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Old 03-31-2011, 11:46 AM   #67
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I've noticed she's slowly becoming more interested in naked bikes over time. Probably in direct relation to me teaching her about the different components and what they do.

I'm looking forward to spending some time with a liquid cooled vtwin. My experience so far is limited to about five minutes on a superhawk (sports oriented twins anyway) and I've been considering a switch in that direction for a bit now
My heart still runs cold when I hear a liter 4 screaming for redline. But that isnt where my bike spends its time. Twins are so much easier to live with. If I ran track only and lived for the 110% I would still have a supersport inline. But my highway miles work better and feel better on a twin.

It is a new design with my 1125 but it has a character alot like a Duc 900/1000 SS. Tractor like and lazy at most throttle settings. It does have a 2000 rpm top end that the SS doesnt have tho. A real last minute rush. But everywhere else it just pulls nice and tractable, like my Hawk and my SV before only stronger.
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