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How many cylinders is the ideal number for a road bike?
one
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27%
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3
9%
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4 or more!!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:54 pm    Post subject: New Guzzi rider on here Reply with quote

Hi all, my names Scott and Ive been going to box hill on and off for the last 4 years. Sounds like the AA doesn't it? Maybe it is.......

I came here from Oz in 2000 to go to the TT and have a holiday and then work for 2 years and go home. 4+ years later I am not going home, have an English girlfriend who is not moving to australia. Smile

I'm addicted to biking and have been since I was 7 years old. Road rider 18-20.Had a break between 20 and 27 and did some trials, at which i was pretty average. Got back into road stuff and havent looked back!

Like bikes with character, whatever the hell that is!

SZR660 and Moto Guzzi Breva 750IE

all the best
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Scott, and welcome aboard Waving mines a Guinness

Character bikes work for me too Very Happy
and everyone knows three cylinders is best Razz
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Scott Cool & welcome Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Word up Very Happy

Welcome to the forum szr660.

Perfomance and handling is top priority for me Very Happy
As for character, I think I make up for what my bike lacks in that area.

Yiiiiiiiiiiippppppppppppppppppppppp Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You said it matey Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol
welcome mate weird bike the sxr660 but fun to ride and they handle well
pain for an oil change though!
agree that character is most important look at me i build and ride streetfighters!
never got on with guzzi's though
hope you enjoy your stay Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Scott - it was me you met on Sunday welcome to the club...
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Scott, hows it going?

will look forward to chatting with u at some point
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:29 pm    Post subject: Thanks pete and all Reply with quote

Yes it looks like a great forum, at last people who know what I'm tallking about (I'm mostly on a US based guzzi forum).

Won't be at Box this weekend as I'm off to the V-twin rally in shaftesbury, which should be fun weather permitting.

But when I'm there I'm mostly on the dark red breva..ther ain't many about! Though we did invade Box Hill with Guzzis a few weeks ago.

all the best,

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tinks, it looks like you have a new Fazer?? I was THAT close to going for one of them before I turned to the dark side of italian biking Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

She has got the new Fazer, very nice it is too Smile

I nearly went that way, as I love the looks and sound of triples - was going to buy a Laverda Mirage...still I think my Triumph is better now Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah Silverb i really like the triples also, but the trouble is they are all a bit too heavy for my little legs. I was actually hoping that the TT600 would turn out to have been a triple, and then the speed four would be the speed three and that would have been a nice bike. But now I am hooked on the gentle charms of a V-twin shaftie...

The Fazer was definately a possibility as it is just so "do everything" but the seat was a bit high, and I just could not see the need for a bike so complex as all that for me.

Ideally I would like a 75hp Breva! But the new breva 1100, when it comes out, looks like more of a big beemer than a lithe 750 Breva...

all the best
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hiya Scott,

Welcome to the site mate, hope you enjoy it!

Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Scott & welcome.
There nowt wrong with character bikes, although most folks here primarily opt for performance and handling.
It's just a shame that all these traits can't be found in one bike!

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a SZR660? Embarrassed
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The szr660 is one of yamahas' not all that sucessful attempts to revive the sporting single. Its a very lightweight and small sports bike with a 3/4 fairing, slightly bizzare styling, upside down forks, clip ons, and a big single front disk. They are magic around corners but run out of puff at somewhere between 100 and 115mph.

I did have a race can on mine for a bit and it sounded at 4300rpm coming over salisbury plain like a cruising tiger moth.......

I love mine.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any piccies?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah I have one taken from a SZR website, will post it in the pride and joy part of this forum, not sure how long it will take to come up!

have a look on www.thumperclub.org.uk

Mine is not there, but I am a member of the club. My NSW registered SRX is there though!!

all the best,

Scotty

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hello scot..
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:49 pm    Post subject: Well I see my pics are up!! Reply with quote

After a bit of mucking about and finally getting them right they went up this afternoon....

Hi Trixy...one of my favourite bits of road is up your way, the bit from Aylesbury to buckingham, then between there and Northampton (A413?) is pretty good too.

all the best,

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