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RSV69 
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 Topic: My 2006 RSVRPosted: 17 Feb 2008 at 12:00 |
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Here she is... She's got Fuel carbon race cans, Map2, Skidmarx double bubble screen, Bubseywoo mirror extenders & a Baglux kit. No plans for any other mods at the moment. Best bike I've owned bar none (and I've had over a dozen in 15 years!)
Here's a couple of pics of the bike she replaced last summer ...
And the one I almost chose over her ...
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Spoonz
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008 at 12:45 |
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Nice shiney looking wheels on your RSV. In fact it's all shiney.
The bike it replaced looks like an F800 ? - I was considering one of those as a second bike.
The nearly bike looks like a Buell ? - Never really been grabbed by the looks of them.
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008 at 12:57 |
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The Beemer was an R1100SS (Boxercup stylee). Fantastic handling bike & sounded great with its Laser race cans, but ultimately it lacked power (85bhp) and general sexiness.
The Buell was an XB12R Firebolt I had on test for an afternoon. It's the one the new 1125R replaced. An absolute riot to ride & brimming with character, but too impractical and nearly shook itself to bits. I'd still consider one as a second bike though...
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manty
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008 at 14:56 |
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Nice Bike mate. Wish mine was that clean!
As for the Buell, i used to have one and i couldn't fault it. (except it lacked a 6th gear)
If another one came up again i would get one just to blast around on for 10 minutes.
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008 at 16:51 |
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Cheers Manty,
Buells are very much "Marmite" bikes, but I'm definitely in the "love them" camp. The Firebolt's a future classic I reckon - looks like it could be the last aircooled Buell sportsbike made. Now, how could anyone not like this... (he asked, courting controversy)
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008 at 23:18 |
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Doesn't do it for me. They just look a bit too Retro for my taste
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008 at 23:48 |
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Nice one m8, are those wheels standard colour or have you had them powder coated
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Posted: 18 Feb 2008 at 09:33 |
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All of the bikes above are on standard rims. The Buell's an '05 XB12R I was looking at last summer, but I decided on the Ape instead. Mark |
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