I remember the Bike magazine (UK) write up - they dubbed it the "Thanatoid Mach III".... very apt.
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I remember the Bike magazine (UK) write up - they dubbed it the "Thanatoid Mach III".... very apt.
For me, that was the start of the horsepower wars. But a Mach IV...parked next to a Z1...pure sex.
Very thanatoid.
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Thanatoid means, deadly.
I looked it up, for myself and those of you who also didn't know what it meant
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Sketchy power brings the smiles! Until you slip!
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One of the greatest days of my life was when I brought home a sister for Suzie. The next four years were a dream come true - two full sized, fully maintained beauties in my garage. Warms my heart just to think about it.
Cant wait for the day. Either itll be a twin so I'll have a cruiser and a little sporty bike, or a fully faired bike making the GS a cruiser.
You're not implying that a GS650GL is sporty, though-right?
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Not normally but I'd say mines a bit sporty (just a bit!). I changed the bars to cb400f bars and put an exhaust. Definitely feels alot sportier than when i had those wrist cramping stock bars. I plan on changing the seat style, I'm actually looking at this very one but no purchases will be made till the bike is mechanically well.
If I do get that seat I think I'll be shortening the rear fender a bit and doing something with the taillight...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-1982-...DefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2332490.c100891.m5206
Just a little sporty!
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That's a nice build! REALLY makes mine look like a cruiser.
Forgive me, guys, but I'm completely uninformed about GS650s (as well as 550s). I just noticed the "G" in 650GL. Is this a shafty?
So I browse through the BikeBound article. Plenty of pics. 13. Not a one shows the left side clear enough to discern the final drive. Shafts are...not sporty (or attractive).
Point being, timebomb, there's a time and place for everything. Time and place for Nos is college parties.
timebombprod
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Forgive me, guys, but I'm completely uninformed about GS650s (as well as 550s). I just noticed the "G" in 650GL. Is this a shafty?
So I browse through the BikeBound article. Plenty of pics. 13. Not a one shows the left side clear enough to discern the final drive. Shafts are...not sporty (or attractive).
Point being, timebomb, there's a time and place for everything. Time and place for Nos is college parties.
Yeah shaftdrive and it had highway bars, also I guess it's considered a king and queen seat is what it had.
Apparently the L was for Low slider, or something close to that.
Atleast the maintenance is low!
BMW has made some very sporty shafties.
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And one hell of a sportbike.
Yeah, though it holds no appeal to me.
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Same, though very cool and fast, the power cant even be used on a normal road without a police chase being formed. I definitely can admire the craftsmanship.
More fun to go fast on a slow bike than go slow on a fast one!
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Great video of that! Ninja 250 whooping the big supersports in the corners
I would not be happy being one of the guys on the bigger bikes lol
https://youtu.be/Kz03sQeX02c
I would not be happy being one of the guys on the bigger bikes lol
https://youtu.be/Kz03sQeX02c
I've had my days with insane bikes (by far the most insane of which was a fully built GPz 750 Turbo with over 200 hp at the rear wheel; that thing scared me more times than I like to count). Nowadays, I am having a blast slowly and steadily tweaking this Sportster. Just got a set of cams for it, so a little more fun is in store-but nothing remotely crazy.
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The best thing about harleys is howmuch you can modify them, and how readily available those parts are, you can probably literally build a whole complete engine out of aftermarket parts. Evo is a great engine, now if they can do something like buell again... a twin is a great engine for curvy roads, the powers always there.