Ohlins at least for racecars is some of the best suspension shocks available to buy. Only thing I can think of fancier are the moton style that they use in pro racing with the individual remote reservoirs and computer to change ride height and damping etc from inside the car as youāre moving. Looks amazing but if you have that then you are getting into corner balancing and a lot more work, they are for competition.
Some of the german cars coilover brands are rebadged ohlins or like bbs wheels they liscensed their patent to other companies haha.
It is a f650gs. I grew up a Honda guy but I love how smooth, torquey, and comfortable this thing is!
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The seat height is pretty low on these and easy to change a link and get it even lower. The 1200gs are awesome but Iām afraid itās too much bike for me. Coming from 250cc sized dual sports the 650 feels like a beast.
Always wanted me a Fatboy, never got one though. Wife would kill me if I got a bike now and didnāt get one when I was younger due to the clubs where Iām from. Had 2 different clubs trying to recruit me by 15. Uncle was president of the renegades and was enough of a d-bag that the local phantoms put a protection order out for my mom n me. (Uncle got banned from my moms bar, blamed mom who had nothing to do with it, and started beating up her boyfriends, etc., for payback) Had enough troubles from that shit to just not want to deal with it anymore.
I saw a 40s frame for panhead bike at a shop that had been stripped of everything and whatever they do for taking rust off dip it in acid or sandblast idk but was in the stage of checking for rush and adding stronger tube metal where it was needed or had to be cut for rust, and the shop said the customer was planning on putting a modern v-twin in it and modern suspension brakes computer etc. Seemed cool but I didnāt go there enough to see if they finished.
I think it was for the motorcycle equivalent of car shows, not really for driving on a road that could fuck up the finish you know a fancy bike haha but seemed cool, even though the frame was made in 40s bike factory it looked like made from custom metal tubes welded by hand, was very cool shape and they didnāt enlongate the front fork or any frankennstein shit they left orginial Harley or whoever made it design alone and just upgraded the metal to make it a 50 state legal road usable frame.
Super old guy moment but Iām so old when I first watched a Dakar rally it was in dakar still haha.
KTM is cool they broke the least each time I saw it. Man if I was doing the dakar the old one across sahara I would never go in the bike I would race those giant methanol powered dune buggies! Lol the only thing more impressive is after the stage or if someone needs ambulance or mobile pitstop, the fucking support truck this giant tractor trailer comes fucking sailing over the dunes 18 wheels off the ground like fucking Burt Reynolds. It looks ballsy and cool as shit but I learned later they have to go fast like that for the race obvs but also to clear the dunes the require that much forward momentum or the sand will weigh them down and they stop. Ya gots ta push it to the limit! That shit is truckin, legit!
Really any desert motorcycle rally I would probably die, baja rally doesnāt look like gentile terrain or environment either. Some of the old mexican rallies team bribe money was part of the team budget for when federalies were able to pull you over and shake you down.
I saw an old black and white 8x10 print (getting super old guy now) in a magazine from Mexico from a son of one of the crooked fedralies who had a camera in the 50s and took a photo of whatever team was winning for Porsche I guess Rodriguez Brothers or Fangio, and he takes a photo of everyone smiling and the federalies are waving to the camera and pointing AK47ās at Fangio and drivers with one hand and taking bribe in the other and Fangio and drivers have nervous smile and looking at watch haha rally is happening as photo is being taken!
And the car I will never forget long mexican dirt highway, racing version Porsche 550 spyder like James Deanās but with the small plastic windsield and its basically a pretty shapely aluminum tube with a gas tank and tires and one seat!
Wish I could find it I bet it exists on the internetsā¦
Got it when I was way younger and it sat in a shed for like 10+ years. Finally took it out and cleaned the carb and it was running pretty great. Popped the carb off again to mess with it a bit and misthreaded the bolt that holds it on so now she sits here until I get a tap and die set (and learn how to use it lol). Itās pretty crazy just how fast 35mph feels on something like this
My first street ride back when I was 14-15 was a Honda 50cc moped. I know exactly what you mean about the feeling of speed on a small bike!
I forgot to mention earlier I also have a couple of Honda CT-70s. One has a 110cc engine in it, and itāll do 50mph. A little bike like that (140 pounds) shouldnāt go that fast. Fucken rocket!
and the small vehicle going fast there is a lot to that.
The world sports toyota a was a closed wheel open cockpit racecar that after toyota stopped the series late 90s you could get a car, wheels tires spare engines for $10k but they are single seaters still cool.
The transmission is the same one toyota used for the mr2 and lots of cars a parts bin 5 speed and the engine was a 1.6 dual cam 20 valve that they raised the revs and used race gas. The engine only had about 160hp but the car with driver and fluids gas etc all weight maybe 1100 lbs. Much less most likely and better power to weight ratio than dodge viper and a lot more expensive to maintain and drive cars.
The only place they are weak is on the straightaway or anything you need lots of low end torque like elevation change. But a short curvy place a more technical drive you can pass everyone haha.
If I could have any fast expensive sports car I would get a Porsche cayman and put a 6cyl from 911 in it and stiffer springs and a few things like that better tires etc.
Powerful, light, mid engine, tons of aftermarket support and factory proven r&d from the racetrack, seems like would be really cool.
Felt DD10 with BBSHD power. 45 MPH, 50 mile range, goes anywhereā¦Dogās chase me on it.
Yeah I got a ZX14, Zrx1100, Daytona 1200, and a Trophy 1200ā¦but I RIDE THIS ONE!!! More fun
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