Maggot motorcycle stoke thread

**verbier61** · 08-31-2006, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by Tippster

KTM Duke = sweeeeet. Is that the 640 or the 990 "Super Duke?"

990 superduke.

bikes I've tried before pullin the trigger:
- Ducati multistrada 1000
- Triumph speed triple
- Ducati Monster S4RS (the 999 one)
- BMW K 1200 R
- Buell Lig. City X

but I had more fun with the superduke

**ill-advised strategy** · 08-31-2006, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by verbier61

990 superduke.

bikes I've tried before pullin the trigger:
- Ducati multistrada 1000
- Triumph speed triple
- Ducati Monster S4RS (the 999 one)
- BMW K 1200 R
- Buell Lig. City X

but I had more fun with the superduke

I can't believe you chose a ktm over a buell, monster and a speed triple.

**philippeR** · 08-31-2006, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by verbier61

990 superduke.

bikes I've tried before pullin the trigger:
- Ducati multistrada 1000
- Triumph speed triple
- Ducati Monster S4RS (the 999 one)
- BMW K 1200 R
- Buell Lig. City X

but I had more fun with the superduke

The superduke is

.
Will you use it as a commuter also, or just for some fun on twisting roads ?

**verbier61** · 08-31-2006, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by philippeR

The superduke is

.
Will you use it as a commuter also, or just for some fun on twisting roads ?

no way to commute on a superduke in milan... it's no fun, too much traffic. I use an honda scooter, it takes 12 minutes from home to work.
I bought the superduke (second hand but 2006, 9000 km) with a colleague. we'll use it for fun - as you said - mostly on twisting roads around our working place.

the superduke is the best fun bike I've ridden.... and I've ridden many. Not that I'm a particularly talented or fast rider, it's just that I like to try different bikes.

**ill-advised strategy** · 08-31-2006, 04:17 AM

Originally Posted by verbier61

I bought the superduke (second hand but 2006, 9000 km) with a colleague. we'll use it for fun

this explains so much

I bet.... you know, you being a man who would turn down a buell, a monster, and a speed triple.... that you enjoy riding around behind your "partner"...er...colleague.

**Tippster** · 08-31-2006, 06:46 AM

Super Duke outperforms the Buell. I have a Buell. The Super Duke = a very nice motor with a very nice transmission in a very nice frame with a very nice suspension. The Buell has only the latter 2. Sad but true.

**train07** · 08-31-2006, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Tippster

I'm a 100% Grade A Grass fed harley hater due to the whole "scene," but that is one sweet fucking bike. Gotta love a classic that actually is just that. I'd prefer a Norton Manx or Vincent (any) but I'll give props where they're due.

My favorite accent are the extended pipes with the whale tail exhaust. Bet that Hog stutters real nice.

What's even more cool, is that he has guys encouraging him to put it into "shows",.. no doubt he'd win whatever.......he tells em.. "this things meant to be ridden".
And yeah, it's got the sweet stutter.

fuck..i gotta get some work done. later

**verbier61** · 08-31-2006, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by YetiMan

I can't believe you chose a ktm over a buell, monster and a speed triple.

yeti, I never seriously considered the superduke until I tried it. When I tried it, I immediately understood that the superduke was the bike I was looking for. Forget about how it looks, you can like it or not (and I am not particularly in love with how it looks). It's the way it works and (albeit much less crucial) the way it sounds. As long as I will be able to handle the superduke, I'll copulate with her... Then, when I'll be too old, I'll prolly have a K 1200 R, that is so smooth (particularly in power supply and in the frontal susp system) than even an old man can have sex with her

. The triple is a lot of sex to listen and to drive str8, but a bit too fat in the middle for the twistin roads we have here. Ducati: multistrada's engine is dull (84 cv.. bah!), the 999 S4RS monster is really really nice but my old back spine is suffering after riding her. Finally the Buell. Wow, I love the way she looks and the way it sounds, but - my fault - prefer the way the superduke gets into twistin roads.

**philippeR** · 08-31-2006, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by verbier61

As long as I will be able to handle the superduke, I'll copulate with her... Then, when I'll be too old, I'll prolly have a K 1200 R, that is so smooth than even an old man can have sex with her

We want pictures.

Originally Posted by verbier61

the Buell...I love ... the way it sounds ...

When the fan does not kick in... All Buells I've heard (the new design anyway) sounded like big hair dryers.

