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good looking bike. Maybe ill get a kawasaki next
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Ok Shiffty, why the ducati stop? LOL! Thats right Iceman!! I'am dangerous!! Ojhwait, sorry, bad 80's flash back! LOL! I got 3000 off right from the start. They had 1 or 2 left but in different colors. I gotta say that i really have had a good experience everytime I have been in Rousch Motorsports. even from looking around to parts to the actuall buying of the bike. they are really great people.
I would stop by every dealer I could if the girlfriend was letting me buy bikes
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when your top out are you at redline in 6th? If not then a sprocket change should not lower top speed
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then you go back to 1986 right. The first year of the current design for the 250
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some interesting 250 data
1/4 mile 14.6 @88 mph.
36hp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ninja_250R
Ben we need to get you a gearing change and some nitrous. I am willing to lend a hand to make this a bad 250! we need to get you over 100 mph in the 1/4 mile
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I got in trouble when I bought my bike. You need to stop by the ducati dealer on your "way home" next week
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2 years ? wow
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Ill be up for a bit. when is everyone going?
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ill have to find the link but there several articles like it out there i think car and drive published one just like it. I always yeah "earth killer" at people in a prius
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kinda long article but he needs to bash all of the prius on the block / there are a lot of rebuttal articles stating that alot of things are overstated in this article but it kinda shows you that there is alot of things to consider
By Chris Demorro
Staff Writer
The Toyota Prius has become the flagship car for those in our society so environmentally conscious that they are willing to spend a premium to show the world how much they care. Unfortunately for them, their ultimate ‘green car’ is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America; it takes more combined energy per Prius to produce than a Hummer.
Before we delve into the seedy underworld of hybrids, you must first understand how a hybrid works. For this, we will use the most popular hybrid on the market, the Toyota Prius.
The Prius is powered by not one, but two engines: a standard 76 horsepower, 1.5-liter gas engine found in most cars today and a battery- powered engine that deals out 67 horsepower and a whooping 295ft/lbs of torque, below 2000 revolutions per minute. Essentially, the Toyota Synergy Drive system, as it is so called, propels the car from a dead stop to up to 30mph. This is where the largest percent of gas is consumed. As any physics major can tell you, it takes more energy to get an object moving than to keep it moving. The battery is recharged through the braking system, as well as when the gasoline engine takes over anywhere north of 30mph. It seems like a great energy efficient and environmentally sound car, right?
You would be right if you went by the old government EPA estimates, which netted the Prius an incredible 60 miles per gallon in the city and 51 miles per gallon on the highway. Unfortunately for Toyota, the government realized how unrealistic their EPA tests were, which consisted of highway speeds limited to 55mph and acceleration of only 3.3 mph per second. The new tests which affect all 2008 models give a much more realistic rating with highway speeds of 80mph and acceleration of 8mph per second. This has dropped the Prius’s EPA down by 25 percent to an average of 45mpg. This now puts the Toyota within spitting distance of cars like the Chevy Aveo, which costs less then half what the Prius costs.
However, if that was the only issue with the Prius, I wouldn’t be writing this article. It gets much worse.
Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius. As already noted, the Prius is partly driven by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury, Ontario. This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the plant to test moon rovers. The area around the plant is devoid of any life for miles.
The plant is the source of all the nickel found in a Prius’ battery and Toyota purchases 1,000 tons annually. Dubbed the Superstack, the plague-factory has spread sulfur dioxide across northern Ontario, becoming every environmentalist’s nightmare.
“The acid rain around Sudbury was so bad it destroyed all the plants and the soil slid down off the hillside,” said Canadian Greenpeace energy-coordinator David Martin during an interview with Mail, a British-based newspaper.
All of this would be bad enough in and of itself; however, the journey to make a hybrid doesn’t end there. The nickel produced by this disastrous plant is shipped via massive container ship to the largest nickel refinery in Europe. From there, the nickel hops over to China to produce ‘nickel foam.’ From there, it goes to Japan. Finally, the completed batteries are shipped to the United States, finalizing the around-the-world trip required to produce a single Prius battery. Are these not sounding less and less like environmentally sound cars and more like a farce?
Wait, I haven’t even got to the best part yet.
When you pool together all the combined energy it takes to drive and build a Toyota Prius, the flagship car of energy fanatics, it takes almost 50 percent more energy than a Hummer - the Prius’s arch nemesis.
Through a study by CNW Marketing called “Dust to Dust,” the total combined energy is taken from all the electrical, fuel, transportation, materials (metal, plastic, etc) and hundreds of other factors over the expected lifetime of a vehicle. The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles - the expected lifespan of the Hybrid.
The Hummer, on the other hand, costs a more fiscal $1.95 per mile to put on the road over an expected lifetime of 300,000 miles. That means the Hummer will last three times longer than a Prius and use less combined energy doing it.
So, if you are really an environmentalist - ditch the Prius. Instead, buy one of the most economical cars available - a Toyota Scion xB. The Scion only costs a paltry $0.48 per mile to put on the road. If you are still obsessed over gas mileage - buy a Chevy Aveo and fix that lead foot.
One last fun fact for you: it takes five years to offset the premium price of a Prius. Meaning, you have to wait 60 months to save any money over a non-hybrid car because of lower gas expenses.
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wait till something like that happens to your wife/sister/mom and I bet some of you guys will get all tough and pretend that you are going to do something about it
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hey looks good i think ill get a set
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I found that absolute best thing to clean a bike. Its called Kristen, you could try your wife or girlfriend and probably get some good results
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The cop is not the judge jury or executioner. He also gets paid more than enough to act like a professional. Not to be a sexist pig but most guys are stronger than women and dont need to yank them by their hair.
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Thanks for the heads up kenstatetsi . I am just waiting on them to put out a race replica kit for the 04-05 gsxr 600/750. The body work for that generation just popped up within the last week or so
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I have been looking at those too and there has been mention of them on other forums I frequent. There are mixed reviews about thier quality but for the price I guess it is worth it.
Maybe you can be the guinea pig and if they are good I might buy a set
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my ovens internal dimensions are only 18x18x18 so i have to stick with the smaller stuff
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decide what stuff you want done and maybe we can get them done this weekend. I have a couple of things to do to my bikes too:D got some new rotors and leo vince on the way
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not strapped for cash, the girlfriend is in school all day and then spends the entire evening studying.
My main job is boring so I would like a job that would be fun in the evenings
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The only fun jobs I can think of involve strippers and the girlfriend wont let me do that.
As far as full time goes I would have to get a really nice raise to leave gov't benefits behind
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I work my 8-5 at OSU and I think I want a second job for the evenings and maybe the weekends when it starts getting colder out. I am looking for something fun as my first job kinda sucks. So if anyone has some ideas let me know
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the firefighter thing sounds great except the occasional fire. It sounds a bit better than being a salaried state employee
I have my own sno cone maker, you make it seem so nice
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i guess I dont feel bad about not bidding then
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It sold for $15.50 with free shipping. I guess I should have bought it for the screen
anybody know charles?
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his screen name here is putty