RC51 John

haha, yeah... maybe I was a bit too effusive...

Thanks dictionary.com

Effusive

1. unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.

2. pouring out; overflowing.

Wow and he's doing a wheelie too.

hahaha "spanishspanishspanish 240kmh"

"englishenglishenglish crash"

That's funny.

two things, first I hope this guy had good insurance, second http://www.honda-rc51.de/ HAPPY SPENDING

I love that site.

It's good to hear that you are okay.

When you're on the road you should at least feel somewhat safe around other bikes. Hope you can get the RC fixed.

first of all....who made u the moderator of this thread?

Secondly I am still confused. Is the yellow ducati a 900ss??? I am so clueless about bike models unless its a suzuki or yamaha.

Thirdly, Kevin if you'd shave that long crap off ur chin they might not poke fun at you by callin u Amish. hehe. You're an attractive kid when ur clean shaven.

Yes, the yellow bike is a Ducati 900ss.

Ya gots ta have mad skills to rate a ride like dat.

It's off da hook.

I shall not be attending.

Looks real good.

Nice Black Bird

Holy shit.

I hate it when bikers ride a cars ass. I don't get it. A buddy of mine always does and I get embarrassed. Plus he's just making it more dangerous for himself. Stoplights he does it too; he's right on their bumper. Me, I leave escape space incase the car behind me is not stopping and I can bail off to the side of the stopped car in front of me. I don't get people on bikes that tailgate.

+1

RIP

Could you imagine the uproar and rioting that would ensue if this were shown today. Congress would have to get involved of course. Wow, I'd like to see that.

"recycle"

Is that even a real word?

I don't get it?

I believe he is stating that you never come out. ???

The Valk had the Goldwing GL1500 engine and it got about 40-45, like the Wing. The damn thing is huge.

Anyway, yes they're going to have to change as their demographic gets older, they're doing that in some ways already. They're planning on making a trike, for that aging demographic. They're looking at making a diesel( they're getting about 80mpg). They've got a good engine in the vrod to build another line around, which I think they'll have to do, since that's the most modern, but it line really is a flop compared to the rest of the range.

As far as making more on their merchandise, care to show some numbers, because I don't buy it, they have nearly half the US motorcycle market.

http://sec.edgar-online.com/2003/03/28/0001104659-03-005244/Section2.asp

A sizable sum I bet, probably more than any other brand in the US, but not most of their profit by far.

This is a dip in the whole market, other brands are having lower sales too, if people aren't going to shell out 18K for a Road King, they're not going to shell out 18K for a Goldwing either.

This is a few years old, but the numbers haven't changed that much:

Percentage Market Share:

For years ---------------------2002 --- 2001 ---2000 --- 1999 ---- 1998

Harley-Davidson motorcycles 47.5% - 45.0% - 45.6% - 48.8% - 48.1%

Buell motorcycles - 0.7 - 0.7 - 1.2 - 1.4 - 1.4

Total Company - 48.2 - 45.7 - 46.8 - 50.2 - 49.5

Honda --19.8 - 20.5 - 18.5 - 16.4 - 20.3

Suzuki -- 9.6 - 10.8 - 9.3 - 9.4 - 10.0

Kawasaki -- 6.9 - 8.0 - 9.0 - 10.3 - 10.1

Yamaha -- 8.9 - 7.9 - 8.4 - 7.0 - 4.2

Other -- 6.6 - 7.1 - 8.0 - 6.7 - 5.9

Total -- 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %

http://sec.edgar-online.com/2003/03/28/0001104659-03-005244/Section2.asp

Harley sells almost half of the motorcycles in the US, Honda has a fifth of what's left and everyone else grabs the scraps.

They can afford to trim a lot of fat before it really causes big problems.

They also spend a large portion of their profits on lawyers.

I'm out

still working on the ramblin wreck...

Greg - sweet avatar

I'll be there depending on the weather.

That is kinda funny.

OVERWORKED

For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much

pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason:

I'm tired because I'm overworked.

* The population of this country is 237 million.

* 104 million are retired.

* That leaves 133 million to do the work.

* There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the

work.

* Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government,

leaving 19 million to do the work.

* 2.8 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do

the work.

* Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and

City Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

* At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving

1,212,000 to do the work.

* Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.

* That leaves just two people to do the work.

* You and me.

* And you're sitting at your computer reading jokes.

:lol:

A young fellow ran into an old man who was carring a bag.

"What's in the bag?" the youngster asked.

"magic apples", the old man replied.

"Prove it", said the young man.

"Well, besides apples, what is your favorite two fruits?" asked the old man.

"Watermelon and peaches", he answered.

The man handed him an apple and told him to try it out. The boy took a bite and said that it tasted like a watermelon. "Ok, turn it over", he said.

The boy did and took another bite and said that it tasted like a peach.

The youngster still wasn't convinced that they were magic.

The old fellow told him to name something else that he liked to eat.

"I like to eat pussy." he snapped.

The man handed him another apple and told him to try it.

He took a big bite, spit it out, wipped his mouth and esclaimed, "That tasted like shit".

The old man looked at him, smiled and said, "Turn it over."

That was great.

:lol: