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by Wrider
Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:14 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Cool Wall
Topic: 2013 Aprilia RSV4 R APRC - Coolness Factor = 80.8%
Replies: 13
Views: 12681

Re: This week: 2013 Aprilia RSV4 R APRC: Vote Today

HYPERR wrote:The bike looks like an ugly mishmash of designs they stole off various bikes from Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Honda. :?

FAIL
Coming from the guy that owns a duckface??? :mrgreen:
by Wrider
Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:13 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Hell Hath Frozen Over - 2014 Harley-Davidsons get water cool
Replies: 22
Views: 9368

Re: Hell Hath Frozen Over - 2014 Harley-Davidsons get water

I believe the first fly by wire was on the 06 R6, followed by the 07 R1. Again, it's easy to implement something across an entire lineup when everything is run on the same engine, transmission, etc. I'm not attacking HD, I'm really not, but it's not necessary to defend something every time someone j...
by Wrider
Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:29 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Hell Hath Frozen Over - 2014 Harley-Davidsons get water cool
Replies: 22
Views: 9368

Re: Hell Hath Frozen Over

Soooo......kickin' n screamin', HD was finally dragged into the later part of the 20th Century. :D Yeah, because the three disc ABS brakes, fly by wire throttle, EFI, electronic ignition, electronic gauges, cruise control, 6-speed trans, etc, etc, are so archaic that they needed to do something to ...
by Wrider
Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:26 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: a LONG time to sell a bike!
Replies: 12
Views: 5570

Re: a LONG time to sell a bike!

I'm thinking Doc has you beat in the "taking a long time to sell a bike" category... lol
by Wrider
Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:24 am
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: Best tires for on-road stability?
Replies: 12
Views: 12818

Re: Best tires for on-road stability?

It could also be the mere fact that you're riding a smaller bike on the highway, and as you're getting more comfortable, you're noticing every little shimmy and wobble it does instead of concentrating on the big picture like you used to. I did the same thing on my old Volusia.
by Wrider
Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:31 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Cool Wall
Topic: 2013 Aprilia RSV4 R APRC - Coolness Factor = 80.8%
Replies: 13
Views: 12681

Re: This week: 2013 Aprilia RSV4 R APRC: Vote Today

Awesome. Considering it undercuts the HP4's price and is so close in specs that it's only noticed by the best of the best racers...

The electronics are awesome, wheelie control, launch control, ABS, traction control... Plus the fact that it can all be turned off, it's just plain and simple awesome.
by Wrider
Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:28 pm
Forum: The Soap Box
Topic: Gone, gone, gone, and gone...
Replies: 9
Views: 11006

Re: Gone, gone, gone, and gone...

Very cool. Sounds like he really is the right buyer for it!
by Wrider
Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:03 am
Forum: Daily Motorcycle News
Topic: Introducing Honda's New Fire Spitting 109HP..Lawn Mower
Replies: 1
Views: 911

Re: Introducing Honda's New Fire Spitting 109HP..Lawn Mower

Now THAT is how to cut an acre of grass...
by Wrider
Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:28 pm
Forum: Performance and Mods
Topic: Exhaust exchange?
Replies: 2
Views: 9784

Re: Exhaust exchange?

The headers won't fit and the mounting points are different. Sorry buddy.
by Wrider
Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:24 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Yamaha Crossplane vs. Yamaha Triple
Replies: 7
Views: 4244

Re: Yamaha Crossplane vs. Yamaha Triple

I personally love triples. I hope Yamaha and triumph get into a great battle of the triples...