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my new toy
Posted: April 8, 2005, 9:05 pm
by Neziroth
just signed the papers today and I'm picking it up in a week:
<img src="
http://kawasaki.com/kawasaki_main/image ... 52_800.jpg>
Ohhh I can't wait!
Posted: April 8, 2005, 9:06 pm
by Lohrno
Either replace the [s with <s or put that url between [ img ] and [ /img ] and it should work better.
<img src = "
http://kawasaki.com/kawasaki_main/image ... 52_800.jpg">
You're missing an ending "

Posted: April 8, 2005, 9:07 pm
by Kithyen
Compensating for something there?
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I'm just jealous. I want one
Posted: April 8, 2005, 9:33 pm
by icknay
pretty sweet bike

Posted: April 8, 2005, 9:47 pm
by Dexail
very nice Nez. Congrats.
I just picked this up last week. I love it.

Posted: April 8, 2005, 10:16 pm
by Winnow
Big Gun QUIET SERIES/SPORT UTILITY
Designed for maximum performance at responsible noise levels Features Quiet core silencer Sold with Silent Sport muffler packing (All Big Gun Quiet Series Exhaust Systems meet the new CA USFS sound rule of 96dB with addition of the accessory Quiet End Spout and fresh Big Gun Silent Sport packing.)
Posted: April 9, 2005, 12:26 am
by Siji
Grats, enjoy it and ride safe.
I do have to say though.. The Ninjas are without a doubt oen of the ugliest 'crotch rocket' bikes out there.
I woulda sold ya mine.

Posted: April 9, 2005, 8:23 am
by Zaelath
Siji wrote:Grats, enjoy it and ride safe.
I do have to say though.. The Ninjas are without a doubt oen of the ugliest 'crotch rocket' bikes out there.
I woulda sold ya mine.

My brother has a Blackbird.
Frightening.
(took it onto the highway from a side road, goosed the throttle and when I looked down I was doing a little over 110MPH)
Posted: April 9, 2005, 9:13 am
by Tinkin Tankem
Get a Duc!
Posted: April 9, 2005, 1:38 pm
by Durew
This is my bike, got it last year.. very good learners bike, although I'm a bit tired of it due to low HP; cant even pull a wheelie on this, its too heavy with not enough torque. All in all, great price for what your getting if you've never rode a bike before

Posted: April 11, 2005, 1:56 pm
by miir
This was my first road bike.... nearly 20 years ago....
Very poor learners bike... power to weight ratio was insane, and low end torque was through the roof (

2-strokes). Mixing the gas was a bitch though.
They don't make bikes like that anymore.

Posted: April 11, 2005, 2:14 pm
by Fairweather Pure
All those crotch rocket bikes look the same to me. I hate to stereotype, but the people that ride those seem to all come from the same gene pool, which is not a compliment.
Posted: April 11, 2005, 2:40 pm
by miir
Yeah, there are a lot of stupid riders out there these days. People who buy bikes for the wrong reason and don't learn the proper skills to operate them properly. I can't stand these kids who blast down the highway doing 150+ in shorts and a tshirt... or the ones wheelie-ing from stoplight to stoplight.
There are a good bunch of responsible bikers around but it's the loudest demographic that give bike owners (esp sport bikes) a bad rep.
All those crotch rocket bikes look the same to me
Well it's not like they have too much leeway in design. Bikes are function over form. Over 90% of a motorcycle's bulk is made of of mechanicals.
Posted: April 11, 2005, 2:55 pm
by Voronwë
the only bikers i have a problem with are the assclowns who make their Harleys louder than a fucking C-130.
Posted: April 11, 2005, 3:28 pm
by Aslanna
Voronwë wrote:the only bikers i have a problem with are the assclowns who make their Harleys louder than a fucking C-130.
I agree! Although I don't know what a C-130 is. Sounds like a plane or something!
Posted: April 11, 2005, 3:36 pm
by Lohrno
Aslanna wrote:Although I don't know what a C-130 is. Sounds like a plane or something!
Good guess.
It's a plane large enough to carry military vehicles.
Posted: April 11, 2005, 3:37 pm
by Marbus
Yea but C-130s aren't that loud, any good Harley should be louder than that!
Marb
Posted: April 11, 2005, 3:41 pm
by Winnow
There are people on this board that purposely make their bikes loud and then complain about being told they can't have them in apartment complexes.
Noise polution sucks ass. Muffle that shit until you're outside city limits or on a highway where you have a good chance of dying for the permanent muffle. They need to sell a phone that is Harley activated. When the obnoxious signature sound of a Harley or other loud bike is detected, it automatically calls in a complaint.
Posted: April 11, 2005, 5:00 pm
by Tenuvil
Voronwë wrote:the only bikers i have a problem with are the assclowns who make their Harleys louder than a fucking C-130.
loud pipes save lives
Posted: April 11, 2005, 5:34 pm
by Boogahz
Yeah, the drivers that don't "see" bikes might at least hear them. The only time I have problems with loud cars or bikes are when they pull into a parking garage and gun it between speed bumps. They set alarms off left and right as well as knocking pigeons from their perches.
Posted: April 11, 2005, 5:36 pm
by Neziroth
if it's too loud then you're too old!
hohoho
Posted: April 11, 2005, 6:55 pm
by Aslanna
We've already had this debate!
Posted: April 11, 2005, 7:47 pm
by Pherr the Dorf
I have one of these for sale if anyone is interested... yes a 1947 Indian Chief
Posted: April 11, 2005, 7:59 pm
by Kelshara
Loud bikes > Big SUVs with stupid drivers. Plus rice burners are a hell of a lot worse imho.
I miss riding

Posted: April 11, 2005, 8:06 pm
by Winnow
All motorcycles should have to have those little extra passenger cars attached to them.

Posted: April 11, 2005, 9:10 pm
by Boogahz
That looks more like a passenger car with a little motorcycle attached to it.
Posted: April 12, 2005, 9:35 am
by Kluden
Loud bikes may be annoying, but rice burners who sound like they're farting are much worse, imho...but anyways:
My first and current bike:
It's got enough power & torque for anything...very fun. Just exchange that stock exhaust with a high mount Scorpion can, and that's mine!
Oh I forgot to add, yeah, the Ninja is a great bike to start on, but I imagine you will want more, sooner or later

Just wear your gear, and don't be the asshat who rides around in shorts and a wife beaters with your helmet on...you would only be saving your head for the funeral.