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  • #1

    Scary fast???

    Ever ride...test ride a bike that scared the livin daylights outta ya? And you bring it back and say if I buy this bike I'll killl myself on it?
    What bike would that be?
    For me it was a 1988 Honda Hurricane 1000...beautiful bike but so scary fast that I had it to 120 in 3rd gear with much more to give...my vision went into tunnel warp so fast...i had no time to look anywhere else but straight ahead...in 30 secs I covered a mile... got her back down to sane speeds...turned around and brought her back to the dealer...uh...no way..."I'll kill myself on that thing if i buy it"
    The pic isnt the exact bike but is a very reasonable facsimile of what I rode...
    Last edited by madmax-im; 05-12-2012, 10:23 PM.
    1980 XS650G Special-Two
    1993 Honda ST1100
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    You wold look like an old man in his second childhood riding that thing anyway. Mid life crisis?


    Greg

    Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

    ― Albert Einstein

    80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

    The list changes.

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    • #3
      Nope, can't say I ever have...yet. Heck, my bike is just starting to run good at 120...

      There have been a lot of bikes that warned me to respect them, though!
      Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

      Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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      • #4
        I test rode the zx9 ninja when they first came out. I had only ridden a street and trail and when I hit the onramp i opened it up in 3rd and went soo fast i froze, had to pull in the clutch cause i couldnt let off the gas, had a stupid moment. Turned on the ramp and went back up it after i pulled the seat out of my arse and took it back shaking like a tree. I was 19 years old and nothing ever scared me like that to this day.
        Jeff
        77 XS750 2D completely stock
        79 SF XS1100 "Picky" stock with harley mufflers

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        • #5
          1985 V-Max. That thing was ungodly fast!! According to the dealership, the only bike they ever had returned to them because the buyer could not handle the speed of it.
          Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

          When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

          81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
          80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


          Previously owned
          93 GSX600F
          80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
          81 XS1100 Special
          81 CB750 C
          80 CB750 C
          78 XS750

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          • #6
            My son's R-6. Lifted the front wheel in 3rd without trying. I have riden it a couple times but it's not for me
            "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

            "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



            1980 LG
            1981 LH

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            • #7
              ..........Feejer 1300. Didn't scare me, but knew that at least part of the 145hp was gonna get me in trouble sooner than later........
              81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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              • #8
                i rode a friend of mines honda 954rr. stupid fast. i took it about a total of 3 miles and never got out of 3rd gear.
                1982 xj 1100
                "The Ape"
                http://youtu.be/AiQ8CqclHr4

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
                  Ever ride...test ride a bike that scared the livin daylights outta ya? And you bring it back and say if I buy this bike I'll kill myself on it? - - -
                  Hi Max,
                  not me. My raging testosterone is completely controlled by my iron will.
                  Oddly, the nearest I came to death was riding a 32cc Cyclemaster bicycle conversion moped. The front forks broke off at the crown and I ended up laying in the street looking up at the radiator of a city bus. It didn't bother me any because at 17 you are immortal but the bus driver had to sit on the kerb and have a cigarette to calm his nerves.
                  Fred Hill, S'toon
                  XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                  "The Flying Pumpkin"

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