**tex1230** · 09-09-2006, 07:00 PM

I was running some errands this morning and I saw a pack of Boss Hoss bikes and trikes rolling down the road toward the dealer near my house. Turns out I stumbled into their Demo Day.

Sign Me Up!

I handed over my Drivers license, signed away my life, and straddled 320hp. Holy crap!

From the first stop sign, I left about 100 feet of rubber on the road...without meaning to...(the guy leading the ride just laughed and told me to watch for the cops at the next intersection...)

I have never ridden anything close to this size...although can't think of a bike this size...not much fun at low speed - trying to turn at low speed on one of these beasts is a little scary...especially when you realize you're on a $50k bike and you just signed for it...Does my insurance cover other bikes? I have no idea..

At freeway speeds it was a blast...but 2 strange things about these bikes...1) automatic transmission...really felt weird not shifting...and 2) total lack of speed awarness..I guess it's a factor of the bulk of the bike and the engine noise overpowering the wind noise...I was over 90mph without even thinking about it...I'd hate to think where the top end is on these things.

Speaking of top end...there were a couple of guys there with NOS systems hooked into their big block engines...600+hp to the wheel...

**helmetcam** · 09-18-2006, 10:42 AM

I took my MSF class this weekend. They took us from never having ridden a bike to countersteering "high speed" turns in less than 4 hours.

goddamn that was fun!

I got a 6 on my evaluation. I aced the box and the swerve, on the quick stop I stopped at the standard distance but only shifted into Neutral (I think I hit the pedal before I had the clutch all the way in). They also dinged me 1 point for going too slow into the fast turn.

Now I'm hooked....

Me on the course: note the "Snowbird" shirt

**tex1230** · 09-18-2006, 11:24 AM

good job taking the course. I wish everyone on a bike would.
you got a new bike picked out as a graduation present?

**helmetcam** · 09-18-2006, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by tex1230

good job taking the course. I wish everyone on a bike would.
you got a new bike picked out as a graduation present?

No graduation present yet. I'll be riding a borrowed 10yr old Honda Shadow 600 this fall (after an excrutiating 3 week wait for New York to get their paperwork to me and go to the DMV). After that we'll see.

after the class we went to the NewRoc Harley dealer (westchester NY)- they were running their demo days as well. The Harley crowd is very intimidating in large numbers!

**helmetcam** · 10-21-2006, 06:32 PM

so much for waiting.

This is now mine: 2007 S2R 800. SSSwwweeeeeettttt....

**smalls** · 10-21-2006, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by helmetcam

so much for waiting.

This is now mine: 2007 S2R 800. SSSwwweeeeeettttt....

damn. that's a pretty sick first bike. very jealous.

**Franz Klammer** · 10-21-2006, 07:17 PM

I own this baby (Puch 175 SV):

175cc - Made in Austria in 1954 - hell yeah!

**team ftb** · 10-22-2006, 02:06 AM

Screw all you sport touring BMW riders!!! Here's something a little different. After riding and racing 600-1000cc sportbikes, and two stroke dirtbikes all my life i threw in the towel this summer to travel around Thailand on a motorbike.

Its a two-stroke Honda NSR 150 SP. Great fun in the tight twisties of northern Thailand. Stuffing up the inside of expats on their GSXR 1000's is a riot. It's even done its share of fireroad exploring and jungle camping. Though you're rowing the gearbox something fierce.

Bivouc after caught in the monsoon rains

There's some nice bikes in this thread. Glad to see the Mags enjoying themselves.

**Kilo** · 10-22-2006, 07:39 AM

But the NSR 150 SP in Thailand looks more fun.

**train07** · 10-22-2006, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

I own this baby (Puch 175 SV):

175cc - Made in Austria in 1954 - hell yeah!

you be styln, Franz

**verbier61** · 10-31-2006, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

I own this baby (Puch 175 SV):

175cc - Made in Austria in 1954 - hell yeah!

chapeau!

**verbier61** · 10-31-2006, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

I own this baby (Puch 175 SV):

175cc - Made in Austria in 1954 - hell yeah!

chapeau!
but - as a longtime puch fan - I wonder what are they doing now.... any chance to be back in bike business?

**0BernhardFranz** · 10-31-2006, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by Tippster

Of course on a street bike. I'm not a windowlicker who cannot be let on a public street on two wheels...

Nevermind - the intent of rule #3 finally infiltrated my cerebrum.

A traveller parked his motorcycle in our garden today !! It is gigantic a purple BMW GIANT probably.I post a pic later.

I say don´t use them so you stay healthy !