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So they are gonna build it...a 1760cc Vtwin in a sportyesq chassis...very buell, cept probably better.
Article (http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2324552&fSectionId=901&fSetId=381)
vrmmmpshhh
06-12-04, 04:43 PM
thats amazing and i can see it being a HUGE success in japan.
Only problem i can see is that pillions have to wrap their legs over those cans, eeekk.
Don't Edo. You'll be sick of it quicker than the thou.
Go and test ride a bloody TNT fer chrissakes.
I reckon it'd be the sort of bike that once you rode it, you'd forgive its somewhat odd looks. Plus, if you couldn't learn how to wheely on it then... well you'd have to give it to me.
Even if it is better than the Buell, it's still horribly ugly.
Actually, it looks like they took a R1, a MV Brutale and a Buell and did their worst.
I wasnt gonna do it...I dont like the idea of those kind of vibrations. I mean no matter what when youve got 2 800cc cylinders she aint gonna be smooth.
Geez a new 'blade looks tough...hehe joking!
Thinking about the dirt still...
These can go on dirt too! ;)
http://www.benelli.com/img/upload/gallery/tnt_gallery/Tnt02.jpg
http://www.benelli.com/img/upload/gallery/tnt_gallery/Tnt01.jpg
http://www.benelli.com/img/upload/gallery/tnt_gallery/Tnt07.jpg
http://www.benelli.com/img/upload/gallery/tnt_gallery/Tnt11.jpg
Actually... how good do these jiggers look!
http://www.husqvarnamotorcycles.com.au/motorcycles/2005SM510R.jpg
http://www.husqvarnamotorcycles.com.au/?page=specs&Model=2005SM510R
bahaimus
07-12-04, 01:09 PM
The TNT is a busy looking bike.
How about these special editions:-
http://motori.virgilio.it/Upload/B/BenelliTNT1130Special2005-5807-015-f.jpg
http://motori.virgilio.it/Upload/B/BenelliTNT1130Special2005-5807-020-f.jpg
yeah TNT looks cool...
Motards are definately cool, cause they are cheap (vickos one is $13k) & if you drop them it doesnt cost you $8k in fairings etc...plus I think theyd do good wheelies.
Actually they arent all cheap...this uns $26k
630SM (http://www.husqvarnamotorcycles.com.au/index.php?page=specs&Model=2005SMR630)
26k!!!! I mean it looks horn but sweet jesus!
How much is the 510 one I posted up..? :(
TNT, TNT, TNT, TNT...
I reckon I'd be less inclined to lose my license on a TNT or similar. Anything without a fairing is somewhat uncomfortable at warp speed. I remember how hard it used to be to hang on when I wound the TLS out.
Yours was $13k...which is way better!
I cant find benellis web site...how much do they think a TNT is worth?
bahaimus
08-12-04, 09:35 AM
Around $25k from memory.
I cant find benellis web site...how much do they think a TNT is worth?
http://www.benelli.com
There that was a struggle wasn't it... ;)
I reckon I'd be less inclined to lose my license on a TNT or similar.
I'd hate to say it, but if it's got two wheels, you are going to get into trouble on it. :p
How I've managed to keep all my points is amazing... time and a place I guess. :)
edit: That TNT looks good. Better than the Tre even.
Brutale > TNT :D
Actually fuck that, I'd take either :p
bahaimus
08-12-04, 12:28 PM
Brutale > TNT :D
Actually fuck that, I'd take either :p
:yup:
http://www.mvagusta.com.au/2004models/brutales.jpg
I love the look of the Brutale - but its a 4cyl.
If i was going to do the exotic thing, I wouldn't get a 4cyl I don't reckon.
Thats just a personal thing tho.
bahaimus
08-12-04, 01:28 PM
Yeah, I know what you're saying.
There was an edition of a magazine a few months ago that had an MV F4 750 but they'd transplanted a Ducati 998 engine into it.
So it had the sexy looks of the MV with the (arguably) exotic v-twin.
Then they painted it blue and stuck it in the boardroom of the bank that the owner worked for.
Meh, I dunno...Im not sure I like nekkid...still like the MV F4 & the 999/749
Get yourself a black 749 then... have you ridden one yet?
nup, got no money...a certain other black thing has seen to that...& it doesnt even go.
Hey Im going to have it here while Im down so I'll take it out at the maserati club sprints & pants some porsches.
Oh, as of Saturday I have a house in Sth Melb...just opposite O'connells hotel (handy!)...but I go back to brissy on Sat & wont be back until mid jan. Lets have a beer then!
Hey when is the sprint on..? I'd be keen to shotgun the Taxi...
I dont fargin know...after I get a gearbox?
The Pupat
09-12-04, 02:36 PM
The TNT is a busy looking bike.
How about these special editions:-
http://motori.virgilio.it/Upload/B/BenelliTNT1130Special2005-5807-015-f.jpg
hehehe cafe racer. Very fitting for edo... you just need the full manufacturer leathers and you'll be right to ride to park road (or whatever the one in Melb is called) of a Sunday morning.
:yup:
http://www.mvagusta.com.au/2004models/brutales.jpg
Why not just buy an FZ6 - Hell you could probably buy 3 for the price
http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/motor/prod_gallery.asp?MD_ID=154&modelcatid=2
(Click gallery)
The Pupat
10-12-04, 12:42 AM
It's like comparing a GTR to a Ferrarri, the GTR might neva loose but the Fezza will always be way cooler. It just looks and sounds right.
It's like comparing a GTR to a Ferrarri, the GTR might neva loose but the Fezza will always be way cooler. It just looks and sounds right.
Ahhh but see there you go... the brutale won't sound any better than a jap 4.... in fact it won't have the induction roar of some of the bigger litre bikes so it'd probably won't even sound as good!
bahaimus
10-12-04, 09:52 AM
Why not just buy an FZ6 - Hell you could probably buy 3 for the price
http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/motor/prod_gallery.asp?MD_ID=154&modelcatid=2
(Click gallery)
Because I like the Brutale and I don't like the FZ6.
They mave have had similar styling aims, but the end product is very different.
Like I told you before, I'll buy whatever bike I want to buy regardless of whether or not I can use it.
Vicko's right about the sound. But not many bikes have a really distinctive sound anymore. Benelli's will sound like a Triumph. Ducati's sound like any of the jap twin's. About the only distinctive sound is the rattle of the Ducati dry clutch and it sounds like someone threw a handful of marbles into the transmission!
That's called "character" fucker :D
bahaimus
10-12-04, 11:06 AM
That's called "character" fucker :D
Character, eh? It was pretty funny last weekend I went for a ride with a guy with an ST4. We stopped at a set of lights and both let our clutches out. Now we both have aftermarket pipes but the overriding sound was like a dozen inch diameter ball bearings inside a milo tin that was stuck into a paint shaker......
I was actually thinking of getting a coloured pressure plate and removing my clutch cover entirely.........:D
Vicko's right about the sound. But not many bikes have a really distinctive sound anymore. Benelli's will sound like a Triumph. Ducati's sound like any of the jap twin's. About the only distinctive sound is the rattle of the Ducati dry clutch and it sounds like someone threw a handful of marbles into the transmission!
Benellis do sound similar to a tough trumpy which id to be expected given they're both triples, but to be fair they sound a hell of a lot better. The one I rode had the full race system on it and sounded more like a V12 Lamborghini than anything else. Bizarre but true - It sounded mental. I'd have one in a second if they were 10k cheaper... I'm genuinely considering the TNT as my next bike and I haven't even seen one yet.
I reckon the Priller Cube is the best sounding MotoGP bike as well. Then the GSVR, then the RCV.
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