I think I missed the memo...

I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's
Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into
Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...

The bike that passed me on the way home last night, with it's gearsack
rack and hard panniers and centrestand (surely together a _clear_
giveaway of touring status, no?)

It was a Ducati 996... (If I hadn't been on the Spada I might have tried
to keep up and work out how they'd wrapped the panniers round the
underseat exhaust...)

Only a few model changes and half a dozen years or so top go from a
race-rep World Superbike dominating sportsbike to a Sports-Tourer...

Johnny5, you were ahead of your time

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In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:36:06 +1100

alas, I can remember when it was a sign of a pukka sport bike!
centrestand only meant it was serious kit.

Zebee

 

The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a
VN1500 Vulcan.
Which one are you saying is the Superbike?

 

Indeed I was, sorry John, sorry Moike...

big (see Hammo, admitting you're wrong isn't so hard! ;-) )

 

Goaty also rode a huge Kwakasaki GT1000 I think. G who?

 

Last time I saw it he was riding shotgun in the tow truck.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

THAT was the other one!
I knew I'd left one out but I just couldn't remember what it was.

 

"what it was" referring to the bike or Goaty?

 

You forgot the 1000GTR (which visited you) as well![1]
http://lamp.man.deakin.edu.au/riding/qld/john.jpg

Cheers
Goaty
1. ... and the 50cc Aero scooter, but no one ever saw that!
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Nah, that was the Vulcan in pure Harley emulation mode.

Cheers
Goaty
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Oooo err!

Cheers
Goaty
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Now we just have to work out which of Goaty and I is most insulted.

Moike

 

[shamed face]
Michelle reckons it was the sight of your hairy man-boobs that have wiped
that whole period from my mind!

 

The day I see a factory top box as big as J5's esky is when we can call him
ahead of his time. I think J5 was getting 'top box' and 'trailer' confused.

 

Let me know how you go with that, and I'll insult to other one a bit
more to even things back up

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