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| Swagger | | Jupiter |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,103 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 18:31 Post title : Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! | | | Each time I get the opportunity to ride one of these things I bite their hand off. The pure engineering, wizardry, alchemy call it what you will, is mesmerising. You can have hours of fun just setting the thing up for your own abilities, likes, needs and wants. The LCD display is nothing short of brilliant. I spent two glorious hours hammering this beast around the Bucks countryside. The tacho readout changing from black to green when you've hit the optimum revs, then to amber and on to red as you charge into the danger zone. The bike goes ballistic at 8.5 grand (RPM) ... it's so quick your brain struggles to comprehend what's going on ... it's like the elongation of light emitting objects when you engage warp drive. The weight distribution indicator and braking power monitor make you drive harder to see what's going to happen as they rip through their display range. Then you turn it all off and 'by fuck' you've got the wildest critter imaginable trying to tear you limb from limb .... it's truly awesome. Just fanfuckintastic. It really is a whole different level of motorcycling. If you have a hankering for living on the edge ... go try one ... you'll be smitten.
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| Irish | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 20:54 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Swagger) | | | bloody hell!! you had me on the edge of my seat,Swagger
I havent ridden one yet, but byfuck I have now got one on the list
2 hours would be nice.
Dermot
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| edmontonstorm | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,054 | | Location | : | Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 21:21 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Irish) | | | Crap I thought I was reading a novel there for a second, was waiting for the next chapter!!! I sure have been tempted but I can't afford to own two bikes and the seating position on some of those would just kill me I am afraid...... but that Ducati Diavil ! yup maybe one day
| Gloss Black 2013 Storm ABS - K&N (seal removed) - Mustang Seat - Hogslayer pipes - PCV-AT300
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| Swagger | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,103 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 22:30 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: edmontonstorm) | | | You'd be surprised just how comfortable this bike is. I reckon I have at least a couple more nutter machines left in me. I did also spend even more time playing with an FJR1300AE ... all kinds of electronic gizmos plus auto suspension. Slick as a slick thing and very, very quick. I love days like this when its all about information gathering and learning.
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| Tal | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 23:53 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: edmontonstorm) | | | DUCATI DIAVIL.....which colour ?? 
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| easyrider | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,066 | | Location | : | NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 07:36 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Tal) | | |
Tal wrote:
DUCATI DIAVIL.....which colour ??
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Whatever colour she comes with.
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| Irish | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 09:43 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: easyrider) | | |
easyrider wrote:
Tal wrote:
DUCATI DIAVIL.....which colour ??
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beautiful in that colour But I much prefer white
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 09:52 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Irish) | | | Yes...but if you look inside the intake valve on both the white one and this one, guess what?...theyre the same!...one may have more clearance?...but hey!
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| Irish | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 10:09 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Tal) | | |
Tal wrote:
Yes...but if you look inside the intake valve on both the white one and this one, guess what?...theyre the same!...one may have more clearance?...but hey! |
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you've talked me into it
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| easyrider | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,066 | | Location | : | NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 12:15 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Tal) | | |
Tal wrote:
Yes...but if you look inside the intake valve on both the white one and this one, guess what?...theyre the same!...one may have more clearance?...but hey! |
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Ok ill toss a coin..
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| edmontonstorm | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,054 | | Location | : | Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 14:16 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: easyrider) | | | the black and red graphite one is really nice but Uhm.......... that one looks so much nicer! 
| Gloss Black 2013 Storm ABS - K&N (seal removed) - Mustang Seat - Hogslayer pipes - PCV-AT300
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 14:36 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! | | | Might be simpler to bypass buying either of those and go straight to this.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| Swagger | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,103 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 16:51 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: daz) | | | LOL! Pretty much every day for the past thirty years a lot of people, entities, organisations and administrations have been trying very hard to fit me up with one of those. I discovered a long time back that life's way too short not to go out and have fun the best way you know how. For me ... well I like to have at least one crazy arsed bike in the stable ... that means every now and then I get out there and 'considerately' go a rampaging. Always had sports bikes and this is possibly one of the best to be had at this moment ... I figure my fate is already writ large no matter what I'm doing or riding. 
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| Drod | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2015 | | Posts | : | 53 | | Location | : | Yonkers, New York, United States |
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| | Posted : 25 Sep 2015 - 16:59 Post title : Re: Rrrrrrrrrr1 ... I want this bike! (Re: Swagger) | | | funny, the coffin is the very same reason I gave up riding sport bikes. Rode them for over 20 years. Did superbike school, amateur racing, and everything in between. Lost a few friends during that time. One can spend days arguing which type of bike (cruiser or sport bike) is more dangerous than the other. Yes it really comes down to the rider, and yes these bikes are super planted and cut through wind, but it's that very same reason most people ride them fast, and get into trouble.
These bikes brake well, lean well, and feel stable at higher speeds. And there's really no other way to ride them. That my friend, is the problem. Unless you're Rossi, most riders are never good enough to handle them, especially in real life conditions where you share the roads with others.
but after seeing the R1s I want to go back!
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