Death nell of Nitro??

Only in the US and for the reason cited. You don't see hardly any outside the US.

Well, RCVs are now made by a Chinese company.

Triumphs ALWAYS come in lower than 1st place even in the British press when compared side by side in ROAD tests.

"Paul McIntosh" wrote in message news:4233668a$0$16960$ snipped-for-privacy@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...

Then never EVER go to Japan, England or Germany...they love them. More likely to see a Harley in Japan than ANY BMW. Lot's of other countries love Harley...

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Maybe but more often than not when asked which bike they'd rather take home...Triumph wins.

Jeeeeez, get off this topic already!

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What "Special Racing Version" Harley hasn't had a road race bike in over 10 years and those were ONLY sold in Poland to meet rules requirements...

Go look at buell...

HDs with straight pipes are way louder than the wind noise at any speed, but they're the most abnoxious at a stoplight because they've eveidently f*&cked up the tuning to the point where the engine won't idle so they've got to keep revving the engine to keep it running. Or maybe they just enjoy scaring small children.

Not entirely unfair. Anybody driving a Miata (and before that an A-R Spyder) doens't have peace and quite at the top of his priority list.

Yup. I installed a roll bar. I also wear earplugs when driving on the freeway (either top-down in a car or on a motorcycle).

What you say is possible, Arne, but I tend to think that the energy crisis in full form will trigger the next great expansion of Western preeminence in technology. We have many possible technologies that will fill in the petroleum energy production deficit once the price of petroleum reaches certain levels. We are almost there.

One thing that the US excels at is in the creation of exotic, new technologies. We aren't much at making economically priced widgets, but trips to the moon and difficult high technology development appear to be our forte'. I would not dismiss the rest of the Western nations and Russia either.

Recently, there have been stirrings in the media about increasing the educational demands that are placed upon our students. To me, that indicates that we are preparing to embark upon a new high tech sojurn into the future.

Ed Cregger

Not everyone is into racing. Sometimes just enjoying the loping engine of a Harley IS the goal.

Ed Cregger

Guzzis are cool, but the cylinders are too high.

Ed Cregger

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Yeah but the Beemer is just a Guzzi with saggy tit syndrome. ;^)

The Rockster is a factory hot rod from BMW...not a bad bike for a basic design that's over 80 years old.

Ah then you don't get it! ;^) That's okay neither do I. The whole throttle blipping at the light is unneeded as none of those bikes are in such a state of tune that they wont idle...mostly it's just like the straight pipes, more dick waving by the dickless. It's the same as morons in cars doing the same.

I've several friends with Miata's...just waiting for the right 93' with a 2 rotor rotary conversion to come along. ;^) Preferably in an after-market "Yellow Periel" paint...I'll trade it for the wife. Yes I'll wear earplugs and helmet.

Good man, more and more it amuses me that people don't wear hearing protection when they should. Even flying our model planes can be bad for your hearing. But I've got to rebuild a Suzuki T-500 and then I can once again ride 2 stroke on the street and the environut nanny's can kiss my arse...

Not a fair metric, but I saw one Harley on the street in London last month, compared to a hundred or so a day of everything else. (Not fair, of course, because the sun doesn't shine much in the UK. I saw tabulated on a website

Amen. Neither do I. I hate the noisy splatter of a H-D. And , they certainly don't sound powerful.

kd

Although not my favorite , I love the sound of a BMW. One of the smoothest bikes ever built IMO.

kd

Ed...remember an old machine called a Servi-Cycle built by Simplex ? When I was 12 I bought a frame for 10.00. Then I installed a 3/4 hp Briggs that I salvaged from a Maytag washing machine. Direct belt drive...give a push and hop on. Would do all of 15 mph or so on level ground , had to jump off and run beside it on any incline other than LEVEL. At 12 years of age , I thought it sounded good .

kd

I know what you mean, kd. 8>)

Once a friend owed me $15. Seeing that he would probably not have the cash for a while, he offered me a middle weight 26" bicycle that was fitted with a direct drive two-stroke engine that nestled under the left hand side of the seat. I took him up on the offer and proceeded to have a ball for a few months. What a learning experience starting that two-stroke was.

You had to push with the choke engaged until the engine began coughing and sputtering. Then you stopped and moved the choke to the half position, then you took off running again. When the engine began to cough and sputter again, you jumped on the seat and slowly pulled on the wire to the carb, opening up the barrel, while simultaneously moving the choke to the open position. All of this occurred while you were pedaling furiously and attempting to avoid traffic, obstacles, other kids, etc.

Gee, those were the goold old days - once the engine warmed up enough.

Ed Cregger

A higher stndard of education would be the death knell for the republicans though.