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From: CT on 20 Jun 2007 04:04 Cab wrote: > Ace wrote: > > > > Just pathetically underpowered, eh? > > Well, in fairness, a few extra horses wouldn't go amiss, but the bike > is very torquey. So what's the difference between torque and power? <d&rfc> -- Chris
From: Phil Launchbury on 20 Jun 2007 05:24 In article <eoqI5aRD4CeGJAae(a)rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick ><nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> typed > ><shuffles, stares at feet> > > I don't like them either. I thought the GS range just looked 'proper'. > As did the Z1. The Katanas were... Not proper. I didn't like them either. I thought they looked like they were about to nosedive into the ground.. > I'm probably not helping much, am I? I suspect I'm not either. Phil. -- Phil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms'
From: Eiron on 20 Jun 2007 05:59 SpamTrapSeeSig wrote: > In article <nkng73pm9bfi7kn8sqaoo5pamnpdphn3q1(a)4ax.com>, Mike Fleming > <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> writes >> In article <rn4f739rplvnep13bd32qt4cgqh0l19fc0(a)4ax.com>, Ace >> <seesig(a)virgin.net> writes: >> >>> Aye, the Katana continues to be one of the worst styling exercises in >>> history. >> >> Ah, at last, someone else who recognises the true hideousness of the >> things. You don't also happen to think that the recent(ish) MV Agustas >> are terribly overrated examples of terminal featurelessness as well, >> do you? > > This one's an overrated example of terminal featurelessness, er, perhaps: > > <http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/katana.jpg> Katana. Looks nice, looks like she goes a bit. Get her home and undressed and she turns into her fat old mother. -- Eiron.
From: platypus on 20 Jun 2007 06:03 Phil Launchbury wrote: > In article <eoqI5aRD4CeGJAae(a)rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel > wrote: >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick >> <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> typed >> >> <shuffles, stares at feet> >> >> I don't like them either. I thought the GS range just looked >> 'proper'. As did the Z1. The Katanas were... Not proper. > > I didn't like them either. I thought they looked like they were about > to nosedive into the ground.. They're a bit like Elvis: the styling is way overdone. The 750 with the pop-up headlight was better, but it still looked a bit Gerry Anderson. -- platypus "It was not yet obvious that the war would bring misery to the whole world, but it seemed probable that it would do no one any good - except the contractors.�
From: Ace on 20 Jun 2007 06:06
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:56:05 +0100, Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> wrote: >In article <rn4f739rplvnep13bd32qt4cgqh0l19fc0(a)4ax.com>, Ace ><seesig(a)virgin.net> writes: > >> Aye, the Katana continues to be one of the worst styling exercises in >> history. > >Ah, at last, someone else who recognises the true hideousness of the >things. You don't also happen to think that the recent(ish) MV Agustas >are terribly overrated examples of terminal featurelessness as well, >do you? Err no, I can't join you in that camp. They (the MVs) are among very few visual stylings that I feel are actually worthwhile. Right up there with the 916/996 IMO. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` |