Car and Bike Talk

[Future]

View attachment 142545 View attachment 142546 I have a customer that has two of these, made by Vandenhall. He says he has got it up to 135mph.

See a few of them around here ....some identical ...others kinda of the same

 

[scratch]

Looks like a prop for some low budget
scifi movie.

It sounded like one too, I thought that tiny engine was going to blow up when he drove up in it!

 

[moreluck]

Who decided that a gigantic black grill is good looking. What are they smoking in the design departments?
UGLY!!

 

[BSWALKS]

Who decided that a gigantic black grill is good looking. What are they smoking in the design departments?
UGLY!!

Ugly, but not as bad as an Altima

 

[moreluck]

Ugly, but not as bad as an Altima

ha, ha, ha, ha

 

[rod]

I see Leah Pritchett set an all time national top fuel record a few miles from me at BIR for the NHRA Nationals. 3.640 at 331.53 mph. I can hear them running as I type this. The big ones shake my windows and they are about 12 miles away. I think its live on tv on Sunday. I'm going to the dirt track races in about a half hour----its more exciting that watching cars go straight down a track.

 

[rod]

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Anybody interested in making a Bluesmobile replica? 69K on the odometer.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I see Leah Pritchett set an all time national top fuel record a few miles from me at BIR for the NHRA Nationals. 3.640 at 331.53 mph. I can hear them running as I type this. The big ones shake my windows and they are about 12 miles away. I think its live on tv on Sunday. I'm going to the dirt track races in about a half hour----its more exciting that watching cars go straight down a track.

She is awful cute though .

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

 

[rod]

I love watching him opperate

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I love watching him opperate

I'd pay good money for a ride along.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

 

[sailfish]

Had the opportunity to put a few hundred miles on a BMW R1200R today. Damn. Cuts those miles like a knife through warm butter. I think I know what direction I might be heading for my next bike.

 

[BSWALKS]

Had the opportunity to put a few hundred miles on a BMW R1200R today. Damn. Cuts those miles like a knife through warm butter. I think I know what direction I might be heading for my next bike.

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That or a new FJR 1300.

 

[sailfish]

That or a new FJR 1300.

I try to avoid brand loyalty but I am kind of a Yamaha guy. Probably the biggest swaying point of the Beamer is the optional sound system, which the FJR doesn't have.

However, I thought it would be a lot easier to hear than what it was, and I don't feel like I can hear it well enough to utilize full enjoyment from it (at highway speeds at least). So with that being less of a selling point, we'll see what happens.

 

[rod]

I try to avoid brand loyalty but I am kind of a Yamaha guy. Probably the biggest swaying point of the Beamer is the optional sound system, which the FJR doesn't have.

However, I thought it would be a lot easier to hear than what it was, and I don't feel like I can hear it well enough to utilize full enjoyment from it (at highway speeds at least). So with that being less of a selling point, we'll see what happens.

I HAVE NO problem hearing the sound system on my Harley Ultra at highway speeds.

 

[sailfish]

I HAVE NO problem hearing the sound system on my Harley Ultra at highway speeds.

Well, for me there's a big difference between simply hearing it and actually being able to clearly hear all the highs, lows, and everything in between to the point of actually fully enjoying it.

I also prefer to ride with an enclosed helmet and ear plugs so that doesn't help either.