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From: Moike on 22 Oct 2009 02:20 CrazyCam wrote: > Zebee Johnstone wrote: >> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:12:26 -0700 (PDT) >> JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote: >>> (and apologies to all triples out there - yes I like them too - and >>> I'd love to have a 6 or an 8 one day ;-) >> >> <waits to see if JL and CC can bear to say "and a diesel"> > > In the old days, I'd have said "only when hell freezes over", but, when > you look at some of the euro cars, like Peugeot, where their go-faster > versions are high revving turbo diesels, maybe one day. > > regards, > CrazyCam On one of the cobblestoned Swiss Passes we encountered a gentleman on an Egli Diesel Enfield. http://www.egli-racing.ch/a1/marken.php?WEBYEP_DI=20 For some reason, the owner of this limited-edition beauty has seen fit to put ape-hangers on it. I'll post a photo when I sort them out. He rode down the pass with us, and then took off into the distance as we turned round to go back up (as you do). The sound of that single rising in a steady crescendo as he took off has to be heard to be believed. I'd have one in my mythical 10 bike shed. (but without the ape-hangers). Moike
From: atec 7 7 "atec on 22 Oct 2009 02:53 Moike wrote: > CrazyCam wrote: >> Zebee Johnstone wrote: >>> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:12:26 -0700 (PDT) >>> JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote: >>>> (and apologies to all triples out there - yes I like them too - and >>>> I'd love to have a 6 or an 8 one day ;-) >>> >>> <waits to see if JL and CC can bear to say "and a diesel"> >> >> In the old days, I'd have said "only when hell freezes over", but, >> when you look at some of the euro cars, like Peugeot, where their >> go-faster versions are high revving turbo diesels, maybe one day. >> >> regards, >> CrazyCam > On one of the cobblestoned Swiss Passes we encountered a gentleman on an > Egli Diesel Enfield. > > http://www.egli-racing.ch/a1/marken.php?WEBYEP_DI=20 > > For some reason, the owner of this limited-edition beauty has seen fit > to put ape-hangers on it. I'll post a photo when I sort them out. > > He rode down the pass with us, and then took off into the distance as we > turned round to go back up (as you do). The sound of that single rising > in a steady crescendo as he took off has to be heard to be believed. I'd > have one in my mythical 10 bike shed. (but without the ape-hangers). > > Moike Hangers years ago got put on all sorts of old gutless singles , I expect this modern diesel would be akin to riding one of the underpowered 30 hp pommie thumpers The hangers still look shite of course
From: Fraser Johnston on 22 Oct 2009 04:43 "JL" <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message news:d64a6b75-d0a6-4c52-9eb1-0096a9d305c4(a)2g2000prl.googlegroups.com... On Oct 22, 7:24 am, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > CrazyCam wrote: > > JL wrote: > > > <snip> > > >> JL > >> (likes twins, likes 4s likes two strokes, likes singles - they all > >> have their good points) > > > Yeah, but, like me, you are a cheap tart! > > Oh, and I forgot to add, triples have their moments, too! :-) <beatific smile> Yeahhhh....;-) JL (and apologies to all triples out there - yes I like them too - and I'd love to have a 6 or an 8 one day ;-) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Singles are great for dirtbikes, twins are great for around town, triples sound the best and fours are the best when you want to go really really fast. Fraser
From: Nev.. on 22 Oct 2009 05:34 Fraser Johnston wrote: > Singles are great for dirtbikes, twins are great for around town, triples sound > the best and fours are the best when you want to go really really fast. Did you read that in a magazine or cut and past it from some forum or something? What is so great about twins around town? What triple sounds better than a big twin with a pipe? Nev.. '08 DL1000K8
From: Lars Chance on 22 Oct 2009 08:48
IK Laboratories wrote: > Lars Chance wrote: >> >> That's back 3 gears at 100kph to access the fat part of the >> torque-curve? How could that possibly qualify as "don't have to go >> looking-for-it grunt"? > > Open throttle, bike accelerates, revs rise, torque drops off, you think, > "Er, where did the grunt go?" before you change up a gear to drop the > revs back down to where the engine hasn't run out of breath yet. > > Doesn't that sound suspiciously like having to look for grunt? > Err... not really. That sounds like having grunt instantly available and (assuming you still want it) continuing to be available when you change up. Of course this would have to happen in other than the top-gear that we generally travel in. -- Elsie. |