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frostbitevinnie · 06-24-2008, 09:16 PM

No kids for me, just a lot of practice.

**intimid8er** · 06-25-2008, 03:52 PM

I just signed for the keys to this baby....

**Trapper** · 06-25-2008, 04:12 PM

You'll grow out of it!

**intimid8er** · 06-25-2008, 04:15 PM

Already have.....

Took it around the block and was bored!

Traded it for the ThrustSSC....got a hell of a deal on it considering Shell didn't need it anymore given the current mood WRT petrol

geoffsimpson · 06-25-2008, 04:16 PM

Don't forget to baffle those pipes, better yet, fill them with water like a bong. we don't want to bother the cagers. Cuz that'd be inconsiderate

HAMMERPETE · 06-25-2008, 04:33 PM

I saw a V-max with a superchager the other night. Rae said "Why!" and shook her head is disbelief.
I had to explain it to her.
Tim i will send you the pic if you can upload it.

HAMMERPETE · 06-25-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by intimid8er

I just signed for the keys to this baby....

I need to borrow that. I have one with a viper V-10 wanna trade

MikeHump · 06-25-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by intimid8er

I just signed for the keys to this baby....

Are those bottles of nitrous on the back? As if the blowers weren't enough....

diamond_jim · 06-25-2008, 07:35 PM

Tim, your buddy called. He wants his bike back.

frostbitevinnie · 06-25-2008, 08:37 PM

Pfffffffftttt, what ya gonna do with those tiny bikes?? Ride this!!!

**intimid8er** · 06-26-2008, 09:16 AM

Damn guys....I told you I traded it already for the ThrustSSC.

NCxM50 · 06-26-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Rickster

Not to give you a hard time, but how does one grow out of a bike?
I know you gan grow out of a car, or a house if your family gets to big, but I have always figured that if a bike can safely do the speed limt you can't out grow it. Please explain what "growing out of a bike" means.

Actually, I can explain it pretty well I think. A friend I've known since high school has outgrown 3 bikes.
He scrounged, scraped and worked his butt off to buy a rebel 250 his junior year. It was great for back forth around town to work and school. Then he graduated and started commuting to U Mass in Boston. The bike could do the speed limit, but it just didn't have anything left once it got there. If he ran into a need for any acceleration, he was SOL. That, and the bike was so light that some of the not so well taken care of roads in the area caused him no end of pain. He really loved that little Honda, so he moved into a Shadow 750before he finished his first year.
He rode that 750 all through college, and for a couple years after. Once he moved out of moms place, him and his girl started taking regular rides into the mountains on camping trips, he was packing that bike to, or just over, the GVWR, AND he was riding it into the NH mountains, in some spots he literally had to fight to keep the bike at 55. He upgraded the bike to a VTX 1300.
He rode the VTX for about 9 or 10 years, it suited him fine. He got a little older, and started taking all his vacations on the bike, riding to rallies in Daytona and the Honda Hoot, etc. I suppose HE didn't really outgrow the VTX, but his wife did. She just couldn't take the long rides on it anymmore, and they bought a Goldwing a few years back, which he still owns.
Three bikes, over the course of 20 years, and you could definitely say they were all outgrown.

Rickster · 06-26-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NCxM50

Actually, I can explain it pretty well I think. A friend I've known since high school has outgrown 3 bikes.
He scrounged, scraped and worked his butt off to buy a rebel 250 his junior year. It was great for back forth around town to work and school. Then he graduated and started commuting to U Mass in Boston. The bike could do the speed limit, but it just didn't have anything left once it got there. If he ran into a need for any acceleration, he was SOL. That, and the bike was so light that some of the not so well taken care of roads in the area caused him no end of pain. He really loved that little Honda, so he moved into a Shadow 750before he finished his first year.
He rode that 750 all through college, and for a couple years after. Once he moved out of moms place, him and his girl started taking regular rides into the mountains on camping trips, he was packing that bike to, or just over, the GVWR, AND he was riding it into the NH mountains, in some spots he literally had to fight to keep the bike at 55. He upgraded the bike to a VTX 1300.
He rode the VTX for about 9 or 10 years, it suited him fine. He got a little older, and started taking all his vacations on the bike, riding to rallies in Daytona and the Honda Hoot, etc. I suppose HE didn't really outgrow the VTX, but his wife did. She just couldn't take the long rides on it anymmore, and they bought a Goldwing a few years back, which he still owns.
Three bikes, over the course of 20 years, and you could definitely say they were all outgrown.

Sounds like your friend is the exception to the rule, and yes I would agree with you that he did out grow them, but most (not all, but most) riders that use that "catch phrase" don't even have the skills to master a 40 HP bike, let alone wanting to upgrade from a 100+ HP bike, to a 150+ HP bike.

