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Offline tomacGTi

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« on: November 03, 2005, 05:19:32 PM »
I got this twice the other day from two separate people. Must come from the "liter club to replace my not-so-liter penis".

One kid, literally still had his molester moustache, has a GSXR 1000 and a buddy of mine who has a ZRX1100 Lawson bike.

Whatever. The bike's mine and paid for. We'll see what you say when I see you in the twisties.

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Offline Desolation Angel

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2005, 07:04:25 PM »
Don't pay any attention to the dumb@sses!  Those little boogers are some kind of fast.  I had a GS450 and that's only a two cylinder and if I wound the rpm's up it would wheelie and fly!

Yeah, a GS1150 was faster at the track...so, what?!  I'm riding on my street and to work and the store...in traffic.

Never let anyone's dumb@ss comments discourage you.  When I was a teenager, you could kind of hurt my feelings with comments about my vehicles.  A bike is a bike is a bike and it's yours and it works really good and it's fun and it's inexpensive to operate and they can bite your @ss!

I'd love to have a 400 Bandit to play with.  There is, or was, one on eBay recently and it was close to me.  I almost got it, but it had a dent in the tank and I don't like tank dents, nor did I feel like fixing it, so I missed out.  I think a water-cooled 4 cylinder 400 is cool!

Offline Red01

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2005, 01:38:39 AM »
Wonder what those two might say to this guy about the little 500 he's on?



Better yet, I wonder is they could even keep him in sight.  :wink:
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Offline Desolation Angel

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2005, 09:52:50 AM »
Quote from: "Red01"
Wonder what those two might say to this guy about the little 500 he's on?



Better yet, I wonder is they could even keep him in sight.  :wink:


I love that!  Especially the Lucky Strike trade mark.  Got any more pics of that bike? :grin:

Offline JmuRiz

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2005, 10:08:50 AM »
Sweet bike!
I once saw an RGV painted like that at my old apartment, drool was a-flowin'

I agree with the statements above, the 400 is great for riding around, just go out and have fun screw the loosers that think engine sizes matters.  I ride with a bunch of experienced riders that would love to trade their big bikes for the B4 (for a day or so, but none the less).
Nathan

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Offline Herr Tod

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2005, 07:25:33 PM »
Last sunday I was riding with 9 other bikes. The lightest bike of these was a ZZR 600 with 100 HP. The only one I couldn't keep up with was a SV 1000... damn good rider. It's all in the rider, and the rider has to learn on a light bike. Rossi started on a mini bike... and look at him now :beers: If someone starts on a GSXR 1000 he will either end up dead or end up too scared to even look at the throttle :lol:

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"Oh, it's only a 400..."
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2005, 08:59:54 PM »
Quote from: "Desolation Angel"
I love that!  Especially the Lucky Strike trade mark.  Got any more pics of that bike? :grin:


I was more impressed by the world famous Yamaha rider sitting aboard the competition...

But here's another one with two Lucky Strike RG500's



If you like those, then you might like these:





Paul
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