It is, I looked it up. Engine seems huge.
Yeah It's a Valkyrie. 6cyl with dual 5" truck stack exhausts.
It is, I looked it up. Engine seems huge.
Don't let it sit. Cleaning and syncing those 6 carbs is a royal b!tch. Don't ask me how I know.Yeah It's a Valkyrie. 6cyl with dual 5" truck stack exhausts.
It doesn't sit alot. I ride it year round.Don't let it sit. Cleaning and syncing those 6 carbs is a royal b!tch. Don't ask me how I know.
That's what a Valk needs. My Dad bought one and rode it for around 2 years, then proceeded to let it sit for around 2 more. Cleaning and Sync'ing those carbs was the hardest motorcycle carb job I have ever attempted.It doesn't sit alot. I ride it year round.
keep on leaning, brother.
And find your missing front brake lol
I was surprise how comfortable she is to ride lol. But yea the rotor and caliper are among the things that need to be address.
In the next few days I am making me a set of stands and pulling the front forks to do seals and do the caliper and rotor.
There be some other stuff I need to fix but for what I paid for her I can put some money in to her
The Triumph Rocket Triple looks nice too. 2.4L 3 Cylinder. A beast. Currently featured in the TV series Lucifer.
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At $15K it is pretty reasonable for weekday you get. The biggest engine in a factory production bike on the market.That's one I've always wanted to give a test ride.
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Looks lowered a bit, too? People need to be kicked in the balls for lowering and removing brakes!
Looks like you are gonna have a lot of fun. Gix750 total sportbike sweetspot. Maybe best sportbike ever, imo.
I have a bike set up for dragracing
Ive seen this sort of stuff a lot.
Squids on the street talking about 'weight savings' by getting rid of 2/3 of their brakes (one in front, one in rear)...dude, how about YOU lose some weight first before making your machine more difficult to ride.
Or these clowns that put on a 240+ rear wheel...GTFO. DME race shop in Winston has ProStreet bikes that are completely street legal in NC - headlights, tails, no wheelie bars, and no slick...they are running 220+mph in the 1/4 at about 6.6 seconds. So dont talk to me about needing that rear tire for traction.
I saw a squid in Lex yesterday. Gixxer...didnt see what size, too busy trying to get my camera up - dude was wearing a tank, boardshorts, and a helmet. He probably had on underwear. Did I forget anything? NOPE... Think about what i DIDNT mention...yeah, your boy was wearing NO SHOES.
The Triumph Rocket Triple looks nice too. 2.4L 3 Cylinder. A beast. Currently featured in the TV series Lucifer.
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Looks lowered a bit, too? People need to be kicked in the balls for lowering and removing brakes!
Looks like you are gonna have a lot of fun. Gix750 total sportbike sweetspot. Maybe best sportbike ever, imo.
I have a bike set up for dragracing
Ive seen this sort of stuff a lot.
Squids on the street talking about 'weight savings' by getting rid of 2/3 of their brakes (one in front, one in rear)...dude, how about YOU lose some weight first before making your machine more difficult to ride.
Or these clowns that put on a 240+ rear wheel...GTFO. DME race shop in Winston has ProStreet bikes that are completely street legal in NC - headlights, tails, no wheelie bars, and no slick...they are running 220+mph in the 1/4 at about 6.6 seconds. So dont talk to me about needing that rear tire for traction.
I saw a squid in Lex yesterday. Gixxer...didnt see what size, too busy trying to get my camera up - dude was wearing a tank, boardshorts, and a helmet. He probably had on underwear. Did I forget anything? NOPE... Think about what i DIDNT mention...yeah, your boy was wearing NO SHOES.
Yeah, I can only shake my head when I see these kinds of bikes. Kinda like when I see a dude with a mullet.
drop the front forks, lower the rear, and remove a front brake = dragbike? lol
That said, Im sure its still very quick down they track, they make good power in a small package.
And before that was this '82 Nighthawk I bought new and rode for 5 years and loved every minute.
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Just another way to squeeze more blood from taxpayers.I know the licenses are graduated by engine displacement in Europe, so they have bikes at some different displacements than we get here.
Just another way to squeeze more blood from taxpayers.
Maybe. But I always figured it was a skill-based thing.
How often do we see/hear about some young kid that goes out and gets a Busa for his first bike and has an accident within a month or two?
Actually, a student told me Monday that their older brother just got a bike two weeks ago...and has already crashed.
Bikes are dangerous in the wrong hands (or when other's arent paying attention). The speed is quite incredible, I'd sort of forgotten how quick my bike is, and Ive not even taken her past 6k yet (rev limit is 10,500).
A former colleague bought his fist bike after he graduated from college. Good patents would let him until he was no longer under their roof.
His second bike was a SV1000. It was also his last bike. He was trying to keep up with more experienced riders. Hit a bit of gravel near the edge of the road. Tires slid and dug in when they meet the soft shoulder. He got high side sling shot into a tree.
He lingered for 6 weeks in the hospital. He was 23 when he died.
I have always been a cautious rider. Wide chicken strips.
I love twisted roads but i never even tried knee dragging.
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Maybe. But I always figured it was a skill-based thing.
How often do we see/hear about some young kid that goes out and gets a Busa for his first bike and has an accident within a month or two?
Actually, a student told me Monday that their older brother just got a bike two weeks ago...and has already crashed.
Bikes are dangerous in the wrong hands (or when other's arent paying attention). The speed is quite incredible, I'd sort of forgotten how quick my bike is, and Ive not even taken her past 6k yet (rev limit is 10,500).
I guess I am pretty safe then since I am a new middle aged rider on an old sport bike (05 FZ6)
Seriously, I started with the BRC, and I am taking it very easy and avoiding interstates, bad weather, and rush hour traffic for the foreseeable future.