Kong vs. Zilla

[cueball]

Point taken

[cueball]

Mad Max is what we would call a F***ing Crazy

[Dan Hodges]

Re: Temper, Temper ! !

Originally posted by TopCatGr58
Hey Cueball and Maximan,

I, too, do not like the large frame mounted fairings, I like my bike to be nimble, but I also don't ride it in inclimate weather.

Yes....you both are entitled to your opinions, but I would like to mention that this FORUM is more for TECHNICAL discussions; how do you fix this, where can I find that, NOT so much for opinions, and FLAME wars will NOT BE TOLERATED! ! !

Remember Cueball, we're "soft" Americans here, not that hardy down under stock.....but we still consider ourselves bikers, just not necessarily Mad Max!! Stay Cool

Top Cat you are the man, makem quit misbehaving.I agree with you,I like my Eleven naked as a Jay bird,but I also think Maximans XJ is very nice too.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[MAXIMAN]

The natural beauty of a bike is grand....even splendid. In all honesty I think fairings are "butt ugly". But geeeez they are wonderful little devices on those 3000 mile trips.

Especially when the temperature suddenly drops to 38 degrees.

that's 7 degrees for you "mates" down under.

[Shuriken]

I don't like fairings, either. I left the big hunk of plastic Vetter off of my 80g. Now that the 80g is gone I have the 79sf, and I ain't about to clunk a chunk on her and ruin her lines! ;-)

But, I was amazed at the difference in comfort when I rode a GS1000 with a fairing.

Honestly though, in this thread, when I looked at Maximan's bike pics I didn't even notice the fairings over that flawless, spotless, smooth shine and "new" look. Freak, how does an old bike look so good....

Ben

[MAXIMAN]

A woman bought it new. A woman rode it for a year. A woman only put 5800 miles on it. And a woman parked it in an insulated garage in the temperate climate of N. Central California for about 20 years.

Women...can't live with them....can't live without 'em.

[Czekus21]

I also think that any fairing ( even a small sport fairing ) are not very good looking on a bike. BUT, after riding accross the Northern plane states a few times, on bikes without fairings, and on bikes with, I prefer to ride against the 20-40 mph head winds with something out in front to cut the wind, bugs, rocks and general stuff that gets kicked up. Besides, It also has little compartments for stashing stuff like extra packs of smokes, day and night glasses, fuses and small tools. Ya can't catagorize someone as " Not a real biker " because they've got a fairing. That's just plain stupid. I can give many examples, but the biggest one is a biker is not about the looks of the bike your riding. I know a few pretty hard core gang bikers that are in some XSreamlly large biker gangs and there are a few that wouldn't ride a bike without one. Ya, they might be riding Harleys,
but the fact is, they still have a fairing on the front.

[cueball]

Grasshoppers

Waltzed into a swarm at about 85 mph, ouch, still prefer naked.

[Shuriken]

LOL