Blackwater 53393 Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I wanted a Buell for so long. I couldn’t afford one. Once I could afford one they were out of business. I sold mine a couple of years ago. It was an original first year S1 White Lightning. It was also the only black one I have ever seen or heard of. Those first year bikes didn’t have the speed governed down like the later ones and would far outperform the later models. I did several minor modifications to it and had some serious tuning done to it, (carb and ignition) which brought it up to a really respectable level. It also produced some great gas mileage. If I didn’t push it and stayed off the throttle, it would get well over 50 mpg. I once filled it all the way to the muzzle and got 325 miles without running it dry. I sold it when the nerve damage in my foot and leg got to where it was difficult to shift gears comfortably. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 I can tell you that this would never happen in my world. “Oh look! A camera! I better show ‘em what I can do.” 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alpo Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 On 11/26/2023 at 6:37 PM, Pat Riot said: I can tell you that this would never happen in my world. “Oh look! A camera! I better show ‘em what I can do.” Which? The girl dropping the guy's bike? The guy trying, unsuccessfully, to catch the bike before it lands on the ground? Or the girl snatching the guy's bike keys, and the guy not bitch-slapping her to the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Nice Bikes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Alpo said: the girl snatching the guy's bike keys, and the guy not bitch-slapping her to the ground? This ^^^^^ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 There are some things you do not mess with. My wife My bike My guns My tools My wife is on the list but she cannot mess with the other 3. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: There are some things you do not mess with. My wife My bike My guns My tools My wife is on the list but she cannot mess with the other 3. My wife was always nagging me about taking her for a ride on the bike! I finally told her to get her own!!! MUCH LESS AGGRAVATION!! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: My wife was always nagging me about taking her for a ride on the bike! I finally told her to get her own!!! MUCH LESS AGGRAVATION!! I did that and she scared the hell out of me! Then she became a piss poor passenger! Took a year( 10K miles) after she stopped driving to be a good passenger again. Before all that she was the best passenger I ever took on a bike. You didn't even know she was there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 On 12/13/2023 at 10:01 PM, Pat Riot said: Nice Bikes Nice accessories 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas to One and All ! Keep the Rubber side Down.... Jabez Cowboy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alpo Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 That's how you know when you're a grown up. When they don't make you wear a helmet anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Why don’t they call them motorbicycles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Just now, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: Why don’t they call them motorbicycles? ...... 'cause everyone that rode them was straight and no-one was bi ......... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 22 minutes ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: Why don’t they call them motorbicycles? Probably because the first production moto-cycle looked nothing like a bicycle or motorized bicycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Badly Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Kawasaki 750 triple. Full circle balanced crank. 10,000 rpm. 10 flat in the 1/4. 140 mph 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, Mister Badly said: Kawasaki 750 triple. Full circle balanced crank. 10,000 rpm. 10 flat in the 1/4. 140 mph I rode one of those when they were new! It was a radical little bike back then!! I have since ridden quicker, faster motorcycles and certainly some much more refined. I never got used to hearing the two strokes! Always reminded me of a chainsaw!! I don’t know why, but that noise didn’t bother me if it came from a racing kart!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Pat Riot said: I wanna see the video of when someone pulls out in front of them. I hope no one has to pee! Edited December 26, 2023 by Dirty Dan Dawkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Badly Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 25 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: I rode one of those when they were new! It was a radical little bike back then!! I have since ridden quicker, faster motorcycles and certainly some much more refined. I never got used to hearing the two strokes! Always reminded me of a chainsaw!! I don’t know why, but that noise didn’t bother me if it came from a racing kart!! That thing just plain howled at high rpms. And cackled at low rpms. My KZ 900 had way better manners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Just now, Mister Badly said: That thing just plain howled at high rpms. And cackled at low rpms. My KZ 900 had way better manners YEAH! But I never rode a motorcycle for manners. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Badly Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 I like cages now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pat Riot Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Mister Badly said: I like cages now. One can like cages and bikes at the same time. I like that Kawasaki 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 https://youtube.com/shorts/ann6PHQAGFs?si=EXhg0Rwhr526TOPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 36 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Until he leans into the first corner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Mister Badly said: That thing just plain howled at high rpms. And cackled at low rpms. My KZ 900 had way better manners I recall a story from one of the motorcycle magazines back when the KZ900 was just being released. The magazine interviewed the head of marketing for Kawasaki and questioned him about abandoning the two stroke powertrain. The statement given was to the effect that to sell a big bike in the West, it would draw more sales if it didn’t go “Ying-yang-yang-pop-pop-pop!” 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 First time I drove a KZ 900 and grabbed a handful of throttle, nearly lost the boys on the taillight . Good God those things were quick. 0-140 in a blink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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