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Sleeper Bikes
- Thread starter DucatiDan
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So that's a win for me then. I'm gonna call it a nite. Sleep tite.
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DucatiDan
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Yeah this. Sorry for not chiming in last night, coaching my son's hockey team to a solid 2-1 loss. I know that there are lots of examples of a more competent rider on a lesser bike blowing away what should be a better machine. I'm talking about bikes that no one would give a second glance to but it can really perform.
Bahahaha....Car tire....Yellow Wolf and the US129.All in the same post.
ukeleft:The 1800 Wing is a quick bike for sure and is capable of being a "sleeper",but it can also get a rider in a lot of hurt really quick.A little slide or bad line on a naked bike can be easily recovered from.Same misscue on the Wing usually ends badly.
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DucatiDan
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Ha ha, wow. Pretty embarrassing for those riders. Also a close call at the end, bad riding up front for sure.
Congrats on the loss. Regarding the other matter, I tried to answer that last nite but fell asleep. Most people, with one glaring exception, seem to under estimate the Burgman 650. I would look into that. It's sunny but cool out right now.
IMO, the op was looking for examples of machines that don't appear to be canyon carving or pull your arms out of their sockets like machines.
One that comes to mind would be a Buell Ulysses.
Adventure look and feel. Snorting Vtwin motor.
Some wouldn't think much of it but, it can hustle with the best of them.
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One that comes to mind would be a Buell Ulysses.
Adventure look and feel. Snorting Vtwin motor.
Some wouldn't think much of it but, it can hustle with the best of them.
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Ah, the good ol' Burl Ulysses looks beta performs alpha. No snooze fest there.
The Burl Ulysses also comes with a Peter Egan certificate of approval: http://www.cycleworld.com/peter-egan-very-long-term-buell-ulysses-adventure-touring-motorcycle
I don't believe there is an answer to this question.
There are no production bikes that fill all these criteria.
If you say that a V-Max is a sleeper, you're wrong. Most riders know that it is damn fast.
Most other fast in a straight line bikes will not corner.
Every bike that is fast and good in the corners looks fast and everybody knows it.
The only way you will actually fulfill all of those requirements would to build something yourself.
I had a perfect sleeper many years ago.
I had a 1978 Yamaha SR500.
Every trick part you could buy, I put on the bike.
It would kill any modern 750 of the day from light to light. I embarrassed many riders on that bike.
There are no production bikes that fill all these criteria.
If you say that a V-Max is a sleeper, you're wrong. Most riders know that it is damn fast.
Most other fast in a straight line bikes will not corner.
Every bike that is fast and good in the corners looks fast and everybody knows it.
The only way you will actually fulfill all of those requirements would to build something yourself.
I had a perfect sleeper many years ago.
I had a 1978 Yamaha SR500.
Every trick part you could buy, I put on the bike.
It would kill any modern 750 of the day from light to light. I embarrassed many riders on that bike.
BOOM goes the dynamite!
What are you trying to achieve?
I think the ultimate sleeper bike is a supermoto.
I think the ultimate sleeper bike is a supermoto.
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