I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
The bike that passed me on the way home last night, with it's gearsack rack and hard panniers and centrestand (surely together a _clear_ giveaway of touring status, no?)
It was a Ducati 996... (If I hadn't been on the Spada I might have tried to keep up and work out how they'd wrapped the panniers round the underseat exhaust...)
Only a few model changes and half a dozen years or so top go from a race-rep World Superbike dominating sportsbike to a Sports-Tourer...
Johnny5, you were ahead of your time :-)
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In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:36:06 +1100
Iain Chalmers <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: > The bike that passed me on the way home last night, with it's gearsack > rack and hard panniers and centrestand (surely together a _clear_ > giveaway of touring status, no?)
alas, I can remember when it was a sign of a pukka sport bike! centrestand only meant it was serious kit.
"Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: >I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's > Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into > Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a VN1500 Vulcan. Which one are you saying is the Superbike? -- Clem (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....) [Ha ha; the spelling-checker didn't like "Superboike" and offered "Superporker" instead. Everybody's a critic!]
> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: > >I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's > > Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into > > Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a > VN1500 Vulcan. > Which one are you saying is the Superbike? > -- > Clem > (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....)
Indeed I was, sorry John, sorry Moike...
big (see Hammo, admitting you're wrong isn't so hard! ;-) )
-- "Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)
> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: >>I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a > VN1500 Vulcan. > Which one are you saying is the Superbike? > -- > Clem > (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....) > [Ha ha; the spelling-checker didn't like "Superboike" and offered > "Superporker" instead. Everybody's a critic!]
Goaty also rode a huge Kwakasaki GT1000 I think. G who?
smack wrote: > "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:LAUAh.1423$4c6.1362@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: >>> I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
>> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a >> VN1500 Vulcan. >> Which one are you saying is the Superbike? >> -- >> Clem >> (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....) >> [Ha ha; the spelling-checker didn't like "Superboike" and offered >> "Superporker" instead. Everybody's a critic!]
> Goaty also rode a huge Kwakasaki GT1000 I think. G who?
Last time I saw it he was riding shotgun in the tow truck.
>> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: >>>I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
>> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a >> VN1500 Vulcan. >> Which one are you saying is the Superbike? >> -- >> Clem >> (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....) >> [Ha ha; the spelling-checker didn't like "Superboike" and offered >> "Superporker" instead. Everybody's a critic!]
> Goaty also rode a huge Kwakasaki GT1000 I think. G who?
THAT was the other one! I knew I'd left one out but I just couldn't remember what it was.
-- Clem [I've even been astride the beastie! (The GTR not Goaty!)]
>>> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: >>>>I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>>> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>>> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
>>> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a VN1500 Vulcan. >>> Which one are you saying is the Superbike? >>> -- >>> Clem >>> (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....) >>> [Ha ha; the spelling-checker didn't like "Superboike" and offered "Superporker" instead. Everybody's a critic!]
>> Goaty also rode a huge Kwakasaki GT1000 I think. G who? > THAT was the other one! > I knew I'd left one out but I just couldn't remember what it was.
>>I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a > VN1500 Vulcan. > Which one are you saying is the Superbike?
>>>> I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>>> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>>> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
>>> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and >>> a VN1500 Vulcan. >>> Which one are you saying is the Superbike? >>> -- >>> Clem >>> (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....) >>> [Ha ha; the spelling-checker didn't like "Superboike" and offered >>> "Superporker" instead. Everybody's a critic!]
>> Goaty also rode a huge Kwakasaki GT1000 I think. G who?
> Last time I saw it he was riding shotgun in the tow truck.
Nah, that was the Vulcan in pure Harley emulation mode.
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>> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: >>> I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
>> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a >> VN1500 Vulcan. >> Which one are you saying is the Superbike? >> -- >> Clem >> (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....)
> Indeed I was, sorry John, sorry Moike...
> big (see Hammo, admitting you're wrong isn't so hard! ;-) )
Now we just have to work out which of Goaty and I is most insulted.
>>>I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's >>>Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into >>>Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
>> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a >> VN1500 Vulcan. >> Which one are you saying is the Superbike?
>I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's > Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into > Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
> The bike that passed me on the way home last night, with it's gearsack > rack and hard panniers and centrestand (surely together a _clear_ > giveaway of touring status, no?)
> It was a Ducati 996... (If I hadn't been on the Spada I might have tried > to keep up and work out how they'd wrapped the panniers round the > underseat exhaust...)
> Only a few model changes and half a dozen years or so top go from a > race-rep World Superbike dominating sportsbike to a Sports-Tourer...
> Johnny5, you were ahead of your time :-)
> big
> -- > "Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, > all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, > watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people > you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)
The day I see a factory top box as big as J5's esky is when we can call him ahead of his time. I think J5 was getting 'top box' and 'trailer' confused.
> >> "Iain Chalmers" <bigi...@mightymedia.com.au> wrote: > >>> I think I missed the memo where they announced that joining Goaty's > >>> Beemer and GB's Thunderarse on the list of "Superbikes that turned into > >>> Sports Tourers without actually changing" comes...
> >> The only bikes I recall Goaty owning were a Lead scooter, a CX500 and a > >> VN1500 Vulcan. > >> Which one are you saying is the Superbike? > >> -- > >> Clem > >> (P'raps you're thinking of the Superboike....)
> > Indeed I was, sorry John, sorry Moike...
> > big (see Hammo, admitting you're wrong isn't so hard! ;-) )
> Now we just have to work out which of Goaty and I is most insulted.
Let me know how you go with that, and I'll insult to other one a bit more to even things back up :-)
big
-- "Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)
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