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Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by Polock, Dec 27, 2011.

  1. Polock

    Polock Well-Known Member

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    not my choices but it's on the interweb so it must be true !
    discovery top 10
     
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    I dont see how the CB750 was the "first superbike". My impression was a superbike had a 1000cc motor, which the first being the KZ
     
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    I'm supprised no Yamahas made the list. You would think a list of top ten should have bikes most people could afford to buy.
    I did enjoy watching it.
     
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    Not sure about those "experts" either, but I would agree that the CB750-4 and the Triumph should be in the top ten.

    And if we were talking about racing bikes, the Britten would have to be in the top three.
     
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    Not a single rider filmed from the '60's on back wore any eye protection.

    Review the "HURT" report again - 75% of accidents, the rider had no eye protection.

    My cousin too a rock to the eye when he was 15, riding dirt, and his pupil still is heart-shaped.
     
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    How about this old Indian?????
     
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    That would suit ya wiz .. on a sunny day tootling down for a sea view giving th old girl a run, taking it back to it's place in th lounge.
     
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    Yeah, I thought the whole thing was a bit "all over the place" as well. While the Britten was indeed a fascinating exercise, it had very little influence on the overall development or "direction" of motorcycle design. They said it was an "anomaly" themselves.

    As for the Triumph; yes the Bonnie was "iconic" but the Thunderbird that preceeded it or the original Speed Twin were more influential.

    I would replace the quirky, no two exactly alike Brough Superior with the much better engineered and executed Vincent Black Shadow.

    The CB750 definitely belongs; but so does the Earles-fork BMW from the late '50s~early '60s, and the Yamaha YDS1. And while I agree that Ducati should be represented, one of the early desmos would have been a better choice like the 900SS of the mid-late '70s.

    PLUS, there would be no better representative of the ubiquitous "UJM" of the early '80s than the Yamaha Maxim I. I think they completely missed their own point.

    Whaddaya expect? The page was put together by CAR guys.
     
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    Not a Harley guy but I don't see how the vespa could be 7th and the Knucklehead 10th. I got a laugh from that.
     
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    Now, now, the Vespa and the Honda Cub should definitely be in the top ten scooters of all time.....
     
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