that speed, not much. Suzuki is bowing to political pressure in speed limiting the bike to 296kmh - it's apparently un-PC to top out at an 'evil' 300kmh. As for 296kmh, well that's okay... GENTLEMAN'S CLUBThis 'gelding of the beast' took place in 2001, but there was no press release or official statement from Suzuki on the matter. There still isn't. There's nothing from Honda (its CBR1100XX Blackbird was top of the pops until the Haybusa's arrival) or Kawasaki either. That's because the decision to limit bikes to 300kmh is a 'gentleman's agreement' amongst the Japanese firms. All three basically agreed that the pursuit of motorcycling's 'Top Speed Crown' was in fact damaging to the attitudes towards motorcycling in general, and drawing unwelcome attention from the law-makers around the world. H ence the decision to make 300kmh the benchmark, the crossing of which was deemed a no-go zone. DATE WITH A RADARThe recent day at Avalon proved the speed limiter works, although Suzuki's intention was for the bike to achieve 300kmh on the dot. Therefore, at 10,089rpm the injection pulse is thinned (ie less fuel is provided) for the #1 injector whilst in sixth gear. This rpm equates to a theoretical 300kmh with standard gearing. There's no missing the effect when you're riding the bike, either. It just stops pulling. The trip from zero to 160kmh happens pretty quickly. In fact it averages just 5.70sec according to our radar figures - that's faster than most mega-buck high-performance four-wheelers take to get to 100kmh! 250kmh seemingly arrives not long after that, the Hayabusa still pulling like a teenage boy. The bulbous fairing protects you well from the ravages of the cyclonic breeze those speeds generate, whilst still allowing ample view of distant, rapidly approaching objects - in this case a lone figure armed with a radar gun. By this stage, at around a genuine 270kmh or so, the speedo's red needle is off the clock - a clock which in 1999 read to 340kmh, but now ends with the digits 280. A sign of the times. Then, as promised, the tacho needle sweeps past 10,000rpm and the acceleration dulls, then ceases - and that's it. No matter what Simon and I tried - removing knee sliders, sitting in different positions, etc - the Bus would go no faster. It doesn't slow down, it just sits there, as stable as could be, at 296kmh. We made at least five runs each, just to make sure... SNAIL PACEWe were sharing Avalon's runway with sister magazine Motor, which was top speed testing its 22 Performance Car Of The Year finalists - no slouches in that lot - and the Hayabusa whipped them all. "F*%k that thing looks good," commented more than one car journo as they observed the Suzuki scorching down the tarmac, at a velocity which made the tin-tops look like slugs. To be fair, there was a fair bit of speed limiting going on with the cars as well, many limited to 250kmh, so us motorcyclists can't whinge too much in that regard. We get an extra 46kmh before the fun stops! The bottom line is, we can still buy something faster, for less. Much less. Mmm, if only the car journos had been there in May 1990 when the modded 202ps PTR 'Busa was let off the leash (Vol 49 Nos 20 and 22). An impressive 324kmh was the result. SPEED LIMITEDThe good news is that even with the 2003 Hayabusa missing 15 or so kmh from its top end, the bike's engine is otherwise free to warp a rider's brain with its smooth, fat power delivery. We proved this in AMCN's 2002 Tour Of Duty (Vol 52 No 12) when we took a Hayabusa to Phillip Island in the company of a ZX-12R, CBR1100XX and ZZ-R1200 - oh, and current 600 Supersport lap record holder Adam Fergusson. Aboard the Hayabusa, Adam scored a very respectable best lap in the 1:48s and, at the fastest racetrack in Australia, never once mentioned that the speed limiter had hindered his progress. We'd still be looking for him in Bass Strait if that was the case... For those interested in land speed records, there are items available with which to negate the effects of the speed limiter (see Top Gear, page 98), for closed circuit use only of course. The other option is to change the gearing, as the bike would handle it. OPEN ROADSo, it may be knobbled, but at $18,490 the Hayabusa still packs an awesome punch. And let's be honest, only those that hail from the Northern Territory will miss that extra few kmh, thanks to the lack of speed limits on their open roads. For the rest of us, there's still plenty to get excited about aboard a 'Busa, and the reality is the top speed war had to end somewhere. For the time being, we'll have to make do with 'just' 296kmh. http://bikepoint.ninemsn.com.au/content/amcn/Suzukihayabusa.jpg Edited April 14, 2003 by Accelerated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted May 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products/mcy/500/03r6_blk_1.jpg New Yamaha R6, very slick indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Azat, I finally found something for you!!!! Azat's bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Azat Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 That is one nice looking bike. Amazing how they integrated the female body into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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