NCxM50 · 06-26-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rickster

most (not all, but most) riders that use that "catch phrase" don't even have the skills to master a 40 HP bike, let alone wanting to upgrade from a 100+ HP bike, to a 150+ HP bike.

I completely agree that it's probably an overused phrase. I also don't think that a 600R class bike can be "outgrown" in the sense that has been talked about here. If you're looking to go faster in the straights, or blow through the 1/4 mile, ON THE TRACK, i suppose you could move up to a liter bike or bigger. But outgrowing a an R6 or CBR600RR or similar bike and moving to it's big brother for street usage? No way, as it is, the 600 is going to outhandle the liter bikes in the twisties, which is where most people want to put them to the test and really ride em anyhow. Sure it might be more of a challenge to push a 1000 to the limits, but those are limits that you just can't reach on the streets IMHO.

MikeHump · 06-26-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by NCxM50

I completely agree that it's probably an overused phrase. I also don't think that a 600R class bike can be "outgrown" in the sense that has been talked about here. If you're looking to go faster in the straights, or blow through the 1/4 mile, ON THE TRACK, i suppose you could move up to a liter bike or bigger. But outgrowing a an R6 or CBR600RR or similar bike and moving to it's big brother for street usage? No way, as it is, the 600 is going to outhandle the liter bikes in the twisties, which is where most people want to put them to the test and really ride em anyhow. Sure it might be more of a challenge to push a 1000 to the limits, but those are limits that you just can't reach on the streets IMHO.

06-24-2008, 09:16 PM	#61 (permalink)
frostbitevinnie In The Zone Joined: Jul 2007 Bike: 07' C90T 76' MT250 Location: 3rd house NW of the Depot Posts: 2,727	No kids for me, just a lot of practice. __________________ I set up a by knot of soups that valid terrific, and can be made in big batches and frozen. Is there any interest? Karri Tamsin

06-25-2008, 03:52 PM	#62 (permalink)
intimid8er It's A Conspiracy Joined: May 2005 Bike: '06 XB12X Location: 30 41'47.99" N 83 11'26.54" W Hold My Beer Posts: 10,092	I just signed for the keys to this baby.... __________________ Song Pick of the Week 12/03 Booker T and the MG's - Green Onions Bonus for Buster The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight I had no idea 20% ABV beer could get me drunk so fast!

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06-25-2008, 04:15 PM	#64 (permalink)
intimid8er It's A Conspiracy Joined: May 2005 Bike: '06 XB12X Location: 30 41'47.99" N 83 11'26.54" W Hold My Beer Posts: 10,092	Already have..... Took it around the block and was bored! Traded it for the ThrustSSC....got a hell of a deal on it considering Shell didn't need it anymore given the current mood WRT petrol __________________ Song Pick of the Week 12/03 Booker T and the MG's - Green Onions Bonus for Buster The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight I had no idea 20% ABV beer could get me drunk so fast!

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06-25-2008, 04:33 PM	#66 (permalink)
HAMMERPETE M-J Member of the Month! Joined: Oct 2005 Bike: 2005 HAMMER Location: SOCAL %%%%%ES Posts: 3,031	I saw a V-max with a superchager the other night. Rae said "Why!" and shook her head is disbelief. I had to explain it to her. Tim i will send you the pic if you can upload it. __________________ "There's not a whole lot ways this can go right" - Johnny Knoxsville "I did something in a previous life that must have been spectacularly good, because I'm getting paid in this life just magnificently, more than one would dare imagine or hope for." - RIP George Carlin. Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, But rather to skid in side ways, totally worn out shouting HOLYSHI$T What A RIDE!!

06-25-2008, 07:35 PM	#69 (permalink)
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06-25-2008, 08:37 PM	#70 (permalink)
frostbitevinnie In The Zone Joined: Jul 2007 Bike: 07' C90T 76' MT250 Location: 3rd house NW of the Depot Posts: 2,727	Pfffffffftttt, what ya gonna do with those tiny bikes?? Ride this!!! __________________ I set up a by knot of soups that valid terrific, and can be made in big batches and frozen. Is there any interest? Karri Tamsin

06-26-2008, 09:16 AM	#71 (permalink)
intimid8er It's A Conspiracy Joined: May 2005 Bike: '06 XB12X Location: 30 41'47.99" N 83 11'26.54" W Hold My Beer Posts: 10,092	Damn guys....I told you I traded it already for the ThrustSSC. __________________ Song Pick of the Week 12/03 Booker T and the MG's - Green Onions Bonus for Buster The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight I had no idea 20% ABV beer could get me drunk so fast!

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