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Information: So this was a middle class Manhattan guyīs mid-life crisis. He was too scared to ride it, then too fat to ride it well. So I got it from him and took it to where it belonged - racy looking, sleek and comfortable. Note the Corbin Saddle, Heli-bar risers, Zero G Double Bubble screen. That stupid stock oil filter air damn is in a trash heap in Vermont somewhere; what an un-Japanese waste of plastic in my design opinion. I anodized in gold accent everything that coud be anodized, and powder coated the wheels (NOTE: I do NOT recommend HPC of New Hampshire for powder coating. They completely blew the wheel color but did an OK job on the header, which I had flowed ahead of time). The Erion cans are all you can put on Hondaīs - nothing else comes close. Take your D&Dīs, Your Two Brothersī, Staintune´s, Yosh, etc., and spot-weld a ring bolt to them and use them as anchors on your bass boat. Then buy Erionīs and see what you should have done in the first place.
But DO put on Dunlop D207 GP "stars" as they are race tires but Oh my God are they nice and keep you on the line. But they are also $250 a rear tire installed every 3,000 miles. But on a bike like this that is a better investment than your insurance!
I flushed the turn signals, performed a surgical "fenderectomy" on the rear, and added gel grips with weighted bar ends.
For a while I ran a 15 tooth front sprocket, but had tire issues since the front tire was always in the air - in any gear with like 1/8 throttle. This thing has so much torque it should be illegal. Actually, it is illegal. I let a friend ride it on a "boys night out" to Montreal, and I had the opportunity to observe his French skills as he (failed) to talk himself out of a serious citation with the Quebec provincial police for riding a wheelie from the St. Lawrence bridge to the Rue St. Lavalle exit. I was on his R6, 15 years older, a safe distance behind, and much more restrained. This is the same model bike the Inimitable Sir Joey Dunlap of Belfast, Ireland rode to the Touring Trophy championship at the Isle of Mann in 2000. God rest his Irish soul, we miss you Joey. So for all you fuckers who think the RC51 rules and these are for whimps, read the previous sentence, go back to grade school, and then call me when you get a life.
This bike is currently for sale in Seattle in order to indulge my medical school habit. Foolish, I know, but I wonīt take penny under $5500 or it stays in the stable. Or Iīll trade it for a 90īs model Ducati 900SS in pristine condtion with under 10k miles, and you pay me $2000. Oh, and it has to be a black Ducati 900ss or donīt waste my email bandwidth.
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