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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 10:38 am
by Man-of-Mystery
I thought it was a CPU fault, but apparently it's throttle-related again
M-o-M
Re: Now that's what I call a loan bike!
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:36 pm
by RiceBurner
Man-of-Mystery wrote:I haven't posted this under Boxerpix, because it's not a Boxer, but...
Somebody at John Clark Tayside must like me, because they loaned me this for a couple of days while my Boxer is in for some routine gubbins.
"Power-to-weight ratio" would have some relevance if this thing had any weight - in fact it's remarkably light. When you open the throttle on a Boxer, you bend it to your will; when you open the throttle on this thing the first couple of times, all you can think is "
Que puta madre!" as you rupture your Adam's apple! Somewhere in the first few miles you realise how smooth the engine is, how you can't rely on engine-braking, and how you don't need to work the box (once I was on the move I scarcely needed to shift below 4th).
The Laser made a lovely sound. I could get used to riding one of these.
M-o-M
My wife loves hers.
Re: Now that's what I call a loan bike!
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:39 pm
by Man-of-Mystery
RiceBurner wrote:My wife loves hers.
There's no answer to that.
M-o-M
Re: Now that's what I call a loan bike!
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:11 pm
by RiceBurner
Man-of-Mystery wrote:RiceBurner wrote:My wife loves hers.
There's no answer to that.
M-o-M
I've caused a lot of old men to splutter with that line.
Re: Now that's what I call a loan bike!
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:15 pm
by Gromit
RiceBurner wrote:
I've caused a lot of
old men to splutter with that line.
And there are more than a few on here
(present company excepted of course)
Re: Now that's what I call a loan bike!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:17 am
by Man-of-Mystery
RiceBurner wrote:I've caused a lot of old men to splutter...
And there's no answer to
that either.
M-o-M
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:08 pm
by Man-of-Mystery
Man-of-Mystery wrote:Bah... Kid Ory is in dry dock again, and they lent me one of these monstrosities.
I do
not like tourers.
M-o-M
Hurrah - I get the Boxer back today. You can have no idea how much I hate this damn thing!
M-o-M