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05-11-2005, 06:43 PM
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drag elbows!
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NJ
Age: 25
Posts: 308
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Sportbike: 2003 gsxr 1000
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damn i want a rc51
A buddy of mine got a just got a rc51, last season we always used to swap bikes, I know that when we go riding this summer and switch I will definatly want one after actaully riding one.
I just got bit by the big v-twin bug, I always like v-twins, because a sv650 was my first bike, but always wondered what a big twin would be like to ride. Well my boss just got a sv1000s, gives me the keys and says take her for a spin. So I take the bike out. It was like riding my dad's fz1 except the torque comes on a lot lower in the rpms, which kicks ass. And these were just my impressions after going down the highway and some straight roads, suspension wise, the sv1000s felt like my f4i used to, before I reworked everything for the track. Then I hit my favorite twisty road, about 15 min from work, and damn! I just sat in 3rd gear the whole time and just powered out of turns! V-twin just seem to love smooth riding. Obviously the ergos on a rc would be more aggressive than the sv, but I can't imagine how these bikes would be on a twisty road, or on the track  .
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05-11-2005, 07:28 PM
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World Superbike Champion
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Heheheh, join the club. I want one too. I already have a big vtwin but I want more power and better suspension.
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05-11-2005, 11:08 PM
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Official SBN Party Pooper
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: CO Springs
Age: 33
Posts: 20,019
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Sportbike: The one with 2 wheels
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There's one here that is going for 6k and a 2001 i believe.
I've always wanted one
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05-11-2005, 11:26 PM
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SBN Rookie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: St Helens, Or
Age: 55
Posts: 1
Casino Cash: $350
Sportbike: 2003 RC51
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New RC51 owner
Let me tell you boys, there's nothing like it! I got one three weeks ago, by the way, it's my first sportbike! Of course I've waited a long time and I decided to spoil myself. 
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05-12-2005, 03:32 AM
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I love my ipod.
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Sportbike: 1997 suzuki TL1000s
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mmmmmmmmm 1000cc v twin power 
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05-12-2005, 03:35 AM
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spell check monitor
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Just the sound alone is intoxicating. All that power.... 
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
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05-12-2005, 09:06 PM
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World Superbike Racer
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05-20-2005, 10:49 PM
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Supersport Racer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Just south of VIR
Age: 41
Posts: 109
Casino Cash: $252
Sportbike: RC51
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05-21-2005, 07:33 PM
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Backroad Slim
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Owings Mills, MD
Age: 68
Posts: 321
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Sportbike: 2007 GSX R1000/2006 CBR600RR FULL RACE
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Just want to add, that the RC51 is the choice of senior citizens too..
ceh
2001 GSX R1000
2003 RC51
(64 & fast)
She has 37,000 miles on the clock, and runs like a swiss watch too!!

Last edited by cehowardrx7 : 05-21-2005 at 07:58 PM.
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05-21-2005, 07:51 PM
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Backroad Slim
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Location: Owings Mills, MD
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Dam, I hang around for a while, then leave, then come back, and EVERYBODY is on to the RC51!!
VVV is in the club too.
I tell everybody, you got to have super fine taste to pick the RC51..
When I grow up, I want to be like you all!!!
ceh
2001 GSX R1000
2003 RC51
(64 & fast)
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05-21-2005, 08:23 PM
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Represent
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: John Brown Wax Museum
Age: 30
Posts: 1,058
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Sportbike: 2003 Honda RC51
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You damn right!
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05-22-2005, 12:01 AM
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drag elbows!
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NJ
Age: 25
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ahhh you had to post VIR pics!! my fav track. You going there memorial day weekend with TPM? If so look for a really fucked up red f4i in red group, thats me! I don't know whether or not i will have a windscreen or speedo/tach. Bike is being fixed right now after lowside 130+ on the banked nascar turn on pocono north.
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05-22-2005, 01:17 AM
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Backroad Slim
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Posts: 321
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Originally Posted by pillaka
ahhh you had to post VIR pics!! my fav track. You going there memorial day weekend with TPM? If so look for a really fucked up red f4i in red group, thats me! I don't know whether or not i will have a windscreen or speedo/tach. Bike is being fixed right now after lowside 130+ on the banked nascar turn on pocono north.
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If you are talking to me, no I am won't be a VIR on memorial day weekend, going to Beaverrun. That pic of me was a VIR, and after I had crashed on Turn 1 too. Now, I am gun shy...
And if you weren't talking to me, give me my few words back...
ceh
2001 GSX R1000
2003 RC51
(64 & fast)
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05-22-2005, 07:44 PM
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Supersport Racer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Just south of VIR
Age: 41
Posts: 109
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Sportbike: RC51
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Originally Posted by pillaka
ahhh you had to post VIR pics!! my fav track. You going there memorial day weekend with TPM? .
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I can't ride that weekend but I will be there working Pit lane on Monday. I'll be the 6'5" 260lb guy checking your back protector.
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05-22-2005, 08:50 PM
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World Superbike Racer
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Originally Posted by pillaka
ahhh you had to post VIR pics!! my fav track. You going there memorial day weekend with TPM? If so look for a really fucked up red f4i in red group, thats me! I don't know whether or not i will have a windscreen or speedo/tach. Bike is being fixed right now after lowside 130+ on the banked nascar turn on pocono north.
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I'll be there all three days.  I'm riding the RC the first day and the 600RR (#721) the last two days.
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