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  1. Tpoppa
    Also, the EBR race teams aren't racing with the motors as it comes from EBR. Thinner gaskets, higher compression, etc, etc.
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    I think drag racing is more for 'gearheads' than 'riders.' You have to love motors, wrenches, and horsepower to be a serious drag racer. If you're a top of the food chain drag racer, you ride what...2 or 3 miles total for a race day? I like to ride the shit out of bikes 400-500 miles at a time.
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    Statistically speaking...it's pretty difficult to be that consistently terrible. With all the different combinations of quarterbacks and coaches it almost impossible that NONE of them make any progress. Unless of course your stadium is the Factory of Sadness.
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    Why trade a #3 pick for what's going to turn out to be a #15-20 pick? If you're going to trade Trent, why do it mid season when you have no depth at running back? They could have traded him after the season and gotten more for him...or why not just keep him? If Trent turns out to be a top 10 running back, which is pretty likely, we have to watch him do well for another team for 10 years. The Browns are an embarrassment
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    Ive drag raced a bike before. Meh...not for me.
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    Is this an elaborate ruse to trick people into watching one of your midget-porn-pony-play-snuff-films???
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    Speaking of Rotax...anyone notice the new 2014 Can Am Spyder no longer uses the 990 Rotax Twin that was previously used by Aprilia? It uses a Rotax 1330 Triple that doesn't require any valve adjustments. I wonder if that motor will find it's way onto 2 wheels? Seems ideal for a ST.
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    ^^ I enjoyed both of my XB9s. The handling was stellar...but I never really realized what a turd that motor was until I got my Gladius. I've had many bikes that were way faster, but the Gladius is in the same power category as an XB9. The Gladius motor has less torque and hp, but it just feels faster. It loves to rev and has a wider range of useable power. If I rode the XBs like I ride the Gladius, they would have grenaded long ago.
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    Hopefully, EBR has enough success with the 1190 line to spawn some other EBR offerings. In one of the interviews with Erik after Buell was shutdown by Ass-less-chaps incorporated, he mentioned that there were plans to build a Buell middleweight triple. I won't be buying a Superbike, but an EBR middleweight or sport tourer would be very interesting.
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    Comparing the motors from the 1125R to the EBR 1190RS The Buell 1125R mill was designed by BMC, manufactured and assembled by Rotax. After HD pulled the rug out from under BMC there were still lots of unused 1125R motors and parts leftover. The 1190 motor was designed by EBR an used a few of the same parts from the Rotax built Buell 1125R, like the lower casting. This was a comment from EBR when the 1190RS made it's debut "The engine has some parts in common, but the crankshaft, rods, pistons, rings, pins, cylinders, heads, valves, cams, charging system, clutch, etc. are different." Lots of people have assumed that the 1190RX will use a more streetable version of the 1190RS race motor. We should know for sure in October.
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    I would venture a guess that the motor is designed and assembled by EBR, but the pieces are actually made a known engine manufacturer.
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    Tpoppa replied to Hoblick's topic in Daily Ride

    I dig Arrow pipes.
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    A guy I ride with loves them. I may give them a try after I wear out my current PR2s.
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    At least 10
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    It's a fair question. There's not a huge gap in price between the 899 & 1199 base model (15k vs 18k). You would think that many of the same materials are used on the 899. I'm sure the details be revealed when the reviews come out.
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    Really? You are a seriously dumb dude.
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    nope, we had to revolt against that shit
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    Red light cameras are an infected boil on the ass of society.
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    np. I can help a fellow Ridgetuckian.
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    Rode it last week also. It's in good shape. There was some construction, but it's been completed.
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    800 is in good shape from Urichsville all the way to the river. 26 is in good shape from Marietta to 800 (the good part of 26). I usually avoid the part of 26 north of Woodsfield. 255 has been really gravely the three times I've ridden it this year. Last time was about a month ago. I think more trucks are driving on 255 due to fracking in the area. 536 was closed as of last week.
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    Cut the plugs off the old R/R and solder them onto the new one. Just use a high temp solder that wont melt. The 5 wires on any R/R are standard.
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    One thing I've always found a little confusing about Ducati is how often they change the displacement of their motors. Japanese seem to make improvements to 600cc or 1000cc motors, where Ducati seems to want to tweak the displacement. I think people get used to buying a certain 'class' of motorcycle. Take the Monster for example. How many motor sizes have been in the Monster? 10, 15, more? 600, 620, 650, 695, 696, 750, 795, 796, 800, etc, and that's just the smallish Monsters. I kinda like the 899. But the middleweight displacement is pretty close to the 916 superbike from not all that long ago.
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    I assume Riks is a rewind. Could it have more winds than OEM and be putting out more watts and frying the RR? More airflow certainly can't hurt. I've heard of people putting computer fans on RRs.
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    Did you replace the stator with an OEM part or rewind? You could try a newer mosfet RR. I have an extra one from an 07 CBR1000RR.
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