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I've emailed all of these companies with the friendly suggestion that with Americans paying what we are for a gallon of gas, they'd be missing a great opportunity to make some big bucks if they didn't make a market for these here in the states. I'll post any replies on this thread.

Also, there's a message board which is quite slow, but it's got a lot of other pics on it. The site in the above link has loads of additional information, too.
1 posted on 05/06/2006 11:59:42 AM PDT by RandallFlagg
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To: RandallFlagg
Tetsuo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 posted on 05/06/2006 12:03:02 PM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: GaijinBiker; Consevative ExPat; Ronin

*PING*
Anyone heard of or seen these?


4 posted on 05/06/2006 12:16:36 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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Any chance I could get you to ping your list, please?

Thanks.


6 posted on 05/06/2006 12:38:55 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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Is there any functional purpose to the form or is it strictly gay for the sake of being gay? I love Akira and all but I can't stand flashy for the sake of flashy.
7 posted on 05/06/2006 12:40:58 PM PDT by Porterville (I gave at the State Franchise Board; leave me alone you blood sucking liberal.)
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9 posted on 05/06/2006 12:46:45 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Alligator Morotcycles

Low, loooooow center of gravity.

11 posted on 05/06/2006 12:50:16 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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TRON is back!!


12 posted on 05/06/2006 12:53:06 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind
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To: RandallFlagg
the Feds & Motorcycle Safety Foundation were looking @ recumbent(sp?)seating in the mid '70's.

Problems were:
reduced forward viz for the rider from lower riding position
reduced viz of the biker to autos (how 'bout dem daylight headlights ?)

Seems they haven't made any progress in 30 years!

17 posted on 05/06/2006 1:21:14 PM PDT by TheOracleAtLilac
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To: RandallFlagg
They dont look as cool in real life.
24 posted on 05/06/2006 4:13:13 PM PDT by mthom
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They might want to raise the center frame up a little or else they will be bottoming out on speed bumps..........


28 posted on 05/06/2006 5:57:57 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My grandparents would be appalled at the number of idiots who consider themselves Americans....)
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As I advance into old age, I'm considering a bike with a lower center of gravity than my BMW R1100 RT, but this does seem to be taking the concept to extreme. Anybody here rode one of these "low boys"?


29 posted on 05/06/2006 6:16:21 PM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: RandallFlagg; JoeSixPack1; martin_fierro
Remove the body panels for maintenance and you'll discover - GASP! - a Shovelhead . . .

I wonder if it has heated grips?
32 posted on 05/07/2006 6:01:23 AM PDT by BraveMan
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It doesn't look like it has a good turning radius at slow speeds. But it does look like a comfortable cruiser as much as a sportbike.


37 posted on 05/07/2006 12:17:37 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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DAMN!

That is one scary looking machine.

Back in the day I used to ride a Yamaha 500 single. This was a revival of an old BSA design.

That damnthing looks like it is waiting for Darth Vader.


45 posted on 11/04/2006 1:43:36 PM PST by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin)
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I grabbed this pic off the net cause I don't have an image of my bike, mine has a silver fairing and it has a padded sissy bar, otherwise its identical to this. I spent a couple of hours riding it yesterday up here in Alaska, first ride of the season for me. Its a 1980 Honda CX 500 Deluxe. And this is what my new one looks like, its a 2009 Yamaha Star XVS1300 Tourer, its still inside the house because there is still over a foot of snow outside, I bought it in November, only rode it 43 miles so far.I have added some highway bars, HID headlight, chromed mesh radiator shroud and extra bright LED rear lights. And the exhaust is modified just a tad...
50 posted on 04/04/2010 2:14:59 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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