superbikes

djb · 12-02-2006, 07:57 PM

I know there are a few into bikes on here so i thought i would post a pic of a marlboro R1 i sold recently

djb · 12-02-2006, 07:59 PM

And bought this

michaelcaine · 12-02-2006, 08:06 PM

nice,i did my r1 in marlborough colours after coming off at brands on a track day,it had a harris hi level can,and spondon r7 copy rear swinging arm,maxton re-valved front forks and ohlines rear suspension,funny enough i never did get on with it that well compaired to the r6 i had before,i rode the new gixer 750 when it came out back in around 2000 ish and really liked it,seemed to be a mixture of the 2

Lars T · 13-02-2006, 09:18 AM

Hmmm i'm more into the V2's

torque torque....

michaelcaine · 13-02-2006, 09:20 AM

yeah but they sound crap!

Lars T · 13-02-2006, 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by michaelcaine
yeah but they sound crap!

They sound like crap???

They must have the best sound of all.!!

aren't you thinking of 2 stroke mc's??

michaelcaine · 13-02-2006, 03:02 PM

nope im thinking of twins!

djb · 13-02-2006, 06:22 PM

I agree with Lars...a V twin with straight through pipes has an awesome sound,,,although the best sounding bike i heard was a gixer1000k3 with straight through underseat pipes.....a mate got the pipes from america for £1200...it was a pig to fit & it fell apart after 6 months

MC...i intend to do a trackday at oulton on the 3rd march if the weather is ok...did a couple of parade laps at brands just before world superbike last year...the paddock hill bend is awesome...would love to do a full trackday there.

Done most of the tracks in the uk...my fav is donnington[apart from the nurburgring which i did in 2003]

The marlboro R1 at the top was a 98 import{1st in the uk] which was binned at oulton same year & rebuilt as a marlboro rep...had all the usual top kit put on it but nothing was done to the engine

I loved it while i had it but i fancied another gixer 1000...i wrote my first one off in 2003...only prob with gixer 1000,s is their snatchy clutch....plus every fookers got one!!!

michaelcaine · 13-02-2006, 06:26 PM

paddock hill bend is terrifing,its a real racers circuit,most of the bends the cambers the wrong way,glad i move on to boats,it doesnt hurt so much if you have a whoops!

Cookee · 14-02-2006, 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by michaelcaine
paddock hill bend is terrifing,its a real racers circuit,most of the bends the cambers the wrong way,glad i move on to boats,it doesnt hurt so much if you have a whoops!

If you think Paddock Hill bend is terrifing on a bike you should try it on a kart approaching it at 130mph!

Lars T · 14-02-2006, 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by Lars T
They sound like crap???

They must have the best sound of all.!!

aren't you thinking of 2 stroke mc's??

Strange

but everyone is entitled to their own opinion

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I love the V2's sound and my own TL with full titanimum akrapovic

never use it though

750km last year

Lars T · 14-02-2006, 09:21 AM

2.

Matt · 14-02-2006, 09:23 AM

I used to have an old Honda NS400R - bored to 500cc and numerous other mods. Bit of an acquired taste I know - but I quite liked V3 2 stroke sound - and the triple smoke plumes!
Coulda done with more power though.

djb · 14-02-2006, 10:50 AM

Nice bike Lars...always fancied one of them....there was a nice blue one [always faster in blue] on ebay last week which went for £2750....was tempted

Lars T · 14-02-2006, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by djb
always faster in blue

Mine is the only one the yellow here in DK

Cookee · 14-02-2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Matt
I used to have an old Honda NS400R - bored to 500cc and numerous other mods. Bit of an acquired taste I know - but I quite liked V3 2 stroke sound - and the triple smoke plumes!
Coulda done with more power though.

I had a VFR 400R in Rothmans colours - bloody quick for round here!

"Old beardy" · 14-02-2006, 07:14 PM

I used to have a CBR 400RR in urban street tiger colours which was a lot of fun. Sold it and bought a GSXR 1100 which was a real handful. Oh to be young again!

Captain Chaos · 14-02-2006, 07:27 PM

err Ian......... surely for a man of your years we should susbtituting Norton for CBR400 and BSA for GSXR1100?

Foolish · 14-02-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by Cookee
I had a VFR 400R in Rothmans colours - bloody quick for round here!

All my "Rothmans" colours were scraped of by the "Tarmac"

michaelcaine · 14-02-2006, 08:27 PM

i always liked the ns400r,it was a good race rep in its day and handled really well,unlike the rd500,didnt like the duck sound that it made being a triple though,perhaps we should call it bikemad.com???