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DD
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most thrilling bike

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What is the most thrilling bike you have owned or ridden? Mine would be the Honda CX500 Turbo that I had for 3yrs before a Moto Guzzi 1100i sport (which would be the second choice)

They may not be the prittest bike in the shed but thay are very 80's retro and all that, but its not till you ride one that you can appresiate this bike. The finish was like I have never seen on a bike from the paint to the leather hand book and one-off Honda keys.

The fairing is unbelivable not a breath of wind on you any were. As for comphy, its a sit up position. I once did 850km's of the most tightest twisty roads and a few straights in 8hrs at crusing speeds up to 180kph and when I got home I felt that I could do it again. The dash was rather flash for its time having a clock, fuel gauge, boost meeter,temp and the usual.

As for the engine as you accelate away you get that low down rumble and fell of a V2 up to 4000rpm then the bike seems to start trembling from the mirrors down to the tail pipe passing through your body like only a orgasim can :oops: . It reminds me of a dog shacking water off itself (from the head to the tail) The sound is owrsom the rumble twin sound being mixed by a swreaking whistel of the turbo. By this stage you have max manifold pressure and hit 6500rpm and the bike litrely lunches you to the red line :twisted: . I have only experenced this speed on late model multi 4's in the 1000cc up class.

I have ridden the 650 turbo as well, and it is only better as the so called turbo lag is minamised by having more cubes.

Sorry if I've bored you, but thats memory lane for ya.
Whats your most thrilling bike ride been?
cheers Darryl
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[size=18][/size]Great I have met another CX owner and they are a funny looking bike but I can not sayI have had the pleasure .So this is what you do when it is crappy weather :( . So are going over for the Wild foods festival ? I am thinking about it and I am gonna see if I can old Ron vos to come ! . check the posting on Kiwi Biker foums - if you hadn't already joined and catch you later !!
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iceman wrote:Great I have met another CX owner and they are a funny looking bike but I can not sayI have had the pleasure .So this is what you do when it is crappy weather :( . So are going over for the Wild foods festival ? I am thinking about it and I am gonna see if I can old Ron vos to come ! . check the posting on Kiwi Biker foums - if you hadn't already joined and catch you later !!
-Yeh it is pissing down, so this tells me that your in canterbury somwere as well then?

-I know a Ron Vos, rides a Guzzi, is he the same one you know?

-when is the wild foods festival?

-what is the www for kiwi biker forum?
cheers Darryl
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[size=18][/size]http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showt ... ght=runner

Yes we did chat breifly at the have a go day , I had just got the vtr and was catching up with the rich friends thrashing there new Aprilll and Ducati . I know Ron because I work with him and he is hard to get to go to these things but we should ( Maybe Rhonda will let him -LOL),
The wild foods is on 13th of March -Saturday from 10am to 5:30 pm . So I was plannig either going over for the day or for the night . Anyway check the thread on the Kiwi biker forum shown above and it might give me the chance to really check out the escort detector I have got !

:twisted:
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