From: Iain Chalmers on
In article <4ae0dbe2$0$21852$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au>,
CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> JL wrote:
> > On Oct 22, 12:36 pm, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:12:26 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >> JL <jlitt...(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">
> >
> > Pfft Diesels belong in trucks and pseudo-trucks(1), they don't sound
> > good, they don't perform well in light vehicles (compared to a petrol
> > or electric equivalent). I'd rather have an electric thanks.
>
> Am I making this up, or have the recent winning cars at the Le Mans
> 24-hour race not been diesels?

Yeah but the recent wining bikes in the postie bike challenge were all
postie bikes - that doesn't make them cutting egde racebikes, it's just
cause the rules have been tweaked to favour them...

(I'm with JL, I'd love an electric sportsbike...)

big

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From: Fraser Johnston on

"Nev.." <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

Personal experience and my own opinion. If you don't like it feel free to give
yours.

Fraser


From: Fraser Johnston on

"G-S" <geoff(a)castbus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Nev.. wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>
> I'm not sure I'd say 'sounds better than a big twin', but a big triple under
> acceleration (say a Sprint) does sounds lots better than a big 4 IMO. The
> motors feel nicer than an inline 4 also.
>
> I'd certainly have a triple in my garage if I was picking my 5 bike dream
> garage :)

I loved the scream that came out of my 675. Best noise ever.

Fraser


From: TimC on
On 2009-10-22, Lars Chance (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>
>> <waits to see if JL and CC can bear to say "and a diesel">
>>
> Personally I'd LOVE a diesel! I have fantasies of grafting a Jap 800cc
> triple TDI onto a BMW or 'Guzzi gearbox and I can't imagine why the
> major bike companies haven't already offered us one.

You and me both.

The half man-half horse in this video just sounds beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTGDD91UAsw

--
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You're saying cats are the opposite of bijectiveness? -- ST in RHOD
From: CrazyCam on
Fraser Johnston wrote:

<snip>

> I loved the scream that came out of my 675. Best noise ever.

That would have been the Daytona?

It's a pity that the only way you can really enjoy the sound of the
Daytona 675 is when it's on the dyno.

Actually riding one is just too silly for words. ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam