A thread for motorcycle porn!

[BandWagon]

that pic didn't work for me

Sorry. Is this better?

 

[weltweit]

Sorry. Is this better?

Yep, that is great and I know someone who owned one of those.

 

[twentythreedom]

This . . . .

I'm too old, my legs won't bend enough, it's too frantic, manic and out and out too intense . . . but my god

I had a 10 mile test ride of one Hmmmmm! years ago - - - - If my soul had any value left in it . . . it would be a tough choice for a brand new, out of the box bike, for a life time of torment and sorrow

Luckily, I've grown up . . . but . . . . 15 years ago . . . . I don't like to think

Awesome ^^

This too :

 

[twentythreedom]

Me missing an apex on my old ZX9R at Lydden in 2001

 

[jakethesnake]

Wilkinson 1910 touring cycle.

 

[DownwardDog]

After a few years in the doldrums it's great too see that superbike arms race is now well and truly on again. 200bhp+ is the new normal.

2015 Kawasaki Ninja H2. I think I'll trade my ZX-10R for one because it's SUPERCHARGED.

 

[weltweit]

200bhp has to be massive overkill .... sure there will be takers though.

 

[DownwardDog]

Also launched this week (and also with 200bhp+) is the Yamaha R1M.

It has the most sophisticated electronics of any road bike by far.

• Power Delivery Mode (PWR), similar to the earlier “D-Mode” system, lets the rider choose from four settings of throttle-valve opening rate in relation to the degree of throttle-grip opening to best match their riding conditions.
• Variable Traction Control System (TCS) with lean angle calculating the differential in front to rear wheel speed as well as the lean angle, it helps prevent rear wheel spin when exiting corners. As lean angle increases, so does the amount of control…with ten separate settings (off and 1-9) enabling the rider to dial in the exact level of control needed.
• Slide Control System (SCS), the first of its kind on a production motorcycle comes directly from the YZR-M1. It works in tandem with the IMU, where, if a slide is detected while accelerating during hard leaning conditions, the ECU will step in and control engine power to reduce the slide. This too can be adjusted by the rider. Four settings (1-3 and off).
• Lift Control System (LIF): IMU detects the front to rear pitch rate and the ECU controls engine power to reduce the front wheel lift during acceleration. Four settings (1-3 and off).
• Launch Control System (LCS), limits engine rpms to 10,000 wide open throttle. It maintains optimum engine output in conjunction with input from the TCS and LIF systems to maximize acceleration from a standing start. Three settings (1-2 and off).
• Quick Shift System (QSS) cuts engine output so riders can up-shift without using the clutch and closing the throttle, for quicker lap times, also with three variable settings (1-2 and off).

All that plus the GPS datalogging will make it a phenomenal track bike but the Ninja H2 will probably be better for 'spirited' (ie like a twat) road riding.

 

[weltweit]

Also launched this week (and also with 200bhp+) is the Yamaha R1M.

At least the Yamaha looks like a motorbike in the Yamaha tradition, rather than that futuristic Kawasaki you posted up there. The screen on this one looks at least as if it might deflect some wind!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

200bhp on a road bike? Fuck me, that's insane.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

200bhp on a road bike? Fuck me, that's insane.

That's the same as my nearly 2 ton car, and that's fast enough

 

[DownwardDog]

Player 3 enters the game...

Honda RC213V-S. A road version of their MotoGP bike. When Marc Marquez was introducing it my face was like Quagmire's that time Barry Manilow was singing to him.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Spotted in an underground carpark - think its a K75 given the GS treatment. Shock is a Fournales, forks are Showa. Silencer looks like its from a Triumph trophy and the clocks and headlight look like Triumph Bonneville. Cool as milk but its been sitting there for what looks like months with an 05/14 tax disk.

Personally I think it looks well weapon.

 

[kwaimaisabai]

well weapon.

Want! I've seen the odd K100 with a set of knobblies but the 75 is meant to be a better bike. Needs a sump guard though. And a proper tank.

 

[DownwardDog]

Want! I've seen the odd K100 with a set of knobblies but the 75 is meant to be a better bike. Needs a sump guard though. And a proper tank.

The K75GS was a real missed opportunity for BMW. Quite a few people have rolled their own.

 

[kwaimaisabai]

If I saw that for sale, I'd have it.
Still no proper sump guard though and it might need spoked wheels.

 

[kwaimaisabai]

The K75GS was a real missed opportunity for BMW

For HPN also.

 

[DownwardDog]

The naffness of being a CR is cancelled by the awesomeness of being a 750 Harley.

 

[weltweit]

These guys are not just getting their knees down, their elbows too!!

 

[weltweit]

 

[weltweit]

My last bike took me from Lands End to John O'Groats on A roads in 14.5 hours, it was great, but then I became a dad and haven't ridden a bike since. Thing is, I still dream about motorbikes, 16 years later, so they must feature in my future somehow. One of the issues I have is that I never got my knee down and that is something I will have to rectify at some point.

 

[weltweit]

Better quality image: Getting your elbow down:

 

[DownwardDog]

One of the issues I have is that I never got my knee down and that is something I will have to rectify at some point.

On the track doesn't count, it has to be on the road. Double points for doing it in the wet.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

On the track doesn't count, it has to be on the road. Double points for doing it in the wet.

Only if you're a massive twat.

 

[yardbird]

This was my first bike about 1972 a brilliant commuting machine and not common so a bit of a conversation piece.

 

[ViolentPanda]

This was my first bike about 1972 a brilliant commuting machine and not common so a bit of a conversation piece.

Monkey Bike!

 

[yooper]

I'm no fan of Harleys but this is a fucking beaut.

----------------------------- very nice although I am an English bike guy with a 2008 Triumph T100 Bonneville but I like Harleys especially Sportsters and stripped down shovel heads and earlier Pan and Knuckles and Flatheads . Anything Harley is fine if it is stripped down . Currently I like the XR1200 but I think that it has been discontinued . Also like Buells which as every one knows are Sportster engine Sport , café racers . I like the earlier tube frame Buells the best . Also one of my old favorite factory conceived bikes is the 76 - 78 XLCR Sportster . --- XLCR Evolution Mecatwin --- also love the bikes by Storz - Storz SP 1200 Sportster | Bike EXIF . XR1200 --- Harley Davidson Sportster XR1200 (pictures) | Biser3a --- .

 

[yooper]

I started out in 1965 with a Bultaco 175 Mercurio , I got it because it was available at a price I could afford . It was fine but not really what I wanted as I wanted a dirt bike , still it was ok but not really what I wanted . About a year later at about 19 or 20 I got a brand new 1969 Triumph 650 TR6C . It said 'Made in England' in a gold lettered decal on the steering head , had high desert racer pipes , a skid plate , a kicker and I was in heaven . After that I got a couple old BSA 650 twins and a couple Triumph Trident 750 triples . After those I got a 81 or 82 square headlight Suzuki GS 1100 with flat bars and a Kerker 4 into one exhaust . After that I got a Kawasaki GPZ 1100 . After that I got a couple of KLR 650 and then a 2008 Triumph T100 Bonneville in 2010 .

 

[yooper]

next , I think that I may get a Harley Superglide but I don't know as I have an old pickup truck that I should fix up for hunting and camping . I will try to visit the Harley factory / museum in Milwaukee this summer so I might buy one when I am there .

 

[Saul Goodman]

Better quality image: Getting your elbow down:

Shoulders are the new elbows