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The bike I'll keep till I can't ride any more, my salvage-built '01 Kawasaki ZRX1100 with '03 1200R engine. Do-everything beast. Fastest bike I've ever owned; I've done over 145 indicated...

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Bernhard said:
Only 145? Once had a 350 that could do that, and could beat 1000cc Kawaks regularly, but couldn't catch them going uphill!
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You should have taken it to Bonneville, you'd be in the record books.

I always run out of room to keep accelerating, and I don't really "need" to go any faster, but as geared it should do close to 160.
 
Here's another one that I bought new when I was in Darwin on a LNG project there, the intention had been at the job end ride it the 4400 kms back home over a few weeks.
That did not eventuate going straight to another job on the west coast with a three day window. (An $1100 bill to truck it home)

It is pretty much stock besides scooter Diablo's.
Around 8 HP and top speed of around 103 km/h, it never fails to put a grin on your face.

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Time Warp said:
Here's another one that I bought new when I was in Darwin on a LNG project there, the intention had been at the job end ride it the 4400 kms back home over a few weeks.
That did not eventuate going straight to another job on the west coast with a three day window. (An $1100 bill to truck it home)

It is pretty much stock besides scooter Diablo's.
Around 8 HP and top speed of around 103 km/h, it never fails to put a grin on your face.

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There's silencers and there's silencers!!!!!!!
 
EstuaryBoy said:
Must be a helluva motor to need that much strangling!
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I was thinking the opposite... that silencer is probably the reason it only produces 8hp...?

Then theres the weight, must take a lot of effort to stop it turning left all the time...!

(and don’t panic TW, we’re only playing here) !
 
Mind you, given the rear lights are angled towards low flying aircraft, you can see the manufacturer acknowledged it's inherent potential....
 
The pic of my newer Thruxton was taken a few weeks after buying it and I had done the Meerkat x-pipe and had the stock mufflers opened up for better flow, Peter at Meerkat only lives 100 miles from me and he make his own baffles same design as the old Conti muffler of the 70s, made a big difference to the performance.
My old Thruxton has TORs mufflers (Triumph off road) and with the 360 swing sounds great with a very nice thump to the motor, I have Gazi shocks on the back and ecumlators and race tec springs in the front makes it handle pretty good, its up for sale soon will wait till winter is done.
 
Not too much action here lately, so I'll post this one. My belated 80th birthday present. Not mine yet, but I just put down a deposit on the first one my local dealer gets. Should arrive some time in March. 2022 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory.

399 lbs. wet, 100 hp, all the electronic trickery gadgets one could possibly want, and a comfortable sit-up position. Ride reports claim excellent handling, braking, etc. Fits right in with my shift towards smaller, lighter weight bikes. And I really want to try all the new leaned-over braking and traction control stuff.

More details here:

ridermagazine.com

2022 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory | First Look Review | Rider Magazine

The up-spec 2022 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory gets a 5-horsepower boost, fully adjustable KYB inverted fork and Sachs rear shock, and a lightweight lithium battery.
ridermagazine.com ridermagazine.com

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Ken
 
lcrken said:
Not too much action here lately, so I'll post this one. My belated 80th birthday present. Not mine yet, but I just put down a deposit on the first one my local dealer gets. Should arrive some time in March. 2022 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory.

399 lbs. wet, 100 hp, all the electronic trickery gadgets one could possibly want, and a comfortable sit-up position. Ride reports claim excellent handling, braking, etc. Fits right in with my shift towards smaller, lighter weight bikes. And I really want to try all the new leaned-over braking and traction control stuff.

More details here:

ridermagazine.com

2022 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory | First Look Review | Rider Magazine

The up-spec 2022 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory gets a 5-horsepower boost, fully adjustable KYB inverted fork and Sachs rear shock, and a lightweight lithium battery.
ridermagazine.com ridermagazine.com

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Ken
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Glad to see you are not letting the old man in ..
 
Currently the only bike I have tagged and running of the three is the Moto Guzzi Quota. It is a brick.

 

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