Dear Santa...

Please can I have...

One of these:
http://www.pierrecol.com/Milan2006/Milan 023.jpg

and one of these as well:
http://www.pierrecol.com/Milan2006/Milan 008.jpg

because I have been a very good boy this year.

Cheers mate!

 

HORRIBLE.
It has a trowel on each end of the bars.
Is that a bike for a gardener?

 

It's probably to help with growing things up the trellis.
Anyway, I like it.

 

Hypermoto. Rather have a KTM950SM. Or, now they will actually be
available soon a 'Street Scrambler' (preferably with the Charade 120BHP
motor).
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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 |
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Ducati Hypermotard 1100S

"The 1100 S is the ultimate in extreme performance. The 'S' takes
Hypermotard thrills to an even higher level using Marzocchi 50mm
forks with trick, low friction, Titanium Nitride (TiN) coating on the
sliders and a race-spec Öhlins fully adjustable shock at the rear
for fantastic road holding. The Incredible stopping force of Brembo
Monobloc calipers and lightweight machine finished forged-aluminium
wheels complete the awesome chassis set-up, while carbon fibre
fork protectors, timing belt covers and fenders front and rear
show-off its 'S' status"

1078cc 2v Desmo engine
95hp @ 7750rpm
102.9Nm @ 4750rpm
180Kg dry weight
11.5l fuel tank

http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2007/FamilyPage.jhtml?family=Hypermotard

Full press release:
http://www.pressmailer.com/downloads/Hypermotard_eng.rtf

Spec here:
http://www.pressmailer.com/downloads/HYPERMOTARDTechSpec.xls

 

And this is where it all goes tits up.

 

In communiqué
<1hp0jwq.1rp517o1lpcafwN%>, The

My mate's 950SM is 17.5l. We were filling up at about the same time at
the Manx.
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+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

 

They all look the same to me, these days.

Spear and Jackson, tools to trust.

 

Hmm that's where it's let down.. if it had the same engine as the 999
it'd be a better proposition.

 

Cost vs Weight vs Servicing vs Power

A 999 engine would increase the cost of the engine
by 30-40% imho.

It would also increase the weight as it would be
water-cooled and require all the related ancillaries.
The current 1100 HM just has an oil cooler and
thats it.

The servicing would be more complex, and more
expensive, as it would be a 4v engine rather than
a 2v engine.

The 999 engines are now around 160bhp which,
while it would be much fun, would be a little bit
of overkill. The "just under" 100bhp from the 1100
2v is plenty enough to have fun on the road, as
I found out with some rear wheel sliding on the
wet roads while out on the 748 this morning...

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, antonye belched forth and ejected the following:

I hope it looks better in the flesh.

It looks horrible.

This one's marginally better but not by a lot.

Have you?

Hmm...

<Drums fingers>

 

If you can hang on for a year, I know EXACTLY where one of the SuperMoto's
will be for sale with less than 500 miles on the clock and that's if he gets
it "as soon as".

I got my Zed off this bloke with 441 miles on it (and I'd done more than 40
of 'em) when he decided he must have a KTM SuperDuke. That was sold this
year with around 700 miles on the clock when he decided he MUST have a
Ducati SuperMoto. On those two bikes alone, he took a financial hit
totalling 6 grand. Cheap transport are these motorbikey things.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Beav tossed off:

Your sig is fucked

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Dan L

1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

No it's not, *I'VE* got a fucked head for not snipping Anthony's sig. See?


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19