Motorcycle Lovers Thread

[Bill Talbot]

Well the 400xcw is now in winter mode. 3-4 inches of snow should get me started!

Friction studded front

Grip Studded rear

And of course, HEATED GRIPS!!!

 

[Dakine]

Well the 400xcw is now in winter mode. 3-4 inches of snow should get me started!

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Friction studded front

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Grip Studded rear

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And of course, HEATED GRIPS!!!

Riding a bike with studs or spikes on a frozen lake is major fun.
It's the most consistent and strong grip I have ever experienced.

 

[Bill Talbot]

Riding a bike with studs or spikes on a frozen lake is major fun.
It's the most consistent and strong grip I have ever experienced.

I'm a woods rider. The lakes down here are rarely frozen thick enough most years. Plus the woods are warmer!

 

[Dakine]

I'm a woods rider. The lakes down here are rarely frozen thick enough most years. Plus the woods are warmer!

I rode a racing Sportster equipped with Euro style spikes on Lake St. Clair and passed some iceboaters once.
Try it if you get a chance.

 

[Bill Talbot]

I rode a racing Sportster equipped with Euro style spikes on Lake St. Clair and passed some iceboaters once.
Try it if you get a chance.

I find the term 'racing sportster' an oxymoron.

 

[scott43]

I found that with proper SS brake lines and modern pads they are acceptable for street use.

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Yeah I had practically the same setup but I blocked the anti-dive to get better bump compliance going in. They were still....mediocre... They're basically what you'd expect a 40 year old bike to be..

 

[scott43]

I find the term 'racing sportster' an oxymoron.

Racers dun care..we raced Z50's..

 

[Dakine]

I find the term 'racing sportster' an oxymoron.

Apparently you aren't a fan of flat track racing.
This Sportster was a full tracker like the one in the pic with 2" ice spikes screwed into bare rims Euro style.
The traction was just crazy.
Flat track sportster

 

[geepers]

Apparently you aren't a fan of flat track racing.
This Sportster was a full tracker like the one in the pic with 2" ice spikes screwed into bare rims Euro style.
The traction was just crazy.
Flat track sportster

Flat track racing. Who remembers the 1971 film "On Any Sunday" by Bruce Brown?

 

[Seventh]

First motorcycle: 1979 Kawasaki KE 100
Current Motorcycle: 2014 HD Electra glide police
Next Motorcycle: maybe a Softail Heritage

 

[Bill Talbot]

Apparently you aren't a fan of flat track racing.
This Sportster was a full tracker like the one in the pic with 2" ice spikes screwed into bare rims Euro style.
The traction was just crazy.
Flat track sportster

No, I'm not a fan of HD. The XR750 was far from a 'sportster'. And the rules were massaged over the years to keep those bike competitive. Every time a 'new' manufacturer started to win things were 'contained' to keep HD in the race.

Flat track has produced many of the very best roadracers thoughout the years. I like TT, Short track and especially the MILE.
It's HD I have a problem with.

 

[Dakine]

I was at a fair ground oval track one day playing around with my Triumph TT Special when Black Bart Markel showed up to do some testing.
He passed me going at least twice as fast as I could go and flipped me the bird as he did it.
Whatta Guy!
Now I'm liking the King of the Baggers races.
It ain't MotoGP but it's fun.
46 Forever!
Bagger mania

 

[crgildart]

Well the 400xcw is now in winter mode. 3-4 inches of snow should get me started!

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Friction studded front

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Grip Studded rear

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And of course, HEATED GRIPS!!!

I bet that's a problem on concrete hahahaha!

 

[Bill Talbot]

I was at a fair ground oval track one day playing around with my Triumph TT Special when Black Bart Markel showed up to do some testing.
He passed me going at least twice as fast as I could go and flipped me the bird as he did it.
Whatta Guy!
Now I'm liking the King of the Baggers races.
It ain't MotoGP but it's fun.
46 Forever!
Bagger mania

Yeah, I can't watch that...

 

[Tom K.]

I find the term 'racing sportster' an oxymoron.

Hey now, this forum is too small for brand snobbery!

 

[geepers]

No, I'm not a fan of HD. The XR750 was far from a 'sportster'. And the rules were massaged over the years to keep those bike competitive. Every time a 'new' manufacturer started to win things were 'contained' to keep HD in the race.

Do you recall the time Kenny Roberts turned up with a Yamaha TZ750 2 stroke road racing engine in a flat track frame? Proceeded to blow away everybody and won the race. 1975.

AMA stepped in and banned that type of bike for the very reason you mention. Read some-where that Roberts was really happy with that decision saying the Yamaha thing was just plain scary.

Here's a middle aged Roberts doing a demo on it in 2009.

 

[Bill Talbot]

YES! Kenny said it would just light up the rear wheel. He got a good line out in the cushion on the last lap and it hooked up and launched him passed the competition for the win. He was quoted as saying "They don't pay me enough to ride that thing!"

 

[Bill Talbot]

When he rode the bike years later for the 'demonstration' laps at the Mile, Kel Carruthers purposely had it jetted about 3 sizes fat (to tame it down a bit) so Kenny would have an easier time on the monster. Val and some of the other pros that were in attendence had the biggest grins on their faces watching to king lap that bike around the mile. I think Kenny was honestly glad he survived it and the 'challenge ' was over!

 

[Dakine]

Of course Rossi road raced those things so he knew what King Kenny was up against.
He sure didn't dog it!

 

[Tom K.]

Just watched a MotoGP documentary that was pretty darn good. Hitting the Apex:

Hitting the Apex (2015) ⭐ 8.1 | Documentary, Sport

2h 18m | Not Rated

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