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Originally Posted by Shnabdabber
I always liked the VFR's. My buddies very old man has one and its a solid bike. The single sided swingarm looks awesome too.
I just have to chime in on the whole Harley thing. I agree with you 100%. I know a few guys that ride Harleys that are cool guys; that is until you get them near their hog. Then they are too awesome to ride with the sportbike crowd. I dont get it; a guy on a Harley will not even look at, let alone wave at a guy on a sportbike. The whole Harley mystique baffles me... I would NEVER spend the kind of money it takes to own one when the Japanese manufacturers have far superior machines at a fraction of the cost.
To each their own, and if they are happy, then awesome. But I cant help but snicker when grandpa grey beard pulls up next to me at a light on his softtail and barks the throttle over and over. Ya... ok.
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Agreed on the single sided swing arm. From the open side, the bike looks ultra high tech, even the older mid 90's ones.
I think part of the reason the HD guys never want to ride with anyone on anything Japanese is that they know they can't keep up. Thats how i felt when I had my 2 HD's. I usually ended up riding alone because I knew any of my buddies machines would leave me behind, or I would end up holding them back once we hit a few twists.
If I could have any bike on the planet however it would be this....
Any gear head looks at this picture and says..."That thing actually could run??" Square/oval pistons with 8 valves per...
Honda NR750.... Oval piston V4 32 valve, all carbon uber mega machine from the early 90's all at a cool $50,000 1992 US dollars and only 300 in existence. I actually was lucky enough to see one of these run in person when I was in Florida about 5 years ago. Some dude just pulled up in front of the hotel I was staying at and got off it like it was some everyday whatever bike. Meanwhile I couldn't believe I was actually looking at one of them. Definitely my dream bike. The bike broke so much ground for a lot of the stuff we ride now. By today's standards it would be considered heavy and sluggish, but I would still give anything to own something so rare, exotic, and pioneering. The thing just had this weird mystique when you were near it.